Alanis Morisette new album

Alanis Morissette will release 'Flavors of Entanglement', her first studio album in 4 years this weekend.

The album was produced by Guy Sigworth (Bjork, Imogen Heap). The first single is called 'Underneath'.

Alanis says she drew heavily on personal change for this record. "I often write in retrospect, but this was written in real time," she says of this album. "This record helped me through some fragile moments. Every song was like a life raft."

The album comes off the back of her split with fiancé Ryan Reynolds who left her for Scarlett Johnansson.

Alanis now has a new boyfriend but won't say who he is.

(thanks to Undercovernews, used by permission)

Here's her new single "Underneath" which may sound somewhat non-Alanis at first but does have that magic touch



Here is The Making Of Underneath, which has Alanis talking about it and how it reflects things going on within herself and about people saying "you should do this...do that..." and about environment and animals.

She's looking great and what she says in this video is just so so so good

Originally Posted by FPSHOT

The album comes off the back of her split with fiancé Ryan Reynolds who left her for Scarlett Johnansson.

Ummm... I think this would apply to pretty much every man on the planet.

Originally Posted by Jerry

Ummm... I think this would apply to pretty much every man on the planet.

exclude one from Dutchland

I think you should see an optometrist. And then a psychologist.

Yeah you may be right there...

The album comes off the back of her split with fiancé Ryan Reynolds who left her for Scarlett Johnansson.

Ryan must be a loyal-trustworthy person to get engaged to one person and then leave them for another person. Let's see how long Scarlett keeps him.

Originally Posted by pattiboyd's slave

Ryan must be a loyal-trustworthy person to get engaged to one person and then leave them for another person. Let's see how long Scarlett keeps him.

It's not about loyalty. When it comes to Scarlett, all bets are off.

There is such a thing as "Survey For Males Only"

A little story about an older song of Alanis

Alanis has previously avoided explaining why she covered the Black Eyed Peas song 'My Humps' last year, however, with her new album being released she has finally provided an answer.

The song and it's accompanying video has become a YouTube sensation with over 15 million views of her piano driven version of the hit track.

Discussing the reason behind the cover and the rumors surrounding it, Morissette tells The Advocate, "There are 15 different interpretations, and they're all true. Some of it is me not being precious at all. I was in the studio with Guy Sigsworth and he would say, "What horse from the apocalypse are you bringing in today, Alanis?" Because every song was this tsunami of emotions. So I said, "I wish I could just write a really simple song—a song like 'My Humps.' " Then we had a pregnant pause, looked at each other, and said, "All right, let's do it!" Within moments we were recording the piano version of it, and within a week we were shooting the video in my garage here at my house. However it's been interpreted has been entertaining for me to watch."

(used by permisson from Undercovernews)

I think Alanis is gorgeous in her new video, the song is good, too.

I have her first two albums that were big in the U.S., but haven't
listened to her music since 2001--must check out some of the new stuff.

Originally Posted by Jerry

It's not about loyalty. When it comes to Scarlett, all bets are off.

I think Scarlett is not only a talented actress but she is beautiful, adorable, and sexy. Like I said, let's see how long she keeps precious Ryan around.

Back to the music, the song does little for me. Alanis was in the right place, right time with Jagged Little Pill and was never as good as she thought she was.

Originally Posted by FPSHOT

She's looking great and what she says in this video is just so so so good

Thank you!! I have been waiting for this release... it is so good to see Alanis again! I loved both the videos very much. How adorable is she in that knit cap!

Originally Posted by Georgie Girl

I think Alanis is gorgeous in her new video, the song is good, too.

I have her first two albums that were big in the U.S., but haven't
listened to her music since 2001--must check out some of the new stuff.

Oh, yes, "Under Rug Swept" and "So Called Chaos" are just amazing!! Some of her very best, I think! You're in for a treat. She keeps getting better and better... I can't wait to hear the new one all the way through.

