Beatles

Today marks the release of the first “new” song by the Beatles since 1995. “Now and Then” is available on streaming services (with an Atmos mix where supported), and the story behind the song’s production is one that’s drawn a lot of interest from fans of the iconic rock band. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr turned to breakthrough technology and machine learning to piece together a finished track from an old lo-fi John Lennon recording.The Beatles first attempted to make something from Lennon’s “Now and Then” demo in the…

The Yellow Submarine (London Pavilion) is a rather pretentious piece of popular entertainment. Its nominal stars are the Beatles, but – except for a shatteringly effective minute at the end of the film – we never see them, only rather inept cartoon caricatures instead. The backgrounds against which their non-story evolves are, however, brilliantly chic, constituting not an anthology but a veritable roll-call – one might almost say a pillage – of every contemporary artist: Hockney, Lichtenstein, Oldenburg, Blake – you name…

Inside the Mayk.It app, I don’t have to work hard to sound nearly perfect.Mayk.It is an AI-powered music startup, funded with an initial $4 million investment from major venture capital firms like Greycroft, former Spotify executive Sophia Bendz and celebrities like YouTuber MrBeast and voice-tweaking enthusiast T-Pain. The Santa Monica-based company hopes to do for singing and production what Instagram did for photography and TikTok for video editing — make it uncannily easy to express yourself at a…

Paul McCartney has clarified the use of artificial intelligence in The Beatles' new song after it caused quite a buzz on social media. In a BBC radio interview, Paul recently shared that the British super group would be releasing a song this year and using AI to add the late John Lennon's voice onto the track. But given that the technology is at the center of many ethical debates, some fans took to social media, questioning its use, The Hollywood Reporter reported.Seeing fans' confusion, Paul took to Twitter and wrote,…

Paul McCartney is speaking out about the widely discussed “final” Beatles song that will be released later this year. The song was reimagined using artificial intelligence, McCartney clarified in a recent interview but says it was not created by AI.Could Critical Role Go Independent in the Future?The song is speculated to be the late John Lennon’s 1978 composition titled “Now and Then,” The Guardian reported, although the song’s title has not yet been officially confirmed. Speculation surrounding the posthumous release of…

Paul McCartney has clarified how artificial intelligence has been used to create a new Beatles song, saying that “nothing has been artificially or synthetically created”.Last week, McCartney announced that he had employed AI technology on an unreleased Beatles demo from the 70s, telling BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that AI had been used to “extricate” John Lennon’s voice from a cassette recording of the demo.“We were able to take John’s voice and get it pure through this AI,” he said. “Then we can mix the record, as you…

Paul McCartney is clarifying the use of artificial intelligence in The Beatles’ new song after it caused quite a buzz on social media. Last week, the singer-songwriter revealed in a BBC radio interview that the British super group would be releasing a song this year and using AI to add the late John Lennon’s voice onto the track. But given that the technology is at the center of many ethical debates, some fans took to social media, questioning its use. After seeing “some confusion and…

The production of a new Beatles song using artificial intelligence shows the technology presents opportunities, not just risks, for companies like Universal Music Group NV, according to Citigroup Inc. analysts.Singer Paul McCartney told the BBC this week that AI had been used to “extricate” John Lennon's voice from an old demo so he could complete a “final” Beatles song. The development suggests record companies will be able to mine historic master recordings for new content, analyst Thomas A Singlehurst wrote in a note…

While the whole world has jumped on the artificial intelligence (AI) bandwagon, there have been arguments made about its ill effects too. Big names like Elon Musk and Eric Schmidt have expressed their caution around artificial intelligence and the impact it could have. Fascinatingly, AI has had an impact in the music industry too, with artificial intelligence tools used to clone the voice of famous rappers such as Eminem and Ice Cube, who has even gone further to call this technology “demonic”. However, this time around.…

Paul McCartney says he used artificial intelligence to help create what he calls “the final Beatles record,” and fans will get to hear the tune later this year. McCartney told BBC Radio 4’s Today program that AI technology was used to “extricate” the late John Lennon’s voice from a demo made before his songwriting partner’s murder, and used to complete the recording. “We just finished it up and it’ll be released this year,” Sir Paul told the program. McCartney did not provide the name of the song. BBC…