How can I authorize songs purchased with an old Apple ID?

Apparently I have some songs in my iTunes library that I purchased with an old Apple ID. They won't play on my new computer, because they're not authorized to. But that old ID is connected to an email address that doesn't even exist anymore? I have no idea what the password was. How can I authorize my new computer to play these old songs? Or do I just need to kiss those songs goodbye?

13Kingdoms wrote:
Apparently I have some songs in my iTunes library that I purchased with an old Apple ID.
You should have simply updated your AppleID rather than creating a new one.
They won't play on my new computer, because they're not authorized to. But that old ID is connected to an email address that doesn't even exist anymore? I have no idea what the password was.
Go here -> https://iforgot.apple.com/appleid

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