Elton John and Brandi Carlile Announce Album, Shares New Song “Who Believes in Angels?”: Listen

Elton John and Brandi Carlile are releasing an album together: Who Believes in Angels? lands on April 4 via Interscope. Listen to the title song below; scroll down for an album trailer.

John and Carlile made Who Believes in Angels? with John’s longtime songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin, and producer Andrew Watt. They began work on the album, in October 2023, at Los Angeles’ Sunset Sound. Additional musicians on the new album include Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, renowned bassist Pino Palladino, and multi-instrumentalist Josh Klinghoffer.

Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Bernie Taupin, and Andrew Watt were recently nominated for the 2025 Academy Award for Best Original Song. The track, originally made for the documentary Elton John: Never Too Lateis featured on Who Believes in Angels?

In 2021, John and Carlile released the song “Simple Things” for the former’s Lockdown Sessions album. Revisit Pitchfork’s “Pass the Aux” video with the musicians from around that time.

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Who Believes in Angels?:

01 The Rose of Laura Nyro
02 Little Richard’s Bible
03 Swing for the Fences
04 Never Too Late
05 You Without Me

01 Who Believes in Angels?
02 The River Man
03 A Little Light
04 Someone to Belong To
05 When This Old World Is Done With Me