Folkie Porn band lasted ~3 days
Riley Keough and Dakota Johnson's informal band, Folkie Porn, lasted only about three days before breaking up.
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Jul 3, 2026
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Folkie Porn: The 3-Day Band With Dakota Johnson
At 6:17 · chapter starts 4:13
Alex brings up what she found in her research: a band Riley and Dakota Johnson allegedly formed together in New York City. Riley laughs and contextualizes it — no stage, no instruments, just the two of them (and Dakota's brother) sitting around a kitchen table in her New York apartment doing covers via Photo Booth. The name was Folkie Porn. [1] — Riley Keough "Folkie Porn band lasted ~3 days: Riley Keough and Dakota Johnson's informal band, Folkie Porn, lasted only about three days before breaking…" 06:17 Because neither of them was a confident singer, they solved the problem by making everyone the lead vocalist at once. Alex bonds over her own terrible basement band experience — The Aliens, later renamed Green Jelly — before Riley lands the punchline: Folkie Porn lasted exactly three days before the band broke up. The exchange is loose, funny, and establishes an immediate rapport between guest and host.
Folkie Porn: Riley & Dakota Johnson's 3-Day Band
Riley Keough and Dakota Johnson formed a band called Folkie Porn — sitting around a table with Photo Booth doing covers — and it lasted exactly three days. Neither of them were confident singers, so they all just sang at once as co-lead vocalists.
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