Overview
- Part Two of Billy Joel: And So It Goes premiered July 25 on HBO and HBO Max, concluding the two-part exploration of his five-decade career.
- It highlights Joel’s thematic shift on The Nylon Curtain toward gritty, everyman narratives.
- The artist recounts an emotional reunion with his father and reflects on his grandparents’ Nazi Germany flight as the inspiration behind “Vienna.”
- Ex-wives Christie Brinkley and Katie Lee share candid assessments of Joel’s marriages and struggles, complemented by commentary from daughter Alexa, wife Alexis Roderick and music collaborators.
- The film, completed before Joel’s 2025 diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus, does not address his current treatment for the condition.