India, Sept. 24 -- Legendary songwriter Bernie Taupin has shared "Come On California," a sweeping new single featuring Brandi Carlile and a deeply personal love letter to the place he has called home for more than five decades.

The track arrives just days after Taupin and Carlile took the stage together in Nashville for the 2026 Americanafest Keynote Conversation, part of Taupin's first-ever appearance at the festival.

"Come On California" appears on his forthcoming album, The Sea Has No Mercy, due out on October 23 via Vertigo Records and MCA Nashville.

Taupin first arrived in Los Angeles in 1970 as a wide-eyed 20-something, beginning a relationship with California that would become inseparable from his life and work. "Come On Californi...