How Paul McCartney's video for the song "Find My Way" was filmed
"Find My Way" - a song that perfectly complements the album Paul McCartney "McCartney III Imagined"! Like the record itself, the music video for this masterpiece is no less remarkable, which will certainly delight you and make you smile (at least for a few seconds, but still ...) The music video shows us ... Sir Paul McCartney himself in his youth! Of course, the role of the young cult Beatle was played by another person, the performer of the track named Beck. The clip was published on the official YouTube channel of the musician July 22, 2021 years, and in less than a month gained almost 4 million views, as well as almost 100 thousand likes! An idea, a plan, a source of inspiration - we will talk about all this below ...
"Secret Revealed"
As noted above, the music video for the track "Find My Way" appeared on the official YouTube channel Paul McCartney July 22, 2021 years: in just 3 weeks it was viewed by more than 3.7 million once! A huge number of likes, as well as a sea of enthusiastic comments under the video, make it clear that the public liked the work ... Still, because in the video we can watch a young dancer carelessly dancing McCartney times "Great Liverpool Four"!
In fact, of course, the role Paula he did not do it himself, but he did it "Find My Way" singer and musician Beck. “But how is it, Paul’s face?!” you might ask in amazement. Well, the answer is surprisingly simple: the whole secret of the “miraculous transformation” lies in the technology. deepfake… Sir Paul McCartney looks ageless in his new video... However, this is not the situation with Dorian Gray! It's Beck dancing the whole song! And Deepfake technology replaced his own face with the young face of an ex-Beatle... And yes: Beck didn't wear a mask, it's just that we can contemplate a little technical gag at the end of the clip.
"Deepfake" - what is it and what is it eaten with
you could see how deepfake technology does amazing things! It can convert classic movies with different famous faces; lip-sync the actors to match the dialogue of the dubbed films… Simply put, deepfake can make even the best experiences more realistic! And now, this technology has turned the musical crossover into a visual one. Beck didn't just rethink one of the songs Paul McCartney. Technology deepfake allowed him to play a young version of the iconic Beatle in the music video for their song...
The result is equally exciting and unsettling. If you look closely, it's obvious that it's not McCartney with a young face. But if you don't look close enough, you can easily get scared of what's going on...
About the song
The best thing about this video is that it really conveys the music! This is Beck's version of the song "Find My Way" by McCartney. The song originally debuted on McCartney III, the artist's 18th solo album, which he released in December 2020 of the year. Since they both sing in this performance, putting McCartney's face on Beck's body is the most appropriate way to visually represent their collaboration.
Beck's version is part McCartney III Imagined, a wonderful remix album. It first appeared on streaming sites in April 2021. In addition to Beck, it also features other artists including St. Vincent, Dominik Fike, Blood Orange, 3D RDN and others. Beck contributed to Paul McCartney's McCartney III Imagined album, which featured unique versions of songs from Sir Paul McCartney III's solo album. Now for version "Find My Way" Beck has a music video and it's the weirdest at its best!
Finally…
McCartney III Imagined, personally supervised Paul, is a roster of best friends, fans, and new acquaintances, each reimagining their favorite moments McCartney III in its own signature style… The result is a kaleidoscopic reimagining of an album that serves as a sequel to McCartney III, but at the same time in itself is a brilliant and adventurous milestone in Sir McCartney's discography ... By the way - in 2020 The former Beatle responded to rumors that this solo album would be his last studio project:
“Everything I do should always be my last,” he said. - When I was 50 years old, everyone said - "This is his last tour." What was I thinking? It was like, “Oh, right? I do not think so". It's a rumor mill, but that's okay. When we shot for Abbey Road, I was completely dead, so everything else is a bonus!”
Video "Find My Way" was created in collaboration with Hyperreal Digital, a company that specializes in creating hyper-realistic digital avatars. CEO Hyperreal, Remington Scott, said in a statement:
“The technology to dampen talent and force it to work in such a creative environment is now fully realized, and with one of the most recognizable faces in the world!”
