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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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So, what exactly is a "rock-bottom moment" for this talented, wealthy and wise woman? "It's about completely losing your shit and realizing that your life is utterly unmanageable based on how it was being navigated until that moment," she says. "I think 'rock bottom' is when there is no more sense of control. I used to think, 'Oh, I can get myself out of this,' but when you bottom out, it's a beautiful surrender; it's that proverbial, suicidal 'I don't want to do this anymore' moment. Many times, it has a lot to do with addictions."
In her case, Morissette rattles off a list, including "workaholism, food addiction, sex addiction, love addiction and substance addiction." She is in a good headspace now but says she's definitely a work in progress. As for finding new love, she realizes that she isn't an easy catch. "I'm too exhausting to be loved," "a volatile chemical" and "best to quarantine and cut off," she declares on the track "Tapes." Today, she laughs at those lines. "I think I need a lot more experience at acting like an adult under my belt!" she says.
You get a sense of her personal transformation in the melancholic but hopeful lyrics of "Incomplete," which is set to a lilting melody: "One day I'll be at peace / I'll be enlightened / And I'll be married with children and maybe adopt." "My vision is to grow up a little bit more," explains Morissette. "I haven't been emotionally ready for marriage - and I'm still not. I think I'd like to have kids in my late 30s, but who knows when that will actually happen? I'm still on a recovery journey, but I don't think there's any arrival point, which is partly what 'Incomplete' is about. I thought there would be a finish line: I'd arrive, high-five everybody and be done."
At this point, there's a knock on the door. Her publicist has come to end the interview. "Am I on in, like, 10 minutes?" she asks, laughing, as she casually heads out the door to her dressing room. And, sure enough, at 7:45 p.m. sharp, Morissette emerges onstage, now wearing a sparkly top - remarkably, she found time to change.
Alanis Morissette launches her worldwide tour this month, with North American dates this fall.
Photo courtesy of George Pimentel/WireImage.com
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