Kanye West & Paul McCartney 最新单曲《Only One》创作轶事

由人气说唱巨星 Kanye West 与传奇乐队 Beatles 成员 Paul McCartney 合作打造的单曲《Only One》，已经于今年 1 月 1 日正式在网络上公开发布。作为一首 Yeezy 为自己的女儿 North West 和母亲 Donda West 所创作的歌曲，当中所蕴含的情愫引起了广泛音乐爱好者的兴趣，为此官方日前也正式公布了这首歌曲背后的创作故事，包括歌曲的创作时间，以及双方在录制这首单曲时的有趣故事。下面便带来其中的节选内容，感兴趣的朋友也可以登陆 iTunes 下载这首最新单品。

In early 2014, Paul McCartney and Kanye West first began working together in a small bungalow in Los Angeles. The process that would result in “Only One” began with a simple brainstorming session between the two: With McCartney improvising on the keyboards and Kanye vocally sketching and shaping ideas in a stream-of-consciousness riff.

When they played back the recording afterward, something remarkable happened. Kanye sat there with his family, holding his daughter North on his lap, and listened to his vocals, singing, “Hello, my only one . . . ” And in that moment, not only could he not recall having sung those words, but he realized that perhaps the words had never really come from him.

The process of artistic creation is one that does not involve thinking, but often channeling. And he understood in that moment that his late mother, Dr. Donda West, who was also his mentor, confidante, and best friend, had spoken through him that day.

“My mom was singing to me, and through me to my daughter,” he said, astonished.

The small group in the room kept listening: “Hello my Only One…just like the morning sun…you’ll keep on rising till the sky knows your name.”

To some, Kanye’s insight didn’t immediately register. But then he explained: The name Kanye, which his mother had chosen, means “only one.”

And then it dawned on everyone there: Something powerful and undeniable had occurred through the power of music and of letting go. A message had been passed down through generations.