Originally Posted by pattiboyd's slave

The album comes off the back of her split with fiancé Ryan Reynolds who left her for Scarlett Johnansson.

I saw an interview with Alanis last night on Dutch TV since she is here in Dutchland for a concert tomorrow. She said she is doing fine and has left her personal issues with the break-up behind.

Performing "Underneath" Live on Late Show with David Letterman, 10Jun08

LiveDaily Interview: Alanis Morissette 20MAR08

http://http://www.livedaily.com/news/13871.html

It's been four years since Alanis Morissette released her last studio album. She is well aware of the gap, but following a number of personal and professional tumults, she needed a break.
"I was pretty burned out and there was a pretty rock-bottomy time there," said Morissette, whose relationship with fiance/actor Ryan Reynolds ended in 2006.

"I just needed to figure out who I was and step away from pretty much everything, including my career. So it was good. It was very mandatory and well used."

It was educational, as well. She learned she was "recovering actively from her childhood and from the wildness of the fame of the 1990s," when she scored hits such as "You Oughta Know" and "Ironic." All of this is addressed on her forthcoming album, "Flavors of Entanglement," due June 10.

"It speaks to the title of the record. I'm just really extricating myself from the super dynamic and somewhat dramatic liaisons I've been in romantically over the many years. I was just taking a breather and stepping back and really taking responsibility for my well-being and my healing."

Morissette talked to LiveDaily about her time off, her recently completed tour with Matchbox Twenty and Mute Math, and more.

LiveDaily: Are you looking forward to the tour? How long has it been since you were on the road?

Alanis Morissette: I am very much. Actually, I've been trying to think of how long it's been. I know it's been a year and a half, at least, has passed. So maybe two years?

Are you nervous about hitting the road again?

Yeah, I'm always nervous. Once I do four shows, I get my swagger back. [Laughs]

Why did you decide to tour with Matchbox Twenty instead of doing a headlining tour?

I was invited. I thought there's a cushy communal feel and it's less pressure and less stress on me to fill venues. It's just more fun. The less pressure there is on me, the better for my well-being. Also, the group-traveling thing is great. Mute Math and Matchbox Twenty together just sound like trouble waiting to happen. So bring it!

So tell me about the new record, "Flavors of Entanglement."

I love this record. I wrote in London and L.A. both equally. I wrote 24 songs. I recorded all of them and now I'm whittling it down to the final 11. I love it. It's a real chronology of the last many months of my life. It's an accurate snapshot, as all my records have been, frankly. [Laughs] Working with Guy Sigsworth. He's producing it and he co-wrote it with me. I remember hearing the Frou Frou song he did called "Let Go." I remember hearing that record and I thought, "This is a flawless piece of production. I would love to work with this person, whomever it is." I didn't know who it was at first. I tracked him down, called him and he was up for it and excited. We kicked ass together, I think. [Laughs]

Why did you name it "Flavors of Entanglement"?

It's describing that which I need a break from, to say the least. I'm taking a little breather on the old jumping into commitment thing. A lot of the songs, thematically, hover around that subject.

I think everyone is trapped by some type of entanglement.

Certainly, it's not all negative, right? That's what the "flavors" word denotes.

What did Guy bring to the table?

He's so beautifully meticulous and particular and his way of making records is completely different from how I used to do it. I say very loosely that I used to produce. I definitely produced my records but I don't consider myself a good producer. He's a pro. He's a magician. That's how he is with technology, and the kinds of people he has working with him and around him are all pure technological geniuses, I think.

How do you feel this album fits in with your catalog?

I think there's a consistency in terms of the honesty and directness and the lack of rhyming. [Laughs] Musically--certainly production-wise--it has evolved. It's where I am now. I think some of the chord choices as I've grown older--and I think that's a positive thing--are a little more textured and layered. For example, using diminished chords versus straight-off A-C-D chords. Just taking a few more risks in that area.

