The Beatles releasing 'final' album this year — with a little help from AI
Sir Paul McCartney revealed Tuesday that he plans to use AI technology to “extricate” John Lennon’s voice from a previously unheard track to create “the final Beatles record,” reports the BBC.
“We just finished it up and it’ll be released this year,” McCartney, 80, told the outlet.
The musician said that in order to use Lennon’s voice, he turned to “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson for help.
“He [Jackson] was able to extricate John’s voice from a ropey little bit of cassette that had John’s voice and a piano,” explained McCartney. “He could separate them with AI — he could tell the machine, ‘That’s the voice, that’s the guitar, lose the guitar.’ And he did that, so it has great uses.”
“We were able to take John’s voice and get it pure through this AI so then we could mix the record as you would normally do,” continued the singer.
While the former Beatles frontman did not specify the name of the track, it is speculated to be titled “Now and Then” which was composed by Lennon before his death in 1980.
Source: Jack Hobbs/nypost.com
