Belinda Carlisle Announces First English-Language Album In Nearly 30 Years, Once Upon A Time In California

Belinda Carlisle, the one-time punk who went from singing in the Go-Go’s to solo stardom in the 1980s, has spent the last few decades releasing music in languages besides her native English, such as French on 2007’s Voila and Sikh chants performed in Punjabi on 2017’s Wilder Shores. The Alvvays inspiration returned to English in short-form fashion on 2023’s Kismet EP, a collaboration with veteran songwriter Diane Warren. Now she’s got her first English-language full-length album since 1996’s A Woman & A Man on deck.