The legendary rocker joked about how his own music has changed throughout his four-decades in the industry.
Jon Bon Jovi says his music has greatly evolved in his four decades as a singer-songwriter and made a joke about Taylor Swift to prove his point.
On Friday, the “It’s My Life” singer, 61, appeared at a Television Critics Association panel for his new Hulu docuseries, Thank You, Goodnight, where he poked fun at his own catalog becoming varied through the years as he picked up life experiences, including the heartbreak he didn’t have as a teenager and young adult.
“That’s been the magic of 40 years of career. At 20, when I got a record deal, I didn’t have a lot else to write about except high school,” Bon Jovi said, referring to his early songs.
“And I didn’t break up with people like Taylor [Swift] did,” the singer continued as the audience laughed.
The quip is a reference to Swift, 34, who based many of her songs early on in her career around her own relationships. It has since become a running joke among the fans of the “Bad Blood” singer, who famously once stated, “If guys don’t want me to write bad songs about them, they shouldn’t do bad things.”
Swift and Bon Jovi have previously rubbed elbows at several major events, including the 2013 Winter Whites Gala, where they sang together with Prince William. The trio performed “Livin on a Prayer” together, an experience the Prince of Wales said he thinks about often.
“To this day, I still do not know what came over me. Honestly, even now I’m cringing at what happened next, and I don’t understand why I gave in,” the Prince of Wales, 41, said during an episode of Apple Fitness+’s Time to Walk series. “But, frankly, if Taylor Swift looks you in the eye, touches your arm, and says, ‘Come with me…’ I got up like a puppy and went, ‘Yeah, OK, that seems like a great idea. I’ll follow you.'”
