Julian Lennon

Julian Lennon was born John Charles Julian Lennon on 8 April 1963 at Sefton General Hospital in Liverpool, to John Lennon and Cynthia Powell.{{Cite web|url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/1963/04/08/julian-lennon-born/|title=The Beatles Bible – Julian Lennon is born|date=8 April 1963|website=The Beatles Bible|access-date=27 December 2019|archive-date=24 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124192302/https://www.beatlesbible.com/1963/04/08/julian-lennon-born/|url-status=live}} He was named after his paternal grandmother, Julia Lennon, who died five years before his birth. The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, was his godfather. Lennon was educated firstly at Kingsmead School, Hoylake, during 1974–1975; then, when his mother remarried, he moved to Wales and attended Ruthin School, a boarding private school in the town of Ruthin, Denbighshire, in North Wales.{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/john-lennon-cynthia-beatles-tributes-8964851|title=John Lennon's first wife Cynthia dies after cancer battle|last=Dex|first=Robert|date=1 April 2015|website=Walesonline|access-date=4 February 2020|archive-date=4 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304020556/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/john-lennon-cynthia-beatles-tributes-8964851|url-status=live}}

Lennon inspired one of his father's most famous songs, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", whose lyrics describe a picture the boy had drawn, a watercolour painting of his friend, Lucy O'Donnell, from nursery school, surrounded by stars. Another composition of his father inspired by him was the lullaby "Good Night", the closing song of The Beatles (also known as The White Album). In 1967, at the age of four, he attended the set of the Beatles' film Magical Mystery Tour.{{Cite web|title=John Lennon at 80 – Julian Lennon – full interview with Sean Ono Lennon – BBC Sounds|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08t4q98|access-date=2022-01-24|website=bbc.co.uk|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124153726/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08t4q98|url-status=live}}

When Julian was five years old, in 1968, his parents divorced, following his father's infidelity with Japanese multimedia artist Yoko Ono.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsyYqJxf9Qk | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/fsyYqJxf9Qk| archive-date=2 November 2021 | url-status=live|title=Tribute to Cynthia Lennon by Julian Lennon |date=1 April 2015 |publisher=Julian Lennon |access-date=1 May 2017}}{{cbignore}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/john-lennons-ex-wife-cynthia-dead-at-75-20150401 |title=John Lennon's Ex-Wife Cynthia Dead at 75 |date=1 April 2015 |first1=Kory |last1=Grow |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=26 April 2017 |archive-date=20 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420134646/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/john-lennons-ex-wife-cynthia-dead-at-75-20150401 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.john-lennon.com/playboyinterviewwithjohnlennonandyokoono.htm |title=Playboy Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono |date=28 September 1980 |publisher=Playboy Magazine, USA |access-date=26 April 2017 |archive-date=15 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815092712/http://www.john-lennon.com/playboyinterviewwithjohnlennonandyokoono.htm |url-status=live }} John Lennon married Ono on 20 March 1969. Julian would later have a younger half-brother, Sean Lennon.{{Cite web|last=Gao|first=Lillian|date=2021-05-02|title=The Truth About Yoko Ono's Kids|url=https://www.nickiswift.com/398376/the-truth-about-yoko-onos-kids/|access-date=2022-01-31|website=NickiSwift.com|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205052136/https://www.nickiswift.com/398376/the-truth-about-yoko-onos-kids/|url-status=live}}

Paul McCartney wrote "Hey Jude" to console him over the divorce; originally called "Hey Jules", McCartney changed the name because he thought that "Jude" was an easier name to sing.Barry Miles (1997). Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 465. {{ISBN|0-8050-5249-6}}. After his parents' divorce, Julian had almost no contact with his father until the early 1970s when, at the request of his father's then-girlfriend, May Pang (Yoko Ono and Lennon had temporarily separated), he began to visit his father regularly. John Lennon bought Julian a Gibson Les Paul guitar and a drum machine for Christmas 1973 and encouraged his interest in music by showing him some chords.{{cite web|url=http://www.lennon.net/memorabilia/blackguitar.shtml|title=Memorabilia: The Julian Lennon Collection|publisher=Lennon.net|access-date=28 August 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222110358/http://www.lennon.net/memorabilia/blackguitar.shtml|archive-date=22 December 2007}}Lennon (2006) p345

Following his father's murder on 8 December 1980, Julian Lennon voiced anger and resentment toward him, saying, "I've never really wanted to know the truth about how Dad was with me. There was some very negative stuff talked about me ... like when he said I'd come out of a whiskey bottle on a Saturday night. Stuff like that.{{cite web |url=http://www.beatlesinterviews.org/dbjypb.int2.html |title=Playboy Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono: Published in January 1981 issue. Interviewed by David Sheff, September 1980 |website=Beatlesinterviews.org |access-date=1 June 2017 |archive-date=15 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515021430/http://www.beatlesinterviews.org/dbjypb.int2.html |url-status=live }} You think, where's the love in that? Paul and I used to hang about quite a bit ... more than Dad and I did. We had a great friendship going and there seems to be far more pictures of me and Paul playing together at that age than there are pictures of me and my dad."{{Cite news |title=How Cynthia Lennon's doomed marriage to John Lennon inspired 'Hey Jude'|newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/04/02/how-cynthia-lennons-doomed-marriage-to-john-lennon-inspired-hey-jude/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=23 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323182436/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/04/02/how-cynthia-lennons-doomed-marriage-to-john-lennon-inspired-hey-jude/ |url-status=live }}

