Paul McCartney has taken to Instagram to reward Beyoncé‘s remake of the Beatles‘ iconic “Blackbird,” which was launched final week on her new album, Cowboy Carter.
“I feel she does an impressive model of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that impressed me to put in writing the tune within the first place,” McCartney wrote on Instagram. “I feel Beyoncé has executed a fab model and would urge anybody who has not heard it but to test it out. You’re going to like it!”
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The Beatles legend added that he spoke to Beyoncé on FaceTime “and she or he thanked me for writing it and letting her do it. I instructed her the pleasure was all mine and I assumed she had executed a killer model of the tune. Once I noticed the footage on the tv within the early ’60s of the black women being turned away from college, I discovered it stunning and I can’t imagine that also in lately there are locations the place this type of factor is occurring proper now. Something my tune and Beyoncé’s fabulous model can do to ease racial stress can be a fantastic factor and makes me very proud.”
In line with studies, Beyoncé utilized parts from the Beatles’ grasp recording of “Blackbird,” together with McCartney’s acoustic guitar half. He’s listed as a co-producer on the Cowboy Carter model, which options further vocals from black nation singers Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer and Tiera Kennedy.
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