The Beatles: The release date of music made with the help of artificial intelligence has been announced

British band The Beatles will release their “last song”, decades after the band’s demise and with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). The piece is called “Now and then” and the launch was scheduled for that day November 2nd at 11am Brazil time.

Audio, clip and 12-minute documentary telling the story of the project It will be published free of charge on various platformsHowever, details about the premiere will only be announced in the coming days.

A teaser was also released on the band’s channel, showing the recording and recovery process of the track. Check it out below:

“Now and then” originally composed in the 1970s John Lennon He already had a solo career, but only recorded voice and piano on a cassette tape and never officially released the result.

This media was given to Paul McCartney by the musician’s widow, artist Yoko Ono, in 1995, almost 15 years after the singer’s death.

With a little help from artificial intelligence

Paul and fellow band members George Harrison (died 2001) and Ringo Starr, they considered working on the track and releasing it on some sort of compilationhowever, the idea was never implemented, mainly due to technical limitations.

The solution came in 2022 with the director of the trilogy, Peter Jackson. Lord of the Rings and documentary Come backIt tells the story behind the recording of the Beatles’ last album.

To isolate speech and musical instruments from recordings made in the late 1960s, the filmmaker used a modern algorithm created by the team that could also be applied to Lennon’s old tape, helping to separate the music channels and allowing study on the recordings made in the late 1960s. basis.

John’s voice and piano will be preserved, but accompanied by more instruments and background vocals. In June of this year, Paul spoke about the project for the first time, but at the time there was no planned release date.

“Now And Then” as well as digital platforms It will be released as a record single along with “Love Me Do”, The first track in the band’s history.