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In Facing the Truth of Her Losses, Sara Bareilles Embraces a Faith in Her Own Grief
Singer-Songwriter Sara Bareilles kicked off her tour on September 9 and released the album Good Grief, creating a space for celebratory mourning.
Bareilles revealed she is enduring a "deluge of grief" after losing close friends to cancer and facing a fertility struggle, reaching "a new depth of low" with her mental health.
Collaborating with singer Brandi Carlile and the late poet Andrea Gibson, Bareilles wrote Salt Then Sour Then Sweet while Gibson battled terminal cancer, featured in the 2025 documentary Come See Me in the Good Light.
CNN Anchor Anderson Cooper's podcast All There Is featured Bareilles' debut of Home, inspired by a conversation between Cooper and comedian Stephen Colbert.
Bareilles perceives mourning as a "devotional practice," continuing to process her grief while "still grieving" her friends and fertility journey from a place of uncertainty.