Watching Riley Keough break out as the title character in Hulu’s Daisy Jones & The Six feels completely natural — and not just because she’s Elvis’ niece. Long before she was cast in this series (a role for which she received an Emmy nomination!), Riley Keough formed a band with another famous girl we love: Dakota Johnson.
The duo met in an In-N-Out parking lot when they were 16 (it feels like the most “teenage” thing ever and we also wonder if they ordered animal-style burgers?) and became fast friends, thanks in part to how much they could truly relate to each other.
“When I met her, I felt something indescribable,” Dakota told Vanity Fair in Riley Keough’s recent cover story. “There is this solidarity.”
Dakota is the daughter of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith (and the niece of actress Tippi Hedren), and says her friendship with Riley immediately became more than just friendship: “It was like finding such a soulmate.”
A lot of their teenage years were spent participating in music festivals, and soon they decided to try it for themselves. “When we were 19, we started a joke band called Folky Porn,” Dakota said in the interview. “Riley and I both have blonde hair. We hid in New York after breaking up. We would do three-part harmonies with my brother, Alexander, on songs by Hank Williams and John Prine, and we would film them on Photo Booth. Thousands and thousands lost.”
Considering we’ve listened to the Daisy Jones album dozens of times, can we get any of the recordings from Folky Porn? In addition to reminiscing, the IRL best friends are also looking to the future. First up: the Platform One project based on Bexy Cameron’s Cult Following.
The story follows Bexy’s childhood in the Children of God cult, her emancipation at age 16, and her adulthood. Dakota will play adult Bexy, who travels with a close friend (played by Riley) to investigate and document modern-day cults. Both Riley and Dakota will also executive produce.
