There was a time, after the turn of the century, when Shania Twain’s career seemed hopelessly ridiculous, when a mysterious vocal cord condition turned out to be Lyme disease and its crippling variants. It took him 15 years to return to the mostly rebuilt recording studio and present an album called Now (2017). a mainstream profession. .
Six years later, the Canadian, the best-selling woman on an album of all time (40 million Come on over, 1997) and possibly forever will be, returns with Queen of Me and a big tour. venues (limited to Anglo markets). We understand that the basis will be hits from the ’90s, but Queen of Me can fit a few songs into the repertoire with dignity.
Giddy up! On the acoustic guitars of Inhale exhale AIR or the trot of Not just a girl, an exuberant appeal to feel the days dizzy, nodding to the cowboy music that only vaguely continues to be inhaled here and there throughout the album, is very typical of him.
But Twain is essentially a pop attraction and uses the opportunity to sharpen his voice a bit with accomplices like Tyler Joseph (Twenty One Pilots), breaking ties with producer Robert Mutt Lange (who was her husband). Already at other times, in these texts of his authorship, we are talking about a voice that shifts messages of feminine affirmation, often with humor, or let’s remember that Adam! I feel like a woman (video-parody of Robert Palmer) or That doesn’t impress me much (“So you’re Brad Pitt?”). Here, a reappraisal of self-esteem reigns in the remarkable title song, in which she shows herself to be her queen, determined and ready to bill like Shakira: “I don’t want your money honey / I have my own tools.”
meaningful as always
While she goes so far as to say that her voice isn’t what it used to be since she came across the disease, the truth is that she looks as bright and impressive as ever here, amid the modern resources of rehab and the studio. He even manages to show some minor songs more than they really are. Among the best, Well understood, with its sudden melody and hard closing circuit, Where the hardest stone counsels itself for not having learned enough about matters of the heart yet. Pieces to help update the profile of an artist who has recently seen fans like Harry Styles, Kacey Musgraves, and Taylor Swift.