Bon Jovi Announces New ‘Forever’ Album + Debuts First Song ‘Legendary’

Bon Jovi will release their new album Forever on June 7. It will be the group's 16th studio effort and their first since 2020, which was released four years ago, and the debut single, "Legendary" accompanies the announcement.

The new song can be heard below and the album's cover art and full track list are also available at the bottom of this story.

In an exclusive interview with UCR, frontman Jon Bon Jovi revealed that he had to overcome a number of issues, including serious vocal problems that notably plagued him on the band's 2022 tour, and which ultimately required surgery.

"The overarching sentiment of this album is that of joy. How did I get to joy? I had to work through a lot of dark misery," he explains. "I’m thinking about where to go musically and I run into a problem physically, where now I have to seek out a specialist in the field to do a vocal surgery that is not often done."

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Bon Jovi's New Documentary Chronicles His Recent Vocal Struggles

Bon Jovi's attempts to reconnect with his voice is the focus of the upcoming documentary Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story. The four-part series, which debuts April 26 on Netflix, also addresses founding lead guitarist Richie Sambora's departure and continued estrangement from the band.

Forever finds Bon Jovi once again working alongside his two remaining founding bandmates: keyboardist David Bryan and drummer Tico Torres. The trio are joined by bassist Hugh McDonald and guitarist Phil X.

Bon Jovi, "Legendary" Music Video

Bon Jovi, "Legendary" Lyrics

Who are you and who am I,
To think that we could ever fly?
It don’t pay to even try
Work, get paid, and just get by
Sons of sons, bricks on bricks
What’s broken you don’t try to fix
Round here there ain’t no “whys” and “ifs”
You don’t pick up what you can’t lift

I raise my hands up to the sky
Don’t need more to tell me I’m alive

Got what I want
Cause I got what I need
Got a fistful of friends
That’ll stand up for me
Right where I am
Is where I wanna be.
Friday night comes
Around like a song
Sweet Caroline and we all sing along,
Got my brown eyed girl
And she believes in me.
Legendary

I know this town
Like the back of my hand
Every crack in the sidewalk
Tells me who I am
Live and you love
Is the law of the land
These are our dreams
That’s where we stand

Raise my hands up to the sky
Don’t need more to tell me I’m alive

Got what I want
Cause I got what I need
Got a fistful of friends
That’ll stand up for me
Right where I am
Is where I wanna be.
Friday night comes
Around like a song
Sweet Caroline and we all sing along,
Got my brown eyed girl
And she believes in me.
Legendary

Who are you and who am I
To think that we could ever fly

Got what I want
Cause I got what I need
Got a fistful of friends
That’ll stand up for me
Right where I am
Is where I wanna be.
Friday night comes
Around like a song
Sweet Caroline and we all sing along,
Got my brown eyed girl
And she believes in me.
Legendary
Legendary

Bon Jovi, Forever Album Art + Track Listing

01. "Legendary"
02. "We Made It Look Easy"
03. "Living Proof"
04. "Waves"
05. "Seeds"
06. "Kiss The Bride"
07. "The People's House"
08. "Walls Of Jericho"
09. "I Wrote You A Song"
10. "Living In Paradise"
11. "My First Guitar"
12. "Hollow Man"

How Bon Jovi Worked Through 'Dark Misery' To Make Their New Album