Sean Ono Lennon opened up about coping with the loss of his father Beatles legend John Lennon when he was just five years old.
The artist, now 49, revealed that music became a way to feel connected to the father he tragically lost when John was murdered in December 1980 at just 40 years old.
‘I never played music because I was good at it,’ Sean shared in a candid interview with People on Thursday. ‘I lost my father and I didn’t know how to fill that void. Learning how to play his songs on guitar was a way to process the loss with an activity that made me feel connected to him.”
In a moving reflection on grief, he added, ‘When you’ve lost a parent, things like that motivate you — because you’re trying to find them.
‘Making music always made me feel like I was getting to know him better.’
This candid revelation comes after Sean recently revealed the Taylor Swift lyric that made him feel ‘uncomfortable’.
Sean Ono Lennon opened up about coping with the loss of his father Beatles legend John Lennon when he was just five years old; (seen in 2022)
The artist, now 49, revealed that music became a way to feel connected to the father he tragically lost when John was murdered in December 1980 at just 40 years old
Lennon took to Twitter after the Donald Trump posted: ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT’ to Truth Social following the popstar’s official endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, declaring: ‘Hating on Taylor Swift is not a good look.’
Lennon said although he has never been a fan of Swift’s music, he acknowledges she is a ‘uniquely successful American.’
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The following day, he admitted to having listened to Taylor Swift’s 2014 hit Bad Blood, though he confessed he wasn’t a fan of it.
‘I can’t believe I forgot this one but I actually remember a Taylor song called Bad Blood (or something).
‘I remember she rhymed “mad love” with “bad blood” and that kind of made me uncomfortable,’ he wrote in reference to the track.
‘This is only to say that it was not true I don’t know any songs,’ he clarified.
‘I know that one. I have nothing against her. I have a lot of respect for what she has accomplished. I certainly could never do what she does.’
Swift, 34, endorsed Harris and her vice-presidential candidate, Tim Walz, following the presidential debate on September 10.
‘I lost my father and I didn’t know how to fill that void. Learning how to play his songs on guitar was a way to process the loss with an activity that made me feel connected to him,’ (seen in March)
‘Making music always made me feel like I was getting to know him better,’ (Yoko and Sean in 2014)
Born on October 9, 1975, Sean Ono Lennon is the only son of Beatles icon John Lennon and artist Yoko Ono.
He forged his own path in music, releasing solo albums like Into the Sun (1998) and The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (2014) with his band of the same name.
In addition to his musical career, Sean has been active in various social and political causes, carrying on his parents’ legacy of activism.
He has been in a long-term relationship with Charlotte Kemp Muhl, whom he met at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2005.