Carlile, John team iup for "Who Believes in Angels'

The title was released today as a single.

Fans can pre-order 'Who Believes In Angels?' to gain exclusive access for the chance to buy tickets to 'An Evening With Elton John & Brandi Carlile' at The London Palladium on Wednesday, March 26.

The concept for Who Believes In Angels? was devised by close friends and regular collaborators John and Carlile along with producer and songwriter Andrew Watt.

The album would mix Elton-led songs and Carlile-led songs, with long term collaborator Bernie Taupin and Carlile both contributing lyrics, and producer and co-writer Andrew Watt acting as the producer.

Entering Los Angeles' Sunset Sound Studios in October 2023 with a completely blank slate, they wrote and recorded an album completely from scratch in 20 days. Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Pino Palladino (Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan and David Gilmour) and Josh Klinghoffer (Pearl Jam, Beck) helped back the songs Watch a short film about the process of making Who Believes In Angels? here. This is the first time that Elton has allowed cameras to film his writing and recording sessions. Static cameras positioned around the studio captured thousands of hours of raw footage, and ultimately documented the entire creative process - breakdowns, breakthroughs, tears, torn up lyric sheets and all.

Ballads co-exist with raw rock and roll, pop songs and country-hued Americana rub shoulders with synth-heavy psychedelia.

Elton said, "This record was one of the toughest I've ever made, but it was also one of the greatest musical experiences of my life. 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 2."

Carlile said, "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."

Carlie wrote lyrics for the title track.

"Who Believes In Angels?" also features 2025 Oscar nominated song "Never Too Late," created especially for the Disney+ documentary of the same name. The documentary follows Elton as he looks back on his life and the early days of his 50-year career.. Directed by R.J. Cutler and David Furnish , Elton's husband's, the documentary is on Disney+ now.

The track list is:
1. The Rose Of Laura Nyro
2. Little Richard's Bible
3. Swing For The Fences
4. Never Too Late
5. You Without Me
6. Who Believes In Angels?
7. The River Man
8. A Little Light
9. Someone To Belong To
10. When This Old World Is Done With Me