Overview
- Paul Anka: His Way premiered Dec. 1 on HBO, offering a career-spanning portrait with archival performances and new interviews.
- Anka says retirement is "coming" but not now, emphasizing he can still deliver live and urging peers to protect their dignity if their voices fade.
- He continues to perform internationally, recently playing Chile and a 10,000-strong Mexico City crowd with visibly younger fans.
- A TikTok-fueled rediscovery of Put Your Head on My Shoulder and high-profile samples have widened his audience to Gen Z.
- He cites strict habits—no smoking or heavy drinking, olive oil and lemon, weekly fasting, and exercise—for vocal longevity, as he readies the album Inspirations of Life and Love for Feb. 13 and reportedly plans U.S. dates starting Jan. 2 with a Broadway project described as in the works.