How Paul McCartney Kept The Making Of The Beatles' Final Single A Secret
The Beatles remain perhaps the most successful and beloved musical act of all time. It makes sense, then, that if anyone were to learn that the group was working on new material, it would immediately become headline news and ruin a surprise that was yet to be formally announced. Now that the band has released its new single, Paul McCartney has also detailed how they managed to keep the track a secret for what turned out to be a long time.
The two remaining Beatles—McCartney and Ringo Starr—released what’s being labeled the band’s last song, "Now and Then," on November 2. The tune had been a major topic of interest in the entertainment world for months since its announcement in mid-2023, and only after the single debuted was one of its architects able to share the tricks he had to pull to keep word from getting out.
The session musicians who lent their talents to "Now and Then" played for the recording without realizing it was for The Beatles. The string section for the song was recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles in May of 2022, yet the musicians were kept in the dark regarding the true nature of the project.
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