Paul McCartney speaks out on Beatles fan concerns over new John Lennon song
Sir Paul McCartney has reassured fans worried about the use of AI on the "final" Beatles song featuring John Lennon.
Earlier this month, Sir Paul McCartney announced that he’s been working on a final Beatles song believed to be called Now And Then.
The 80-year-old shared that artificial intelligence has been used to “extricate” John Lennon’s voice from an old demo. This was achieved from “a ropey little bit of cassette” by The Beatles Get Back director Peter Jackson.
Speaking with BBC Radio 4, the 80-year-old said: “We had John's voice and a piano and he could separate them with AI. They tell the machine. 'That's the voice. This is a guitar. Lose the guitar'.
“So when we came to make what will be the last Beatles' record, it was a demo that John had [and] we were able to take John's voice and get it pure through this AI. Then we can mix the record, as you would normally do. So it gives you some sort of leeway."
Source: George Simpson/express.co.uk
