'Daisy Jones & The Six' TV Show: Everything to Know
Get ready to rock — Daisy Jones & The Six officially made its way from the page to the screen.
Based on Taylor Jenkins Reid's best-selling novel of the same name, the limited series details the rise and fall of a fictional '70s rock band — loosely inspired by Fleetwood Mac — and its enigmatic frontwoman Daisy Jones.
Given the book's popularity, it is no surprise that the rights were quickly swooped up by Reese Witherspoon and her production company Hello Sunshine, who have been behind some of the biggest book-to-screen adaptations, including Little Fires Everywhere and Where the Crawdads Sing. Amazon Prime Video announced the team-up with Witherspoon back in 2018, before the book had even hit shelves.
"As soon as I started reading Daisy Jones & The Six, I immediately fell head over heels in love with it, and I'm thrilled to be bringing it to the screen with Amazon and Jen Salke, whose passionate pursuit of the material spoke volumes," the Oscar winner said in a statement at the time.
Lacey Terrell/Prime Video
From the plot to the cast, keep reading for everything to know about Daisy Jones & The Six.
RELATED: Is Daisy Jones & the Six a Real Band? Here's Everything to Know
What is Daisy Jones & The Six about?
Lacey Terrell/Prime Video
Daisy Jones & The Six follows the source material, which took readers deep into the world of 1970s-era Rock 'n' Roll and centered on The Six's two lead singers, Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne, as well as their ensuing love triangle.
Prime Video's official plot synopsis reads: "Based on the best-selling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six is a limited musical-drama series detailing the rise and precipitous fall of a renowned rock band. In 1977, Daisy Jones & The Six were on top of the world. Fronted by two charismatic lead singers — Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne — the band had risen from obscurity to fame. And then, after a sold-out show at Chicago's Soldier Field, they called it quits. Now, decades later, the band members finally agree to reveal the truth. This is the story of how an iconic band imploded at the height of its powers."
The book is uniquely structured as the script of a music documentary, with the band members reflecting on their glory days 20 years later.
Who is in the cast?
Taylor Hill/WireImage ; Pascal Le Segretain/Getty ; Mike Marsland/WireImage ; Amy Sussman/Getty
A star-studded cast has come together to form The Six. Riley Keough (Elvis Presley's granddaughter) stars as Daisy Jones, while The Hunger Games' Sam Claflin is taking on the role of Billy Dunne.
Making up the rest of the band is Suki Waterhouse as keyboardist Karen Sirko, Will Harrison as lead guitarist Graham Dunne, Sebastian Chacon as drummer Warren Rhodes and Josh Whitehouse as bassist Eddie Roundtree. Timothy Olyphant will also star as the band's manager, Rod Reyes, and Billy's girlfriend, Camila, will be played by Camila Morrone.
Speaking to PEOPLE in December 2022, Keough compared her character Daisy to another free-spirited musician she knows — her mother, Lisa Marie Presley.
"My mother is certainly an inspiration to me," the actress said, calling Lisa Marie "a very strong, smart woman."
"I was raised by somebody who did their own thing and didn't really care what other people thought. She was definitely inspirational to me," she added.
In February 2023, Keough spoke to PEOPLE again at the Los Angeles premiere of Daisy Jones & The Six. The actress discussed what it was like to play a singer, knowing so many see her as Elvis' living legacy.
"I mean, it was amazing because I'm passionate about music and we had rehearsed for a year and a half," Keough said. "By the time we got to the stage, it was very exciting and we were all just like thrilled to be able to test out the thing we'd been practicing for so long."
Regarding rehearsals, it seems Keough had to do some extra work for the role because, as she admitted on Feb. 27, 2023, she lied about her singing experience during her audition.
"I think I blacked out on that meeting. I don't really remember what happened," Keough said at a screening of the Prime Video series in New York City. "And then I auditioned like everybody else, and lied to them and told them l could sing."
Still, it seems she was right for the role. "In truth, I couldn't have asked for a better teammate," Claflin said of Keough. "As much as she had that reputation in her family genes, she didn't come with much musical experience herself, so the two of us had each other to lean on in that way."
Is there a trailer for Daisy Jones & The Six?
Amazon Prime Video released the first official trailer for the film in January 2023. The minute-and-a-half clip opens with the sounds of a chanting crowd and shows Daisy Jones making her way on stage. Meanwhile, two intriguing statements flashed across the screen: "Their music made them famous. Their breakup made them legends."
Viewers then hear Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne belting a duet before watching the pair have a heartfelt discussion about the content of their music.
"You write songs about who you wish you were, not who you are," Keough's character tells Claflin's character. "What if you wrote songs about the guy who wants things that he shouldn't?" To which Billy Dunne responds, "Who'd want to hear a song about that?"
Prior to the trailer's release, Amazon shared a short teaser on Dec. 6, 2022, which showed Keough and Claflin suited up as their rockstar characters for the first time. The streamer also revealed the series' release date, writing in the video's description, "Their story will be told. Daisy Jones and the Six takes the stage March 3, 2023."
Is there original music?
Lacey Terrell/Prime Video
Daisy Jones & The Six is not only a visual delight — filled with tons of 70s nostalgia — but it also delivers all-new music, reminiscent of the decade, that fans can stream and download on Amazon Music.
Singer-songwriter and guitarist Blake Mills, who has worked with artists such as Fiona Apple, John Legend and Jay-Z, was tasked with creating the soundtrack and bringing Jenkins Reid's fictional discography to life.
"Create a band, conjure up their sound, what they're writing about, and how they play," Mills told Rolling Stone of the project. "There's an opportunity to subvert and create a guitar personality that could have been present in the Seventies, and wasn't."
The actors had their work cut out for them as well as some of them had no prior music experience.
"I have to say, I'd never picked up a guitar before I got this part," Claflin told Vanity Fair of his experience becoming Billy Dunne. "And, you know, having read the book, it wasn't overly clear that I was due to be playing because we took some creative freedom and slightly shifted the parts a little bit, meaning that I was going to be playing not lead guitar, thank God, but rhythm guitar. I had to learn how to hold the guitar, how to strum a guitar. I had the biggest journey to go with the singing as well."
While Keough may be the granddaughter of the King of Rock 'N' Roll, channeling Daisy Jones was no easy feat either.
"I didn't even know how one gets to be able to sing loud. I went to a vocal coach and I was like, 'They need me to belt.' I sounded so bad that I started crying," she said. "I was like, 'I have to do it.' I'm gonna go to this vocal coach, and he's gonna teach me how to f------ belt, whatever I need to do to get this. It really became about pushing myself to do things I've never done before."
In March 2023, Chacon, who plays Warren Rojas, spoke to PEOPLE about the possibility of a real-life tour, explaining that they've "been throwing around a lot of different ideas for public appearances, maybe, for some moment."
"A tour is not out of the question," he added. "Who knows? I don't know what the future holds."
When was Daisy Jones & The Six released?
The series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on March 3, 2023, with new episodes being released every week until March 24.