Julian chafed at hearing his father's 'peace and love' stance perpetually celebrated. He told The Daily Telegraph, "I have to say that, from my point of view, I felt he was a hypocrite. Dad could talk about peace and love out loud to the world but he could never show it to the people who supposedly meant the most to him: his wife and son. How can you talk about peace and love and have a family in bits and pieces—no communication, adultery, divorce? You can't do it, not if you're being true and honest with yourself."{{cite web|last=Grice |first=Elizabeth |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4713954/Dad-was-a-hypocrite.-He-could-talk-about-peace-and-love-to-the-world-but-he-could-never-show-it-to-his-wife-and-son.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4713954/Dad-was-a-hypocrite.-He-could-talk-about-peace-and-love-to-the-world-but-he-could-never-show-it-to-his-wife-and-son.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Dad was a hypocrite. He could talk about peace and love to the world but he could never show it to his wife and son |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=1 April 2015 |access-date=5 November 2016}}{{cbignore}} Julian added, "Mum was more about love than Dad. He sang about it, he spoke about, but he never really gave it, at least not to me as his son. The darker side definitely comes from Dad. Whenever I get too aggressive, which comes from Dad's side, I try to calm myself down, be more positive."{{cite web|last=Eden |first=Richard |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8933287/Julian-Lennon-blames-father-John-for-his-lack-of-children.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111212032015/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8933287/Julian-Lennon-blames-father-John-for-his-lack-of-children.html |archive-date=12 December 2011 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title= Julian Lennon blames father John for his lack of children |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=4 December 2011 |access-date=5 December 2011}}{{cbignore}}

Recalling his renewed contact with his father in the mid-1970s, Julian said in 2009, "Dad and I got on a great deal better then. We had a lot of fun, laughed a lot and had a great time in general when he was with May Pang. My memories of that time with Dad and May are very clear—they were the happiest time I can remember with him."{{cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/julian-lennon-gives-family-peace-a-chance-3v8s3fh87x0 | work=The Times | location=London | title=Julian Lennon gives family peace a chance | first=Richard | last=Brooks | date=13 June 2009 | access-date=7 May 2010 | archive-date=3 March 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303171515/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/julian-lennon-gives-family-peace-a-chance-3v8s3fh87x0 | url-status=live }}

Julian was excluded from his father's will. However, a trust of £100,000 was created by his father to be shared between Julian and his half-brother, Sean. Julian sued his father's estate and in 1996 reached a settlement agreement, authorised by Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, reportedly worth £20 million.{{cite news |last=Harlow |first=John |date=4 August 1996 |title=Julian Lennon 'to inherit £20m' |work=The Sunday Times |location=London |page=5}}{{Cite web |title=Oh yes! Ono is to give pounds 20m to Lennon son. – Free Online Library |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Oh+yes!+Ono+is+to+give+pounds+20m+to+Lennon+son.-a061154584 |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=thefreelibrary.com |archive-date=29 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229015606/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Oh+yes!+Ono+is+to+give+pounds+20m+to+Lennon+son.-a061154584 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=I'm the thorn in Yoko's side. She would; prefer me just to shut up and disappear. – Free Online Library |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/I%27m+the+thorn+in+Yoko%27s+side.+She+would;+prefer+me+just+to+shut+up...-a060664279 |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=thefreelibrary.com}}

In an interview with CBS News in 2009, Julian stated, "I realised if I continued to feel that anger and bitterness towards my dad, I would have a constant cloud hanging over my head my whole life. After recording the song 'Lucy,' almost by nature, it felt right to fulfill the circle, forgive Dad, put the pain, anger and bitterness in the past, and focus and appreciate the good things. Writing is therapy for me and, for the first time in my life, I'm actually feeling it and believing it. It also has allowed me to actually embrace Dad and the Beatles."{{Cite web|title=Julian Lennon: I Finally Forgive Dad|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/julian-lennon-i-finally-forgive-dad/|access-date=30 March 2021|website=cbsnews.com|date=15 December 2009|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624001646/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/julian-lennon-i-finally-forgive-dad/|url-status=live}}

Aside from The Beatles, Lennon was influenced by David Bowie, Keith Jarrett, Steely Dan, and AC/DC.{{cite web |last=Allen |first=Jim |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/julian-lennon-shares-his-desert-island-discs/ |title=Julian Lennon Shares His Desert Island Discs |website=udiscovermusic.com |date=1 January 2022 |access-date=24 January 2023 |archive-date=25 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125102937/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/julian-lennon-shares-his-desert-island-discs/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last=Lipps |first=Scott |url=https://www.spin.com/2022/04/julian-lennon-on-how-ac-dc-and-steely-dan-inspired-his-career/ |title=Julian Lennon on How AC/DC and Steely Dan Inspired His Music Career |work=Spin |date=4 April 2022 |access-date=24 January 2023}}

Lennon made his musical debut at age 11 on his father's album Walls and Bridges playing drums on "Ya-Ya", later saying, "Dad, had I known you were going to put it on the album, I would've played much better!"Pang, Loving John, Warner, 1983 In the sleeve notes in the album the song is credited to Julian Lennon "starring on drums" with "dad on piano".

Lennon enjoyed immediate success with his debut album, Valotte, released in 1984. Produced by Phil Ramone, it spawned two top 10 hits, (the title track and "Too Late for Goodbyes") and earned Lennon a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1986. Music videos for the two hits were made by film director Sam Peckinpah and producer Martin Lewis. After the album's release, Paul McCartney sent Lennon a telegram wishing him good luck.{{cite web |url=http://www.julianlennon.com/ |title=Website for Julian Lennon |date=26 April 2017 |publisher=Julian Lennon |access-date=26 April 2017 |archive-date=18 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218052400/https://julianlennon.com/ |url-status=live }}

His second album, 1986's The Secret Value of Daydreaming, was panned by critics. However, it reached number 32 on the Billboard 200 chart and produced the single "Stick Around", which was Lennon's first number-one single on the US Album Rock Tracks chart.{{Cite magazine|title=Julian Lennon|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/julian-lennon|magazine=Billboard|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=15 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115011023/https://www.billboard.com/music/julian-lennon|url-status=live}} He recorded the song "Because", previously recorded by The Dave Clark Five, in the UK for Clark's 1986 musical Time.

