Billy Joel is back in full pop mode in the new video for his comeback single “Turn the Lights Back On.” In fact, thanks to genetic AI, Joel returns to all his pop functions in the time-consuming visual directed by Warren Fu (Daft Punk, Dua Lipa), which uses technology from Deep Voodoo to depict the now 74-year-old piano. man in all his different ages.
The clip opens with present-day Joel in a black suit on his trusty Steinway playing the song's elegiac instrumental intro, a cigarette burning in an ashtray, before switching back to shaggy-haired 1970s Joel singing the track's haunting opening lines, “Please , open the door/ Nothing's different, we've been here before/ Walking these halls, trying to speak to the silence.”
After the camera reaches the rafters, it cuts back to another past Joel, focusing on the song's lyrics over the piano before revealing a 1980s BJ in a leather jacket and sweatshirt. Another sweep reveals a slightly older Joel in sunglasses and a brown jacket tickling the ivories before a final montage shows Joel on stage, backstage, in the studio and with his children throughout his half-century career.
After performing his first new pop song in 17 years at the 2024 Grammy Awards, Joel is back Advertising signThe Adult Contemporary chart dated February 10 at No. 11, marking his first chart entry since 1998. The singer also returned to Advertising sign Hot 100 on the chart dated February 17, which debuted at No. 62, marking his first chart entry since his cover of Bob Dylan's “To Make You Feel My Love”, which peaked at No. 50.
Watch the “Turn the Lights Back on” video below.
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