{"id":263572,"date":"2016-10-31T08:57:42","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T08:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=263572"},"modified":"2016-10-31T08:57:42","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T08:57:42","slug":"john-legend-says-men-are-afraid-to-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=263572","title":{"rendered":"John Legend says men are afraid to love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Legend&#8217;s trophy cabinet contains an Oscar, a Golden Globe and 10 Grammy Awards but he says true love trumps all that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone is scared of love because you might get hurt,&#8221; he told Newsbeat.<\/p>\n<p>The singer&#8217;s latest album, Darkness &amp; Light, deals with heartache and happiness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Men have the added challenge of feeling like they&#8217;re not supposed to show emotion so we guard ourselves more than women.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Although when you find the right person at the right time you realise they should be a high priority,&#8221; he told us.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_stories\"><\/div>\n<p>The lead single from the new album, Love Me Now, was co-written by Josh Ryan who&#8217;s penned songs for One Direction in the past.<\/p>\n<p>John Legend, who married Chrissy Teigen in September 2013, admitted he found an extra level of love since the birth of his daughter earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wrote a song just for her on this new album. I still get pretty emotional when I hear the song,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m still going to make whatever music inspires me but I won&#8217;t be scared to incorporate the fact that I&#8217;m a father into what I&#8217;m thinking about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded\"><\/div>\n<p>As well as putting together a new album, John Legend has also been busy encouraging Americans to vote in the upcoming presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old is backing Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo\" lang=\"en-gb\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnlegend\/status\/785324181059534848\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-dt-months=\"Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec\" data-dt-am=\"AM\" data-dt-pm=\"PM\" data-dt-now=\"now\" data-dt-s=\"s\" data-dt-m=\"m\" data-dt-h=\"h\" data-dt-second=\"second\" data-dt-seconds=\"seconds\" data-dt-minute=\"minute\" data-dt-minutes=\"minutes\" data-dt-hour=\"hour\" data-dt-hours=\"hours\" data-dt-abbr=\"%{number}%{symbol}\" data-dt-short=\"%{day} %{month}\" data-dt-long=\"%{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"785324181059534848\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 66.6667%\"><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset\n                    NaturalImage\n\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnlegend\/status\/785324181059534848\/photo\/1\" data-scribe=\"element:photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CuYHzunVMAAdQ55.jpg:small\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"587\" height=\"391\" data-srcset=\"https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FCuYHzunVMAAdQ55.jpg%3Alarge 1500w,https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FCuYHzunVMAAdQ55.jpg 1200w,https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FCuYHzunVMAAdQ55.jpg%3Asmall 680w\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He said: &#8220;I&#8217;ll be staying up the whole night to watch the coverage and hopefully celebrating a win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hillary Clinton is up against Donald Trump in the race to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s safe to say the singer is no fan of the businessman and former Apprentice star.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think every election is important but I don&#8217;t think in anyone&#8217;s lifetime there&#8217;s ever been a candidate less suited for this job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether there was anything positive about Donald Trump&#8217;s campaign, Legend&#8217;s reply was&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s entertaining,&#8221; he laughed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Legend&#8217;s trophy cabinet contains an Oscar, a Golden Globe and 10 Grammy Awards but he says true love trumps all that. &#8220;Everyone is scared of love because you might get hurt,&#8221; he told Newsbeat. 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