Watch Billy Joel's Long-Awaited Music Video for 'Turn the Lights Back On' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Billy Joelis paying tribute to his past while looking forward to his future.

PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the legendary performer’s music video for"Turn the Lights Back On.“The video serves as his first in decades and finds the musician, 74, playing the track through different decades of his life with the help of groundbreaking technology from the artificial intelligence startupDeep Voodoo.

Seeing a new black page, he starts playing the piano to the tune of “Turn the Lights Back On.” Once he begins singing, the video cuts to an older view of Joel.

“Turn the Lights Back On” cover art.Columbia Records

Columbia Records

“The whole point of doing what I do was because it was so much fun to do when I first started. I kind of lost that after a while. Freddy got me to find the joy in it again,” said Joel. He reflected on the writing process during an interview on theGRAMMY Live! from the Red Carpetshow.

“I’m going to go into my caveand become a caveman. It’s not a fun process for me — it’s very self-centered, very lonely. And sometimes it’s torture. But afterwards, I love having written,” he said.

Joel is set to end his record-breaking Madison Square Garden residency on July 25. It will markhis 150th performance at the venue.

“After 10 years, we’ve done it.I mean, I didn’t realize it would last 10 years. And I don’t know how many shows it is, I’m sure somebody’s keeping track of it somewhere, but I’m amazed that we went this far, and I’m honored,” he told PEOPLE of the milestone in November 2023.

Billy Joel performs at the 2024 Grammys on Feb. 11, 2024.Amy Sussman/Getty Images

Amy Sussman/Getty Images

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Joel has alsoadded new North American tour dateswith his final stop being on Sept. 27 in St. Louis, Missouri.

source: people.com