John Legend has just released a new children’s album, My Favorite Dream, and it’s his first time recording music specifically for kids. Produced by Sufjan Stevens, the album was inspired by his daughter’s love of a purple monkey in a bubblegum tree.
Legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen posted a video of Legend singing that song about that purple monkey (“Maybe”) from a Fisher Price toy. Reaction was instant and huge, including an offer from Fisher-Price for a collaboration, and the journey to the album began.
His family’s project has become every family’s gift, and the record also features versions of Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds” and the classic “You Are My Sunshine.” Speaking with Legend is like talking to family, as you’ll hear in my recent Kids Corner conversation with him, below.