Bon Jovi are back! The band released their 16th studio album, Foreveron Friday (June 7).
The album comes four years later 2020which was released, as the title suggests, in 2020. The album peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard 200 album chart upon its release.
Frontman Jon Bon Jovi chronicled his difficult journey recovering from vocal cord surgery in 2022 in recent Hulu seriesThank you, Goodnight – The Bon Jovi Storyand the rocket shared withalbum-forever-interview-8654011″ target=”_blank”>EWwhich the terrifying roadblock helped inspireForever. “I went into this surgery and I had a lot of time on my hands — all I could really do was sit down and start thinking about songs,” Bon Jovi told the publication. “I began to feel joy again. And we—the collective who lived through COVID—were all out of that fog and interacting again. There was a new appreciation for life. And I had this new appreciation for my body. And it led to all these songs.”
The 12-track album was recorded over seven weeks by Bon Jovi and keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, bassist Hugh McDonald, guitarist Phil X, Everett Bradley on percussion and rhythm guitarist John Shanks. “Nothing was delayed. It just flowed,” Bon Jovi told talkbox of the album, which includes “Legendary” and “Living Proof,” which he wrote in just two days.
Listen to Bon Jovi's Forever detailed below.
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