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Twain says she's penned 'quite a few' new songs, will spend summer on new music

By: Nick Patch, The Canadian Press

Posted: 05/10/2011 3:30 PM

TORONTO - Shania Twain says she lost her singing voice amid the anguish over her divorce from longtime husband and collaborator Mutt Lange, but is beginning to recover now and plans to head back into the studio this summer to record new material.

The country-pop superstar from Timmins, Ont., says she has written "quite a few" new songs, adding that one track is already finished and will be released sooner than the rest of the material.

But Twain — whose three-album songwriting partnership with the hit-making producer Lange yielded her biggest hits, including "You're Still the One," "Any Man of Mine" and "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" — says the fresh songs could wind up sounding quite different from her existing catalogue.

"I think it could be, because I am going to experiment," a friendly Twain said during an interview Tuesday at a posh Toronto hotel.

"But I'm excited. I'm not afraid of that, because I don't have any expectations from the public, to be honest. I'm not really looking for that.

"I would like it to be successful, (but) what does that mean? I guess I would like some people to enjoy it, to get pleasure from it," she adds, laughing.

However, the aim of penning her revealing new memoir, "From This Moment On," was much different.

First, she wanted to create a document of her life for her nine-year-old son, Eja, in case anything ever happened to her.

Secondly, the notoriously private Twain — who has led an almost hermetic life in Switzerland in recent years, in part to avoid relentless media attention — also just thought it was time she opened up, for her own sake and for the sake of fans who might find inspiration in her painful journey.

"I asked myself: 'OK, I don't like where my life is, I don't like what's going on, I'm not happy here, I'm not happy there. What am I going to do about it?'" recalled Twain, clad in a loose-fitting tan sweater, capri pants and eye-catching blue earrings.

"I decided to not only write the book ... but it was sharing it, and deciding to share it, and now going through the process of sharing it that's such a big part of my own therapy."

"The private Shania that everybody knows in public is the same Shania in my personal life, to the point where there will be a lot of people that have known me my whole life who will learn things about me in my autobiography that they never knew."

"I was way too extremely uncommunicative and had blocked self-expression for just my whole life, really. And it manifested itself. It just really did. It literally choked my voice."

In resisting her tendency toward silence, Twain made sure her book examined each excruciating heartbreak that the 45-year-old has had to overcome.

As a child, she and four siblings lived in poverty in northern Ontario, sharing a series of cramped living spaces with Twain's mother and stepfather, a volatile couple who used to fight so violently that Twain worried they would eventually kill one another.

The pair were ultimately killed in a car accident that left a 22-year-old Twain to provide for her siblings by taking a job at a Vegas-themed cabaret show at Ontario's Deerhurst Resort.

Of course, those stories have always been an essential part of Twain's narrative. But "From This Moment On" also reveals other difficult details of the singer's almost impossibly painful life.

Twain writes about her efforts to forget the unwanted sexual advances of her stepfather, as well as the way he would whisper insults in her ear as she slept (still, she kept Twain as her stage name out of respect for the man).

She also recalls her anger when a neighbour maliciously killed her beloved family dog, and the ways in which any number of slimy industry types tried to take advantage of her during her early career.

If you can believe it, Twain still held back some material that she wasn't comfortable writing about.

"I wrote with a gauge in mind, and that was my son," said Twain, who sipped a glass of Chardonnay during the interview. "Anything that is too difficult for me to share with him, I did not write. ... You have to have some kind of boundaries as well.

"There's a balance between setting yourself healthy boundaries of what's yours to keep for you."

Both Twain's book and her new reality TV series, "Why Not" — which debuts Friday in Canada on OWN — seem unusually unguarded, less concerned with vanity than actually presenting something close to Twain's real life.

"Authenticity was everything," Twain said emphatically.

That also meant delving into the shattering aftermath of her divorce from Lange.

Twain met Lange — the long-haired record producer who helmed massive hits by Def Leppard, AC/DC and Bryan Adams — in June 1993 after the two had developed a friendly phone relationship. Twain was dissatisfied with her fledgling career at the time, with her self-titled debut generating modest interest but doing little to establish Twain's personality as a composer or singer.

