Elton John & Brandi Carlile announce collaborative album, share title track

Back in November, Elton John and Brandi Carlile shared a new collaborative track, “Never Too Late,” from the Disney+ documentary on Elton. They’ve now announced a new collaborative studio album, Who Believes In Angels?, due out April 4 via Interscope. It’s produced by Andrew Watt, with Brandi and Bernie Taupin both contributing lyrics, and a backing band featuring Chad Smith, Pino Palladino, and Josh Klinghoffer. See the cover art and tracklist below.

“This record was one of the toughest I’ve ever made, but it was also one of the greatest musical experiences of my life,” Elton 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 new start for me. As far as I’m concerned, this is the start of my career Mark two.”

“I’m still reeling from the fact that I got to do it,” Brandi adds. “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.”

They’ve shared the uplifting title track, which you can hear below, and a short film about the making of the album. Watch that below.