Things are going well for John Mayer these days. He’s sober, he’s featuring on new Ryan Adams singles. And on Thursday The Hollywood Reporter said that a song from Mayer’s third album will be developed into an ABC drama. Heart of Life, the fifth song on 2006’s Continuum, has been developed into a TV show and ABC has ordered a pilot.
Five songs from Continuum were released as singles, but Heart of Life was not among them. Still, it’s an emotional song and one that seems to be at least semi-autobiographical.
As THR noted, the pilot won’t specifically star Mayer but it will be at least loosely based on the narrative of the song’s lyrics.
Heart of Life follows two sets of adult siblings from wildly different worlds who discover they are related and must reassess everything they thought they knew about their shared father. As they explore the mystery of their separate childhoods, they’ll experience the difficulty in overcoming the sins of the past, and learn the joys of reuniting with long-lost family.
It’s unclear if Mayer is involved in the adaptation of the song or if he will play a role in the show itself, but the artist has a summer tour upcoming so either way he’s in for a very busy 2019.
[via THR]
