Springfield native, John Legend, appears on ‘This is Us’

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John Legend made a guest appearance on the mid-season premiere of “This is Us.”

During the episode, Legend gave Kevin and his date a private concert featuring his new song, “Conversations in the Dark.”

The new song was released on Friday and is now #1 on iTunes.

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The lyric video for “Conversations in the Dark,” features home-videos of couples smiling and laughing together through different lifetime milestones.

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“Conversations in The Dark” was written by Legend, Gregg Wattenberg, Jesse Fink, Kellen Pomeranz and Chance Peña and was produced by Gregg Wattenberg and Pom Pom.

On Friday, Kane Brown also announced on Twitter that he wrote and recorded a new song with Legend on Jan. 8.

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Brown posted a 55 second preview of the song. Legend shared the post and said, “Will put out the full version asap.”

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Legend was born and raised in Springfield where he graduated from North High School as salutatorian of his class.

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In 2016, Legend helped raise $500,000 to donate to the Springfield school district to renovate the auditorium that now bears his name.

Legend with his wife, Chrissy Teigen, and children, Luna and Miles, returns to Springfield to visit Legend’s family.

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