Overview
- Bareilles announced Good Grief on Wednesday, June 3, saying the seventh studio album will be released on Aug. 28 and unveiling its lead single, “Home.”
- She self-produced the 14‑track record and tracked the bulk of it in a concentrated six‑day run at Dreamland Recording Studios with additional sessions at Aaron Dessner’s Long Pond.
- A film about the making of the album, Sara Bareilles: Good Grief, is due to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 4 and documents her return to the studio with longtime collaborators.
- Bareilles also revealed a North American Good Grief Tour running Sept. 9 in Boston through Oct. 19 in Seattle, with artist, Verizon and Citi presales starting June 8 and general on‑sale beginning June 10 at 10 A.M. local time.
- The album includes the Oscar‑short‑listed song “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” and features guest contributions from Brandi Carlile, Andrea Gibson, Ingrid Michaelson and others, underscoring a multimedia, collaborator‑driven comeback.