“Obviously, it’s lovely to have a song written about you, and especially out of concern. “Back then I was too young to understand what it represented,” said Lennon. Julian Lennon with his half-brother Sean Lennon at the “Get Back” premiere last year. And to this day, the sweetest of serenades to “make it better” for a little boy stirs mixed feelings in the Beatles scion. Paul McCartney originally wrote the song as “Hey Jules” - a reference to Julian’s nickname - to comfort John Lennon’s young son after his father left his mother for Yoko Ono. The LP arrives 37 years after Lennon scored Top 10 hits with his first two US singles: “Valotte,” the title tune from his 1984 debut album, and “Too Late for Goodbyes.”Īnd if that album title of “Jude” makes Beatlemaniacs take note, yes, it is indeed a reference to “Hey Jude,” the 1968 No. Gamma-Keystone via Getty ImagesĪnd it’s this officially named Julian who releases “Jude” - his first album in 11 years - on Friday. ROBERT ASCROFT Julian Lennon actually shared his first name with dad John until legally changing it two years ago. People would look at my passport, maybe not recognize me, and go, ‘ John Lennon - ha, ha, that’s funny.’ After over 30-40 years of publicly having to deal with that … I just went, ‘You know what? I want to be Julian, I want to be me for F sake.’ ” Julian Lennon’s new album, “Jude,” is his first LP in 11 years. “And I used to get a lot of crap for at airport security. “I’d always take an issue with that, because I’d always been known as Julian - first and foremost to my mum,” Lennon, 59, told The Post. That’s because the singer-songwriter - who was actually born John Charles Julian Lennon to the late Beatles legend and his first wife Cynthia Lennon - legally changed his name to Julian Charles John Lennon in 2020. He may be hitting the big 6-0 next April, but in a very meaningful way, Julian Lennon - firstborn son of John - is only 2 years old. Miley Cyrus is back to Disney - here’s how she was saved from child-star curseįake band Daisy Jones & The Six makes music history in a very real way Jonas Brothers on Broadway: ‘We never thought we would get here’ Foo Fighters release ’emotionally raw’ first song since Taylor Hawkins’ death
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