The Beatles are back on the Grammy stage—thanks to AI. Their final song, “Now and Then,” completed with advanced machine learning technology, has been nominated for two Grammy Awards. Competing against today’s music giants like Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish, this track marks how technology pushes modern music’s boundaries as well as the group’s lasting influence in the music scene.

“Now and Then” began as a rough demo recorded by John Lennon in the late 1970s, left incomplete due to technological limits of the time. The song, along with “Free as a Bird” and “Real Love,” was handed over to the remaining Beatles members in the ‘90s for their Anthology project. However, while other tracks were released, “Now and Then” stayed shelved because Lennon’s vocals were inseparable from the accompanying piano recording.

However, in 2021, filmmaker Peter Jackson, known for The Beatles: Get Back documentary, used AI to isolate Lennon’s voice. This allowed Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to finish the song, adding McCartney’s bass, Starr’s drums, and background guitar reminiscent of George Harrison’s 1995 recordings.