What Is Daniel Johns Teasing?
Fans are speculating that the Silverchair frontman and longtime solo artist might be gearing up for something huge.
Daniel Johns (Credit: Luke Eblen)
Daniel Johns has taken to social media over the last few weeks, taking fans on a journey through the FutureNever.
With his regular posts and trips down memory lane, fans are speculating that the Silverchair frontman and longtime solo artist might be gearing up for something huge—and perhaps a return to guitar-based rock music.
Johns began the reflections in late May, reminiscing on attending the premiere of Pulp Fiction in 1994. Staying in 1994, Johns then posted about the impact of The Prodigy while attending a rave. He also recalled watching Beastie Boys taped live on The Late Show with David Letterman that year.
As fans on social media have pointed out, Silverchair’s hit single Tomorrow was released in September 1994.
Last week (26 June), Johns ramped up the teasing with a series of short clips of himself playing the guitar to segments of tracks from his latest album, 2022’s FutureNever.
Johns captioned the first video “Intermission” and, in it, showcased a short but sweet distorted guitar riff. In another video, captioned “5 Minute Warning,” Johns was shirtless while playing his black electric guitar, which had a yellow “FUGAZI” sticker on it.
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The final video of the series, captioned “Stand’em up against the wall,” saw him jamming once more on the FUGAZI electric guitar. Fans on Reddit noted that it’s an old video of Johns performing in his old house, likely from 2020 or 2021.
After sharing the videos, Johns shared a black-and-white Polaroid of himself on Sunday (29 June) and wrote: “This concludes the intermission - see you in 1995. #FutureNever.”
Check out the posts below.
Johns’ latest posts follow a surprise post in April, which marked his return to social media after a lengthy hiatus. In it, he teased some unfinished business and said he had to go “back in time to finalise something.” Sound familiar?
“The beautiful thing about time is that it is always in the eye of the beholder. Art is exactly the same,” Johns wrote in the cryptic post.
“As an artist, you never know what time it is. It’s an ongoing quest to interpret happiness and sadness with a sprinkling of absurdity. It’s drama. It’s comedy. It’s poetry. It’s a song. It’s cinema.”
He continued, “Everything is beautiful if you let it be.
“I have to go back in time to finalise something, and as a result, I won’t be on socials, my team will keep an eye on things. I will have my phone. All is love.”
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