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Jon Bon Jovi says "all kids care about is producing a song" that will be a hit

Musician Jon Bon Jovi has revealed that he worries about the modern music industry because artists nowadays only seem to be concerned with having a huge hit single rather than a series of strong, successful full-length records. 

The rocker told London's Evening Standard newspaper that this generation doesn't seem to prioritise building foundations for longevity and instead seems fixated on immediacy and making the next hit single, which is a mentality he can't get on board with:

"We live now in an era of all kids care about is producing a song. They’re not thinking about an album. To me it was always about the record."

Jon Bon Jovi went onto add that creating an album is important whether this new wave of bands and artists value having a body of work on not:

"It’s just not the way I think. An album is a moment in time. I remember that conversation happening 15 years ago with the advent of the iPod, ‘Now I just have to record three or four songs and then I can go back on tour’. Well that’s not the generation I grew up in. An album is important. It’s not just worrying about singles on the radio to sell pop songs."

As previously reported, the "It's My Life" stars will receive the 2016 Legend of Live by Billboard at the 13th annual Billboard Touring Conference & Awards on November 9. The band are currently gearing up to release their highly anticipated new album, entitled This House is Not For Sale, on October 21. 

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