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Skip to main content November 2, 2025 Brandi Carlile returned to the Saturday Night Live stage with performances of two songs from her eighth studio album, Returning to Myself, which she released last week. The acclaimed singer-songwriter first sang about a “failing empire” in “Church & State,” which she wrote with Andrew Watt and twin brothers Phil and Tim Hanseroth. Carlile’s first solo album since 2021’s In These Silent Days, Returning to Myself came after years of collaborations—with Elton John and Joni Mitchell—and playing in the country supergroup the Highwomen, as well as being in charge of music festivals like Girls Just Wanna Weekend and her Looking Out Foundation. “Everybody came out of Covid with all this toxic energy, including myself,” Carlile explained to Rolling Stone in a recent interview. “I just wanted to explode onto the scene and accomplish and collaborate and be everywhere and do everything. And I think there’s been a little fallout from that. People pushed themselves to the limits of their mental health, in terms of what they were willing to do to make up for lost time.” Carlile, making her fourth musical guest appearance on SNL, also played “Human”—second on the track list of her latest work. Trending Stories The Burial of Black Genius (a.k.a. D’Angelo Lives!) 'SNL' Cold Open: Trump Crashes NYC Mayoral Debate to Roast Each Candidate Portugal. The Man Adds Fiddles, Folk to Kpop Demon Hunters’ ‘Golden’ How Leonardo DiCaprio Improvised Rick Dalton’s Meltdown in ‘Once Upon a Time in . . . Hollywood’ Carlile was most recently on the late night show in early April with John just after the release of their album Who Believes in Angels? Carlile’s the Human Tour in support of Returning to Myself begins in February on the east coast. That fall, she’ll be in Ireland, the U.K., then mainland Europe. Liam Gallagher Decries ‘Seriously F-cked Up’ Fan Who Set Off Flares at Oasis' Australia Show No Reported Injuries Althea Legaspi Justin Bieber Previews New Music, Admits He Feels 'Vulnerable As Hell' in Twitch Stream Brittany Spanos Morrissey Cancels Two Mexico Concerts Due to ‘Extreme Exhaustion’ Promoter Says Hasta Luego Althea Legaspi Sean Combs Accused of Allegedly Assaulting Producer Following Masturbation Incident: Police Report Combs Civil Case Althea Legaspi Dancehall Icon Shaggy Mobilizes Private Flights of Aid to Jamaica After Hurricane Melissa 'We're Resilent' Mankaprr Conteh Go to PMC.com Most Popular 'When Women Thrive, the Community Thrives': Inside Variety's Power of Women Event Featuring Jamie Lee Curtis, Sydney Sweeney, Kate Hudson, Nicole Scherzinger and Wanda Sykes 'Dancing With the Stars’ Crowns Dance Marathon Winner as One Contestant Suffers an Injury on Halloween Night: See the Scores, Who Went Home MLB Should Abolish the Intentional Walk After Shohei Ohtani Debacle We Unofficially Know Who Mel Owens Picks in The Golden Bachelor Finale You might also like ‘SNL’ Cold Open Skewers NYC Mayoral Debate With Miles Teller as Andrew Cuomo, Ramy Youssef as Zohran Mamdani and Shane Gillis as Curtis Sliwa 48 minutes ago Run, Don’t Scroll: Sephora’s Savings Event Has All the Teen Viral Beauty Faves on Sale 9 hours ago Demi Moore, Kerry Washington and More Bring Bold Style to the LACMA Art + Film Gala 2025 Catherine Corcoran Isn’t the First to Feel Cheated by ‘Terrifier’ Dodgers to Turn to Ohtani in Game 7 With World Series on the Line 16 hours ago Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2025 Rolling Stone, LLC. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.com VIP
