We can sit here and debate who the greatest songwriter of all time is for hours, but at some point down the line, Paul McCartney’s name is inevitably going to come up.
We’re talking here about a man who dreams in melody, quite literally, as the Beatle, when waking up from a much-needed slumber, did so with the tune to ‘Yesterday’ running around in his head. With that, he headed over to the piano and dragged the tune from the back of his subconscious to offer the world one of the greatest songs ever written.
If you were to ask McCartney what advice he would give to songwriters, he would tell them to ensure they play into their individuality, as doing so allows you to be both weird and innovative, but also be personable. Having a great deal of individuality within your music means that you can write tracks that sound like something people might not have heard before. Equally, you might end up making something incredibly personable, which onlookers can in turn relate to.
“I used to think that anyone doing anything weird was weird,” said McCartney, talking about the importance of musicians being totally individual, “I suddenly realised that anyone doing anything weird wasn’t weird at all and it was the people saying they were weird that were weird.”
He also spoke about people being able to relate to the music he makes, using Bruce Springsteen as an example, saying how ‘The Boss’ was suddenly able to connect a lot more with the love songs he wrote the minute he himself fell in love.
“He said, ‘I didn’t get it, but I really get it now, man’,” recalled McCartney, “And it’s something that happens. He’s fallen in love, he’s had kids, and he’s more able to accept that thought, which bothered a lot of people at the time.”
Given McCartney’s individuality and personability, everyone everywhere was ecstatic when it was revealed that he was working on new music. The story goes that he spent the majority of 2025 putting together something brand new, and that now, it’s 90% finished, which begs the question of when this new record will be released.
So, when will Paul McCartney’s new album be released?
I hate to disappoint you, but we simply don’t know. All research shows that while Paul McCartney has made a great deal of progress on his first album since 2020’s McCartney III, he hasn’t given any kind of indication when it will be released; that said, the record is expected to come out in 2026.
While we wait for further news, we can sit and get excited by the prospect of new music, especially after what the original Wings drummer Denny Seiwell said when describing one of the songs he heard from the album.
“All of a sudden,” he said, “The three of us were having a big group hug […] Paul plays every instrument himself… and then he starts harmonising. Those are The Beatles harmonies and Wings harmonies, and those are the greatest harmonies in popular music, probably.”
