Jessica Simpson is ready for her on-stage comeback!
The singer, 44, returned to stage for the first time in over a decade, performing at the Recording Academy’s Austin Chapter Block Party during SXSW in Austin, Texas on Wednesday, March 12.
“Last night, was my first performance in 15 years,” she wrote via her Instagram account as she shared footage from the event the following day.
Simpson added, “It was an emotional coming back home to the best part of myself. Thank you for embracing me. You know that I have so much to say, but this lucky voice gets to soar again tonight. I love y’all. More to come…”
According to Rolling Stone, Simpson debuted four new songs during the set, including “Leave” and “Use My Heart Against Me.” She also performed her versions of “Son of a Preacher Man” and “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’.”
Simpson’s return to stage comes just two months after Simpson and her husband Eric Johnson officially called time on their marriage.
“Eric and I have been living separately navigating a painful situation in our marriage,” Simpson told Us Weekly in a statement in January. “Our children come first, and we are focusing on what is best for them. We are grateful for all of the love and support that has been coming our way, and appreciate privacy right now as we work through this as a family.”
Simpson and Johnson, 45, began dating in 2010 and tied the knot at the San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California in 2014. The pair share three children, Maxwell, 12, Ace, 11, and Birdie, 5.
Last week, Simpson released her new song called “Leave” as part of her Nashville Canyon, Pt. 1 EP. The track’s lyrics seemingly allude to infidelity experienced within a relationship.
“What we had was magic / Now you made it tragic / Giving her what you gave to me / Now the well that you drank from’s empty,” the lyrics read.
Jessica Simpson is back in the studio amid her separation from estranged husband Eric Johnson. Simpson, 44, took to Instagram on Monday, December 16, to share a sultry photo of herself leaning back in a chair in a room filled with recording equipment. “I can’t wait for y’all to hear the soundtrack of my soul […]
The song continues, “Did you do to her what you did to me? / Was she on her knees? / Oh, she’s everything but me.”
Nashville Canyon Pt 1, which drops March 21, will be Simpson’s first EP release since her holiday album, Happy Christmas, came out in 2010.
Prior to marrying Johnson, Simpson was previously married to Nick Lachey from 2002 to 2005. Their relationship featured on MTV reality series Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, which premiered in 2003 and aired until 2005.
