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.