On 1 April 1987, Julian Lennon appeared as the Baker in Mike Batt's musical The Hunting of the Snark (based on Lewis Carroll's poem).{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-9GFxrRGPI | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/c-9GFxrRGPI| archive-date=2 November 2021 | url-status=live|title=Mike Batt feat. Julian Lennon – The Escapade (from The Hunting Of The Snark/ TV 1987) | date=6 October 2009|publisher=YouTube |access-date=15 December 2012}}{{cbignore}} The all-star lineup included Roger Daltrey, Justin Hayward and Billy Connolly, with John Hurt as the narrator. The performance, a musical benefit at London's Royal Albert Hall in aid of the deaf, was attended by the Duchess of York.{{cite web|url=http://www.julianlennon.com/biography?date=1987-04 |title=Julian Lennon / Biography / 1987 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326144023/http://www.julianlennon.com/biography?date=1987-04 |archive-date=26 March 2016 |access-date=1 May 2017 |url-status=dead }} In October the same year he performed with Chuck Berry. Although Lennon never achieved the same level of success in the US as he had enjoyed with Valotte, his 1989 single "Now You're in Heaven" peaked at number 5 in Australia and gave him his second number 1 hit on the Album Rock Tracks chart in the US.{{Cite web|title=Julian Lennon – Now You're In Heaven mp3 album download|url=https://mdigital.ee/107219/julian-lennon-now-youre-in-heaven-download-album-mp3.html|website=free mp3 music albums – mdigital.ee|access-date=9 May 2020}}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In 1991, George Harrison sent some ideas for Lennon's album Help Yourself, although he did not play or receive any credits. The single "Saltwater" reached number 6 in the UK and topped the Australian singles charts for four weeks. During this time, Lennon contributed a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday" to the soundtrack of the television series The Wonder Years.{{Cite web|title=Julian Lennon|url=https://www.antiwarsongs.org/artista.php?id=9736&lang=en&short=1|website=Antiwarsongs.org|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=19 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119160457/https://www.antiwarsongs.org/artista.php?id=9736&lang=en&short=1|url-status=live}}

Lennon left the music business for several years in the 1990s to focus on philanthropy after his encounter with elders from the Mirning people of Australia. After he began his performing career, there was occasionally unfounded media speculation that Lennon would undertake performances with McCartney, Harrison and Ringo Starr. In the Beatles Anthology series in 1995, the three surviving Beatles confirmed there was never an idea of having Julian sit in for his father as part of a Beatles reunion, with McCartney saying, "Why would we want to subject him to all of this?"{{Cite web|title=97.1 The Drive LIVE Stream {{!}} Chicago|url=https://live.wdrv.com/listen/artist/fbe1a6d6-12c9-459e-bf73-fdcc76b14b7e|website=97.1 The Drive LIVE Stream {{!}} Chicago|access-date=9 May 2020}}

In May 1998, Lennon released the album Photograph Smile on his own record label. Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine praised the album as "well-crafted and melodic", and concluded by saying that it was "the kind of music that would receive greater praise if it weren't made by the son of a Beatle".{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/photograph-smile-mw0000048363|title=Photograph Smile – Julian Lennon | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|website=AllMusic|access-date=1 April 2015|archive-date=4 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404015836/http://www.allmusic.com/album/photograph-smile-mw0000048363|url-status=live}} In 2002, he recorded a version of "When I'm Sixty-Four", from the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, for an Allstate Insurance commercial.

In 2006, he ventured into Internet businesses, including MyStore.com with Todd Meagher and Bebo founder Michael Birch.{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/2007/12/04/julian-lennon-mystore-face-markets-cx_cg_1204autofacescan02.html |title=Imagine! Julian Lennon Invests In MyStore |website=Forbes.com |date=4 December 2007 |access-date=2 September 2017 |archive-date=11 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411094558/https://www.forbes.com/2007/12/04/julian-lennon-mystore-face-markets-cx_cg_1204autofacescan02.html |url-status=live }} In 2009, Lennon created a new partnership with Meagher and Birch called theRevolution, LLC. Through this company, Lennon released a tribute song and EP, "Lucy", honouring the memory of Lucy Vodden (née O'Donnell), the little girl who inspired the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", with 50 per cent of the proceeds going to fund Lupus research.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/6239311/Lucy-In-The-Sky-With-Diamonds-woman-who-inspired-Beatles-song-dies.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/6239311/Lucy-In-The-Sky-With-Diamonds-woman-who-inspired-Beatles-song-dies.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title= Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds: woman who inspired Beatles song dies|date=28 September 2009 |access-date=29 September 2009 | location=London, UK | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/julian-lennon-honors-lucy-in-the-sky-63938332.html|title=Julian Lennon Honors Lucy in the Sky|website=Prnewswire.com|access-date=6 November 2019|archive-date=19 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619085915/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/julian-lennon-honors-lucy-in-the-sky-63938332.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=18028 |title=Lucy Songfacts |website=Songfacts.com |access-date=15 July 2011 |archive-date=2 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202071100/http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=18028 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/music/hidden/lucysky.asp |title=Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds LSD |website=Snopes.com |date=15 February 1998 |access-date=30 July 2009}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00005N83A |title=VH1 Behind the Music: The Julian Lennon Collection: Julian Lennon: Amazon.co.uk: Music |website=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=30 July 2009}}

In October 2011, Lennon released the album Everything Changes. In 2012 he worked with music film director Dick Carruthers on the feature-length video documentary Through the Picture Window, which followed Lennon's journey in the making of Everything Changes and includes interviews with Steven Tyler, Bono, Gregory Darling, Mark Spiro and Paul Buchanan from The Blue Nile. Through the Picture Window was also released as an app in all formats with bespoke videos for all 14 tracks from the album.{{Cite web|url=http://www.galomagazine.com/movies-tv/through-the-picture-window-a-second-glimpse-into-what-makes-julian-lennon-through-director-dick-carruthers-eyes/#.U-vOQI7WqEw|title='Through The Picture Window': A Second Glimpse into What Makes Julian Lennon through Director Dick Carruthers' Eyes | GALO Magazine|website=Galomagazine.com|access-date=6 November 2019|archive-date=9 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009044705/http://www.galomagazine.com/movies-tv/through-the-picture-window-a-second-glimpse-into-what-makes-julian-lennon-through-director-dick-carruthers-eyes/#.U-vOQI7WqEw|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Rtm1dRcMQ&list=UU6iWF7yew0eS7zkr9tXDcfQ| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/5-Rtm1dRcMQ| archive-date=2 November 2021 | url-status=live|title=Through The Picture Window Interview With Dick Carruthers|first=Julian |last=Lennon|date=12 November 2013|access-date=22 January 2018|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/julian-lennon-gives-fans-a-look-through-the-picture-window-with-new-documentary/|title=Julian Lennon gives fans a look "Through the Picture Window" with new documentary|website=Cbsnews.com|date=22 November 2013|access-date=22 January 2018|archive-date=13 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913044040/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/julian-lennon-gives-fans-a-look-through-the-picture-window-with-new-documentary/|url-status=live}}

