# Billy Joel: And So It Goes (2025)

> A two-part HBO documentary portrait of singer-songwriter Billy Joel, tracing the love, loss and struggles behind his enduring music.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/193566

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 2
- Episode runtime: 147 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: documentary, music
- Created by: Susan Lacy, Jessica Levin
- Network: HBO
- Cast: Billy Joel, Christie Brinkley, Alexa Ray Joel, Itzhak Perlman, Howard Stern, Nick Paumgarten, Anthony DeCurtis, Hyung-Ki Joo
- TMDB rating: 8.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36458116/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: reflective, intimate, warm, candid, nostalgic

## Synopsis

Billy Joel: And So It Goes (2025) is an American two-part HBO music documentary miniseries created by Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin. Its runtime is a long, unhurried 147 minutes per episode, and it follows the life and career of the singer-songwriter Billy Joel, who appears as himself in the interviews. Rather than a chronological checklist of hits, the film works like a personal reckoning: Joel reflects on the love, loss and private struggles that fed his songwriting, while the edit threads those confessions against rare home movies, personal photographs and never-before-seen performances. Interviews with his daughter Alexa Ray Joel and his wife Christie Brinkley appear alongside commentary from the violinist Itzhak Perlman, the broadcaster Howard Stern and the critic Anthony DeCurtis, placing his songs within the wider American popular music world. The tone is warm, reflective and candid, with the music doing much of the emotional work. Viewers who enjoyed intimate artist portraits such as Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me and the concert-driven candor of Shut Up and Play the Hits will find this a similarly absorbing look at an artist shaped by his own songs.

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