John Lennon's son will release his first studio album in 11 years in September, and it's highly personal.
“Jude” is the first album Lennon has put out in 11 years, a hiatus he created intentionally because it allowed him the opportunity to embrace other projects.
”Back in the early days, in my 20s,” the 59-year-old said, “you were pushed into the studio the moment you came off world tours. So it was this endless cycle. And after 30 years of doing that, I said, that’s not what I want to do anymore. So I became independent, and it allowed me to follow all of my other dreams.”ROBERT ASCROFT for FourEleven.Agency / @ROBERTASCROFT @FOURELEVEN.
His environmental message carries through to his music. He cowrote and recorded a song about the environment and poverty called “Saltwater” in 1991, and rereleased it in 2016. “I had no ambition to sing any of dad’s or Beatles songs,” he said. “But I’m so disturbed by what’s going on in our world right now that I thought, this is as good a time as any in history.”