Bruce Springsteen’s Lightning Speed ​​Writing ‘Letter to You’ Shocked Steven Van Zandt: ‘Never Happens’

The breakneck speed with which Bruce Springsteen created his 2020 album “Letter to You” shocked E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt.

“He wrote it in two weeks, which never happens,” Van Zandt, 73, told the Post. “We recorded it in four days, which never happens.”

Featuring songs such as “Burnin’ Train”, “Last Man Standing” and “Ghosts”, the album is the basis of Springsteen’s current world tour, the band’s first in more than six years, which runs until the summer of 2025.

The journey – from rehearsal to international arenas – is told in the new Hulu documentary “Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band,” released October 25.

“I knew it would be different because the album was different,” Van Zandt added of the ongoing tour.

“He never had a theme, an album that focused thematically, you know. Maybe only ‘The Rising’ comes to mind, but not quite so literally… He knew what he wanted to say the minute he wrote it.”

“I was just waiting for this thing to be born, you know? And we couldn’t wait to play. We knew it would be great live.”

One of the general themes of the 75-year-old rocker’s album is mortality.

“It required a series of new discussions about how we can do this and make sure it works,” Van Zandt said of the distinctive tour with a more introspective tone.

“And part of that was balancing that very, very specific theme of the album and the tour of mortality. Balancing this with vitality would be an absolute requirement.”

The colorful Little Steven plays a major role in the documentary, but manager Jon Landau says some of his biggest hits are on the cutting room floor.

“By the way, you should have seen the stuff we cut on Stevie,” Landau said. “We will discuss this later!”