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"The Bachelorette" 2022 TV promo featuring "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" by Shania Twain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43La2CaN-p4v

OK, I'm sorry but your comment is really judgemental and rather idiotic. Here is why. Firstly, of all, asking a Celebrity or any one famous to get involved in highly personal matter is ridiculous. Yes, i know it may help get the word out there. But what did you want Shania to do. Can you imagine how uncomfortable she maybe felt? What if the girl was kidnapped and Shania said too much or the wrong thing and that led to her Captor doing something rash? You get where i'm going with this? Now, fortunatley she came back home and hopefully was alright, but it's a really weird thing to do and if I was Shania i would of done the exact same thing. What did yo expect, for her to write a song?  Unbelievable..SMH

Because she's not the F#cking authorities and a lot of things can go wrong 2. she doesn't know the family 3. She doesn't know if the girl was kidnapped or what..what if that added exposure and whoever kidnapped her ended up killing her because Shania was on TV and he felt like too many people knew - it's all hypothetical but at that time - no one knew- so leave it to the authorities. If a complete stranger asked me to do the same thing i would feel kind of weird about it wouldn't you?

Yeah i'm sure she will i'm sure no one has ever asked her to listen to any of their recordings and i'm sure she loves it and has the time.....

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I assume Shania is headed back to Switzerland this week for the Montreux Jazz Festival, July 1-16. We'll see.

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Mirko Manfredi (one of Shania and Fred's friends) is at the Montreux Jazz Festival. I bet Shania, Fred and Eja are too. Mirko is attending the A-ha concert tonight and tagged Eja and Fred in one of his Instagram Stories.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/mirko_manfredi/

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Breland on TikTok. He talks about his new song "Natural" coming out June 14 and says it has a Shania Twain feel to it. Sounds a little like MIFLAW.

https://www.tiktok.com/@breland/video/7106642283348380970

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Music video for "Natural" was released earlier today. Good song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9SEiOHuMXo 

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This is from Shania's BMI catalog. Breland had to give Shania and Mutt PRS (performing rights royalties) credit for his song "Natural" since it sounds similar to "MIFLIAW". Shania and Mutt didn't actually write "Natural"'.

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 I’m not hearing it. Sounds nothing like MIFLAW or does it?!

Gonna post one more reaction to the doc because this one is from one of my favourite songwriters. Really seems like everyone loved it! twitter.com/ronsexsmith/status/1553216106285989888

Why Shania Twain Is So Iconic 🤠✨

By Carlyn Warren | With The Band | August 18, 2022

If you’re anything like us, the opening notes to “Man! I Feel Like A Woman” make you feel like you can take on the world! Shania Twain has empowered women and men for decades and never fails to bring that fierceness that we all love. Shania quickly became a household name in the 1990s and has continued her legacy through the years. We recently watched Shania’s new Netflix documentary, Not Just A Girl, and we are even more obsessed with her than ever! Here are some reasons why Shania will always be the Queen of Country Pop!

From a young age, Shania had always wanted to be a singer and was writing and recording demos long before she made it to Nashville.

However, her parents died in a tragic car accident when she was 22 years old. She was left to care for her siblings and soon realized that becoming a singer at a resort was the best way to do so.

She didn’t let this hardship define her and finally signed a record deal a few years later. Unfortunately, this was not the end of Shania’s tragedies. Later in her life, with an established career, Shania found herself in some pretty low lows after releasing her third album, Up!. Shania was unfortunately diagnosed with Lyme disease, which caused changes in her singing voice. During her health crisis, Shania also went through a divorce. Amidst all of these heartaches, Shania picked herself up and never let these challenges hold her back. Those close to her call her a “sledgehammer” because no matter what, Shania will always bounce back stronger and in the best outfit! 💪

Let’s go, girls! One thing that Shania has always included in her songwriting and many other aspects of her career is her message of female empowerment! Being a woman in country music, she found herself in a male-dominated genre. Shania told herself that she had to work three times as hard to succeed, and that’s what she did.

