Pop-country sibling duo Juna N Joey crossed the pond from Nashville all the way to the UK to embark on a national school tour. Alongside their performances, the pair will host discussions about anti-bullying and potentially new ways to create healthier environments. Here, Headliner gets an in-depth scoop into their come-up, how they discovered their hearts in country music, debut single, and social media. They share that their collaboration did not start until Joey was invited to join Juna during her piano lesson. With that, their harmonies were born…
What does music mean to you?
Juna: When I say it is my life and has been since I was four—I am literally not joking—I started at a very young age and it is all I wanted to do with my life path—Music picked me! Joey and I have been going to arts schools since seventh grade and in lessons after school. I play piano, keyboards and guitar. Learning the violin now. Music not only makes me happy—it is very healing to me and I think most people feel the same way. I am always finding ways to improve myself. Joey and I started with classical—we even sang opera in several languages at school. So I appreciate all forms of music.
Joey: Well, it’s a little different for me. I was into sports and at about age eight Juna’s piano teacher asked if I wanted to join in one of her lessons, and the rest is history. We also went to an arts high school and now I go to Berklee School Of Music in Boston, MA; my major is Songwriting. Juna goes to an online school for professional students and she will graduate next year, and then joins me at Berklee. I love all aspects of music from theory to writing and learning new chords, and I also play the sax.
Could you talk us through the moment when you decided you want to make music as a duo?
Juna: It really did not come to mind until I noticed Joey’s genuine interest—at first we went to School Of Rock and we were in a rock band. So as a duo - it was when Joey and I discovered that we discovered our hearts are with country so that is when the harmonies were born.
Joey: Like I said earlier— the day I was waiting for her at a lesson and was asked to join by her teacher—I guess you can say Juna N Joey were born that very day.