Sara Bareilles Releases New Single, 'Armor' - Listen Now and Watch the Lyric Video!

Epic Records released "Armor", the latest single from Waitress composer and lyricist and multi-Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles today. "Armor" is available on all streaming platforms. Listen here and watch the lyrics video.

For "Armor" and the entire record, she teamed up with legendary Academy Award-winning producer T Bone Burnett. With its hummable bass line and topical musings "Armor" sees Sara deliver her most poignant, passionate, and powerful statement yet.

"This song was not intended to be released until next year, but it felt increasingly like it wants to belong to this moment in time," said Sara. "Sometimes the world inspires a song... and sometimes the world also inspires the release date. So here we are. I spent the summer of 2018 working with T Bone Burnett on material that is incredibly near and dear to my heart, "Armor" serving as the centerpiece. It has been one of the great artistic adventures of my life. I am incredibly proud to share the first taste of it all."

Speaking to those themes, the lyric video features real women holding up lines from the song and evoking a spirit of sisterhood and offering empowerment.

Sara Bareilles is a six-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and a New York Times best-selling author. Since her 2007 debut, Little Voice, she has released five studio albums including her most recent, What's Inside: Songs from Waitress. For Waitress, she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Music and Outstanding Lyrics, an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding New Score, and a Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Theater Album.

Waitress tells the story of Jenna, an expert pie maker in a small town, who dreams of a way out of a loveless marriage with her husband Earl. A baking contest in a nearby county and the town's new doctor may offer her a chance at a new life, while her fellow waitresses offer their own recipes to happiness. But Jenna must find the courage and strength within herself to rebuild her life. This new American musical celebrates friendship, motherhood, and the magic of a well-made pie.

Waitress opened April 24, 2016 at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Based upon the 2007 motion picture written by Adrienne Shelly, Waitress is the first Broadway musical in history to have four women in the four top creative team spots, with a book by Jessie Nelson, a score by six-time Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, choreography by Lorin Latarro and direction by Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus.