NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 23: Jessica Simpson speaks onstage during NBC's "Today" at Rockefeller Plaza on July 23, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)Photo: Getty ImagesSave this storySave this story
I can hardly wrap my mind around the fact that it's been 15 years since Jessica Simpson has performed new music. One of the most prominent pop voices of the Y2K era, she has worn many hats—a mom, a fashion entrepreneur, and more—but music seemed to take a backseat for a bit. But fans of her powerhouse vocals are thrilled to see that she's not only back with a new album, Nashville Canyon, Pt. 2, she's also ready to take it to the stage and screen. And that's exactly what she did on Wednesday morning with flair down to her fingertips.
Simpson performed on Today for the first time in nearly two decades for the show's outdoor concert series, bringing the live and TV audiences new music, as well as some of the hits for which she became so well-known. Her look could best be described as Western bohemian glam, with an iridescent, fringy jacket over a pale pink, corsetted dress and topped off with a large cross necklace. She also wore oversized rings, including a massive turquoise piece—but that's not the only place on her fingers where stones showed up.
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Each long nail featured a different design. There's leopard print with a bejeweled zodiac symbol for Cancer, silver mixed with pearls, a metallic French tip, and more turquoise—and that's just some of what's on her left hand. The eclectic gem party continued on the right hand, which included the word “Fade”—the name of her new single—written in three-dimensional red polish on her middle finger.
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Her beauty look was rounded out with a bronder-than-usual color on her go-to long, voluminous hair, and she went for a full-out face in muted tones, including a super-glossy lip.
Simpson might have been out of the music spotlight for a while, but now that she's returned, we can't wait to see what other glam inspo she brings to the stage.