On September 9, 2022, Lennon's album Jude was released on BMG.{{cite web |last=Enos |first=Morgan |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/julian-lennon-jude-new-album-comeback-john-cynthia-paul-mccartney-get-back |title=Julian Lennon On New Album 'Jude,' Grappling With His Namesake & Embracing His Bittersweet Past |website=grammy.com |date=9 September 2022 |access-date=24 January 2023 |archive-date=25 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125064929/https://www.grammy.com/news/julian-lennon-jude-new-album-comeback-john-cynthia-paul-mccartney-get-back |url-status=live }} It included the singles "Freedom" and "Every Little Moment".{{cite web |last=Uitti |first=Jacob |url=https://americansongwriter.com/julian-lennon-is-finding-music-again-in-all-the-right-places/ |title=Julian Lennon is Finding Music Again in All the Right Places |work=American Songwriter |date=13 April 2022 |access-date=24 January 2023 |archive-date=25 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125064915/https://americansongwriter.com/julian-lennon-is-finding-music-again-in-all-the-right-places/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.goldminemag.com/interviews/julian-lennon-embraces-inner-jude-with-album-30-years-in-the-making |title=Julian Lennon embraces inner 'Jude' with album 30 years in the making |work=Goldmine |date=14 November 2022 |access-date=24 January 2023 |archive-date=25 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125064925/https://www.goldminemag.com/interviews/julian-lennon-embraces-inner-jude-with-album-30-years-in-the-making |url-status=live }} Goldmine wrote about the release, "With his new album, the first in 11 years, Julian advances his body of work that has always simultaneously explored personal and global themes, but for the first time in his life, he's embracing his inner status as someone's son...[an] introspective masterwork from a diversely talented artist." The title is a reference to the Beatles song "Hey Jude", which Paul McCartney wrote in 1968 to give Julian Lennon hope for the future.{{cite web |last=Irvin |first=Jack |url=https://people.com/music/julian-lennon-talks-love-hate-relationship-with-the-beatles-hey-jude/ |title=Julian Lennon Talks 'Love-Hate Relationship' with 'Hey Jude' |work=People |date=29 April 2022 |access-date=24 January 2023 |archive-date=25 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125064925/https://people.com/music/julian-lennon-talks-love-hate-relationship-with-the-beatles-hey-jude/ |url-status=live }} Lennon said about his album title, "Calling it Jude was very coming of age for me in that regard because it was very much facing up to who I am...The content came from over three decades of songwriting. The themes and issues mostly being the same, generally about the wars within and the wars without."

On 23 August 2024, Lennon released a new version of "I Should Have Known", which was remixed by Spike Stent. Lennon shared, "[the song] was always a favourite of mine,” says Lennon. “I loved the way the new album ['Jude'] sounded in particular. (...) I thought maybe Mark 'Spike' Stent will remix this for me and give it a new life. I want it to breathe life into the world again."{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240823379362/en/Internationally-Renowned-Singer-Songwriter-Julian-Lennon-Releases-Reimagined-Version-of-I-Should-Have-Known|title=Internationally Renowned Singer-Songwriter Julian Lennon Releases Reimagined Version of "I Should Have Known"|website=Business Wire|date=23 August 2024|access-date=29 August 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/7yxtRarlo7Xor6UgRrA5gc?si=4lNBzPxGSWingpzbbN7LiA|title=Julian Lennon - I Should Have Known (Spike Stent Version)|website=Spotify|date=23 August 2024|access-date=29 August 2024}}

Lennon's first tour as a solo musician, in early 1985, was documented as part of the film Stand by Me: A Portrait of Julian Lennon – a film profile started by Sam Peckinpah, but completed by Martin Lewis after Peckinpah's death. Lennon has appeared in several other films including The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (released 1996, originally filmed in 1968), Cannes Man (1996), Imagine: John Lennon (1988), Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987) and a cameo in Leaving Las Vegas (1995) as a bartender. Julian provided the voice for the title role in the animated film David Copperfield (1993).{{cite web |last=Dahl |first=Roald |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009NXV9K |title=David Copperfield |website=Amazon |access-date=15 July 2011 |archive-date=14 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514134113/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009NXV9K |url-status=live }} He was also the voice of the main character Toby the Teapot in the animated special The Real Story of I'm a Little Teapot (1990).

Lennon is also the producer of the documentary, Whaledreamers, about an Indigenous Australian tribe and the peoples' special connection with whales.{{cite web |url=http://www.whaledreamers.com/ |title=at |publisher=Whaledreamers.com |access-date=15 July 2011 |archive-date=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718034955/http://www.whaledreamers.com/ |url-status=dead }} It also touches on many environmental issues. This film received several awards{{cite web |url=http://www.whaledreamers.com/news.php |title=Whaledreamers News |publisher=Whaledreamers.com |access-date=30 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915070150/http://whaledreamers.com/news.php |archive-date=15 September 2008 }} and was shown at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.{{Cite web |last=Trakin |first=Roy |date=2014-06-20 |title=Julian Lennon Set to Release First Box Set |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/julian-lennon-set-release-first-713826/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=15 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115083518/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/julian-lennon-set-release-first-713826/ |url-status=live }}

In 2018, Lennon was an executive producer of Women of the White Buffalo, a documentary film released in 2022 that focused on several Lakota women from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, and their work to preserve their way of life in the face of colonialism.{{Citation|title=Women of the White Buffalo (2020)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/women_of_the_white_buffalo|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=23 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023121146/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/women_of_the_white_buffalo|url-status=live}}

In 2020, Lennon was an executive producer of Kiss the Ground, an award-winning documentary film about regenerative agriculture, narrated by Woody Harrelson.{{cite web| title = The Julian Lennon Conversation| date = 14 September 2020| publisher = Kiss the Ground| url = https://kissthegroundmovie.com/the-julian-lennon-conversation/| access-date = 7 September 2023| archive-date = 7 September 2023| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230907233400/https://kissthegroundmovie.com/the-julian-lennon-conversation/| url-status = live}}

