The Beatles’ very last song ‘Now and Then’, which was released today, is being praised in the first reviews.
– There were cold spots along my back today, says Beatles expert, Staffan Olander.
53 years after the music group The Beatles split, their very last song “Now and Then” was released on Thursday.
In a review in The Guardian music critic Alexis Petridis pays tribute to the new Beatles song. He calls the song a “poignant closing act” and “touching tribute to the band’s relationship”. Petridis gives the song four out of five stars.
– When I heard it for the first time, I actually thought they had succeeded really well, says Beatles expert Staffan Olander to Efter fem.
– I actually felt magic. There were cold ridges along my back today, he continues.
Created with the help of AI
It has been rumored for a long time that a new song with The Beatles would be released and on Friday, November 2, what is said to be the last single with The Beatles will finally arrive: “Now and then”.
Already in 1979, the group member, John Lennon, played parts of the song. After his death, that song was forgotten. In 1994, his widow, Yoko Ono, handed over the material to the other members of the group. But the song was never released then and there.
It was only in 2021 that the idea was hatched when it was realized that the song could be given new life with the help of modern technology. With the help of AI and John Lennon’s voice from a roughly 40-year-old demo recording, they managed to create the song.
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have been working and hinting at the project for months, and on Wednesday a short film was released about the backstory of “Now and Then.”