"McCartney is contributing a bonus track to the physical release of Is This What We Want?, which was released digitally in February. Spanning 12 tracks, the original album was credited to more than 1,000 artists, including Damon Albarn, Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead, The Clash, Tori Amos, Hans Zimmer, Pet Shop Boys, Jamiroquai, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens."
"'The government must commit to not handing the life's work of the country's musicians to AI companies for free,' said Ed Newton-Rex, the British composer and former AI executive behind the album. 'Doing so would be hugely damaging to our world-leading creative industries, and is totally unnecessary, only benefiting overseas tech giants. It should listen to Paul McCartney and the 1,000 other musicians who took part in this album, and resist calls to legalize music theft from the big tech lobby.'"
Paul McCartney contributed a bonus track to the physical release of Is This What We Want?, spanning 12 tracks. The album was credited to more than 1,000 artists, including Damon Albarn, Kate Bush and Annie Lennox. The tracklist spells a message opposing legalising music theft to benefit AI companies. Pre-orders run ahead of a December 8 physical release via The state51 Conspiracy, with all proceeds pledged to Help Musicians. The album features recordings of empty studios and performance spaces in response to the Data (Use and Access) Bill, which proposes an opt-out allowing artists' work to be used to train AI models without a licence. McCartney joined more than 400 British musicians calling for rightholder transparency.
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