“Returning To Myself” by Brandi Carlile

"Returning To Myself" is the title song of Brandi Carlile's eighth studio album, which Interscope and Lost Highway released on October 24, 2025, and it was picked to lead the charge as the first single, paired with a video directed by Floria Sigismondi. It marked her return to a record of her own after a stretch spent writing and recording with Elton John, a partnership that produced their joint album Who Believes in Angels? earlier that year.

Carlile wrote the song alone and co-produced it with Andrew Watt, and she sings lead while playing acoustic guitar and piano. The supporting cast is stacked: Aaron Dessner on organ, Justin Vernon on synthesizer and electric guitar, Josh Klinghoffer on pedal steel and synthesizer, and Watt on electric guitar too. Serban Ghenea mixed it.

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