Elton John and Brandi Carlile have announced their collaborative studio album ‘Who Believes In Angels?’, set for release on 4th April via Island EMI Records.
The album, written by John, Carlile, Bernie Taupin and Andrew Watt, was recorded at Los Angeles’ Sunset Sound Studios in October 2023. The project features a band including Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pino Palladino, and Josh Klinghoffer.
“This record was one of the toughest I’ve ever made, but it was also one of the greatest musical experiences of my life,” John says. “It has given me a place where I know I can move forward. ‘Who Believes In Angels?’ feels like going into another era and I’m pushing the door open to come into the future. I have everything I’ve done behind me and it’s been brilliant, amazing. But this is the start of my career Mark 2.”
Carlile adds: “I’m still reeling from the fact that I got to do it. I think all ships rise with Elton John’s standards for songwriting, and it was an incredibly challenging and inspiring environment to work in, everybody throwing in ideas, everybody listening to everybody else’s ideas. It felt like a family. The world is a wild place to live in right now. It’s hard to find peace and triumph. It’s a radical act to seek out joyful and euphoric happenings. And that is what this album represents to me.”
The record includes the 2025 Oscar-nominated song ‘Never Too Late’, which features in the Disney+ documentary of the same name. The album will be available on LP, CD, cassette and digital formats.
John and Carlile are set to perform at The London Palladium on 26th March 2025.
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