On the occasion of the release, Thursday, of his new EP "Zoom In", Europe 1 was able to speak with the former Beatles Ringo Starr ... via Zoom.

The video chat application also gives its name to the mini-album, largely designed remotely with big names in music.

It's a young man in his 80s who is releasing a new EP.

Former Beatles member Ringo Starr worked during the Covid-19 pandemic in Los Angeles on the design of the

Zoom In

mini album

.

"With this mini-album I made the decision to be the producer", confides the musician joined by Zoom, by a handful of journalists.

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Live with Paul McCartney, Lenny Kravitz and Ben Harper

As with many confined people, most of the work was done through the Zoom application.

The only difference is that Ringo Starr could see the faces of Paul McCartney, Lenny Kravitz or even Ben Harper on his screen.

"The others did everything from home, I didn't need to write everything", he explains, while specifying that he is obviously found on vocals and on drums.

"They were friends so it was easy. I was like 'look, I like that'".

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Admitting that the past year has been trying "for everyone," Ringo Starr says he has had to adapt.

"Playing through 'visio' is the only thing I can do at the moment. We have to accept that. That's what I did and that's how this album was born . "

The EP

Zoom In

 was released overnight Thursday through Friday.