Paul McCartney new single inspired by 'life's hardships' as he hints at own struggles

Sir Paul McCartney says one of his new songs was inspired by people suffering from “hardship” and admitted even he sometimes has to fight feeling ‘depressed”. ‌

The Beatles legend, 83, releases his first album in almost five years later this month called The Boys of Dungeon Lane. Amongst the 14 tracks is the song Life Can Be Hard, written around the covid pandemic.  ‌

Reflecting on the times people in Britain were going through then and their troubles now, Paul said: “There's a lot of hardship for many people - some people might have a health issue, a financial issue, whatever. Everyone's got something, but we've got to beat our way through those hardships.”

He said the song was about crawling out of a crisis or falling back in love with the world. Speaking in Mojo magazine, he added: “It beats the alternative, you know? The alternative is your life turns sour, and I don’t want that to happen. I don't want to get depressed, so I fight it and think, Come on, you've got a lot of good stuff going on. Concentrate on that. It's not always easy - in fact, it's never easy.”

Another track on the album is Come To Us which was released as a single last week and sees Paul and fellow Beatle Ringo Starr duet together for the first time. It is their love song to growing up in Liverpool. But Sir Paul insists the Fab Four did not come from identical backgrounds at all.  ‌

He explained: “Ringo was the one who came from most nothing in the Beatles. John was the poshest, and me and George were sort of in the middle from Speke, but Ringo was from the Dingle, and that was well hard!”

Paul says his family roots have helped him stay grounded both now and when he was in the Beatles, describing them as “a loving family” and “very smart working class people”.

Paul’s upcoming album has been produced by Andrew Watt, who has also made albums with the Rolling Stones, including their new one which is due to be released later this Summer. But it is unlikely Sir Paul’s album will sound anything like the work of the Stones. Paul explained: "If you're working with the Stones, they've got the Stones sound. It's kind of the opposite with me - we're trying not to do that. The way we approached this album was, We've done that before. Let's do it different."

Source: mirror.co.uk/Mark Jefferies

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