Julian Lennon set the report straight on his relationship with brother Sean Lennon in a latest interview, telling Esquire that rumors of their so-called feuds are “such bull.”
The elder son of John Lennon mentioned attending the 2021 Get Again premiere together with his youthful brother, who had reservations about going. “He felt overwhelming strain. And I didn’t notably wish to go,” Lennon stated. “However he stated he felt obligated to go, so as a result of I like him a lot I stated, ‘Hear, I’m coming with you. We’ll face the demons collectively.’ And it’s humorous as a result of there’s at all times been, particularly within the U.Okay. press, ‘Lennon Sons Feuding,’ this, that. We have by no means had a struggle in our life. It is such bull.”
Nonetheless, Lennon acknowledged that issues weren’t at all times easy between him and his household as they grappled with the load of the Beatles’ legacy. “I posted numerous joyful footage of us [Sean and me] doing nothing however smiling, laughing and appearing like idiots,” he stated. “This was necessary for me and for the peace and for household, as a result of there was friction, no query, up to now between everyone. However we’re all getting a bit older, and as we grow old we lose individuals and we understand now what’s most valuable in life.”
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That sentiment extends to the surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, in addition to the band members’ youngsters. “The love for Sean, and the love for Yoko [Ono], and Stella [McCartney], and Paul, and Mary [McCartney], and Dhani [Harrison] and Zak [Starkey] — it is a large outdated, bizarre household,” Lennon added. “However as they are saying, households are at all times a bit screwed up.”
Julian Lennon Says ‘Hey Jude’ Can Be a ‘Good or a Barely Irritating Factor’
Lennon additionally mirrored on “Hey Jude,” the chart-topping Beatles tune that McCartney wrote for Julian when his mother and father, John and Cynthia Lennon, divorced. “It is a phenomenal sentiment, no query about that, and I am very grateful — however I’ve additionally been pushed up the wall by it,” he stated. “I like the truth that he wrote a tune about me and for Mother, however relying on what facet of the mattress one awoke on, and the place you are listening to it, it may be a great or a barely irritating factor. However in my coronary heart of hearts, there’s not a foul phrase I might say about it.”
Lennon launched his personal musical profession with 1984’s Valotte. His newest album, Jude, arrived in 2022. “It simply felt like the fitting title and the fitting factor, and proudly owning it,” he defined. “It is about additionally breaking by any worry and nervousness I used to have in regards to the Beatles, about Dad, about every part.”
