From the opening sample of the Flamingos' 1959 hit "I Only Have Eyes for You," John Legend's new album, "Bigger Love," is an unabashedly romantic record that touches on heartbreak but is a mostly upbeat exploration of enduring commitment.
The jaunty video for the album's title cut features Legend, his wife Chrissy Teigen, and their children Miles and Luna cavorting at home, along with dancing fans around the world.
Made before the coronavirus pandemic lockdown and the global outrage over George Floyd's death at the hands of police, it arrives in a different world than the one in which it was conceived.
But the 41-year-old singer still stands by the "Bigger Love" sentiment. "It's about having a more radical love that gets us closer to justice, a love that means every life matters, a love that means people around the world that don't look like you and don't worship like you, they matter too. That's the kind of love that I think can help us get through this."
Legend spoke from his home in Los Angeles about the album, the Black Lives Matter movement and his beginnings in Philadelphia. Meanwhile, in the next room, his family ate hamburgers that he had prepared for lunch. On Sunday night, he'll host the musical-comedy "John Legend And Family: A Bigger Love Father's Day" on ABC.