After photographing his half-brother Sean's music tour in 2007, Lennon took up a serious interest in photography.{{cite magazine| last = Doyle| first = Patrick| title = Julian Lennon On His New Photos of U2, Kate Hudson| magazine=Rolling Stone| date = 17 September 2010| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/205656| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100919173605/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/205656| url-status = dead| archive-date = 19 September 2010| access-date = 8 October 2010}}

On 17 September 2010,{{cite web| last = Cheney| first = Alexandra| title = Julian Lennon's Photo Exhibit: 'Dad Was Never a Photographer'| work = The Wall Street Journal| date = 17 September 2010| url = https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/09/17/julian-lennons-photo-exhibit-dad-was-never-a-photographer/| access-date = 8 October 2010| archive-date = 23 September 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100923090741/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/09/17/julian-lennons-photo-exhibit-dad-was-never-a-photographer/| url-status = live}} Lennon opened an exhibition of 35 photographs called "Timeless: The Photography of Julian Lennon" with help from long-time friend and fellow photographer Timothy White. Originally scheduled to run from 17 September to 10 October,{{cite web| title = Julian Lennon Show at the Bowery| publisher = Morrison Hotel Gallery| url = https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/post/default.aspx?postID=129| access-date = 8 October 2010| archive-date = 14 July 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110714120602/https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/post/default.aspx?postID=129| url-status = dead}} the Morrison Hotel Gallery extended it a week to end 17 October.{{cite web| title = Julian Lennon Show at the Bowery| publisher = Morrison Hotel Gallery| url = https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/set/default.aspx?setID=1443| access-date = 8 October 2010| archive-date = 2 October 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161002190205/https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/set/default.aspx?setID=1443| url-status = dead}} The photographs include shots of his brother Sean and U2 frontman Bono.

Lennon's "Alone" collection was featured at the Art Basel Miami Beach Show from 6–9 December 2012, to raise money for The White Feather Foundation.{{Cite web|title=Julian Lennon launches photo exhibit in Miami|url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/julian-lennon-launches-photo-exhibit-in-miami-36142|access-date=30 March 2021|website=Hürriyet Daily News|date=5 December 2012|archive-date=11 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411094558/https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/julian-lennon-launches-photo-exhibit-in-miami-36142|url-status=live}}

Lennon's "Horizon" series was featured at the Emmanuel Fremin Gallery, NYC, 12 March 2015, to 2 May 2015.{{cite web |url=http://emmanuelfremingallery.com/exhibitions/ |title=Exhibitions |publisher=Emmanuelfremingallery.com |access-date=1 April 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402153053/http://emmanuelfremingallery.com/exhibitions/ |url-status=dead }}

Lennon's "Cycle" exhibit was featured at the Leica Gallery in Los Angeles, in the fall of 2016.{{Cite news|last=Stephens|first=Stephanie|date=21 September 2016|title=Julian Lennon Lives Life and Photographs It: 'Don't Waste the Moment'|url=https://parade.com/508795/stephaniestephens/julian-lennon-lives-life-and-photographs-it-dont-waste-the-moment/|access-date=30 March 2021|website=Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays|archive-date=19 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919030308/https://parade.com/508795/stephaniestephens/julian-lennon-lives-life-and-photographs-it-dont-waste-the-moment/|url-status=live}}

Lennon uses the social media app Instagram to share his photography.{{cite web | url=https://julianlennon-photography.com/instagram/ | title=Instagram | access-date=9 April 2023 | archive-date=9 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409171902/https://julianlennon-photography.com/instagram/ | url-status=live }}

In 2021, Lennon became the first fine-arts photographer featured at the new gallery in Aston Martin Residences Miami.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/amydobson/2021/05/07/julian-lennon-discusses-art-as-a-calling-on-launch-of-partnership-with-aston-martin-residences/?sh=c2beda93bd91 |title=Exhibitions |work=forbes.com |access-date=7 May 2021 |archive-date=15 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515200031/https://www.forbes.com/sites/amydobson/2021/05/07/julian-lennon-discusses-art-as-a-calling-on-launch-of-partnership-with-aston-martin-residences/?sh=c2beda93bd91 |url-status=live }}

In 2023, Lennon showed a series of photographs in an exhibition titled ATMOSPHERIA at William Turner Gallery in Santa Monica, California.{{Cite web |last=Amadour |date=2023-03-30 |title=The Julian Lennon Interview |url=https://www.riotmaterial.com/interview-with-julian-lennon/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Riot Material|archive-date=14 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414192751/https://www.riotmaterial.com/interview-with-julian-lennon/ |url-status=live }}

In 2024, Lennon released a book of his photographs entitled [https://www.teneues.com/en/book/lifes-fragile-moments Life's Fragile Moments]. It was published by the German publishing house, teNeues.

Shortly after the death of his father, Lennon began collecting Beatles memorabilia. In 2010, he published a book describing his collection, entitled: Beatles Memorabilia: The Julian Lennon Collection.{{Cite book|title=Beatles Memorabilia: The Julian Lennon Collection|date=6 September 2011|via=Amazon.com|publisher=Goodman|isbn=978-1-84796-018-4}}{{Cite book|title=Beatles Memorabilia: The Julian Lennon Collection (9781847960184): Brian Southall, Julian Lennon: Books|date=6 September 2011|publisher=Goodman|isbn=978-1-84796-018-4}}

In 2017, Lennon began a New York Times Bestselling trilogy,{{Cite web|title=Julian Lennon and The Moms, Denise Albert Talk About "Love the Earth" – Times Square Chronicles|date=28 April 2019|url=https://t2conline.com/julian-lennon-and-the-moms-denise-albert-talk-about-love-the-earth/|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=11 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411094558/https://t2conline.com/julian-lennon-and-the-moms-denise-albert-talk-about-love-the-earth/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Children's Books|url=https://julianlennon.com/childrens-books/|website=Julian Lennon|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=13 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513013927/https://julianlennon.com/childrens-books/|url-status=live}} Touch the Earth, Heal the Earth and Love the Earth, which he completed in 2019.{{Cite web|title=John Lennon's Son, Julian To Sign New Book In Ridgewood|url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/ridgewood/john-lennons-son-julian-sign-new-book-ridgewood|date=24 February 2019|website=Ridgewood-Glen Rock, NJ Patch|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=11 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411094558/https://patch.com/new-jersey/ridgewood/john-lennons-son-julian-sign-new-book-ridgewood|url-status=live}}

