[3] She attended Francis W. Parker School in Chicago, and studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

[1][6] She was fired from Nomo, but then she and Elliot formed the psychedelic pop duo Wild Belle.

Bergman then spent a week in a silent retreat at The Monastery of Christ in the Desert in Chama Valley in New Mexico.

[7] The resulting gospel-folk album, Mercy, is a reflection on the tragedy, and on Bergman's own spirituality.

[8][9][10] Her debut solo album, it was recorded in Los Angeles at her brother Elliot's home studio.