The Beatles, regarded as arguably the greatest (at least on a scale of influence) band in the world, have released what they call their last song, “Now And Then.” This closing chapter to the Beatles’ generations- long discography is a piano ballad lushly produced with guitar, strings, and percussion.  

   Until now, this song was long kept in the band’s dark closet of hidden, unfinished tracks, waiting for a second chance.  

   Producers along with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the remaining half of the Beatles, used modern AI tools to remove and fix some of John Lennon’s vocals and outtake sounds to create a track that mirrors the band’s state, half from the past and half in the now. They created this effect by mixing music from old recordings and then adding modern strings and guitars, as well as McCartney’s present vocals with the vocals used in the old recordings. Because of this process, the final product is this blend of pop rock and forced Neo-Psychedelia that creates a retro sound as if Lennon and George Harrison were reaching to the listeners from a different time and place.  

   Getting into the narrative of this final resolution, the lyrics in the chorus echo the title track, “Now and then, I want you to be there for me, always to return to me.” This, coupled with a musical fusion of melancholic nostalgia and cathartic, upbeat  instrumentation, the group unites for one last goodbye in a heart-wrenching fashion.  

   The Beatles officially broke up after their final album, “Let It Be,” released in 1975. The band members were only in their early 30s at the time, though tensions from differentiating ambitions tore them apart. The following decades saw successful solo careers but with untimely deaths. Only five years after the breakup, 40-year-old John Lennon was shot by an ex-fan who heard Lennon utter on national television, “The Beatles are bigger than Jesus.” Goerge Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001 at the age of 58, leaving Paul and Ringo to salvage any reunion of The Beatles. 

   This final, unexpected moment of memorabilia will go down in history.