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<p><i><strong>Billboard</strong></i>&#8216;s 2016 Women in Music &#8216;Icon&#8217; <strong><a title="Shania Twain" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSShania/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fshania-twain-tickets%2F">Shania Twain</a></strong> <a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/women-in-music/7597389/shania-twain-billboard-women-in-music-icon">opens up about</a> new music, fame after 50, and more.</p>
<p>On her new album:</p>
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<p><strong>&#8220;I do most of my writing in the bathroom,” </strong>Twain says with a laugh. <strong>“Or in the basement. Or on the beach.”</strong> She wrote much of the new album at her house in the Bahamas, though one song was written in a hotel closet. <strong>“It’s a strange thing, but I do need that isolation. I need to feel alone and intimate with my thoughts.”</strong></p>
<p>She describes the finished product as “<strong>kind of schizophrenic musically,”</strong> but maintains she’s <strong>“the glue.”</strong> Don’t expect a wronged-woman credo like Beyoncé’s Lemonade. <strong>“I talk a lot more about pain,” </strong>she says,<strong> “but I didn’t feel the need to be that literal about anger or hate. It’s very triumphant in the end. I felt like, ‘Whew! I made it through the album! I made it through writing all the songs!’ It was an emotional roller coaster, and the lyrics reflect that.”</strong></p>
<p>On getting back to songwriting:</p>
<p><strong>“I’m very satisfied being a creative person,” she says. “I need that more than I need to be a performer. Songwriting, for me, is kind of like cooking; everyone has to cook sometimes. Why not write songs?”</strong></p>
<p>On writing about her struggles:</p>
<p><strong>“It has been a real tug-of-war, trying to come to terms with very extreme emotions and explain it to people in the format of a song,” </strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/women-in-music/7597389/shania-twain-billboard-women-in-music-icon"><strong>FULL INTERVIEW HERE</strong></a></p>
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Billboard ‘Icon’ Shania Twain on Her ‘Triumphant’ New Album & FameAfter 50
