Author Taylor Jenkins Reid is having a monumental day today!
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The “Daisy Jones & The Six” writer has been gearing up for the TV show adaptation of her bestselling 2019 novel for years now. The wait for Daisy and co. to come to life is now over, as the first three episodes of the Amazon Prime series are released on the streaming service.
Jenkins Reid isn’t the only crucial player in Daisy’s world who has been counting down the moments until the big day arrives; the ensemble series cast has been flooding their respective socials with exciting bits of promotional content!
The week leading up to ‘Daisy’ day has been filled chock-full of thrilling news tidbits about the show, several of which The Blast has been keeping up with.
The full-length “Aurora” LP was released on Thursday, March 2nd, and has made quite an impression upon its release! Jenkins Reid’s young daughter, Lila, showcased her dance moves in her mother’s Instagram post commemorating the soundtrack.
The “Carrie Soto Is Back” author is also back on Insta-feeds this morning with a completely relatable reel; Fans can witness the evolution of Jenkins Reid’s thought process as she gears up to watch the first batch of episodes.
Learning To Crawl: Inside Riley Keough And Sam Claflin’s Musical Evolution
There would seemingly be a lot of expectations around the musical portion of the series. After all, Daisy and her crew are supposed to be hailed as one of the biggest and most influential bands of the seventies, and “Aurora” is known as one of the decade’s most defining albums. No pressure, right?
Two of the series’ signature cast members, Riley Keough and Sam Claflin, spent long hours in rehearsal, attempting to nail Daisy and Billy’s professional and personal dynamic. Both stars admittedly needed a great deal of practice in order to become seasoned musicians.
Claflin revealed to NME that laughter was key to the duo’s survival in rehearsals.
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“We just laughed through it,” he told the publication per our report. “We had a joint singing lesson quite early on, and at that point, I had imposter syndrome. I thought ‘I shouldn’t be here, this is terrifying. I’m so nervous,’ then Riley walked in and they immediately got us to stare at each other to try and find that romantic connection, Claflin said.
The current of excitement also translated to Claflin’s singing partner; Keough admitted she found solace in the fact the duo was both lacking musical chops!
“It doesn’t take much for me to turn really giggly, but then we sang and I was thinking, ‘Oh yay, we’re both awful!’
Tony Berg, who was involved with the production of the “Aurora” LP, had some initial reservations when filming began.
As he tells Variety, “Our initial concern when Sam and Riley were cast was that it would be putting a lot of pressure on two people who had never sung professionally to be responsible for singing 25 songs. I mean, that’s daunting isn’t it? The first sounds they ever made for me and Blake [Mills, co-producer and insturmentalist], we looked at each other as if to say ‘Uh oh,’ because it just wasn’t something they had done.”
The duo was not on board with a proposed move to help their vocal stylings; Claflin revealed there had been a discussion to hire “stunt vocalists” for him and Keough.
“I remember having that conversation,” Claflin recalled to Variety. “Like, ‘we’ll get someone else and maybe have a stunt vocalist,’ is what they said. “I was like, what does that mean? That was the kick in the a** that I needed.”
Keough’s echoed, “I was like, “f**k that!”
After the hiring of a coach and a COVID-19-inspired production delay, the full picture of Daisy Jones and the Six began to form. Along with Suki Waterhouse, Will Harrison, Josh Whitehouse, and Sebastian Chacon, the actors went to work on “an intense three-month band camp” where they were taught all of the required musical skills needed to be a believable band of Daisy Jones and the Six’s stature.
After the production shut-down called for the band to embark on rehearsals virtually, the extra time also helped perfect Jenkins Reid’s vision.
“In all honesty, one of the best things to ever happen to the production was the fact we had a delay,” Claflin recalled.
TJR Has Lots Of Questions!
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The author has finally gotten to witness her vision translate to the screen, and she showcased her lively thought process in an Instagram post!
“People are going to like it, right?” Jenkins Reid asks her followers at the beginning of the clip. She also spends time reassuring herself and talking to her pug about viewers’ favorite aspects of the show.
“THEY LOVE IT,” Reese Witherspoon reassured her friend in the comments.
Will it be love? “Daisy Jones & The Six”s first three episodes are now available on Prime Video!
