The Beatles, New York, 1966
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Quit in June 2023 Paul McCartney states that he used artificial intelligence to produce a final Beatles track. Thanks to the new technologies, he was able to filter out John Lennon’s voice from an old demo track and thus re-adapt and ultimately complete the song decades after the singer’s death. And Beatles drummer Ringo Starr also thinks the development is great, as he said in an interview.
McCartney’s announcement came amid heated debates about the application of artificial intelligence in the creative field. The Beatles fans were actually divided when McCartney came around the corner with the revelation. Now Ringo Starr has spoken out on the subject and underlined in the “Variety” interview that the recording is nevertheless “authentic”.
“It’s not like we’re pretending,” Starr said. “That really is John’s voice, Paul’s voice and bass playing, George [Harrison] on rhythm guitar and me on drums. […] And it works. It’s a beautiful song. Despite all the madness that goes on around it, it’s still a beautiful track. And also our last,” he explains. It appears to be “Now and Then,” which was considered the third “new” Beatles song after “Free as a Bird” and “Real Love” for the 1995 “Anthology” series.
Exact details about the release of the final Beatles song are not yet known. However, the play is expected to be released later this year.