She told him, and offered to move the release date to steer clear of "McCartney III."
Nobody knew Taylor Swift had a second surprise album coming in 2020. Okay, that's not exactly true. Sir Paul McCartney knew.
The 78-year-old Beatles legend -- who recently appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone with Swift, 31 -- revealed on Howard Stern's SiriusXM radio show Tuesday morning (Dec. 15) that his new BFF gave him a hush-hush head's up about Evermore weeks ago as a throwback professional courtesy that warmed Macca's heart.
Discussing the Beatles’ longtime rivalry with the Rolling Stones and how the bands would coordinate their release dates so as not to step on each other’s toes, McCartney said that he had a similar situation recently with his new pop pal.