The Beatles’ ‘Hey Jude’ ‘will always be dark to me,’ says Julian Lennon

Son of John Lennon, Julian Lennon always talks about his relationship with his songs. Beatles. On a few occasions, he explained how he feels about “Hey Jude,” hit written by Paul McCartney to help Julian when his father separated from his mother, Cynthia Powell. Now, the artist has revealed how the song “will always be dark to me.”

It’s worth remembering how, previously, he described the song as a “dark reminder” of John Lennon abandoning his family and commented on how he has a “love-hate” relationship. During an interview with EsquireJulian talked about “Hey Jude,” created by McCartney in 1968 after separation from Lennon It is Powell.

“It was ‘Hey Jules‘ at first, but it didn’t quite fit into the rhythm. ‘Hey Jude‘ was a better interpretation,” he recalled. “Paul wrote it to console Mom and also to console me. It’s a beautiful feeling, without a doubt, and I’m so grateful – but I’m also mad about it.”

I love the fact that he wrote a song about me and Mom, but depending on which side of the bed the person woke up on and where you hear it, it could be a good thing or a little frustrating. But deep in my heart, there isn’t a bad word I can say about it.

“The lyrics are relevant even now. The goal is to improve life and take the weight off my shoulders, especially on the path I followed as a musician – following my father,” he continued Julian Lennon. “It’s like, what are you, crazy? Why would you do that? I chose the hardest path known to mankind, but that’s why, after 30 years in music, I felt it was time to follow some other dreams I had . Photography and a lot of other things.”

Then he commented how “Hey Jude” will always be in his blood, thanks to his father, Beatles and the documentary The Beatles: Get Back: “The weird thing with audiences is that they sometimes think it’s cute to quote ‘Hey Jude‘ to me, but I don’t think they realize there’s a lot of pain behind what happened. Every time you quote it, it reminds me of my mother being separated from my father, of the love that was lost, of the fact that I rarely saw my father again.”

I saw him maybe twice before he died. Many people don’t understand how intense, emotional and personal this is. It’s not just a ‘get yourself together, dust yourself off and be happy.’ There is deep emotional pain. I can celebrate that – but it’s also something that will always be dark for me.

It is not a position where forgiveness comes into play. It was just a time and a place in my life where things happened. Who knows if I’ve ever dealt with this? Maybe I haven’t. Do I need to go to therapy? No, I think life is enough therapy. So, it’s strange.