Daisy Jones and the Six Web-Series Review (2023)

Image Source: Instagram Daisy Jones & the Six Web-Series Review (2023)

[{"selector":"#anim-679b7b51-68f2-4686-a7f2-431df30ca1c4 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ea879c5b-e677-40e2-9c8a-452e85e183c9","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9ee03b89-eaf8-468b-ad81-733225cc2f22","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 217.12967%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram Daisy Jones & the Six is a web series that depicts the rise and fall of a rock band in the 1970s.

[{"selector":"#anim-e66c21e5-273c-4371-9911-63bfaed385c2 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ae06e1e1-dd3e-4636-8c9c-778816787c43","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0b165e34-d6da-4713-9627-1c94a4512070","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 185.40634%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram The show is adapted from Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel and is set against the backdrop of drugs, and rock 'n' roll.

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[{"selector":"#anim-7cc3d2da-755b-4e77-95eb-0560e38e1540 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-95a5aba7-b10d-4c4c-9cae-1a9c5beddec3","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-cade766e-9e2e-48f0-8ccb-1b90ff7dfd8e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 185.40634%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram Each episode is titled after a vintage song and uses a faux-documentary style to tell the story of the band members looking back 20 years later.

[{"selector":"#anim-d93c4c8e-3364-46ef-8bdc-66e0388066b8 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-eb1e5fdc-3e26-4a74-b513-fa11bd02f18c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-09f9b340-5fa9-49b5-a1fc-8b394d18d1d2","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 166.53746%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram The show charts the band's meteoric rise, starting with how Daisy Jones is thrown together with up-and-coming band the Six, led by frontman Billy Dunne.

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[{"selector":"#anim-e184249d-f0da-4173-bd6c-e2b4bfc0ef06 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-28635c57-bf07-4557-853b-a0691643de56","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b59ff04f-457b-4ac5-8cb9-11f2ec597287","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 166.53746%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram The show also delves into the problematic issues within the Six's interactions, with every source of friction exacerbated by the temptations associated with fame and fortune.

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[{"selector":"#anim-87053d1c-4eb1-45aa-aa65-9a386d214524 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-dc079f5e-d767-416c-93a0-64748c306320","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a56c6c3c-ad5d-4a60-994f-0ad8c82c76b7","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 185.40634%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram The series captures the musical era of the 1970s broadly and the sometimes-fleeting nature of stardom.

[{"selector":"#anim-b2b3e2b2-9347-4100-9cf9-08d83ef8fca3 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e3a4cb85-fce2-4c56-aa0a-8fbf2a74f26f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-06d39f7c-0bfb-44f5-b618-13ec87208f6f","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 154.49736%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram Amazon has released the first three episodes of Daisy Jones & the Six at once, followed by three new episodes the next week, then two episodes the week after, and the final two episodes the week after.

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