Brandi Carlile’s Raging Cover of Alanis Morissette’s ‘Uninvited’ Is for All of Us
Brandi Carlile performed a forceful cover of Alanis Morissette’s 1998 song ‘Uninvited’ at the 2026 Newport Folk Festival, emphasising the song’s anger and emotional release. The performance is presented as significant because it reframes female rage as a legitimate, cathartic response rather than something to be policed or dismissed.
Carlile’s rendition featured prominent string accompaniment from SistaStrings and pushed her vocals into an intentionally raw, near-screamed style. Morissette originally wrote ‘Uninvited’ for the City of Angels soundtrack, and it later won two Grammy Awards; Carlile is also due to release an expanded edition of Returning to Myself on 25 September, including ‘Human (Sad Gay Version)’ with Jon Hopkins.
- Carlile turned ‘Uninvited’ into an emphatic expression of anger.
- The cover highlighted enduring scrutiny of women’s anger.
- An expanded Carlile album arrives on 25 September.