New York: Recording artists Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas say the takeaway from new Jonas Brothers documentary, 'Chasing Happiness', is that family was and is more important to the siblings than music will ever be.
For a while Monday night, the film's Los Angeles premiere felt like a blast from the past, as the trio hit the black carpet, and were greeted by hundreds of screaming fans — a reminder of the Brothers' career peak, exactly a decade ago, when their May 2009 album, 'Lines, Vines and Trying Times', was released and went on to sell an estimated eight million copies worldwide.
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Originally, the new movie was simply intended to document the craziness of the brothers' early career, explained Nick Jonas.
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"I think we wanted to tell the story of childhood into our crazy life and musical career, when things really took off so many years ago," he said.
After that, their relationships soured, when Nick suggested the three should disband.
While Nick, Joe and Kevin were cordial to each other, it wasn't until the movie that the brothers were finally able to get express the pain of the band's breakup, and get beyond it, commented director John Taylor.
"These were conversations they didn't have in the moment," Taylor said. "And they broke the band up and went their separate ways without ever resolving any of this stuff. And so they used this film and the ability to sit down and tell their side of the story almost as like a therapeutic way to air it all out."
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"'Therapeutic' is a strong word," added Kevin Jonas. "But it definitely was needed. You know, there was definitely some therapy involved for us, you know, to get through it but it was needed. It was fun. We learned a lot about each other. And it was just awesome."
An unexpected byproduct of the film was a Jonas Brothers reunion, which has resulted in one of the top-selling singles of the year, 'Sucker', the band's first release in five years. They'll soon be back on tour and their new album, 'Happiness Begins', drops Friday.
For Joe Jonas, the big takeaway from the film was that what was important to the Jonas clan remains most important.
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"Yeah, I would say the values, you know, for us — as family, values have stuck together, stronger than ever," he explained. "We've grown up and we've all kind of looked at life differently in our own ways. But what we can take the takeaway is that we're able to look at each other and know that we got through this major life hurdle. And we're here today to talk to you guys about this amazing film."
'Chasing Happiness' is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
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