Alanis Morissette says sudden fame at 21 was ‘rough’ due to patriarchy

Alanis Morissette becomes frank on the most difficult part of his sudden ascent to glory in the 1990s.

The pioneering singer-songwriter is now withdrawn from the exit from Sneaky pillThe album influential of 1995 which extinguished it to glory, but at the time of its release was only 21 years old. By thinking at this period in a new interview with The guardianMorissette admits that it was a “difficult period” to be a young woman in the industry.

“There was no one to hide behind,” said Morissette. “What I found in terms of charming patriarchy is that at that time, if men could not f — me, they did not know what to do with me.”

Morissette had already released her debut and students in the second year before Small shredded pill, But it was his third entry that earned her mass praise, as well as four grammys. But the singer still fought, noting that she identifies himself as “highly sensitive” and as an empath, which complicated her place in the music industry. She added that the timing of her fame and the culture of hyper-sexalizing women only worsen the feeling.

“I have an anxious and depressive tendency. Those who are sensitive are much more sensitive to their environmental information,” she said. “If you put a very sensitive person in an environment where they are strikes or reduced, they will essentially want to commit suicide. It is the worst. If you put a very sensitive person in an environment where they are supported, defended and listened to, they thrive.”

As for his peers, Morissette noted that others seemed “safe in their volume, at the Courtney Love. It seemed to be valued. I said to myself:” Okay, I will pretend to be an extrovert for the next 25 years. “So, Tequila – everything that allowed me to be the life of the party – or if I had a conversation, Xanax.

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The singer “You Oushta Know” has already been opened on her experiences with predatory men. In his documentary in 2021 Shredded, Morissette revealed that she was the victim of several statutory rapes in adolescence, during the early years of her musical career.

“I just thought it was my fault because almost all the people I would work with, there would be a turning point where the camera would go to the Dutch corner,” she said in the Doc. “I would wait, as, okay, it will not happen in the first week for this one, but it will happen. Of course, it would do it, and it ends the relationship or then there would be a great secret that we keep forever.”