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\n\tShe may well be the most decorated Americana artist in recent memory; she\u2019s won 11 Grammys over the course of the last six years (among a whopping 26 career nominations) alongside a pair of Children\u2019s and Family Emmy Awards and an Oscar nomination. She routinely sells out arenas and has been heralded by many as a singular<\/a> live<\/a> performer<\/a>. She\u2019s even sent four of her eight albums to the top ten of the Billboard 200<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut even still, the 44-year-old singer-songwriter says that she\u2019s long felt a sense of \u201cinadequecy\u201d when it comes to both her everyday life and her career, thanks to what she deems a reliance on the companionship of others. It\u2019s not hard to see why she might feel that way \u2014 Carlile is one of the most sought-after collaborators, with featured appearances on songs from modern pop stars like Miley Cyrus<\/a> and Sam Smith<\/a>, to musical legends like Elton John<\/a> and Joni Mitchell<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThat\u2019s kind of permeated my personality since I was a little girl. I don\u2019t want to spend the night with myself, I don\u2019t want to go have a meal with myself, I would never watch a movie by myself,\u201d she tells Billboard<\/em> on a video call. \u201cMy aversion to aloneness makes me feel a bit unevolved. Is my tendency to be with, to be in service to, to walk with other people really me being unevolved? Or is it just who I am? I guess I\u2019m still pulling it apart.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThose thorny questions rest at the center of Carlile\u2019s remarkable eighth solo studio album, Returning to Myself<\/a> <\/em>(out today via Interscope Records\/Lost Highway). Written and produced alongside pop-rock maestro Andrew Watt with additional work from The National\u2019s Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver\u2019s Justin Vernon, the album tracks Carlile\u2019s own untangling of deeply personal insecurities around ego, legacy, politics and independence. A mid-life crisis has never sounded quite this poetic. <\/p>\n

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