Jon Bon Jovi talks suffering years of “dark misery” before making new album ‘Forever’

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Jon Bon Jovi has opened up about suffering years of “dark misery” before making his new Bon Jovi album ‘Forever‘.The frontman of the American rock outfit spoke to Ultimate Classic Rock about the rough years without joy he endured which inspired the creation of the band’s 16th studio LP.“The overarching sentiment of this album is that of joy,” he told the outlet. “How did I get to joy?

I had to work through a lot of dark misery!”He continued: “Our last record, which was called ‘2020’, was a lot of observations and narratives about what was going on in the world around us – whether it was the COVID crises or George Floyd, shootings in schools, soldiers with PTSD.”He also spoke about how he wanted to tour that album but wasn’t able to do so.

He then turned his attention to the 40th anniversary of Bon Jovi, only to realise he was struggling with his vocal cords.“I’m thinking about where to go musically, and I run into a problem physically, where now I have to seek out a specialist in the field to do a vocal surgery that is not often done,” He said.“And yet, it’s our 40th anniversary and I want to mark this moment in time,” he continued. “I hire a guy – Deepak Chopra’s son, Gotham Chopra – to do this film.

I give him total control; I meet him out in Los Angeles and he says, ‘I get it. I’m interested in doing it.’ But he says, ‘It shouldn’t be a puff piece.