“Now and Then”
With the help of AI: The Beatles’ last song appears 53 years after their breakup
The last song by the legendary British band The Beatles will be released on Thursday
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“It’s the final song of the Fab Four,” says Beatles singer Paul McCartney. His late bandmate John Lennon had already written “Now and Then” in the 1970s and recorded it unfinished as a demo.
Paul McCartney: “It’s a real Beatles recording”
“It’s quite emotional and we’re all in on it,” Paul McCartney shared last week. Her bandmate George Harrison, who died in 2001, had already recorded electric and acoustic guitar for it in the mid-1990s. “It’s a real Beatles recording,” McCartney clarified. It is the “final” song of the “Fab Four”.
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John Lennon recorded “Now and Then” in his New York apartment in the 1970s. After his murder in December 1980, his widow Yoko Ono gave the other former band members the demo cassette with Lennon’s voice and piano accompaniment. They edited and added to the demo track, but the technology at the time was not sufficient to extract the deceased’s voice in sufficient quality. But with the help of AI, this was now possible.