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Shania Twain Says She Refuses to Be 'Put in a Box' in the Music Industry

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Shania Twain Says It's 'Humbling' and 'Rewarding' When the Next Generation of Music Stars Say She Inspired Them (Exclusive)

The singer has received praise from artists including Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Sabrina Carpenter and Kelsea Ballerini

By Nicholas Rice | PEOPLE | February 8, 2025

Shania Twain says it is "humbling" to get her flowers.

The singer, 59, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that she is grateful that she has inspired the next generation of music stars — including Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Sabrina Carpenter, Kelsea Ballerini and more.

"It is very moving," Twain says, "and I relate to what they say when they talk about me and how they're feeling and how they express it to me personally.

"I relate to it in the sense that I felt that way when I was younger about other artists that had already been where I was headed, or where I was dreaming about being and what I was aspiring to become, and how I felt in my heart and my mind of what I would say if I had ever had the chance to meet them," she continues.

Adds the "Man! I Feel Like a Woman" musician: "So I can imagine that is what they're feeling in those moments."

Over the years, Twain has received praise from many younger stars in the music scene across genres.

In a 2021 TikTok video, Swift, 35, took part in the viral trend, set to Lukas Graham's "Mama Said," where she shrugged off the words "country girls can't go pop" and shouted out Twain for paving the way to do so before she did.

A year later, in April 2022, Styles, 31, brought Twain out as a surprise guest during his headlining Coachella set, where he admitted he was "starstruck" to be sharing the stage with her, adding, "This lady taught me to sing. She also taught me that men are trash."

Carpenter, 25, meanwhile performed one of Twain's songs during a recent stop on her Short n' Sweet Tour, and also performed a duet with the star during her A Nonsense Christmas special, while Ballerini, 31, has a duet with Twain, has performed special tributes to her and even paid homage to some of her past looks on red carpets.

According to Twain, "It is very humbling and it's rewarding" to see the impact she has made on musicians who have come after her.

She adds that the praise she gets from younger artists makes her look back at her time as a newcomer within the music scene too.

"I feel like, well, maybe that's what I would have said if I'd met certain people and had the chance to say what I really wanted to say or to perform with them," Twain explains.

Still, the mother of one notes that she has had her chances over the years to extend her own gratitude to those she admires in her life.

"I have had a chance to do that on several occasions. I've had the opportunity to give gratitude to those who I've looked up to," Twain — who stars in a Coffee mate ad for the 2025 Super Bowl — says.

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Shania Twain Looks Back at Her 'Massive' 2003 Super Bowl Halftime Performance and Why She Felt 'Quite Numb' (Exclusive)

The singer performed with No Doubt and Sting during the Super Bowl XXXVII halftime show

By Nicholas Rice | PEOPLE | February 9, 2025

Shania Twain is taking a stroll down memory lane.

In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, the singer, 59, recalls performing during the Super Bowl XXXVII halftime show in 2003.

"That was a really exciting moment," Twain recalls. "I think I was quite numb. I can remember feeling a little like I was in a tunnel or something. It was such an overwhelming and chaotic environment around me."

Detailing that "the whole stage had to be put out there in a matter of minutes," the star continues, "Everybody had to be transported out there in this big convoy — the band, technicians, instruments, everything — in a very short period of time, so we had to actually rehearse the timing of it more than we rehearsed the music, because it's live TV time. It's got to be exactly on cue and everything's got to be on time."

During the halftime set, Twain was joined at the San Diego Stadium (then the Qualcomm Stadium) in the California city by No Doubt and Sting.

Twain opened the show with her iconic song "Man! I Feel like a Woman!" before she performed her then-new song "Up!"

No Doubt then appeared onstage together to sing their hit "Just a Girl." During the performance, lead singer Gwen Stefani ad-libbed lines, including, "I'm just a girl at the Super Bowl."

Sting then concluded the set by performing The Police's track "Message in a Bottle," with Stefani, 55, joining midway through.

Continuing to look back at her halftime set, Twain tells PEOPLE the performance, overall, "went by really fast, and I don't think I absorbed it in the moment."

Still, the "Waking Up Dreaming" musician says she will "get a lot of pleasure" when she thinks about the show, adding, "I was part of a much bigger thing than a Shania performance. It was massive."

This year, Twain stars in a new commercial for Coffee mate, in which she plays a singing version of a tongue to promote the brand's cold foam creamers. Kendrick Lamar will headline the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, with SZA as a special guest.

Super Bowl LIX — where the Kansas City Chiefs will face off against the Philadelphia Eagles at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans — will take place on Sunday, Feb. 9.

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