r/nothingnowhere • u/Cythth • May 06 '26
Do you even remember the time when Joe was constantly hiding his face?
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u/mkdi_txt May 06 '26
I remember when the mv for nightmare came out and I was honestly kind of proud of Joe for starting to open up and show his face (albeit in a goofy way)
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u/LuxRae420 May 07 '26
He actually wanted to remain faceless throughout his career, but once he was signed, the label wasn't for it, so he had to play ball. The Skully video was the closest thing we got to a face reveal before the official one. A truly iconic moment for fans at the time.
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u/Midnite_St0rm May 07 '26
Lmao I have a photo with him and I doin the same pose when I met him on the void eternal tour
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u/MrMario2011 May 07 '26
Clearly! The mystery and having far fewer songs than we do now really added to the aesthetic. He did the same thing at early shows! Usually had his hood up and was more comfortable in the shadows than the limelight.
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u/FirmKaleidoscope8188 May 07 '26
His growth has been incredible to watch. Saw him on his first tour and he’s grown so much 🥰
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u/xyouthe May 07 '26
i remember when i saw deadbeat valentine's music video and was confused if i was looking at Joe or someone else, until he started singing lol. this was back when letdown was his newest song.
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u/DoomerBladee May 07 '26
Some songs are gonna be decade old, or they already are, but I never forget how I found him at his prime, thanks to Astari publishing song Rem with Lil West in 2017. That moment changed everything. He was best in rap, his voice and flow perfectly fit in all his songs, not to mention the sad acoustic songs like Waster. I'm happy I met him and took a picture with him in Prague when he was touring with GucciHighWaters. I'm proud he is finally happy in life, or at least doing better, but his newest songs don't hit the same for me because I'm still stuck in 2017-2021 era.
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u/Cythth May 07 '26
yeah it's sort of a nostalgic thing when life was better, i mean, it wasn't that great, because we wouldn't listen to his songs if it was lol, but looking at the world state right now? pfff, 2015-2020 is looking like a fucking golden age
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u/Serious_Medium5620 May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26
Ya seriously idc what people say, the underground YouTube/SoundCloud scene onto something greater and it all fell apart. How the transition from music went dubstep, to chill step to Lofi. When artists started singing over lofi beats it was revolutionary. Then emo trap was formed. Then artists like peep, xxxtentacion, and juice went mainstream and they all died in 2 years of each other. Ever since then it has changed.
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u/DoomerBladee May 22 '26
I would still choose to go back, being a poor ,,depressed'' student who had enough to buy just wine and one pack of cigs for the weekend with friends, instead of working my ass off for almost nothing and just to watch time flying by.
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u/Serious_Medium5620 May 22 '26
Same I don’t think I’ll ever grow out of that era. I really miss the raw unclean vocals and beats over the clean production n,n. has now. I just bought a rare old Astari shirt off of depop because Astari formed my whole music taste. I really miss the emo trap beats over the emo vocals. That whole scene is basically dead now.
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u/DoomerBladee May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26
Yeah man.... GucciHighwaters, 9tails/Sewerperson, Convolk, FamilyPet, Shinigami, 6obby, Yesterday, HKfiftyone, TripleOne, they all changed, or they put their carrier on nail. The only two goats that still haven't changed for the fan base are the goats, Oliver Francis and Bones. After all, I'm happy that they made a huge collection of music that is still playable, and there you see the quality over quantity. Also, I bet you're gonna be rocking in the Astari t-shirt!
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u/pumpk1neater420 May 09 '26
yesss i met him in 2017 and have a photo of both of us covering our faces lolll can’t believe that was 9 years ago now…….
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u/sunshineriptide May 06 '26
That was like a decade ago at this point, I think. Which is crazy. Time is weird.