On 9 November 2021, Lennon published a graphic novel for middle-grade children, The Morning Tribe, with co-author Bart Davis.{{Cite book|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Morning-Tribe/Julian-Lennon/9781510766198|title=The Morning Tribe|date=5 October 2021|isbn=978-1-5107-6619-8|last1=Lennon|first1=Julian|last2=Davis|first2=Bart|publisher=Sky Pony|access-date=30 March 2021|archive-date=11 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411094558/https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Morning-Tribe/Julian-Lennon/9781510766198|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=The Morning Tribe: A Graphic Nove|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56980307-the-morning-tribe|access-date=10 November 2021|archive-date=10 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110083324/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56980307-the-morning-tribe|url-status=live}}

A conversation Lennon once had with his father went as follows: "Dad once said to me that should he pass away, if there was some way of letting me know he was going to be OK – that we were all going to be OK – the message would come to me in the form of a white feather. ... the white feather has always represented peace to me".{{cite web|url=https://whitefeatherfoundation.com/for-the-conservation-of-life#howitstarted|title=The White Feather Foundation – How It All Started|date=7 February 2014|publisher=Whitefeatherfoundation.com|access-date=26 December 2019|archive-date=28 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228113138/https://whitefeatherfoundation.com/for-the-conservation-of-life/#howitstarted|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://whitefeatherfoundation.com/|title=White Feather Foundation|publisher=White Feather Foundation|access-date=26 December 2019|archive-date=30 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130154040/https://whitefeatherfoundation.com//|url-status=live}} Then Julian, while on a tour in Australia,{{Cite web|title=Julian Lennon honors his mom, the environment in new book for children|url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=5178955&itype=CMSID|website=The Salt Lake Tribune|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=13 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113160845/https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=5178955&itype=CMSID|url-status=live}} received a white feather from two Indigenous elders of the Mirning tribe in Adelaide, Australia, asking for him to help give them a voice.{{Cite web|title=Julian Lennon Talks Photography, Philanthropy, and Uniting the Two|url=https://www.featureshoot.com/2015/04/julian-lennon-talks-photography-philanthropy-and-uniting-the-two/|first=Ellyn|last=Kail|date=9 April 2015|website=Feature Shoot|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=19 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719060118/https://www.featureshoot.com/2015/04/julian-lennon-talks-photography-philanthropy-and-uniting-the-two/|url-status=live}} In response, he produced the documentary Whaledreamers about their tribe, and in 2007 he founded The White Feather Foundation (TWFF),{{Cite news|title=Julian Lennon on His Father's Legacy, White Feathers and His New Book Love the Earth|url=https://parade.com/875593/debrawallace/julian-lennon-john-lennon-childrens-book-love-the-earth/|last=Wallace|first=Debra|date=30 April 2019|newspaper=Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028201315/https://parade.com/875593/debrawallace/julian-lennon-john-lennon-childrens-book-love-the-earth/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Mission For The Conservation Of Life|url=https://whitefeatherfoundation.com/for-the-conservation-of-life/|website=The White Feather Foundation|date=7 February 2014|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=31 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531214911/https://whitefeatherfoundation.com/for-the-conservation-of-life/|url-status=live}} whose mission "embraces environmental and humanitarian issues and in conjunction with partners from around the world helps to raise funds for the betterment of all life, and to honor those who have truly made a difference."{{cite web|title=The White Feather Foundation Mission|date=7 February 2014|url=https://whitefeatherfoundation.com/for-the-conservation-of-life/|publisher=Whitefeatherfoundation.com|access-date=26 December 2019|archive-date=31 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531214911/https://whitefeatherfoundation.com/for-the-conservation-of-life/|url-status=live}}

TWFF partners with philanthropists and charities around the world to raise funds for various humanitarian projects in four major areas of giving: clean water, the preservation of Indigenous cultures, the environment and education and health.{{Cite web|title=THE WHITE FEATHER FOUNDATION SUPPORTS AID IN NEPAL|url=https://musicforrelief.org/mfr-the-white-feather-foundation/|date=9 June 2015|website=Music For Relief|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=7 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907194743/http://musicforrelief.org/mfr-the-white-feather-foundation/|url-status=dead}} In 2008, the Prince of Monaco Albert II presented TWFF with the Better World Environmental Award.{{Cite press release|title=The Fifth Annual Better World Awards: Pamela Anderson, Olivia Gaynor-Long And Kweku Mandela Receive Humanitarian Awards|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-fifth-annual-better-world-awards-pamela-anderson-olivia-gaynor-long-and-kweku-mandela-receive-humanitarian-awards-281913231.html|website=Prnewswire.com|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=11 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411094559/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-fifth-annual-better-world-awards-pamela-anderson-olivia-gaynor-long-and-kweku-mandela-receive-humanitarian-awards-281913231.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Celebrating 50 Years of Being Julian. A Lennon Legacy and a White Feather of Hope|url=https://allaccessgroup.com/blog/celebrating-50-years-of-being-julian-a-lennon-legacy-and-a-white-feather-of-hope/|last=Richards|first=Kelli|date=8 April 2013|website=All Access Group|access-date=9 May 2020}}

In 2015, after the Nepal earthquake, TWFF contributed $106,347.52 to the Music for Relief's Nepal aid fund to support the victims of the earthquake.{{Cite web|title=Julian Lennon Foundation Donates $100,000 to Music For Relief for Nepal|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Julian-Lennon-Foundation-Donates-100000-to-Music-For-Relief-for-Nepal-20150609|author=|website=BroadwayWorld.com|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123100628/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Julian-Lennon-Foundation-Donates-100000-to-Music-For-Relief-for-Nepal-20150609|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=UPDATE: Nepal Earthquake Relief|url=https://whitefeatherfoundation.com/news/update-nepal-earthquake-relief/|website=The White Feather Foundation|date=21 July 2015|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=11 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411094601/https://whitefeatherfoundation.com/news/update-nepal-earthquake-relief/|url-status=live}}

