◆ Trending: Sean Ono Lennon says collaboration with James Mccartney ‘natural’
Sean Ono Lennon, the son of John and Yoko, has said his music collaboration with Sir Paul Mccartney’s son James came about “naturally” and was not to “fulfil something for the Beatles fans”.
The multi-instrumentalist, 48, has released a song called Primrose Hill with Mccartney, an ode to London’s panoramic viewing spot in Regent’s Park.
Speaking about the track, Ono Lennon said: “It was really special for me. It actually happened quite some time ago, so I wasn’t sure if the song was going to come out or not.
“He had made another record since we’d worked on that song.
“And so I was very surprised when he gave me a text and said ‘Hey, can we put Primrose Hill out?’ and I was like ‘Well, it’s about time I was hoping you would put it out!’ So yeah, I was thrilled you know. I thought he had forgotten about it or whatever.
“But it happened very naturally. I think a lot of people, I’ve been seeing just the comments section (which I guess one should avoid) but I’ve noticed that people kind of assume we’re trying to start something or we were doing it in order to fulfil something for the Beatles fans.
“But actually it came about very naturally. I was just at his flat in London and he was telling me about a girl he had a crush on, and he was sort of writing a song about it and he kind of wanted me to help him.
“And so all I really did was say ‘Well hey, where did you guys go on your first date?’
“And he was like ‘Well we went and had a picnic on Primrose Hill and we sat on Primrose Hill’ and I said ‘Alright’, and I just wrote that down ‘We sat on Primrose Hill’ – ‘Next, what happened next?’ and I just sort of took a dictation really of him telling me the story about his memories and his feelings.
“So that’s all I really did. I just sort of helped him get his ideas down, you know?”