‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ Review: The First Three Episodes Are Just What I Imagined

I’m here for the bell-bottoms and fur coats.

If you’re a booktokker like myself, you’ve no doubt been absolutely hyped for the release of the Daisy Jones & The Six miniseries since it was announced way back in 2019.

The series is an adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s insanely popular, award-winning, New York Times-bestselling novel.

It follows the story of the titular band, ‘The Six’ and how they came to collaborate with Daisy Jones throughout the 1970s in LA.

The series charts their navigation through fame, fortune, addiction, guilt, and everything else that came with the rockstar lifestyle in the 1970s.

The first three episodes of the series dropped last Friday on Amazon Prime, and I’m already obsessed.

Loosely based on the story of Fleetwood Mac, the series is led by Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Me Before You) as The Six’s front man Billy Dunne and Riley Keough (Mad Max: Fury Road, American Honey) as Daisy herself.

Keough brings her own sense of rock royalty to the series as the eldest grandchild of The King, Elvis Presley.

The story is told through the same frame as the book – the band have returned years later to tell the story of Daisy Jones & The Six and its implosion, and the series switches effortlessly between the past and the present.

I might be biased, because as a fan of 1970s music, fashion and Fleetwood Mac, this series is everything I’ve been looking for.

But it’s no dreamy 1970s nostalgia-fest either – through Daisy and her compatriot Simone (Nabiyah Be), the show exposes the sexism of the 20^th century plain to see.

Daisy is a woman searching for agency in a city that constantly dismisses and abuses her, and when she finally gets her chance, it’s cathartic.

Keough and Claflin are supported by a strong cast – for me, a highlight has certainly been the portrayal of Billy’s brother and The Six’s lead guitarist Graham, and the band’s keyboardist Karen Sirko, played by Suki Waterhouse.

Their ‘will-they-won’t-they’ romance serves as the perfect backdrop to the issues faced by the leads in the opening three episodes.

Kudos also goes to Camila Morrone, who plays Billy’s wife (also called Camila), who brings a strength and independence to the rockstar’s wife character that we haven’t seen much before.

Alongside the first three episodes, an album has also been released – ‘Aurora’ - the in-universe album that forms a major part of the story is now streaming - and it honestly slaps.

Daisy Jones & the Six currently has a 74 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and Mae Abdulbaki described the show:

“With fantastic performances from the cast, memorable music, and just enough angst to keep one riveted, Daisy Jones & The Six hits the spot.”

You can stream the first three episodes of Daisy Jones & The Six on Amazon Prime Video now, and catch the next episode on Friday.

Can Friday get here already?