According to legend, Paul McCartney rolled out of bed in 1964, having dreamt up a new melody. Originally convinced he had plagiarised it, he waited a few weeks before laying down some new lyrics and giving his new tune a better title. Scrambled Eggs became Yesterday, one of the biggest hits of all time.
Yesterday celebrates the glorious randomness and seemingly divine intervention in the music writing process. At the same time, it shows how provenance and authorship is interwoven with the art of creation and why there is such a fierce debate around generative AI and copyright law.
