Paul McCartney Reacts to BTS Singing 'Hey Jude'

Part 1 of Stephen's interview with Sir Paul McCartney finds the legendary musician musing on his favorite cover performances of songs by The Beatles, including Marvin Gaye's take on "Yesterday" and that time BTS riffed on "Hey Jude" right here on The Late Show. #Colbert #Beatles #PaulMcCartney

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[kwangjinchai]

Irrelevant fun fact. In south Korea in the 90's students would sing hey Jude as the last song in a karaoke, because it's like the longest song and even if your time is up they had to let you finish the last song. If you could start hey Jude just before the last minute it felt like you had beaten the system

[jv-eptc]

when paul looks at BTS singing hey jude, it dawns on him that he will in fact live forever.

[phila]

Paul is the only living person who can say "I'm a genius" and sound like he is underselling himself.

[ginnakv]

BTS : _sings Hey Jude_
Paul : _flashback intensifies_

[BOOMDIGIDYable]

Imagine being asked the same questions for almost 60 years and being such a good sport about it all, having a sense of humor about the whole thing. We need to cryogenically preserve this man.

[arios]

The only human being who can say "I'm a genius" and everyone around agree WITH A SMILE😀

[nannarmerjacobsen]

I love how savage Paul McCartney is: "Easy lyrics?"

[mithra]

Not a fan but wow the way BTS just started singing without even saying the song name! Music truly is transcends culture and language!

[Exceltiaawesome]

Seeing Paul’s reaction to BTS was so pure.
Music transcends language and culture.

[coldwinter]

"Easy lyrics"...hilarious...and true. Sir Paul...the one and only!

[rhodalynn]

He is a genius. Cannot imagine a world without the Beatles

[TheMewoff]

What a great intro, "You know him because he's Paul McCartney"

[Asterius_]

Woah, that was the longest I've ever seen Colbert's audience applaud someone.

[Warnerchild]

If I wrote a song 50 years ago and it had that effect on south koreans in 2019 - I'd well up too - really sweet to see pauls reaction - he is proud as punch that he is alive to see it

[vanatani]

I think V was really able to connect to Hey Jude since his favourite BTS lyrics are "oh na na na" (Song: ON)

[rubyziosite]

1963: paul mccartney: *breathes*
crowd:
2019: paul mccartney: *breathes*
crowd:

some things never change

edit: thanks so much for the likes i never got this much lol

[DaveGoliath]

Oh England. What amazing bands and music you have given us.

[ult]

Paul is a legend~! I'm not a big fan of BTS but i know who they are and hope their success would inspire million of fans and of course inspire upcoming artist in their songs. The Beatles is a inspiration, a classical legend.

[susanahollenback]

Such a respectful performer. He doesnt want to sit while the audience is clapping, small things make a big difference

[zyrrhos]

"Plus, I'm a genius." One of the few guys who could get away with saying that and get a laugh at the same time.