Songs You Need To Hear: Sara Barielles, “King Of Anything”

“Keep drinkin’ coffee,” snarls Sara Barielles in her new single, “King Of Anything,” her kiss off to an unsatisfactory lover who wants to ride off into a “delusional sunset.” The song is from her upcoming album, Kaleidoscope Heart, out September 7, the followup to her 2007 Grammy-nominated debut Little Voice, which spawned the ubiquitous Rhapsody commercial/hit single “Love Song.”

“’King of Anything’ is sort of a ‘f*ck you’ song,” Bareilles says. “I’ve had more unsolicited advice on my life than I care to mention, and this was how I dealt with it. It felt empowering to turn that frustration into music, especially a song that doesn’t even sound angry. That’s sort of what “Love Song” was as well. Apparently, I don’t get over things very quickly.”