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Shania Twain Says ‘You’re Still the One’ Enters ‘A Different Universe’ With Zedd’s ‘Candy Crush’ Remix: ‘It’s On a Never-Ending Journey’

The country-pop classic gets a dance-floor makeover and an interactive Candy Crush world nearly three decades after its original release.

By Alicia Urrea | Billboard | September 10, 2026

Nearly three decades after “You’re Still the One” became Shania Twain’s signature love song, the country-pop classic is getting a decidedly different kind of second life: a dance makeover from Zedd, wrapped in the sugar-coated interactive universe of Candy Crush.

For Twain, the alteration of the song’s anatomy is less about changing a classic than watching it continue to evolve. “You’re Still the One,” which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 back in 1998 — Twain’s highest-charting song on the all-genre tally — has been a fixture of weddings and anniversaries for a long time. Now, with Zedd’s production and Candy Crush’s fantastical Candy Country setting, Twain sees the light of another beautiful chapter for the classic

“It’s a great, new, exciting platform for the song, for my classic, and I’m flattered by it,” Twain tells Billboard.

The song, originally released on Twain’s 1997 album Come On Over, spent 42 weeks on the Hot 100 and became a major country-pop crossover hit for the singer. It also earned Twain two Grammys, for best country song and best female country vocal performance.

The song is now getting a fresh, new sonic identity. The new version, releasing as part of Candy Crush’s Music Season 2026, keeps Twain’s original vocal while Zedd gives the track a dance-oriented production. Its accompanying interactive music video drops fans into Candy Country, a surreal Western-inspired world filled with hidden clues and rewards, including opportunities to win VIP trips to meet Twain or Zedd on tour and pieces inspired by their looks.

The idea initially caught Twain off-guard. Obviously, “You’re Still the One” has its fair share of remixed versions, but the combination of Zedd’s production and Candy Crush’s visual concept took the idea somewhere she hadn’t anticipated.

“I would never have thought of that myself,” she says of the Candy Country concept. “So I was excited about it. And it takes the song to a whole other place. It takes it to a different universe, is a good way to put it.”

That sense of discovery is part of what made the collaboration so appealing to Twain. Instead of just replacing the original recording altogether, Zedd was able to build around her existing vocal, allowing for a song that fans have known for nearly 30 years to sound different without losing its most recognizable parts.

“I was really flexible. I’m just like, you know, ‘Do your thing!’” Twain says. “’You’re Zedd for a reason, and I’m excited about what you’re gonna do about it.’”

For Zedd, the opportunity was extremely exciting because he grew up listening to Twain’s music.

“I was super happy Candy Crush brought me and Shania Twain together,” Zedd says. “She’s a legendary artist and I grew up listening to her music, so being able to collaborate with her on a new version of such an iconic song has been really special.”

Twain says Zedd’s approach struck the balance she was hoping for, which was a substantial sonic shift that still lets listeners immediately recognize the song underneath it.

“He really did respect ‘You’re Still the One,’” she says, noting that the new track retains her original vocal. “It’s just a very, very, very classic song and vocal with Zedd’s musical magic.”

That idea of a classic song finding new life through another artist brought another iconic collaboration to Twain’s mind: Whitney Houston’s 1992 recording of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You.” Twain points to the dramatic differences between Parton’s original and Houston’s blockbuster rendition as an example of how a song can change dramatically while remaining fundamentally itself.

“There’s a difference between [producer David] Foster and Houston’s version compared to Dolly Parton’s original,” she says. “It’s so different, but it was still the classic song that remained.”

Twain sees something similar happening with “You’re Still the One.” Her original vocal remains at the center of the new recording, but the song is now being filtered through Zedd’s electronic production and Candy Crush’s interactive world.

And for Twain, that evolution isn’t just happening now: She says she’s watched “You’re Still the One” develop a life of its own as different listeners have claimed it for their own experiences. “Every generation of listeners that take this song on, takes it on for different reasons,” she says.

She has seen parents and children connect through it, young couples embrace it as a love song and longtime partners return to it for anniversaries. In that sense, the song has already been reinvented countless times — not even just musically, but emotionally as well. “It really makes it fun for me to observe and watch what has become to so many other people,” Twain says. “And that’s made it — it’s just given so much more depth to its meaning, to me, as the writer.”

That may be the most meaningful part of revisiting the song for Twain: getting to watch something she created become something she no longer entirely owns. “You watch it become other people’s personal experience,” she says.

Now, Candy Crush is giving “You’re Still the One” yet another identity. Fans can search the accompanying video for hidden clues and blue sugar stars, turning the familiar act of watching a music video into an interactive hunt.

For Twain, that song’s next evolvement is part of the fun. “I’m watching it now go to another journey, part of its journey, another phase of its journey,” she says.

And she’s apparently more than happy to let that journey continue. Asked whether the experience has made her interested in revisiting more of her catalog through new sounds and collaborations, Twain doesn’t hesitate.