You've dabbled in acting a bit. Anything we can look forward to?

Yeah, I just shot a movie where I finally took on a lead role at long last. I've been keeping that at bay for a while. I portrayed a character named Sylvia in a movie called "Radio Free Albemuth." It's a Philip K. Dick book. We shot that in the fall. I just saw a rough cut of some of the scenes and I'm very proud.

Was it nerve wracking to see yourself on the big screen?

Um, yeah. But, thankfully, I had some objectivity. I think so many years of editing my own videos and stepping back from myself visually on screen has helped me be able to have more objectivity.

Your cover of the Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps" became a YouTube classic. Why cover that song?

I was writing these songs for this record and I have a tendency--to say the least--to really go quite in depth with my emotional landscapes. I remember at one point turning to Guy and saying "I wish I could write a really super simple song." We were talking about the kinds of songs that people have written that have been so beautifully simple. I was like, "Why can't I write a song like 'My Humps'?" Then there was this pregnant pause. I was like, "I can't write it but I can sing it." So there you go.

Alanis Morissette's career statistics are staggering.

http://http://www.musicomh.com/inter...sette_0608.htm

She's sold 55 million albums, won seven Grammys and, lest it be forgot, her international debut Jagged Little Pill remains the biggest selling debut album by a female artist of all time.

As she unleashes her latest work, Flavors Of Entanglement, musicOMH.com caught up with Alanis for a chat about how she deals with emotions, being in the public eye and the possibility of mini-Alanises in the near future...

Alanis Morissette has just had her make-up and hair done, which may explain the two-hour delay of our interview.
The 34-year-old Canadian singer, sporting caramel blond highlights and a few extra pounds, is now an older, wiser, calmer version of the angry rock chick that swept the music charts by storm over a decade ago when her debut album Jagged Little Pill was released. Its effect was more potent than Prozac, its influence resonating post-feminist ideas and paving a rocky road to self-discovery.

Her latest venture, Flavors Of Entanglement, is produced and co-written by Guy Sigsworth. An unlikely choice, as the Brit is rather known for working with electronica wonders such as Bjork. "I heard Let Go, the song he did with FrouFrou," remembers Alanis. "I just remember hearing it last summer on the Garden State soundtrack and I was blown away by this soundscape. I thought it was so flawless. I thought, 'Who's this guy?' So I called him and said, 'Do you want to write together?' So I went to London and wrote 12 songs with him, and then he came to LA and we wrote 12 more songs - so easy and he's such a genius."

The result is a haunting melange of folk rock with an Eastern resonance, electronics and strings. "I've always leaned toward the scale. That musical scale is so yummy to me. The primary scale is like the primary colors: yellows and reds. The Eastern scale is like purple and blue. So I like the secondary scale or colors a lot. It's more emotional. To me, anyway."

Emotions are what she knows best. A singer, songwriter, actress and writer, Alanis Morissette offers yet another narrative of her life and thoughts, minus the irony of her younger years. Lyrically, she is less angry and Flavors is more about recounting her experiences and sharing her thoughts, like a journal. It certainly has the aroma of catharsis. "I think most of my anger in terms of the reactivity of it came out in a song called Straightjacket." A track aimed at her ex-fiance, actor Ryan Reynolds, who is now engaged to Scarlett Johansson.

But she's over it. "There's only so long I can go blaming, although it's fun to blame in art, whether you're painting something or writing something, it's like AAAARGH! But in my day-to-day life, it doesn't work so well. But [thisalbum] was very cathartic. It was like a life raft because I was in the middle of it - it was all done in real time - while I was writing it, which is a different experience than writing in retrospect." The album was written in real time, as she was coping with her break-up. "There's an urgency to it and to be honest, if I was home sitting in a corner curled up in a ball, I would have been going crazy. So thankfully, I had to be somewhere at one o'clock every day. That helped!"

