Aerosmith and Yungblud released One More Time on November 21, 2025, through Capitol Records. The five-track EP paired Steven Tyler and Yungblud on vocals throughout, with Joe Perry on guitar and Matt Schwartz producing. Four new songs shared the record with a new version of “Back In The Saddle,” making the collaboration part writing partnership, part return to Aerosmith’s catalog.
“My Only Angel,” released as the lead single on September 19, introduced the two singers’ unaccompanied harmonies before the instrumental arrangement built around them. Perry’s guitar solo closed the track. The song arrived with an official visualizer.
The release followed a difficult break in Aerosmith’s working life. On August 2, 2024, the band had announced its retirement from touring after Tyler’s vocal injury. Their statement said he had spent months working toward recovery with medical support, but a full recovery wasn’t possible. That announcement ended their plans for a farewell tour; the sessions with Yungblud subsequently put Tyler and Perry back to work on new recordings.
Perry had already begun getting to know Yungblud in Florida in 2024, after their management teams connected them. In a December 2025 interview with Guitar World, he recalled being impressed by both the singer’s voice and footage of his live performances. He suggested getting Tyler involved. The recording eventually moved between two studios in Florida and three in Los Angeles, fitting around the musicians’ other commitments.
The first Los Angeles meeting with Tyler, in May 2025, had no guaranteed outcome. Yungblud told Rolling Stone UK that Schwartz was waiting at a nearby studio in case they decided to record. Within 20 minutes of meeting, they were heading into the studio. Yungblud played an unfinished idea he’d been developing on his tour bus, and Tyler began adding harmonies. That became “Problems,” which was nearly finished by the evening.
The writing kept generating the next session’s starting point. A riff from Yungblud and piano chords from Tyler, captured on Yungblud’s iPhone, developed into “My Only Angel.” “A Thousand Days” followed. Yungblud extended his stay, and the initial work stretched across a week. Perry described watching the two singers record side by side: “I could see he was getting inspired.” Yungblud didn’t know how the recordings would be billed until Perry proposed releasing them as Aerosmith and Yungblud on their last day together.
Completing an EP required another decision. Perry told Guitar World that the label wanted two more songs after the first three were finished. With rehearsals for his own band approaching, they wrote another original, but still needed a fifth track. His wife, Billie, suggested revisiting an Aerosmith song. “Back In The Saddle” supplied that final piece, appearing on the release as “Back In The Saddle (2025 Mix).”
On November 28, 2025, One More Time debuted at No. 1 on the UK’s Official Albums Chart. Official Charts counted it as Yungblud’s fourth UK chart-topping album and Aerosmith’s first.
