Paul McCartney’s New Song Is Almost Completely Silent

Getty Image Earlier this year, over a thousand artists came together to release the album Is This What We Want?. Per the project’s website, it was made in response to proposed copyright law changes in the UK, which would “allow artificial intelligence companies to build their products using other people’s copyrighted work — music, artworks, text, and more — without a licence.” The gimmick is that the whole project is recordings of empty studios and performance spaces, “representing the impact we expect the government’s proposals would have on musicians’ livelihoods.” Now, a vinyl edition