Paul McCartney, Johnny Depp: Beatle Jams With Actor In ‘Early Days’ Video, Discusses Growing Up With John Lennon

Back from his recent illness, it looks as if Paul McCartney is ready to return to music!

The legendary Beatle released his newest album New just last year, and now, he's dropped the video for one of the album's highlights, "Early Days," featuring another familiar face –– Academy Award Nominee Johnny Depp.

McCartney recently told Rolling Stone that "Early Days" is a memory song about he and John Lennon growing up in the days of their youth. The video, which was directed by Vincent Haycock, was originally something the "Yesterday" crooner never planned to do. "When I've got a song, I don't think about the video. I'm sure some people do, but I don't. I just think about the song, first writing it, then recording it."

However, when Haycock sent over the treatment for the video, McCartney was hooked. "Instead of having young lookalikes of me and John walking in the streets of Liverpool, guitars slung over our backs, and literally acting out the song, what if it was any two aspiring musicians? I thought that was such a cool idea."

Depp's appearance in the video, which sits as his third in a Paul McCartney vid, is getting to be a "running gag," as the Beatle puts it. "I happened to ring Johnny Depp. I said, 'Come along and we'll sit around and jam with these blues guys.'"

"I knew it was an offer he couldn't refuse," the singer continued, calling Captain Jack Sparrow the Alfred Hitchcock of his videos. "And he's good!"

Depp previously appeared in 2012's "My Valentine" and 2013's "Queenie Eye."

Watch the video for "Early Days" below:

And be sure to check out some other Paul McCartney / Johnny Depp videos below:

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Paul McCartney, Johnny Depp, John Lennon