{"slug": "the-son-of-billy-joels-early-adversary-announces-another-unauthorized-piano-man", "title": "The Son Of Billy Joel’s Early Adversary Announces Another Unauthorized Piano Man Film, And This One’s AI", "summary": "The son of Billy Joel's early adversary has announced an unauthorized animated AI film project based on a rediscovered 1971 college radio interview with the 22-year-old musician, following other unauthorized films about Joel's early years. The project, which the son describes as looking 'horrifying', is one of several forthcoming unauthorized projects about Joel's early career.", "body_md": "Back in 1971, when he was just coming off the release of his solo debut Cold Spring Harbor, the 22-year-old Billy Joel gave a college radio interview on Long Island. A recording of that interview was recently rediscovered, and now it's about to become an animated AI film project, made by the song of a guy who worked with Billy Joel early on and who has been effectively erased from the Billy Joel narrative. That AI movie, which looks *horrifying*, is just one of several forthcoming unauthorized film projects about Billy Joel's early years.\n\nThe post [The Son Of Billy Joel’s Early Adversary Announces Another Unauthorized Piano Man Film, And This One’s AI](https://stereogum.com/2508498/the-son-of-billy-joels-early-adversary-announces-another-unauthorized-piano-man-film-and-this-ones-ai/news/) appeared first on [Stereogum](https://stereogum.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-son-of-billy-joels-early-adversary-announces-another-unauthorized-piano-man", "canonical_source": "https://stereogum.com/2508498/the-son-of-billy-joels-early-adversary-announces-another-unauthorized-piano-man-film-and-this-ones-ai/news/", "published_at": "2026-08-17 13:55:41+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-17 14:12:25.261651+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai"], "entities": ["Billy Joel", "Stereogum"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-son-of-billy-joels-early-adversary-announces-another-unauthorized-piano-man", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-son-of-billy-joels-early-adversary-announces-another-unauthorized-piano-man.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-son-of-billy-joels-early-adversary-announces-another-unauthorized-piano-man.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-son-of-billy-joels-early-adversary-announces-another-unauthorized-piano-man.jsonld"}}