Joe Keery is figuring it out. For the better half of the past decade, the 32-year-old Newburyport, Mass., native has been most closely associated with his role as the world's best babysitter ...

“Why isn’t ‘Basic Being Basic’ 10 minutes long?” I ask Joe Keery, pointing to the brisk, two-and-a-half-minute lead single from his new album, The Crux. “People don’t need all the ...