Billy Joel has been rejuvenated by IA in the new music video for his first single in 17 years, Turn The Lights Back On, which dropped on Friday.
In the clip, the 74-year-old balladeer, who teased the song’s release earlier this year, cycled through various stages of his life and career while performing the song in an ornate concert hall.
The Piano Man singer began the video by turning the page containing the lyrics to his song Famous Last Words, which was originally released in 1993 and served as a marker for his long exit from his recording career.
Joel then plays the opening chords of the song on a Steinway & Sons piano before the camera pans upward, and when it catches up with the singer again, he is seen at a much younger age during the early stage of his career. .
The performer is then digitally aged a few more years before singing the song’s first chorus, after which he is further aged to resemble his 1980s image for the song’s second verse.
Billy Joel was rejuvenated by IA in the new music video for his first single in 17 years, Turn The Lights Back On, which dropped on Friday.
In the clip, the 74-year-old balladeer, who teased the song’s release earlier this year, cycles through various stages of his life and career as he performs the song in an ornate concert hall.
The Piano Man singer began the video by flipping through a page containing lyrics to his song Famous Last Words, which was originally released in 1993 and served as a marker for his long exit from his recording career.
The Grammy Award-winning songwriter aged further while performing the song’s piano solo, and the singer advanced to his current age while singing the song’s final chorus.
Footage and moves at home taken throughout Joel’s career and life were then shown while the track start was played.
The video ended with a shot of the handwritten lyrics to Turn The Lights Back On resting on the musician’s piano.
Turn The Lights Back On, which was produced by Freddy Wexler and co-written by Joel, Wexler, Arthur Bacon and Wayne Hector, was originally released to fans of the hitmaker on February 1.
The singer’s most recent single as a solo artist before the debut of Turn The Lights Back On was All My Life, which debuted in 2007.
The hitmaker also wrote a song titled Christmas In Fallujah, which was performed by Cass Dillon and released that year.
The artist announced he would be returning to the recording industry last January and Turn The Lights Back On debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
The song also peaked at number 62 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart upon its release.
Joel then plays the opening chords of the song on a Steinway & Sons piano before the camera pans upward, and when it catches up with the singer again, he is seen at a much younger age during the early stage of his career. .
The performer is then digitally aged a few more years before singing the song’s first chorus, after which he is further aged to resemble his 1980s image for the song’s second verse.
The Grammy Award-winning songwriter aged further while performing the song’s piano solo, and the singer advanced to his current age while singing the song’s final chorus.
Footage and moves at home taken throughout Joel’s career and life were then shown while the track start was played.
Turn The Lights Back On, which was produced by Freddy Wexler and co-written by Joel, Wexler, Arthur Bacon and Wayne Hector, was originally released to fans of the hitmaker on February 1.
Turn The Lights Back On debuted at number 11 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
The song also peaked at number 62 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart upon its release.
Joel performed the song during the 66th Grammy Awards ceremony, which was held earlier this month, and the performance marked the first time he has sung at the awards show since 2002.
The singer talked about the song’s writing process during an interview for Grammy Live! From the show The Red Carpet, where he recalled losing interest in writing songs over the years.
stated via People: ‘The point of doing what I do is that it was a lot of fun to do when I started. I kind of lost it after a while.’
The performer then commented that working on his new song with Wexler “made me find the joy in it again.”