“I think you’re scared of being basic,” Joe Keery says on the lead single “Basic Being Basic” from “The Crux,” the latest album from Keery’s musical project Djo. In a highly anticipated release and ...

He introduced the new project with the refreshingly cheeky “Basic Being Basic,” an LCD Soundsystem-esque takedown of superficiality with lines like “I don’t want your money/I don’t care ...

Lead single “Basic Being Basic” is the most glaring example of Keery and co-songwriter Adam Thein’s tendency to mistake mere observation for insight. “I think you’re scared of being ...