Paul McCartney Says the Beatles Have Made a Final Song by ‘Extricating’ John Lennon’s Voice With AI
thewrap.comBBC Radio 4’s Today program that AI technology was used to “extricate” the late John Lennon’s voice from a demo made before his songwriting partner’s murder, and used to complete the recording.“We just finished it up and it’ll be released this year,” Sir Paul told the program.McCartney did not provide the name of the song.
BBC speculated it could be a piece written by Lennon in 1978 called “Now And Then,” recorded two years before he was gunned down in front of his New York City apartment building.The composition was previously considered a possible “reunion song” for the Beatles in 1995, when they were compiling the “Anthology” series, the BBC noted.
It was one of several songs on a cassette labeled “For Paul,” that Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, sent to McCartney in 1994.Lennon recorded the songs mainly onto a boombox while sitting at his piano.Two of the pieces, “Free As A Bird” and “Real Love” were completed and released in 1995 and 1996, marking the Beatles’ first “new” material since their 1970 split.
With producer Jeff Lynne, the band attempted to record “Now And Then,” as well, but they nixed the effort.“It was one day – one afternoon, really – messing with it,” Lynne told the BBC. “The song had a chorus but is almost totally lacking in verses.
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