Paul McCartney speaks out on Beyoncé’s “fabulous” cover of ‘Blackbird’ for fighting “racial tension”
nme.comPaul McCartney has commented on Beyoncé’s cover of his song ‘Blackbird’, commending her for using it to “ease racial tension”.Queen Bey included her version of the track on her new record ‘Cowboy Carter’, which was released last week (March 29).
The song was originally released on The Beatles’ self-titled 1968 album, commonly referred to as ‘The White Album’.And now, McCartney has spoken publicly about the cover, saying: “I am so happy with @beyonce’s version of my song ‘Blackbird’.
I think she does a magnificent version of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song in the first place.”A post shared by Paul McCartney (@paulmccartney)“I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would urge anyone who has not heard it yet to check it out.
You are going to love it!”“I spoke to her on FaceTime and she thanked me for writing it and letting her do it. I told her the pleasure was all mine and I thought she had done a killer version of the song.
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