October 24, 2025—11x Grammy Award-winner Brandi Carlile’s highly anticipated new album, Returning To Myself, is out today via Interscope Records/Lost Highway. Stream/purchase HERE. The official music video for the new song, “Human,” also debuts today, directed by Floria Sigismondi. Watch/share HERE.
Her eighth studio album and first solo project in four years, Returning To Myself was produced by Carlile, Andrew Watt, Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon, and finds Carlile looking inward, reflecting backward, and ultimately, returning home after spending the last few years pouring herself into collaborations with musical icons and legends.
Carlile shares, “Today is the day. My favorite album is yours now…No one really returns to themselves alone. Returning to myself is just returning me to you. And that’s the only thing I want to do.”
“Brandi Carlile is a once in a generation artist whose pen knows no bounds,” Watt says. “I am constantly blown away by her songwriting, producing, fearless approach and other worldly voice. She is a true leader, and I feel so lucky to have made this album with her. This is her best collection of songs on one album yet!”
Additionally, Dessner shares, “When Brandi came to visit me at Long Pond last year after completing years of work with Joni Mitchell and Elton John, we were both in times of transition. The most interesting music can happen when you feel lost in the woods and that’s exactly what happened. I’m so grateful Brandi trusted me to find herself in these songs. Along the way, I got to work with Brandi’s legendary bandmates Phil and Tim Hanseroth and the incredible Andrew Watt, who is now a friend and collaborator, and my best friend Justin Vernon joined us to sprinkle his inimitable magic. I couldn’t be more proud and honored to be a part of it.”
Already receiving widespread attention, Carlile recently spoke with The New York Times, who praises, “It has the luster and confidence of an artist realizing her prime, finding memory and maturity in the lyrics.” Carlile will also return to NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” on November 1 as musical guest for the fourth time.
Critical acclaim for Returning To Myself: