5 months ago 23rd Jun 13:15
Sara Bareilles wrote her debut single in response to a fight with her record company.
The singer penned 'Love Song' after tiring of the way Epic records were trying to influence her music.
She explained: "We had gone into the studio to start recording my album 'Little Voice'. I had turned in some new material but I got the sense that nobody thought it was good. I felt insecure. I was driving to rehearsal, listening to the radio and thinking, 'What would the record company like to hear on the radio?'
"I was so angry that I was allowing their opinion to dictate my art. I threw up a prayer to the universe, saying, 'Can I just write something for me, so I know I'm still here?' 'Love Song' literally tumbled out."
Sara also claims she has had to fight to be heard because she doesn't fit the traditional 'pop princess' mould.
She added: "Because I'm a young female and I sing pop music, it would have been easier for them to fit me in the pop-princess mould - Jessica Simpson or Britney Spears.
"Music is a boys' club and I never realised what a feminist I was until I saw how people would disregard my existence, talk about me as if I wasn't in the room. That really lit a fire and I've become stubborn in speaking up for myself.
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