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JULIAN LENNON HEARD HIS OWN SONG PLAYING IN AN AIRPORT — THEN LOOKED UP AND SAW PAUL McCARTNEY LISTENING. More than five decades earlier, Paul had written “Hey Jude” for a frightened little boy whose family was falling apart. Julian Lennon was only five when his parents separated, The Beatles were breaking, and the world around him suddenly felt too loud, too confusing, too painful. Paul couldn’t fix everything. But he showed up with a melody. Years later, Julian released an album called Jude — a quiet tribute to the song that had followed him through childhood, grief, fame, and the shadow of being John Lennon’s son. Then came the moment no one could have scripted: Julian walking through an airport lounge, hearing his own music overhead, and spotting Paul McCartney smiling with headphones on as he listened. Fifty-four years after Paul wrote a song to comfort him, he was now listening to the man that little boy had become. Some songs become hits. Some become history. And some become family. FULL STORY BELOW 

In the mythology of The Beatles, “Hey Jude” is often framed as a masterpiece of structure — a…