Sara Bareilles: The Magic of Grief

Good Grief, the album, is out everywhere this Friday, and the documentary comes to theaters nationwide September 2!

Our dear friend Sara Bareilles joins us to talk about Good Grief—her deeply personal new album and documentary—and what she’s learning about grief, love, mental health, and the terrifying practice of trusting life to hold us.

Sara shares how infertility, loss, and some of her hardest moments became music; why grief might be love that has everywhere to go; and what becomes possible when we stop trying to fix ourselves and start telling the truth.

-Why Sara says avoiding pain doesn’t work: “It hurts anyway.”

- Sara on mental health, the fear of being “too much,” and learning to trust that life will hold her

-The unexpected connection between Sara’s infertility journey, Andrea Gibson, and the creation of Good Grief

-The stories and meaning behind the songs and lyrics including what it means to “worship your weather” instead of fearing your feelings

For everything Good Grief—the new album, documentary, and more—visit sarabmusic.com.

About Sara:

SARA BAREILLES is an award-winning singer, songwriter, actor, producer, activist, and New York Times best-selling author whose accolades include two Grammy Awards, three Tony Award nominations, and three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. As a recording artist and songwriter, she has sold more than 3 million albums and 15 million singles in the U.S., and her songs have been streamed more than 3.5 billion times worldwide. On Broadway, she composed music and lyrics for Waitress. On the screen, she executive-produced and wrote original music for the series Little Voice. She plays Dawn Solano on the Emmy-nominated musical comedy series Girls5eva.

Her song "Salt Then Sour Then Sweet" appears in the Peabody Award-winning documentary Come See Me in the Good Light, on which she also serves as executive producer; the song was shortlisted for Best Original Song and the film was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2026 Oscars.

Her new solo album, Good Grief, will be released this Friday, and Sara Bareilles: Good Grief, a documentary about the making of the album—which we are very proud to be Executive Producers on—comes to theaters nationwide on September 2.

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