Paul McCartney reveals his New Year’s resolution for 2025

Sir Paul McCartney has big plans for 2025.

On Saturday, December 21, the 82-year-old Beatles musician answered a series of fan questions on his website, including his New Year’s resolution – “to finish an album.”

“I was working on a lot of songs and had to abandon them because of the tour,” McCartney wrote. “So I hope to get back to it and finish a lot of these songs.”

He added: “So how about this? ‘My New Year’s resolution is to finish a new album!’”

McCartney then revealed his vacation plans Came back The tour dates included a “well-deserved break”.

“It’s Christmas so it’s family time for me,” he wrote. “We’ve actually already finished the decorations. And I’m one of those people who likes to go overboard with the decorations, so I need a minute to sit back, relax and enjoy it.”

McCartney released his last solo album, McCartney IIIin 2020 and represents the third part of a musical trilogy that began with his 1970 solo album McCartney and was later followed by McCartney II i1980.

In December 2020, the “Maybe I’m Amazed” actor revealed The Howard Stern Show that Taylor Swift has decided to postpone the release date of her album Always so that it doesn’t conflict with McCartney’s own LP.

“I did that Rolling Stone cover with Taylor Swift, and she emailed me recently and said, ‘I haven’t told anyone, but I have another album,'” he recalled. “And she said, ‘That’s how I wanted to say it.’ from my birthday.’ And then she said, ‘But I found out you were releasing (your album) on the 10th.’ So I pushed it back to the 18th.’ “

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McCartney added: “And then she found out we were coming out on the 18th, so she went back to the 10th. So I mean, you know, people avoid each other. That’s a beautiful thing.”

That’s when Swift, 35, finally crashed Always on December 11, after surprising fans the day before with the announcement of a new album. Always is the “sister album” to it folklorewhich she published in July 2020.

McCartney followed McCartney III in 2021 with a remix album featuring songs from artists such as Beck, Dominic Fike, Phoebe Bridgers and more.