Paul McCartney Compares Taylor Swift’s Worldwide Fame to The Beatles, Says He's a 'Grandad' to Star's Generation

Paul McCartney compared Taylor Swift's global fame to The Beatles' success during an interview with BBC Sounds aired on May 24

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• McCartney praised Swift and other artists, including Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo, calling them “very good” singers

• Last year, Swift broke The Beatles' record for most songs simultaneously in the Global Chart Top 10

Paul McCartneyis admiringTaylor Swift's stardom!

During an interview onBBC Soundsreleased on Sunday, May 24, McCartney, 83, discussed traveling the world to perform withThe Beatlesand his solo career. The “Maybe I'm Amazed” singer was asked if he would giveSwift, 36, any advice as she appears to have accomplished the same level of global fame.

“You do see the parallel, you know the fame and the amount of fame,” said McCartney in a clip from the interview posted onBBC Radio 2's Instagram.

“The worldwide fame that Taylor Swift has and that we had, but I don't think she needs any advice to tell you the truth,” he continued with a chuckle.

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At the height of Beatlemania,John Lennondescribed the foursome as “bigger than Jesus” in a 1966 interview with U.K. newspaperThe London Evening Standard. He subsequently apologized for the comment in a press conference held before the band's final U.S. tour.

The “Yesterday” artists have sold over 600 million albums worldwide and remain the group with the most No. 1 hits in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

BBC journalist Vernon Kay emphasized McCartney's musical accomplishments in the BBC Sounds interview as he continued to quiz the singer about advice for Swift.

“If she asked for it, I definitely would,” said McCartney. “I'm like the older brother to that generation, or more like the grandad, actually.”

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The “Silly Love Songs” singer revealed that he's met Swift and pop stars includingBillie Eilish,Olivia RodrigoandSabrina Carpenterat parties hosted by his wife,Nancy Shevelland daughter,Stella McCartney.

“They're really cool people, they're very good,” he said of the singers.

“I like their voices,” McCartney continued, adding, “If they need any advice, yeah, I would be happy to give it, but I don't think they do.”

Swift broke the Beatles' record for having the most songs simultaneously on the United World Top 10 chart in October last year, U.K. newspaperThe TelegraphandParadereported. The “Opalite” singer racked up seven songs, while the Liverpudlian band had six in 1964.

McCartney's candid comments about Swift come after he spoke aboutnot wanting to take photos with fansduring a recent appearance onThe Rest Is Entertainment, a U.K.-based podcast.

He confessed to having a “long-winded explanation” that has to do with a tourist attraction in Saint-Tropez, France, when people ask him to pose for a snap.

“There's a guy on the beachfront who's got a monkey, and you pay to have your photo taken with the monkey,” McCartney explained. “So I say, ‘I really do not want to feel like that monkey. And when I take a picture with you, I do feel like him. I'm not me. I'm suddenly something else.”

“It's a phenomenon of how we live now,” he concluded.

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Paul McCartney Compares Taylor Swift’s Worldwide Fame to The Beatles, Says He's a 'Grandad' to Star's Generation

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Jennifer Lopez Marks Memorial Day in White Bikini with Family Sing-Along Alongside Kids Max and Emme

Jennifer Lopez marked Memorial Day with her twins Max and Emme and close friends in Los Angeles

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• The singer shared pictures of her sunbathing, swimming, and clips of her sing-along to "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with loved ones to Instagram on Monday, May 25

• Lopez welcomed her kids, now 18, with ex-husband Marc Anthony in February 2008

Jennifer Lopezwas feeling patriotic as she marked Memorial Day with her nearest and dearest friends and family.

The singer, 56, spent May 25 soaking up the bright Los Angeles sun and posted a picture of herself sunbathing poolside in a white triangle bikini onInstagram.

In another clip, the mom of two was filmed taking a dip in a floatie while relaxing with her loved ones.

Lopez captioned the sweet images: “Spending the day with the people I love. Happy Memorial Day everybody ❤️🤍💙.”

She was joined by her twins for the event,Max Muñiz and Emme Maribel Muñiz, both 18. The actress was filmed cuddling Max as the pair posed for a picture with the U.S. flag in the background.

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Lopez sported a white lace, cutaway dress for the event while Max and Emme dressed down.

The “On The Floor” singer even showed off her musical prowess as the crew enjoyed a passionate sing-along to “Total Eclipse of the Heart” byBonnie Tyler.

Lopez welcomed her kids with ex-husbandMarc Anthonyin February 2008, tellingPEOPLEwhen they were age 6 that the love she felt for them was “unconditional."

