Dead Ringers
Illustrations by Alex Merto for The Free Press
A new wave of AI technology—and the music industry’s push to double down on nostalgia—means that long-gone singers might never be put to rest.
There’s a goosebump-inducing thrill in hearing a new Beatles song in 2023, as long as you don’t think too hard about the fact that half the band is dead.
The song, “Now and Then”—which debuted earlier this month at No. 7 on the Billboard 100—is a miracle of modern AI technology, extracting Lennon’s original 1970s demo from previously unusable recordings.…
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