 Soon after joining "The Sing-Off", Bareilles announced she was in the process of recording a new EP with co-star Ben Folds producing it.She also collaborated with fellow singer songwriters Greg Laswell and Jon McLaughlin on their new singles in February.In March, she was slated to release "A Trace of Sun", a documentary of the time she had spent volunteering in Japan after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.