New Jersey has been one of the states hardest-hit by the coronavirus, and last night a bunch of stars with New Jersey ties threw a benefit “Jersey 4 Jersey” concert via livestream, headlined by Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi, who wrote a song about the pandemic for the occasion.
Singer-songwriter Charlie Puth sang “Growing Up,” fittingly, from his bedroom at his parents’ home in Rumson. In its review of the show, Rolling Stone ranked the performances in order of New Jerseyness and proclaimed Puth the “surprise winner.”
Sitting in your childhood bedroom at age 28, wearing a tank top and several gold necklaces while covering a track from Bruce Springsteen’s debut album on a MIDI keyboard? All of that is undeniably more Jersey than actually being Springsteen or Jon Bon Jovi.
