“I’ve always been very autobiographical in the way that I write, but that can be dressed up a million different ways,” she tells The Hollywood Reporter.

It was written as a response to her label telling her she needed to come up with a hit her musical response, about how she had no intention of conforming, turned out to be just the blockbuster the record company wanted.īut the rebelliousness that bubbled up in “Love Song” didn’t mean that Bareilles brushed off having the hit when she got one, or that she isn’t striving to be radio-friendly in her own fashion Her just-released new album, The Blessed Unrest, is the first of her long-players to break with her signature piano-based sound in a big way, instead favoring up-to-the-moment beats and stylings, even if the underlying sentiments are no less singer-songwriterly than ever. Sara delivers a performance that’s chock full of special moments, and demands both time and attention.Sara Bareilles’ breakthrough, 2007’s “Love Song,” has to count as one of the most ironic smashes ever. It contains imperfections like the moment Sara “fucked up the words” on “King of Anything,” but those are the charms that make a good live show (or album) such a special experience from a studio recording. I’m excited to share this next stage of my career with each and every one of my fans.”īrave Enough brings that solo tour to anyone who will listen, featuring versions of songs like “Come Round Soon” that bear little resemblance to their studio-album counterparts, previously unrecorded songs like “I Just Want You,” and covers like “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” and “Bennie and the Jets.” “The songs on this album are a true reflection of everything I’ve come to experience in recent months and I’m going to celebrate that with the next most terrifying thing I can do…go back on the road…totally alone. When announcing her single, “ Brave” from that album, Bareilles said: Brave Enough comes as a product of Bareilles' reflections on her 2013 album The Blessed Unrest.

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