Paul McCartney took to social media Friday, responding to a 60-year-old fan interview taken on the cusp of “Beatlemania” arriving in the US. The legendary singer-songwriter’s photographs are the subject of a new Brooklyn Museum exhibit, on view now.
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Are you Adrienne from Brooklyn? If so, Paul McCartney is looking for you — finally.
The legendary singer-songwriter took to social media Friday, responding to a 60-year-old fan interview taken on the cusp of “Beatlemania” arriving in the US.
“Paul McCartney, if you are listening, Adrienne from Brooklyn loves you with all her heart,” the teen told news cameras in 1964.” I love you, Paul, please come to the window so I can see you. I saw you smoking before, and I kissed the limousine.”
Some six decades later, the superfan’s dreams were answered when McCartney noticed her, and publicly responded. The Beatle stitched a video of Adrienne’s now infamous interview on May 3 to promote his new photography exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum.
“Hey Adrienne, It’s Paul. Listen, I saw your video, I’m in Brooklyn now, I’m in New York. I finally got here,” McCartney said. “We got a photo exhibition, come along and see it.”
The exhibition, “Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm,” opened May 3 and will run through Aug. 18. It features hundreds of photographs captured by McCartney through the lens of his Pentax film camera as he navigated the superstardom of Beatlemania and the Beatles’ first US tour throughout the early 1960s.
The immense gallery explores immersive and interactive photographic and video material as well as numerous archival materials for guests to visually follow the Beatles and their careers — from humble beginnings on stages in Liverpool to their first international tour to their sweeping and unprecedented popularity in the states.
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