Twain and Lange's romantic and professional relationships blossomed simultaneously, and they married six months after they met. Together, they authored a string of hits that would help Twain become one of the top-selling artists of all time.

But in 2008, their marriage dissolved when Twain discovered that Lange was involved with her best friend.

Twain documents her ensuing despair in unflinching detail in the book. She writes that she went a week without eating, that she was freezing cold all the time and physically ached "as though someone had sandpapered all my nerve endings." She also includes the angry letters she scrawled to her former friend.

Twain says it was the anguish over her failed marriage that left her unable to sing — a doctor once told her that she suffered from an emotional block that had a real physiological effect on her voice, creating a strained, choked-up feeling.

The "Why Not" series will chronicle, in part, Twain's struggles to overcome that problem. The show will also document the recording of Twain's aforementioned new single, which she calls a "serious achievement."

Nearly a decade has passed already since Twain issued her last collection of new music — 2002's "Up," which was certified diamond twice in Canada and went 11 times platinum in the U.S. — and she says the new song points in the "eclectic" direction she wants to move with her next album.

In the book, she writes that she wants to connect with her "singing-around-the-house voice," guiding her career more by "exploration than calculation."

But she says that restoring her voice is an ongoing process.

"Soon I will go into therapy to rehabilitate the physical restraining I have on the muscles, the voice therapy, speech therapy — because it's got nothing to do with singing, it's about the voice itself.

"And then there's going to be a psychological phase at the end, where I'm going have to accept that, OK, I'm physically better, there's nothing physiologically stopping me ... from singing, now all I need is the confidence to know that when I open my mouth to sing, that it's going to be there.

"And that in itself is a rehabilitation for me, psychologically."

Another part of Twain's rehab? She's found love with new husband Frederic Thiebaud (who happens to be the ex-husband of Marie-Anne Thiebaud, woman who allegedly came between Twain and Lange).

For all the pain she's endured, Twain says she's now feeling optimistic about the future.

"Life is great. I've learned so much. I'm just so grateful. And I really mean that. I don't mean that to be sappy. I just genuinely mean it," she says, pausing for a few moments before continuing.

"I'm satisfied and content, I guess you could say, and what more could you really ask for? And meaning that, I'm even satisfied with the past, and I'm content with that. Because then I wouldn't have Fred. And I wouldn't have all the beautiful things I have now.

"So I have no regrets in that sense. And I think, really, being genuine about that is where the peace comes. And that's where I'm at."

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/121590224.html

This is good to hear. Just listened to her "Today" song and it's cool. It has a nice melody and it's great to see her perform new music even if it is acoustic. Initially I had a TMI reaction when I read her biography because it wasn't what I was expecting. As a guy handling feelings is not easy and I would rather brush it off and often times question the motives of people who spill their beans. My sister told me that she has something similar to Shania's dysphonia; she sings on occasion and told me that she had a hard time singing and did not know why. She thought that she just lost her voice and that was a natural part of life. Guess it isn't.

I wish Shania continued love and happiness; maybe she will come out a better singer/musician from this experience. I do notice that the projection of her image is much, much different than her Mutt days. She looks more natural, is more accessible and is more consistent in her statements post Mutt, which helped to change my initial opinion of her book. I like her Canadian interviews a lot better than her American interviews.

Woooooooooooooooooooooooow!! I t's great!

Knowing that Shania is back, makes me very happy!
Thank you all for this great news! 

-- Edited by mariana on Wednesday 11th of May 2011 11:32:29 AM

Shania said she will work on an album throughout the Summer, and hopefully have something ready for Fall/Winter Later 2011 or Early 2012..

I remembered Shania Twain on Youtube speaking at the CMA fest that she would be working all summer on the album, She also said that she might have a announcement date at the end of the summer!

I really don't think we'll hear anything about a new album this year. I'm guessing Shania will announce something in March/April 2012.

I can't see a new Album coming until the end of this year, Maybe she will release another "separetd" single like she did with TIYD?

That sounds like a plan that would work. I just really don't think she'll have a new album out by January/February. Possibly March or April. We'll see.

We also have to remember what Shania said at the Las Vegas show announcement press conference:

I've written a whole bunch of other things over the course of this year and I absolutely will make another record soon. And I will be making it over the summer," she said, before noting that the new material might not be released in time for her Vegas gigs.

