Actor Jeremy Renner is joining us. He's gone from Avengers to singer-songwriter. His new album is going to be released in January. It's called Love and Titanium, the first single. Weight Drops Tomorrow. That's the one year anniversary of a snow plow accident that nearly cost Renner his life. The songs on the album were inspired by his recovery. Jeremy joins us now. It is such a pleasure to have you here and to see you in such great shape. How are you celebrating this new year?

I'm with my family. Happy New Year, by the way. I'm with my family. That was actually all with me last year. We have a lot to celebrate this year and recorrect what happened last year and really feel pretty blessed by it.

I bet. I mean, tomorrow marks the actual one year anniversary since your near fatal snow plow accident. I know you're releasing the musical diary to mark the anniversary. How did your recovery journey inspire you to share new music?

Music has always been pretty cathartic and healing for me regardless anyway. When it came to this particular, this is more of a narrative of the life and death and recovery of all last year. It's more of a journal entry. The music crosses a lot of different genres. It's more of a, it's more cinematic in a lot of ways, I feel like. But it wasn't until I think the summer that we started considering it, I wasn't really strong enough to stand up to the microphone at that point. But it was great. It was a wonderfully healing, I think, for even the people I wrote it with were all my friends. All of my recovery has been the better I got, the better everybody else got. The music became also a narrative of that. So very happy to be able to.

Do it. Jeremy, there's a lot of folks who are watching, who join us on New Year's Eve, who are going through something in their own life, who have had a tough year. I've had a tough year, have lost loved ones, have had health issues, have faced struggles. I mean, you have faced just an unbelievable battle over this last year. What got you through? What do you tell people?

I think I'm just so blessed that I had so many things to live for, brother. I have a giant family. I have a 10-year-old daughter. I would have disappointed in the world if I had been dead. I would have really messed up a lot of people's lives if I would have passed. There's a lot for me to get better for. I'm also pretty stubborn as it would be. There's a lot for me to fight for. Recovery was just a one way road in my mind and my recovery became relief for me because I know I could give relief to my family, my daughter, and to all those that I really affected, like my poor nephew who was there with me on that day. I gave him images that he can never unsee. But I know that my healing would be healing for him. And with that, it's like I never thought about my own physical ailments or my own pain or my own anguish, I had so many things to fight for. So the one way to road recovery was my mental attitude. And that attitude was always to get better. And there's no option other than that.

And I still work hard every day. And I thank God that I have a lot to fight for and could be more blessed to share my life with the depths of love of my family that everyone supported me throughout this last year.

By the way, congratulations on season three of Mayor of Kingston. I have to mention it.

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Mean, you must be so excited to get back to acting after all of this.

Yeah, it's been a really wonderfully busy year, and I think I'm ready. I think I'm strong enough. We'll see. I mean, I literally go back in a week, but I'll be doing my best, trying my hardest. Wow.

Well, what a difference a year makes. It is such an inspiring story. You were the number one searched actor on Google this year, by the way. It's so great to see you and I'm excited to hear the new music. Congratulations to you.

Jeremy, I wish you the best. I hope you have a great, great new year.

Yeah, thank you, man. Happy New Year to you guys. I wish you could be out there, but I'm going to be here and ring it in with my family. I'm much love to you guys.

I appreciate the time. Yeah, as you should be. As you should be.