09/07/2025
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Julian Lennon never blindly idolized his father. How could he?
While the world sang along to “Imagine,” Julian grew up watching from a distance — often without calls, without visits, without answers. His father was a voice on the radio, not a presence at the dinner table. And yet, Julian has never denied John’s brilliance.
He once said:
“I admire what he stood for, what he created... but I didn’t really know the man.”
Julian’s journey has been one of duality — to separate the myth from the man, the art from the absence. He has carried both pain and pride in his father’s name, and through years of inner work and music, he’s found something deeper than idolization: understanding.
Today, Julian honors his father in quiet ways — continuing environmental work, releasing music with purpose, and even performing “Imagine” for the first time in 2022, during a call for peace in Ukraine. It was an act of reconciliation, both with the world and with his own past.
He may not have idolized John Lennon, but he has grown to love him — not as a legend, but as a deeply flawed, deeply human father.