Lennon visited Kenya, Ethiopia and Colombia in 2014 to witness the education and environmental initiatives by TWFF.{{Cite web|title=Julian Lennon Honors Mom, the Environment in Children's Book|url=https://www.voanews.com/arts-culture/julian-lennon-honors-mom-environment-childrens-book|website=Voice of America|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=27 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927213131/https://www.voanews.com/arts-culture/julian-lennon-honors-mom-environment-childrens-book|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=Letter from Lisbon|url=https://www.theexplorersjournal.org/articles/letter-from-lisbon|access-date=30 March 2021|website=The Explorers Journal|date=21 February 2020}} After his mother's death the following year, Lennon announced that he would be naming TWFF's scholarship program after her: "The Cynthia Lennon Scholarship for Girls".{{Cite web|title=Julian Lennon Launches Scholarship For Girls In Memory Of Mother|url=https://www.looktothestars.org/news/14229-julian-lennon-launches-scholarship-for-girls-in-memory-of-mother|date=11 September 2015|website=Look to the Stars|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127102854/https://www.looktothestars.org/news/14229-julian-lennon-launches-scholarship-for-girls-in-memory-of-mother|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Julian Lennon honors his mom, environment in kids' book|url=https://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/julian-lennon-honors-his-mom-environment-in-kids-book/article_41d384d8-d161-52db-bf49-82cc5eb87629.html|first=Leanne|last=Italie|agency=Associated Press|website=Daily Herald|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=14 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114065720/https://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/julian-lennon-honors-his-mom-environment-in-kids-book/article_41d384d8-d161-52db-bf49-82cc5eb87629.html|url-status=live}} Since then, the Foundation has awarded over 50 scholarships to girls across Africa, the U.K and the U.S.

In 2019, Lennon contributed his voice and music to the soundtrack of narrative feature film One Little Finger, which has the initiative to spread awareness about 'ability in disability'. It shows how important and powerful music is to support societal and cognitive development of people with disabilities.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/2019/10/28/hopewell-theater-presents-northeast-premiere-of-one-little-finger|title=The Northeast Premiere of One Little Finger (Ability in Disability)|date=28 October 2019|website=NewJerseyStage.com|access-date=17 July 2020|archive-date=7 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307093659/https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/2019/10/28/hopewell-theater-presents-northeast-premiere-of-one-little-finger/|url-status=live}}

In September 2020, Lennon was honoured with the CC Forum Philanthropy Award in Monaco.{{Cite web|date=25 September 2020|title=Julian Lennon Honoured With Prestigious CC Forum Philanthropy Award|url=https://whitefeatherfoundation.com/news/julian-lennon-honoured-with-cc-forum-philanthropy-award/|access-date=30 March 2021|website=whitefeatherfoundation.com|archive-date=15 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415021322/https://whitefeatherfoundation.com/news/julian-lennon-honoured-with-cc-forum-philanthropy-award/|url-status=live}} That same month, he was named a UNESCO Center for Peace 2020 Cross-Cultural and Peace Crafter Award Laureate.{{Cite web|date=22 September 2020|title=Julian Lennon receives UNESCO Peace Award|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/julian-lennon-receives-unesco-peace-award-2758598|access-date=30 March 2021|website=NME|archive-date=25 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025082153/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/julian-lennon-receives-unesco-peace-award-2758598|url-status=live}}

In 2022, Lennon recorded his version of his father's 1971 song "Imagine" with all proceeds going to support Ukraine.{{Cite web |last=Benitez-Eves |first=Tina |date=2022-05-18 |title=Julian Lennon Sells "Imagine" NFT for Ukraine |url=https://americansongwriter.com/julian-lennon-sells-imagine-nft-for-ukraine/ |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=American Songwriter|archive-date=29 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229031458/https://americansongwriter.com/julian-lennon-sells-imagine-nft-for-ukraine/ |url-status=live }}

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After living with his parents at Kenwood in Weybridge outside London from 1964 to 1968, Lennon moved with his mother to a number of British locales, eventually settling in The Wirral near Liverpool and then to a farm in North Wales. Lennon's first step-father, Roberto Bassanini, whom his mother married in 1970, was Italian.{{cite web|last=Sweeting|first=Adam|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/02/cynthia-lennon|title=Cynthia Lennon obituary|date=2 April 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=26 January 2023|archive-date=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203080759/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/02/cynthia-lennon|url-status=live}} Lennon moved to the United States in the early 1980s where he resided in New York City and then Los Angeles.{{cite web |url=https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/life/julian-lennon-author-of-love-the-earth-meets-long-island-kids/ |title=Julian Lennon, author of 'Love the Earth,' meets Long Island kids |agency=Associated Press |date=1 August 2019 |access-date=25 January 2023 |archive-date=25 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125114540/https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/life/julian-lennon-author-of-love-the-earth-meets-long-island-kids/ |url-status=live }} In 1991, Lennon moved to Europe, and resided mainly in Italy where Bassanini had lived (Lennon dedicated Photograph Smile to Bassanini in 1998).{{cite web |last=Denberg |first=Jody |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1999-08-20/522591/ |title=Not-So-Primal Therapy |work=The Austin Chronicle |date=20 August 1999 |access-date=26 January 2023 |archive-date=26 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126094708/https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1999-08-20/522591/ |url-status=live }} Lennon then moved to Monaco where he currently resides, and he is a friend to Albert II, Prince of Monaco.{{Citation |title='For the first time in my life I feel whole' – Julian Lennon | date=18 November 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8azEPfaKO1c|access-date=2022-12-28}}

Lennon has been quoted as having a reasonably "cordial" relationship with Ono, following the financial settlement against his late father's estate. He remains close to her son, Sean, his half-brother. Julian saw Sean perform live for the first time in Paris on 12 November 2006 at La Boule Noire, and he and Sean spent time together on Sean's tour in 2007.{{cite web | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/beatles/article6852494.ece | publisher=The Times, UK | title=Real Life 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' Dies at 46 | first=Ben | last=Hoyle | date=29 September 2009 | access-date=7 May 2010 | archive-date=17 November 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117042336/https://www.the-tls.co.uk/ | url-status=dead }}

Lennon has no children, revealing in 2011 that his difficult relationship with his father had discouraged him from doing so.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8933287/Julian-Lennon-blames-father-John-for-his-lack-of-children.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8933287/Julian-Lennon-blames-father-John-for-his-lack-of-children.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Julian Lennon blames father John for his lack of children|last=Eden|first=Richard|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=4 December 2011|access-date=28 October 2017|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}