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“I know everybody feels this way about their kids, but I just feel like they're super special. I can't wait to see what they do," she added, noting, "I feel like my job is to not mess them up too much.”

Emme has followed in Lopez's multi-talented footsteps as a singer and author and once shocked fans by joining her mother onstage during her 2020 Super Bowl performance and belting out “Let's Get Loud.”

But while Lopez is incredibly proud of her kids, the actress previously admitted that being a mom to teenagers comes with new challenges.

"The teenage years are tough," she said in an interview onLive with Kelly and Markin May 2023. "It's challenging. You have this baby for a while and then it's like, your best little friend who loves being with you all the time, and then all of a sudden it's like, 'Get out of my room.' "

“They are challenging everything you say and everything you do and everything you are, and that's what it is,” she added. “You have to kind of just ride the waves."

"I think it's particularly hard on moms, because they always love dad, they're always like, 'Dad's the best!' — and I was like that with my dad too!" she continued, turning to her mom,Guadalupe Rodríguez, who joined her on the show. "And my mom told me, and I'll say it to you right now, on TV in front of everybody. I understand you so much more now."

Elsewhere in the interview, Lopez commented on how she parents differrently to her mother, revealing that she was "looser" than her mom.

"I think my mom, for a long time, was a stay-at-home mom, and I've always been a working mom, so that right there is a very different thing,' she continued. "And also she was 20 years old — by the time she was 26, she had 3 kids."

"So she was kind of a kid raising kids. And I had my kids when I was 38, so I had them much later, so I was more of an adult at that time," said Lopez. "We kind of grew up together," she concluded.

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Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith Reveal if U.S. Bakers are Better than Brits

Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith discussed differences in American and British baking styles, including ingredient preferences and taste palates during a recent interview

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• Leith noted Americans tend to bake larger, sweeter cakes compared to British bakers' more modest creations

• Season 4 of The Great American Baking Show premiered on The Roku Channel on May 11

Paul HollywoodandPrue Leithare revealing whether they prefer American or British baking styles.

Leith, 86, and Hollywood, 60, star onThe Great American Baking Show, having also been judges onThe Great British Baking Show, referred to asThe Great British Bake Offin the U.K. They were quizzed about their preferences in an interview withThe Hollywood Reporter (THR)published on May 22.

“[Americans] are not better, they're different,” said Hollywood in aclip from the interviewshared on Instagram.

“They use a lot of whisked sponge, they use a lot of banana, they use a lot of pecans,” he continued. “They use things that we use in the U.K., but not to the extremity [that] the Americans do. That's the big difference. Their taste palette is a bit different from ours, but their baking is very similar.”

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Leith agreed, adding that aside from the quantity of each ingredient, the overall size of cakes also differs between bakers in each country.

“I think that Americans, by and large, like things to be sweeter than the Brits, and bigger. Big and sweet,” she toldTHR.

As the interview took place during filming in the summer of 2025, Leith also shared an observation that she made that day.

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“It's been interesting today because we asked them to do a cake, which could have been a little cake, and they [all made] enormous cakes — you know, four-tier jobs,” she toldTHR.

The latest season ofThe Great American Baking Showpremiered on The Roku Channel on May 11.

Around the same time, Leith — who stepped down as a judge onThe Great British Baking Showearlier this year — spoke toPEOPLEabout blunders she's had in the kitchen.

She revealed that, despite being known as a chef and restaurateur, not everything went to plan when she had the opportunity to serve tea toQueen Elizabethat the opening of the Queen Elizabeth Centre (QEII Centre) in Westminster, London, in 1986.

"I actually think there's something about the royal family, they jinx things," Leith told PEOPLE. "Because I think what happens is people get quite overexcited at the thought of them and then everything seems to go wrong. You talk to any caterer and they'll tell you drama stories about the royals."

Leith recalls another instance of messing up when cooking for royalty in her memoirBeing Old and Learning to Love It!

She fumbled theQueen's order for strong black tea, instead presenting the monarch with a "weak lemony tea served by a half-wit.”

Reflecting on the incident, Leith said, "Personally, the thing that upset me most was not giving the Queen a decent cup of tea, because I much admired the Queen and I thought, 'Poor...woman. She's been walking around this extremely boring building for two hours… By the time she got to me, she must have been absolutely panting for a cup of tea, and I failed completely.' "

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Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith Reveal if U.S. Bakers are Better than Brits

Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith discussed differences in American and British baking styles, including ingredient preferences and taste p...

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