John Legend’s album Bigger Love was largely recorded in 2019, before a pandemic and mass protests swept the globe, but its message is no less relevant or uplifting: Love wins. In this interview, he and Apple Music’s Ebro Darden talk through the stories behind the songs and how they fit into this cultural moment. “Music is supposed to represent the fullness of our humanity,” he says. “We feel grief and outrage, but we also feel love, joy, hope, and optimism. I felt like the world could use some of that right now.” Watch the interview and listen to the standout cut “U Move, I Move” featuring Jhené Aiko on the R&B Now playlist.