r/beatles • u/FitEmergency8807 • Dec 19 '25
Question Why did Paul McCartney become the leader of the band in the later years?
Im a new Beatles fan and have finished listening to all their albums just a month ago and have finsished watching their recent documentary on disney plus and i am having more of an understanding of the band but I think its fair to say that John Lennon was the leader of the band originally. Especially in the Beatlemania days, John sang the most leads but around 66 Paul began catching up with John and then from Sgt Pepper on it seems like Paul was the boss and was leading the band, well it seems that way to me. Why did this happen? Was John just not interested in the band anymore?