John Legend Announces Sufjan Stevens-Produced Children's Album, Shares Song: Listen

Produced by Sufjan Stevens My favorite dreama new album of children's music from John Legend, the Associated Press reports. The unlikely duo came together at Legend's behest when he conceived the LP, which is due August 30. Stevens also contributes backing vocals, covers and instrumental parts. Listen to a song from the record, “LOVE,” below. That includes Legend's wife, Chrissy Teigen, and their children as well.

Asked by interviewer Maria Sherman about Stevens' involvement, Legend told The Associated Press:

He sings a lot of backup, and he's such a genius. I've been a fan of his for about 20 years. When I was writing these songs, my first thought about who I wanted to create this was Sufjan, because I love how dreamy he can make music, how whimsical and how much character he has in everything he does. And I just felt like it would be the perfect energy for a children's album: To combine my songwriting with producing it and orchestrating and playing it. You just hear his influence throughout the album and I love it.

I was so happy that he said yes because you never know if someone will want to do a children's album with you, and we had never worked together. We had never met before we started working on it.

Revisit our review of Sufjan Stevens' latest studio album, 2023 Javelin.