A t this point in her life and career, Sara Bareilles has no time for anything that’s not real. “The decade of my forties has been all about stripping away artifice,” the singer-songwriter says. “I don’t want distance in my relationships, in my conversations, [with] fans, or the music. I don’t want artifice. I think it’s very easy to hide. And I’m terrified, but I’m not hiding.” It’s been nearly two decades since Bareilles broke out with “Love Song,” the 2007 piano ballad that was her cheeky