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Rehab rock: Alanis Morissette's personal new album
On her latest album, Alanis Morissette reveals her grown-up take on love, loss and moving on.
By Karen Bliss
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While other stars might believe that the media's intrusive behaviour is largely to blame for failed relationships, Morissette doesn't. But she doesn't court the spotlight either, as many L.A.-based actors and musicians do. "I see a lot of people that make it work, but I don't want to be in the public eye to that extent," she says. "It's not my favourite thing. But in the same breath, I don't mind sharing aspects of my life with people, and that includes my relationships. I think it's a social act to share what's going on in your life."
There are other hints of Morissette's struggle to get over the breakup and return to single life on the mournful track "Not As We": "Reborn and shivering / Spat out on new terrain" and the chorus "Day one day one start over again / ...I'm faking it till I'm pseudo making it / From scratch being again but this time I as I / And not as we."
The song is ultimately about rebirth, but it also captures "a fantastic rock-bottom moment," says Morissette. "I've had so many of those moments in my life, but I didn't necessarily bounce up as high right after them. This one was the biggest bounce." If you think about celebrity flame-outs, the very public downward spirals of Britney, Paris and Lindsay come to mind, so how did Morissette keep hers so private? With the exception of the Reynolds relationship, since becoming one of the biggest selling female solo artists in the world at the age of 21, she has stayed out of the tabloids and only graced the media in a positive light: for her music, her acting (from Nip/Tuck to Sex and the City to this month's release of Radio Free Albemuth), her humour (the indie video sensation "My Humps") and her causes (environmental and human rights).
Photo courtesy of George Pimentel/WireImage.com
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