Biography

In the interim talking on her "Live from So Ho" EP, she mentions that she often doesn't get paid when she plays at universities because of her excessive swearing.

The youngest of three sisters.

She is very good friends with Ingrid Michaelson.

Her father is of French (the origin of her surname), Italian, and Swiss-Italian, descent. Her mother is of three quarter Portuguese ancestry, with the remainder of her mother's roots being English and German.

On January 1, 2023, Bareilles announced her engagement to Joe Tippett after 7 years of dating together.

I was a fat girl growing up and had to change schools because kids were so mean.

I used to sing songs from musicals all the time as a kid.

I think I have some anger-management issues, and they end up coming out in these passive-aggressive songs that sound happy.

I never played coffee shops; I just played a lot of coffee shop-sized venues. I took every venue I could get my hands on.

The women in my family are all super-emotional. The catchphrase in our family is 'Listen to my words, not my tears.'