Shania said of her country music breakthrough, “[t]o be relentless was the only way.” Not only has Shania inspired us through her journey but through her music as well. With hits like “Man! I Feel Like A Woman”, “That Don’t Impress Me Much,” and “Any Man of Mine,” Shania has been proving that girls have been in charge since long before Beyoncé confirmed that they run the world. Shania was a feminist songwriter during a time when these ideas weren’t common in mainstream music, AND she did it in a male-dominated genre. 🤠

You can’t talk about Shania without talking about fashion! From leopard print to glitter, Shania is not afraid of a bold fashion look. She can wear short skirts and men’s shirts and make it one of the most iconic music looks ever. Shania’s influences in music and fashion vary across different genres, including Dolly Parton, Elton John, and Pat Benatar. With her love for glitz and glamour as well as a Rock ‘N Roll edge, Shania has proved time and again that she can pull off almost any outfit. She loves the drama of fashion, and we live for it every single time!! 💃

Being the absolute boss she is, Shania has been involved in almost every aspect of her career since the beginning. Shania is someone who knows what she wants and never does anything without a strong vision. Since the 90s, Shania has done creative direction and editing for her music videos.

It doesn’t just stop there; Shania does everything from staging, content ideas, choreography, set design, and musicality for her live shows. For her recent Las Vegas residency, “Let’s Go!”, Shania presented the entire show song by song to her production team while planning the residency. Shania keeps inspiring us and our creativity, and we can’t wait to see what her next project is! 🎨

Shania can genuinely do it all, including making music that breaks norms and transcends across genres. One of the things that shot her to superstardom was how she so effortlessly blended the country and pop genres. 

Growing up, Shania listened to everything from Tanya Tucker to Stevie Wonder, and one of her earliest demos is her singing Pat Benatar’s “Hit Me With Your Best Shot.” However, Shania cites Dolly Parton as her primary influence in making both types of music. Shania widened the borders of country music with a sound that can still be heard in the genre today! 🎸

Shania is an inspiration to so many of our favorite artists, including everyone from Avril Lavigne, Kelsea Ballerini, Orville Peck, Post Malone, Twenty One Pilots, and so many more. Taylor Swift even made a TikTok about Shania crossing over from country to pop and giving Taylor the confidence to do so.

Harry Styles’ also revealed that his main influence in music and fashion is Shania and then shared the stage with her in his incredible Coachella performance in April 2022. Shania will continue to inspire many generations of artists and fans! 💗

https://www.withtheband.co/post/why-shania-twain-is-so-iconic

The 100 Greatest Karaoke Songs of All Time: Staff List

The big ballads, perennial party-starters and singular sing-alongs guaranteed to make any karaoke night a classic.

By Billboard Staff | October 5, 2022

1. Shania Twain, "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" (1998)

Type: Crowd-Pleaser

Ideal Circumstances: You don’t need to be in Nashville to perform this country classic. It’s a crossover smash in every sense of the word – country-to-pop crossover, young-to-old crossover and, as Harry Styles proved at Coachella, it isn’t just reserved for the ladies either. (Honestly, it might be even more fun to see a guy tackle it.) So break out your men’s shirts and short skirts and let it all hang out — because, after all, the best thing about doing karaoke is the prerogative to have a little fun.

That One Part: The crowd will know exactly what kind of party they’re in for the minute they hear those first three words: “Let’s go, girls.” – K.A.

The Experts Say: “That’s always a girl-empowerment song that gets the room going. And the best is when a drunk guy sings that song. It’s just the best entertainment.” — Kiki Park

“There’s what I call the “cool-guy copout,” which is where a guy’s too cool, but his ego tells him, “I need to at least sing something.” So, he’ll choose a song ironically, like ‘Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” But the ends sort of justify the means because at the end of that song, everybody’s with him. They’re like, “All right, we get it. You’ve destroyed your ego to a degree, as best as you can, despite doing it in more of a cop-out way.” — Joey Park

“I think it’s a great song. I think that people, in particular girls, love to sing that song. But it doesn’t get enough play, and I’m just like, why? When somebody does sing it, I’m always like, ‘I can’t wait to hear that.'” — KJ Danny

https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-karaoke-songs-all-time/

Kelsea Ballerini Gets Real About Being ‘Subject to Change,’ Going From ‘Dibs’ to Divorce and Beyond, and Channeling Shania

By Chris Willman | Variety | October 15, 2022 

Kelsea Ballerini walks into the penthouse suite of a West Hollywood hotel bearing a big smile, a full bottle of wine and two glasses, and this is immediately a good sign for an interview. She has a lot to toast, having just released a well-reviewed album, “Subject to Change,” and being about to play a venue she’s dreamed of headlining, L.A.’s Greek Theatre. Ballerini is coming off a previous album cycle in which she had a No. 2 country hit with “Hole in the Bottle” and a No. 1 with “Half of My Hometown,” which picked up a couple of CMA Awards. But the wine may not be for purely celebratory purposes. “Interviews make me nervous,” she admits, settling in and pouring.

