John Lennon’s son performed 'Imagine' for the first time to support Ukraine

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Singer Julian Lennon poses on the amfAR Gala, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, at Pacific Design Middle in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Picture/Chris Pizzello)


Julian Lennon carried out a canopy of his father’s well-known music “Think about” for the very first time this week in help of fundraising efforts for Ukraine.


A video of Julian performing the music was posted to his YouTube channel on Friday. Within the video, he sings the music in a room surrounded by candles, whereas one other musician performs guitar beside him.


Julian is the son of the late musician John Lennon, who initially got here to fame as a member of the Beatles. His music “Think about” got here out in 1971.


Though Julian adopted in his father’s footsteps to turn into a musician, that is the primary time he has coated what's arguably his father’s most well-known music as a solo artist.


Within the description, Julian famous that he has all the time maintained that he would solely “ever take into account singing ‘IMAGINE’ […] if it was the ‘Finish of the World.’”


However he determined to carry out the music for the primary time to help Ukraine “as a result of his lyrics replicate our collective need for peace worldwide.


“As a result of inside this music, we’re transported to an area, the place love and togetherness turn into our actuality, if however for a second in time,” he wrote. “The music displays the sunshine on the finish of the tunnel, that we're all hoping for…”


The efficiency was to help World Citizen’s Stand Up For Ukraine, a social media motion centred round elevating consciousness for the plight of Ukrainians below assault from Russian forces, in addition to to spur fundraising efforts and immediate motion from world leaders.


“Because of the continuing murderous violence, hundreds of thousands of harmless households, have been pressured to go away the consolation of their properties, to hunt asylum elsewhere,” Julian added. “I’m calling on world leaders and everybody who believes within the sentiment of IMAGINE, to face up for refugees in every single place!”


Julian didn't broaden on why he had beforehand vowed to not carry out the music, however has spoken prior to now about his strained relationship together with his father, who died when he was 17. In a piece for the Guardian in 2020 which interviewed the youngsters of well-known dad and mom, Julian mentioned there was round a 10-year stretch the place he barely spoke to his father, who had left his mom and began relationship Yoko Ono when he was 5 years previous.


Julian entered the musical world in 1984 together with his debut album Valotte. Since then, he has launched 5 different albums. His newest album, Jude, is about to come back out later this 12 months, his first album in a decade. 

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