"I am not putting any pressure on myself as to when it will be ready."

Did anyone see an article about Brad Pitt being asked recently about how he felt about being mentioned in a Shania song? Could not find what his response was. Apparently he was asked about this the same time he put his foot in his mouth about Jennifer Aniston recently.

Yea probably won't be until 2012 now!

Butters wrote:

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Or 2018.....

2022.....

2035.......

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Think I should stock up on the Just for Men.

Any news about a possible Album for next year?

Im sure shes working on one right now well maybe who knows  

Logan33 wrote:

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What happened in 2008 when she was supposedly working on an album then? Did she ever make any material?

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 She was in the midst of a divorce. I know how you feel... we are all getting antsy for new stuff. I mean c'mon... we've been waiting for almost 10 years now!! Like I always say.. It's hard being a Shania fan sometimes.

I hope its real soon i wonder fi she will ever release a xmas album im dieng for new stuff love her old suff time for some new suff, I gusses I just got to be paitent. 

-- Edited by Izy Twain on Wednesday 23rd of November 2011 07:59:33 PM

I highly doubt it! she wont have time, to promote it!

Alright... gurl... for real... time to pick up some steam! Lets get some urgency back in ya! My god, at this rate I'm gonna be wearing diapers again when she releases a new album.

 

I don't particularly care for the article, only because the information on Shania is not completly accurate. She doesn't perform Forever and For Always. And, she's Canadian not American. But, Thank you for sharing Tommy!

Tommy wrote:

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codyandshania wrote:

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I don't particularly care for the article, only because the information on Shania is not completly accurate. She doesn't perform Forever and For Always. And, she's Canadian not American. But, Thank you for sharing Tommy!

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That's why I stated it was a blog. It's basically just an editorial.

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 Sorry, missed that when I read it!  

Copycat article...

Shania Twain Confirms She’s Finally Working on New Album

By Christina Vinson July 1, 2013 3:00 PM

Shania Twain is out to prove that she’s ‘still the one’ in country music. The 47-year-old singer has confirmed that she will release her first studio album in over eleven years — and maybe sooner than expected.

The singer told fans via Facebook that she will be hard at work on the highly-anticipated album this summer. “I will spend a lot of the summer working out what to put on my next album,” she reveals. “A break from the stage gets me back to writing the songs.”

Twain is referring to the stage at Vegas’ acclaimed Caesar’s Palace, where she is in a two-year stint as a headliner. The five-time Grammy winner has been a huge hit in Sin City, and perhaps the fan response gave her the motivation to finally get back into the studio.

Last year, Twain said she was just dying to make a Christmas album, but so far, there haven’t been any hints as to what type of record this will be. And, to all of her fans, it doesn’t really matter — all they want is new music from the songstress, who hasn’t put out a full-length album of new material since her 2002 record ‘Up!’

Shania Twain is already an icon within country music, selling over 75 million albums, but with her newest endeavor, she may push that number even higher.

http://tasteofcountry.com/shania-twain-working-on-new-album/

Even Robin Leach is running with the non-story. How ridiculous!

Strip Scribbles

By Robin Leach | Posted July 1, 2013

NEW RECORD: The Colloseum at Caesars Palace headliner Shania Twain has confirmed plans to release a new studio album. The singer told fans that she’ll work on the collection, the follow-up to her 2002 hit “Up!,” this summer.

“I will spend a lot of the summer working out what to put on my next album,” Shania posted on Facebook. “A break from the stage gets me back to writing songs.” The five-time winner has sold more than 75 million records.

http://www.vegasdeluxe.com/blogs/luxe-life/2013/jul/01/strip-scribbles-steve-martorano-paris-shanias-albu/

 

It is fake and a non-story because Shania has been saying the same thing for YEARS. But these publications act like it is 100% written in stone that a new record is coming.

Shania has been "busy writing" "busy working on a new record" "going into the studio" "ready to record" and "excited to get new music out" since 2002. It is now 2013. No new music. Same old tired quotes.

I've just read on Shania's official FB page she will be recording for real a new album do you think she will? She said that so many times...

-- Edited by alwaysafan on Friday 5th of July 2013 12:59:37 PM