Kanye West and Paul McCartney team up on lullaby
Kanye West and Paul McCartney, two 伝説の performers from different musical traditions, have teamed up in an ありそうもない 共同 on a new 選び出す／独身 解放（する）d Thursday called "Only One".
The soft ballad, which West said was 奮起させるd by his daughter, features the 声のs of the world-famous rapper and former Beatle McCartney on the 組織／臓器.
The lullaby-like 共同 has been in the 作品 since 早期に 2014, when the two met in a bungalow in Los Angeles, によれば a 声明 from West's label Def Jam recordings.
Kanye West 成し遂げるs during the World エイズ Day (RED) concert in Times Square in New York on December 1, 2014 ?Timothy A. Clary (AFP/とじ込み／提出する)
"The 過程 that would result i n 'Only One' began with a simple brainstorming 開会／開廷／会期 between the two, with McCartney improvising on the keyboards and Kanye vocally sketching and 形態／調整ing ideas in a stream-of-consciousness riff," it said.
The song was 奮起させるd by West's daughter North, who was sitting in his （競技場の）トラック一周 when he sang to her, "Hello my only one."
West said his own mother used to sing those words to him as a child.
"My mom was singing to me -- and through me -- to my daughter," said the hip hop artist, whose first 指名する also means "only one".
Def Jam called the 共同 "one of the most powerful and 予期しない music 共同s in modern history".
The 選び出す／独身 was 解放（する）d late New Year's Eve, and will be 利用できる on iTunes in 119 countries for one week.
West, 37, is married to US reality television 星／主役にする Kim Kardashian, who sent a tweet about the new tune to her 27 million 信奉者s.
"People always ask me what my favorite Kanye song is and it's 'Only One'. Kanye feels like his mom sang thru him to our daughter," Kardashian wrote on Twitter.
"I cry every time I hear this song," she wrote.
West has frequently paired up with other musicians -- from rapper Jay Z to British rockers Coldplay -- on his albums.
Liverpool-born McCartney, who linked to 音声部の of the new song on his Twitter page, is one of two 生き残るing members of the Beatles. He continues to play music and 小旅行する around the world.
This is the first time the 二人組 have worked together on a song.
Paul McCartney 成し遂げるs at PETCO Park on September 28, 2014 in San Diego, California ?Kevin Winter (Getty Images/AFP/とじ込み／提出する)
