"Bareilles talks about how she stumbled into Andrea's final Colorado shows, how the project arrived at a moment when she was struggling with loss herself, and how the film's combination of humor and heartbreak felt almost cosmically timed. Once she came onboard the project, she learned just how deeply Andrea intended to let the camera in. "I didn't realize the plan was, 'You're going to film my death,'" she explains, adding that the gravity of that didn't diminish the joy and electricity Andrea brought"
"She also walks Kyle through the unusual process of writing the film's original song - starting not with a blank page but with Andrea's own couplets. "It was like getting carte blanche with this pile of incredible poetry," Bareilles says, noting that she drafted the first version before sending it to Carlile, whose "sage advice" helped shape the final track."
"Bareilles also opens up about her upcoming album - her first since 2019 - which was shaped by the same period of grief that made Andrea's work feel like a lifeline. "This whole record is my attempt at processing loss," she says, revealing that Andrea's voice even appears on one of the songs. She talks about how the pandemic reordered her priorities, how comedy on Girls5Eva unexpectedly became "life-saving," and why she's finally feeling ready to get back on the road."
Come See Me in the Good Light follows poet laureate Andrea Gibson and wife Megan Falley through an incurable cancer diagnosis. Sara Bareilles joined the project after attending Andrea's final Colorado shows during a personal period of loss. Andrea allowed intimate filming, including near the end of life, while maintaining joy and stage electricity. Bareilles composed the film's original song using Andrea's couplets as the starting point and collaborated with Brandi Carlile, whose guidance shaped the final track. Bareilles' new album, her first since 2019, was formed by the same grief, includes Andrea's voice on one song, and reflects pandemic-reordered priorities and renewed readiness to tour.
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