“Absolutely. I really look forward to more of that,” she says.

She points to other examples of artists reimagining her catalog and says she enjoys seeing how songs can shift when they are brought into new genres or mediums. For her, the possibilities extend beyond music itself, into film and theater and other forms of creative expression.

“I just love to watch it morph and adapt to new platforms and to new genres,” she says. “I just think it’s a never-ending journey creatively.”

To illustrate what she means, Twain compares the process to visual art: an artist can return to the same subject repeatedly, creating another interpretation without erasing what came before.

“Once there’s a concept, it can just be a never-ending, beautiful cycle down the generations,” she says.

For “You’re Still the One,” that cycle is now taking the song from a ’90s country-pop staple to a dance track to an interactive gaming experience, while Twain’s original voice remains at the center of it all.

After nearly 30 years, she isn’t trying to decide what the song should become next. She’s just enjoying the ride.

“It’s on a real fun journey,” Twain says.

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/shania-twain-youre-still-the-one-zedd-remix-candy-crush-1236337105

Shania Twain Opens Up About Touring With Harry Styles and Performing With Sabrina Carpenter (Exclusive)

By Justin Harp and Amanda Williams | Us Weekly | September 10, 2026

Shania Twain can’t help but be inspired by the new generation of artists showcasing their talents and musical gifts with the world, including Harry Styles and Sabrina Carpenter.

“Well, there’s always so much room for inspiration, and being around younger artists and meeting them and performing with them gives me a lot of hope about where we’re going with music and creativity,” Twain, 61, exclusively told Us while promoting her collaboration with Candy Crush’s new music season. “They’re just so full of new ideas, and that’s where inspiration comes from. Being around people that, you know, are doing things you may never have thought of [or] doing things in a different way you may never have.”

Another artist impressing Twain very much is Zedd. The record producer and DJ recently worked on a vibrant remix of “‘You’re Still the One” for Candy Crush‘s 30th anniversary, as the centerpiece of Candy Crush‘s new music season. This pairing keeps the heart of the original intact while handing it a new pulse, turning it into a dance track built for right now, without losing what made it timeless in the first place.

“That’s certainly a genre that I wouldn’t have imagined for ‘You’re Still the One,’ so this is what young people do,” Twain explained. “They come up with all kinds of really fun things that continue to inspire me, so it’s really great new juice and I like being around it. It’s a joy."

In July, Twain released her seventh studio album, Little Miss Twain — which features collaborations with country music legend Tanya Tucker, Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme and acclaimed duo The War and Treaty.

That same month, Twain had to miss out on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden because she’d committed to supporting Styles, 32, on his Together, Together tour at Wembley Stadium, which had a show on the same date.

“I really was sad that I couldn’t make that,” Twain told Us. “I already committed to Harry, and, of course, I would never go back on a commitment.”

She continued, “That was just very strange timing. I wouldn’t say it’s unfortunate because I really enjoyed my shows at Wembley. Of course, I loved it … Our stars will have to align another time.”

Twain joked that she “will have to” send Swift and Kelce, both 36, a nice wedding gift to make up for her absence.

Meanwhile, the country music legend has built a sweet friendship with Styles after he previously named her as one of his musical inspirations. Speaking to Us, Twain teased that she would “love to” follow up her and Harry’s recent tour dates by getting into the studio together.

“That would definitely be a dream for me to get in the studio with him and just pump out some ideas … whatever would come of it. … But he’s a very busy person right now,” she noted. “It’ll take a while to probably nail him down with his schedule. Those times when you’re full-time touring, in a full-time touring mode, it’s very difficult to fit in recording time, but yeah, I think that’s in the future for us.”

Asked what a potential collaboration with Styles might sound like, Twain told Us, “We haven’t actually talked about it because … we’ve just been on different paths. Coming together for the Wembley shows was very, very [rare]. We were very lucky that that worked.”

“I don’t know what that would look like,” she said of a potential musical project with Styles. “I think it would be very casual and fun. There’d be a lot of laughs. He’s got a great personality. He’s easygoing, and we’re both very creative. So I think it would be just two creative people getting together who have a mutual respect.”

For now, Twain is loving Zedd’s vibrant remix of “‘You’re Still the One” for Candy Crush,

“When [these two styles] come together, it’s this explosion of a candy-coated country world,” she declared. “So it’s just a really fun take on a classic song, and I feel like it’s been refreshed with Zedd’s animated sound that works really well with the animation and the spirit of this treasure hunt and excitement of all the colors. It’s just a lot of fun. It’s taken this beautiful love song into a whole different world of love, I guess you could say. It’s really great. It’s exciting, and it’s another platform for one of my classics. I’m excited about it.”

She added, “I think it’s just a whole new, wonderful energy to the song, and it just gives a second life to something that we already know and has been in our lives for so many years now. It’s like hitting the refresh button on something. It’s fabulous.”

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/shania-twain-hasnt-made-up-for-skipping-taylors-wedding/