Alanis Morissette: Underneath, from the album Flavors Of Entanglement
She also evokes her maternal instincts. In Incomplete, she sings: "One day I'll be at peace/ I'll be enlightened/ And I'll be married with children and maybe adopt." Should we expect a mini Alanis soon? "Not today!" she laughs. "Maybe tomorrow! Yeah, at some point, probably in my late 30's, I would love to have a family. I'm not ready yet though. I'm too immature." Yet she was surprisingly mature when she hit the scene at 19 and when Jagged Little Pill was being swallowed leaving an aftertaste. "I was very high-strung and still am, but very, very high-strung. And then I think I was really smart for a 19-year-old.Yeah, there were a lot of philosophical things I was dwelling in at 19 that technically I'm still dwelling in now, so there is a timelessness to that record for me."

Her previous works are now like photographs of captured moments, a bygone era of herself, but still applicable. "They're snapshots of different periods of time. I appreciate it and I'm still charmed by some of them. And some of them still apply more than ever. Some them I feel apply more now than they did then - to me, anyway - like I wrote those songs for my future self."

Most female stars that age nowadays spend their time not working and showing their privates to the paparazzi, victims of the pressures of image. "A lot of pressure! It's getting more so in the music industry. Personally, I enjoy being intellectual and sexual, emotional and spiritual. I love all of it, so I try to show all those pieces so it's not just one flavour. But I see a lot of women who, for lack of a better term, are dumbing themselves down. It's depressing."

Not Alanis, a former child star herself. "I don't know if I did stay together. My challenge was to unravel. A lot of the people in the public eye right now, their challenge is to parent themselves. My challenge was to be less responsible 'cause I was so overachieving, perfectionsitic (sic), really hard on myself that way. So I needed to go in the other direction, let loose a little bit." She let loose in her songs, but also in her parents' kitchen. "When I was growing up with my parents, we were always sitting around the kitchen table pontificating and thinking about things. Everyone was sharing their opinions and discussing and analysing, so..."

Alanis Morissette: My Humps
She's even writing a book. "The outline's already been done. It's got photos and essays and articles that I've written: self-care practices and humor and a travelogue." No doubt her upcoming tour will also feed new material into the book. "I think when I'm done touring for this record, I'll really focus on it and finish it." So don't expect it before late next year. What's it going to be called? "I've had a few (titles in mind), but I don't want to jinx it! I haven't nailed it yet."

Maybe she can call it My Humps, named after the Black Eyed Peas hit she covered "as a joke." The video, available on her official website, ended up getting zillions of hits on YouTube.

What is most interesting is her interpretation. She totally makes it hers, transforms into an entirely new song, prompting you to actually listen to the lyrics - ironically, something Alanis could have written. "When I started singing it, I thought it would be funnier," she admits. "But the lyrics are pertinent, like talking about women being receptive to men providing for them and giving them gifts. But it's not as hilarious as I thought it would be!" No, it's not. It's rather poignant, though the video does seem to life a bit of the tragic mood. "We did a video in my garage and I thought a couple of hundred people would get a kickout it." Multiply that hundred by thousands of YouTube hits. "I love just filming something and sharing it. I used it to share it through DVDs or special packages. But the fact that I put it up on YouTube is very exciting."

"I enjoy being intellectual and sexual, emotional and spiritual." - Alanis Morissette


As all music stars these days, Alanis has become Internet savvy. "I care more about my website now. It's a direct connection with people." Still, she doesn't Google herself. "I don'tlike to read what people think of me. Positive or negative, it freaks me out. I have so many friends in my life that give me feedback, positive and constructive. That's all I need. The people I feel safe with and loved by are the people I want to hear from."

So did she hear from Will.I.Am, praising her for her cover? "Fergie sent me acake in the shape of a butt saying, 'Alanis, you're a genius.' Very sweet, good sense of humour."

- Talia Soghomonian, 6/2008