James McCartney - Primrose Hill (2024), His New Single Written With Sean Lennon

I didn't plan to post anything about James McCartney's new single and video, "Primrose Hill" because so many blogs and websites have written about it already, and I really don't have anything new to add. That said, I'm too big of a Beatles fan to let this opportunity pass me by, and I've had a request to write about it.

"Primrose Hill" is the latest song released by the younger McCartney - son of Linda McCartney and the prolific and still relevant James Paul McCartney, ex-Beatle and musician extraordinaire - but it's the first one he's composed with Sean Ono Lennon, son of Yoko Ono and Paul's late and equally creative songwriting partner, John Lennon. That is what makes this new track an event even before hearing it.

The song is named after a park in the high-end Regent's Park section of London, England. On his official Instagram account James McCartney posted, "I had a vison as a child in Scotland, on what was a lovely summers day. Letting go, I saw my true love and my saviour in my mind's eye. 'Primrose Hill' is about getting the ball rolling with me & finding this person."

McCartney sings, "We laid on Primrose Hill, didn't know it still, you meant what you said. An overcast, sultry day, I didn't know what to do, I didn't know what to say. We laid there, forgot everything, kissed beneath the stars. Shooting to the hill the stars explode into a flame. Always remember Primrose Hill."

Musically, "Primrose Hill" is a semi-acoustic ballad that sounds like it could have been recorded during the Liverpool quartet's post-touring years with the singer's voice double tracked, a recording technique his father has often used.

In addition to Instagram, the song is available on several other streaming sites and you can purchase it as a download on iTunes.

Paul McCartney helped promote "Primrose Hill" on his own social media accounts.