Paul McCartney Used A.I. to Purify John Lennon’s Voice on Upcoming ‘Last Beatles Record’: A.I. ‘Is Kind of Scary, but Exciting Because It’s the Future’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Paul McCartney announced on BBC’s “Best of Today” radio show that he relied on artificial intelligence to create “what will be the last Beatles record.” The track, set to debut later this year, features vocals from McCartney and the late John Lennon, who died in 1980. “It was a demo that John had that we worked on, and we just finished it up, it’ll be released this year,” McCartney said. “We were able to take John’s voice and get it pure through this A.I., so then we could mix the record as you would normally do.
It gives you some sort of leeway, so there’s a good side to it, and then a scary side, and we’ll just have to see where that leads.” McCartney called A.I. “a very interesting thing,” adding, “It’s something we’re all sort of tackling at the moment and trying to deal with.
What it means? I don’t hear that much because I’m not on the internet that much, but people will say to me, ‘Oh, there’s a track where John is singing one of my songs.’ And it isn’t.
It’s just A.I. All of that is kind of scary, but exciting because it’s the future.” Artificial intelligence has become one of the most divisive topics in the music industry as of late, as the technology has been used to create and sell songs featuring artists that have not consented to such a release.
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