In 2020, he legally changed his name from John Charles Julian Lennon to Julian Charles John Lennon{{cite web |date=15 May 2021 |title=Julian Lennon Reflects on His Passion for Photographs |url=https://www.spin.com/featured/julian-lennon-valotte-miami-art-exhibit-interview/ |website=spin.com |access-date=28 July 2021 |archive-date=28 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728235400/https://www.spin.com/featured/julian-lennon-valotte-miami-art-exhibit-interview/ |url-status=live }} to reflect the name by which he has always been known.{{Cite magazine |last=Denis |first=Kyle |author-link=Kyle Denis |date=2022-07-21 |title=Julian Lennon Reveals the Important Reason Why He Changed His Name |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/julian-lennon-name-change-john-1235116813/ |access-date=2022-08-23 |magazine=Billboard|archive-date=23 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823181940/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/julian-lennon-name-change-john-1235116813/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Tate |first=Amethyst |date=July 20, 2022 |title=Julian Lennon Explains Why He Legally Changed His Name: 'For Me, It's a Whole Other World' |url=https://people.com/music/julian-lennon-explains-why-he-legally-changed-his-name/ |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=people.com|archive-date=21 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721013330/https://people.com/music/julian-lennon-explains-why-he-legally-changed-his-name/ |url-status=live }}

In 2020, Lennon had a cancerous mole removed from his head.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/julian-lennon-recent-cancer-scare-left-him-shaking-inside-2605010|title=Julian Lennon says recent cancer scare has left him “shaking inside”|website=NME|last=Daly|first=Rhian|date=4 February 2020|access-date=19 December 2024}} In December 2024, he revealed on podcast The Joe Rogan Experience that he was waiting for the results of a biopsy recently taken from his arm.{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/julian-lennon-cancer-biopsy-joe-rogan-interview-2003421|title=John Lennon's Son Reveals New Health Scare After Cancer Biopsy|website=News Week|last=Smith|first=Ryan|date=December 19, 2024|access-date=December 19, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_giGqDqT4Y|title=Joe Rogan Experience #2243 - Julian Lennon|website=YouTube|date=16 December 2024|access-date=19 December 2024}}

In commemoration of John Lennon's 70th birthday and as a statement for peace, Lennon and his mother, Cynthia, unveiled the John Lennon Peace Monument in his home town of Liverpool, on 9 October 2010.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8052634/Monument-to-John-Lennon-unveiled-in-Liverpool-on-his-70th-birthday.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8052634/Monument-to-John-Lennon-unveiled-in-Liverpool-on-his-70th-birthday.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title= Monument to John Lennon Unveiled in Liverpool on the Anniversary of his 70th birthday |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=9 October 2010}}{{cbignore}}

Lennon remains friends with his father's former bandmate Paul McCartney, though they experienced a brief public falling out in 2011 when Lennon was not invited to McCartney's wedding to Nancy Shevell.{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/julian-lennon-50-never-much-too-lennon-family-004241541.html?pt=2 |title=Julian Lennon At 50: It's Never 'Much Too Late' For Lennon Family Discord | Stop The Presses! (New) |publisher=music.yahoo.com |date=7 April 2013 |access-date=23 August 2015 |archive-date=7 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207155023/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/julian-lennon-50-never-much-too-lennon-family-004241541.html?pt=2 |url-status=live }} According to Lennon, McCartney later assured him that "someone obviously made a huge mistake" and the snub had not been intentional. McCartney provided the handwritten "Jude" motif for Lennon's 2022 album. He also remains friends with May Pang who provided the cover photo for "Jude". He shared his memories of her and his father in Pang's 2022 documentary The Lost Weekend: A Love Story.{{cite web | url=https://people.com/music/may-pang-reflects-on-big-love-affair-with-john-lennon-romance-in-trailer-for-the-lost-weekend/ | title=John Lennon's Ex May Pang Recalls Yoko Ono Asking Her to Date the Beatle in 'The Lost Weekend' Trailer | access-date=26 May 2023 | archive-date=10 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610084100/https://people.com/music/may-pang-reflects-on-big-love-affair-with-john-lennon-romance-in-trailer-for-the-lost-weekend/ | url-status=live }}

{{Main|Julian Lennon discography}}

• Valotte (1984)
• The Secret Value of Daydreaming (1986)
• Mr. Jordan (1989)
• Help Yourself (1991)
• Photograph Smile (1998)
• Everything Changes (2011)
• Jude (2022)

; As producer

• WhaleDreamers (2008)
• Kiss the Ground (2020)
• Women of the White Buffalo (2021)

; As actor

• Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

; As himself

• Above Us Only Sky (2018)
• The Lost Weekend: A Love Story (2023)

• Top of the Pops (18 October 1984)
• American Bandstand (29 December 1984)
• Solid Gold (TV series) (2 February 1985)
• Live at Five (WNBC TV series) (18 February 1985)
• Late Night with David Letterman (10 April 1985)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (12 June 1985)
• American Bandstand (26 April 1986)
• Top 20 Countdown (3 May 1986)
• Solid Gold (13 September 1986)
• The Arsenio Hall Show (15 June 1989)
• Today (American TV program) (19 June 1989)
• Late Night with David Letterman (28 July 1989)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (16 August 1989)
• Top of the Pops (3 October 1991)
• Late Night with David Letterman (18 October 1991)
• Late Show with David Letterman (17 February 1999)
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (9 March 1999)
• The Howard Stern Show (1 May 1999)
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (11 August 1999)
• Daybreak (19 September 2011)
• Larry King Now (16 July 2013)
• Chelsea Lately (28 October 2013)
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (21 November 2013)
• The View (19 April 2017)
• Access Hollywood (25 April 2017)
• The Chew (6 April 2018)
• Home and Family (16 April 2018)
• American Chopper (28 March 2019)
• The View (talk show) (24 April 2019)
• Home and Family (30 April 2019)
• Ways to Change the World (18 November 2022)
• The View (talk show) (11 March 2025)

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• [https://www.julianlennon-photography.com/ Julian Lennon Photography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327080426/https://julianlennon-photography.com/ |date=27 March 2022 }}
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