"Who Believes in Angels?" Released: 5 February 2025
Who Believes in Angels? is an upcoming collaborative studio album by English musician Elton John and American musician Brandi Carlile. It is set to be released on 4 April 2025, through Interscope Records.[1][2] The album is produced by Andrew Watt, and was recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders in Los Angeles.[2] The record was announced on 5 February 2025 alongside the release of its title track.[2]
John and Carlile have previously collaborated on the song "Simple Things", which appears on John's collaborative album The Lockdown Sessions (2021), as well as "Never Too Late", the theme to John's 2024 documentary of the same name; the latter is slated to appear on Who Believes in Angels?[3] In addition to Carlile, lyrics were also contributed by John's longtime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin, while Watt also shares songwriting credits on the album.[1]
Recording for the album began in October 2023, a process in which John, Carlile and Watt "pushed each other out of their comfort zones to write and record an album completely from scratch in just 20 days", according to a press release.[3] Musicians contributing to the album include Chad Smith, Josh Klinghoffer, and Pino Palladino.[1] John described the album as "one of the toughest I've made", while also being "one of the greatest musical experiences of my life."[2] Among the struggles relating to the album is John's vision loss in relation to an eye infection.[2] Carlile described the recording process as being in "an incredibly challenging and inspiring environment to work in, everybody throwing in ideas, everybody listening to everybody else's ideas."[3]
