{"id":2679,"date":"2025-06-15T17:18:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T17:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=2679"},"modified":"2025-06-15T17:18:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T17:18:23","slug":"as-soon-as-the-sad-news-of-brian-wilsons-passing-was-confirmed-the-first-strains-of-the-timeless-ballad-he-wrote-at-the-age-of-22-rang-out-in-the-solemn-air-john-legend-and-zara-larsson-performed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=2679","title":{"rendered":"As soon as the sad news of Brian Wilson&#8217;s passing was confirmed, the first strains of the timeless ballad he wrote at the age of 22 rang out in the solemn air. John Legend and Zara Larsson performed the song together \u2013 no band, no effects \u2013 with just their bare voices and deep respect&#8230; VIDEO BELOW \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47  Brian Wilson, the musical genius behind The Beach Boys, wrote seven Billboard top 10 hits before he turned 23. And among those timeless songs, one has become iconic: a whisper of love, fragile yet immortal.  John Legend couldn&#8217;t hide his emotions, sharing before the performance: &#8220;I can&#8217;t think of anyone else but my father when I sing this song. And today, it&#8217;s also dedicated to Brian \u2013 a father of music.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Wilson \u2013 Nobel Farewell: John Legend &amp; Zara Larsson Choke Up With A Song He Wrote When He Was Just 22<br \/>\nOslo, Norway \u2013 Hours after the sad news of the passing of Brian Wilson \u2013 the soul of The Beach Boys, one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century \u2013 was confirmed, the whole world fell silent. And somewhere far away, at the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Concert, a place to celebrate peace and humanity, two artists \u2013 John Legend and Zara Larsson \u2013 sang a farewell that made thousands of hearts choke up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rs-brian-wilson-8b1ce741-5995-46e6-96e8-e63cf46b95d9.jpg?w=1500&amp;h=1054&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Brian Wilson Talks Mental Illness, Drugs and Beach Boys\" width=\"723\" height=\"508\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They didn\u2019t choose any song. They chose a masterpiece \u2013 a song that Brian Wilson wrote in 1966 when he was just 22. A song that critics have called \u201cone of the most beautiful love songs ever written\u201d. And that night, there was nothing but the singing: no band, no piano, no colored lights \u2013 just the bareness of emotion and devotion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn01.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/legend-zaraduet\/john-legend-zara-larsson-perform-god-only-knows-duet-at-nobel-peace-prize-05.jpg\" alt=\"John Legend &amp; Zara Larsson Perform 'God Only Knows' Duet at Nobel Peace  Prize Concert 2017!: Photo 4000414 | David Oyelowo, John Legend, Zara  Larsson Photos | Just Jared: Entertainment News\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>VIDEO BELOW \ud83d\udc47<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Legend and Zara Larsson - God Only Knows - Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2017 [HD]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GaUYs0u29u0\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Brian Wilson, the genius behind a series of hits such as \u201cWouldn\u2019t It Be Nice,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t Worry Baby,\u201d \u201cCalifornia Girls\u201d\u2026 wrote seven songs that reached the Billboard top 10 in just the first few years of his career. But perhaps it was this love song \u2013 simple, profound, and unpretentious \u2013 that was his greatest spiritual legacy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/931\/523\/beach-boys-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Brian Wilson dead at 82, Beach Boys sold rights for $64 million in 2021 |  Fox Business\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A front-row audience member burst into tears, exclaiming: \u201cI used to think I understood that song. But tonight, for the first time, I felt it \u2013 with my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With just two voices and a moment of silence, John Legend and Zara Larsson transformed the Nobel Prize stage into a musical memorial. No flowers, no thunderous applause. Just that song \u2013 like a whisper to the heavens: Thank you, Brian Wilson. Thank you for leaving music as an eternal miracle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Wilson \u2013 Nobel Farewell: John Legend &amp; Zara Larsson Choke Up With A Song He Wrote When He Was Just 22 Oslo, Norway \u2013 Hours after&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2681,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679\/revisions\/2681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}