Overview
- Speaking Dec. 7 at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Conn., Simpson said her early career felt like a job chasing hits and that she often felt she didn’t measure up.
- She told fans that working in Nashville brought her back to herself during a hard period, with new material shaped by the end of her marriage.
- In 2025 she released two EPs, Nashville Canyon Pt. 1 and Pt. 2, her first new music in about 15 years and a shift toward country influences.
- Simpson, who says she is eight years sober, has explained that sobriety changed her songwriting and led her to shelve older tracks that didn’t feel authentic.
- Her live return included a March set at the Recording Academy’s SXSW Block Party, and she later told TMZ her family, including ex Eric Johnson, spent Thanksgiving together.