After Cornelius resigned from his position as composer for the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony following a bullying scandal, someone must've decided to put Gal Gadot in charge. Because today's opening ceremony featured, that's right, a bunch of famous people singing John Lennon's "Imagine."
John Legend, Keith Urban, Angélique Kidjo, Alejandro Sanz, and the Suginami Junior Chorus -- representing the Americas, Oceania, Africa, Europe, and Asia, respectively -- joined forces to sing a dramatic rendition of "Imagine" arranged by Hans Zimmer. Yoko Ono expressed support for the performance on Twitter.
This isn't the first time that "Imagine" has popped up at the Olympics. A bunch of Korean singers performed it at the 2018 winter games in PyeongChang, a children's choir sang it to close out the 2012 games in London, Peter Gabriel did it at the 2006 Turin Olympics, and Stevie Wonder performed it at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
An array of singers, including John Legend and Keith Urban, have performed “Imagine” at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. #TeamAustralia pic.twitter.com/EtyjtykUEK
— JOE ?? (@Joeontheloose) July 23, 2021
#Tokyo2020
— Vanessa (@Vanessa_Zev) July 23, 2021
Emocionante ver a Alejandro Sanz, John Legend y Keith Urban cantando "Imagine" de John Lennon en el #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/MCgSOpoqJm
IMAGINE.
— Yoko Ono (@yokoono) July 23, 2021
John and I were both artists and we were living together, so we inspired each other. The song ‘Imagine’ embodied what we believed together at the time. John and I met – he comes from the West and I come from the East – and still we are together.#IMAGINE50 #Olympics pic.twitter.com/mj2wJEUIiV
