Soft Rock documentary series Sometimes When We Touch to arrive on Paramount+ in January

Paramount+ has announced a three-part documentary series, Sometimes When We Touch, which explores the history of soft rock. It is set for release on the streaming platform on January 3rd.

Subtitled The Reign, Ruin and Resurrection of Soft Rock, the documentary delves into the soft rock genre, a form of rock music that originated in the late 1960s in Southern California and the United Kingdom.

The genre was most popular from the '70s through the early '80s and includes artists such as Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Carole King, Billy Joel, Van Morrison, Sting, Elton John, Carly Simon, and many more.

Lionel Richie at Punchestown on 23 July 2016.

"Soft Rock dominated pop music. Then became a punch line. Now its influence is felt everywhere from hip-hop samples to TikTok," Paramount+ announced ahead of the release.

"The exclusive new series charts a musical movement through its most treasured songs, stories and stars."

Sometimes When We Touch features interviews with the likes of Kenny Loggins, L.A. Reid, Sheryl Crow, and Susanna Hoffs.

According to Variety, it focuses on influential musicians like Hall & Oates, Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, Christopher Cross, Air Supply, Ambrosia, the Carpenters, the Captain & Tennille and Lionel Richie.

The three-part series, which was co-produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and the studio Gunpowder & Sky, "embraces the impact of soft rock while acknowledging the cringey excesses that sometimes led it astray".

Watch the teaser trailer for Sometimes When We Touch below.