Song · Djo
“Basic Being Basic” by Djo
From the album The Crux (2025)
“Basic Being Basic” by Djo appears on 7 radio countdowns from 7 stations in 2025. It was first released in 2025 on the album The Crux. Its best result is #12 on the WERG Top 90 of 2025. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #24 alternative song of 2025 and #170 of the '20s.
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"Basic Being Basic" led the way into The Crux, the third album the actor Joe Keery made under his Djo alias in 2025, and it takes aim at human posturing and the choices people make online. Keery wrote and produced it with his regular partner Adam Thein, who also plays synthesizer on it, and it came out independently through AWAL: glossy synth-pop and indie pop, with Keery reaching up into a falsetto that critics were quick to single out.
Manny Marroquin mixed it, and the background voices belong to Austin Christy, Emma Keery and Kate Keery. Keery took it to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and to Triple J's Like a Version, and in the US and New Zealand it broke into the top 30 of both the digital and the airplay charts.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2025 | 99 |
| 2025 | 81 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2025 | 90 |
| 2025 | 73 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2025 | 103 |
| 2025 | 72 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2025 | 90 |
| 2025 | 72 | 91.3 The Summit Akron, OH | The Summit FM Top 91 Songs of 2025 | 91 |
| 2025 | 12 | 90.5 WERG Erie, PA | WERG Top 90 of 2025 | 90 |
| 2025 | 30 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2025 | 100 |
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