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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.
By Andrew Zucker
11.20.23 — Culture and Ideas
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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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Andrew Zucker
Andrew Zucker is a contributing editor at Town & Country and the host of Politicon's The Golden Age podcast. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Washington Post, and Vanity Fair, among other places.
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