Keanu Reeves is Cyberpunk 2077 canon, apparently Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Keanu Reeves is Cyberpunk 2077 canon, apparently Whoa. News by Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editorial Director Updated on 14 Nov 2020 54 comments Keanu Reeves is Cyberpunk 2077 canon, it seems. That's Keanu Reeves the actor as well as Johnny Silverhand, the character real-life Keanu Reeves plays in the upcoming CD Projekt game. This all stems from the recent release of the music video for "No Save Point" by Yankee and the Brave, the fictional Cyberpunk group played by real-life American hip hop supergroup Run The Jewels. No Save Point is a song that'll be heard in Cyberpunk 2077. Watch on YouTube Cyberpunk 2077 - No Save Point by Yankee and the Brave (Run the Jewels) It's all very Cyberpunk, as you'd expect, and pretty unremarkable apart from one lyric that has certainly set tongues wagging within the game's lore community: "Keanu Reeves, cyber arm under my sleeve," raps Killer Mike. It's just a music video for a song that's in the game, but this is Cyberpunk and so lore is a serious business. Why would you hear a lyric about Keanu Reeves in the world of Cyberpunk? That's the question that sparked an explanation from Patrick K. Mills, Cyberpunk 2077 senior quest designer, who took to Twitter to confirm the Keanu Reeves lyric is "lore friendly". The KR lyric is lore friendly. It's an in universe cultural reference to KR, a little known Collapse-era actor who bore and uncanny resemblance to Johnny Silverhand, and in the years following Johnny's disappearance, was frequently mistaken for JS. ? https://t.co/AxpPvlww97- Patrick K Mills (@PKernaghan) November 14, 2020 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings How so? Well, according to Mills, the lyric is an in-universe cultural reference to Keanu Reeves, "a little known Collapse-era actor who bore an uncanny resemblance to Johnny Silverhand". In the Cyberpunk universe, Keanu Reeves was frequently mistaken for Johnny Silverhand in the years following Johnny's disappearance. It sounds a bit forced, but let's run with it: the Collapse is a period of time within the Cyberpunk lore that includes the fall of Western civilisation. The timeline of Cyberpunk diverges from the real world around the '90s, and the Collapse occurs shortly after that divergence. Keanu Reeves (the real Keanu Reeves!) was born in 1964, so he would have been knocking about the Cyberpunk timeline pre-Collapse. What a shame the Cyberpunk Reeves' life didn't quite play out as breathtakingly as the real-life Reeves' life did. Whoa. It's all a bit of fun, really - at worst slightly jarring, at best a cool nod to the existence of celebrities in the virtual world. I've seen some people take this whole thing quite seriously, fussing over timelines and whether Keanu Reeves should or should not be canon within the world of Cyberpunk 2077. Well, he is! As you're driving about the world, swapping organs out for tech and hacking your way to stardom, you might hear a song on the radio about Keanu Reeves. Who was that again? Oh yeah, some old actor, apparently still knocking about, who looks a lot like Johnny Silverhand. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 3 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 10 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 3 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store