Fast Technology News on November 10th, the 2025 67th Grammy nomination list was announced. The legendary band the Beatles, nearly 50 years after their disbandment, with the help of AI, their last song " now and then" was nominated for two Grammy Awards.
The song will compete with contemporary pop singers Beyoncé, Charlie XCX, Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift for the best production of the year award.
was also nominated for Best Rock Performance, competing against Green Day, Pearl Jam and the Black Keys.
It is understood that "Now and Then" was originally a demo recorded by John Lennon in the late 1970s, but it was not completed in the end.
After Lennon's death, his widow Yoko Ono handed two tapes to Paul McCartney in 1994, one of which included "grow old with me" and "now and then".
The remaining three Beatles decided to rework "Now and Then", but due to the inability to perfectly extract John Lennon's vocals, the plan was temporarily shelved.
In 2022, director Peter Jackson and sound engineers used machine learning algorithms to separate John Lennon's voice from the original demo of "Now and Then", allowing other members of the band to continue to participate in completing the song.
Although "Now and Then" was done through machine learning, it still fell within the boundaries of Grammy's artificial intelligence rules.
's current guidelines state that "only human creators are eligible to be submitted to be judged, nominated for, or awarded a Grammy Award," but works containing "elements" of artificial intelligence material are eligible for entry into applicable categories.
Fast Technology News on November 10th, the 2025 67th Grammy nomination list was announced. The legendary band the Beatles, nearly 50 years after their disbandment, with the help of AI, their last song " now and then" was nominated for two Grammy Awards.
The song will compete with contemporary pop singers Beyoncé, Charlie XCX, Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift for the best production of the year award.
was also nominated for Best Rock Performance, competing against Green Day, Pearl Jam and the Black Keys.
It is understood that "Now and Then" was originally a demo recorded by John Lennon in the late 1970s, but it was not completed in the end.
After Lennon's death, his widow Yoko Ono handed two tapes to Paul McCartney in 1994, one of which included "grow old with me" and "now and then".
The remaining three Beatles decided to rework "Now and Then", but due to the inability to perfectly extract John Lennon's vocals, the plan was temporarily shelved.
In 2022, director Peter Jackson and sound engineers used machine learning algorithms to separate John Lennon's voice from the original demo of "Now and Then", allowing other members of the band to continue to participate in completing the song.
Although "Now and Then" was done through machine learning, it still fell within the boundaries of Grammy's artificial intelligence rules.
's current guidelines state that "only human creators are eligible to be submitted to be judged, nominated for, or awarded a Grammy Award," but works containing "elements" of artificial intelligence material are eligible for entry into applicable categories.