That’s probably true more now than when she was promoting her previous three albums. There’s the fact that she recently revealed she was getting divorced, something that didn’t go public until she had already done her first round of press for the new album. No one would mistake “Subject to Change” for a purely confessional album at this stage in her life — not with a first single like the upbeat, crush-celebrating “Heartfirst,” or a girls-night-out anthem like “You’re Drunk, Go Home,” with guests Kelly Clarkson and Carly Pearce. But there’s practically a whole interview’s worth of material just in the album’s autobiographical high point, “Doin’ My Best,” which covers everything from her most regretted tweets to marital counseling to the cessation of her friendship with one-time duet partner Halsey. It’s an interesting time to be, and to talk about being Kelsea Ballerini, sharing a little about fresh personal pain while still putting on the most ebullient show in country and making that feel honest, too.

What was clear in her Greek show was that if, man, you feel like seeing and hearing a woman navigate modern country, Ballerini is a worthy successor to her idol, Shania Twain, in many ways. That’s not just because she can rock a catsuit, among other costume changes, but because of her ability to embody pure pop and pure Nashville and not even have you thinking about all the gradations in-between, at least not till you sit down for a conversation like this.

And while the singer doesn’t devote a lot of time in her show to taking the audience through the tougher stuff she may be going through, Ballerini did keep it real when she got to the sing-along ballad that closes her new album, “What I Have,” changing a key line in the chorus from “I got a roof over my head, I got a warm body in bed” to “I got myself in my own bed.” Dibs on self-ownership, there.

(The following interview has been edited for space and clarity.)

You were just on with “CBS Mornings” with Anthony Mason, who is a champion of country music, and he talked with you very gently about what you’re going through personally…

I adore him. We had a really in-depth conversation about my book when it came out, and I had never met him before. In the book I talked about an eating disorder, and witnessing a school shooting when I was in high school, and my parents divorcing and a ton of stuff. I was very nervous about talking about it, and he handled it with such kid gloves. So I was like, all right, I can do it again.

Well, here is something that Anthony Mason didn’t ask. It has been weighing heavy on my mind, because it seems no one else has asked you this. I feel like it’s the elephant in the room…

Oh, God. I’m nervous.

It has to do with a song on your new album, “I Can’t Help Myself.” It seems like such a deliberate Shania homage. Or am I just imagining that?

[Relieved.] Of course it was! I’ve never done a modulation before. I’ve never done a song in two keys. That’s a very ‘90s country thing. But then, obviously the whole record is inspired by ‘90s music, specifically women in country. And so we wrote in the modulation and we were trying to figure out a way for the pre-chorus to lift into it. And we were like, “Guys, how do we not obviously step on Shania and Mutt and what they did, but pay homage to what they did?” So we took every page out of their book. And Shania’s my queen. Everyone knows it. My God, what an incredible artist. And the more I get to know her, the more I’m like, “Of course you’re Shania Twain. You couldn’t be cooler.”

You did a salute to her on the “ACM Honors” show not too long ago, including wearing her dress from one of her seminal videos.

When they asked me to honor her, I was like, “How do we do this bigger?” And so the dress happened, but then also, I was like, “If I’m gonna do ‘Man! I Feel Like a Woman,’ I want her Vegas dancers shirtless on the stage of the Ryman. That’s what she did for country — she pushed every boundary, and that needs to be recognized. Because people still are like [about Ballerini’s performance] “Oh my God, they didn’t have shirts on.” I’m like, “Yeah, and they didn’t in the ‘90s either. Calm down!”

You’ve said you and Shania had a long, personal, late-night talk after that filming.

Yeah, I’ve known her for a couple years now, and we’ve had a really beautiful mentor -mentee relationship. This conversation was before the news came out about what I’m going through [with the divorce], but I was experiencing it and I needed advice. So we had a big celebration dinner with both of our teams and gave cheers for her award, and then I sat on her hotel room balcony for a couple of hours and she just was really honest and open and warm and lovely. Right now, I have fewer artist friendships than I’ve ever had, but the ones that I do have are actual genuine friendships. I put her in that category.

And Shania’s advice to you was not “Take 15 years off, like I did, kid”?

No, it wasn’t. Her advice was, “You owe people music, and that’s it.”

Click Link Below To Read Entire Interview

https://variety.com/2022/music/news/kelsea-ballerini-subject-to-change-interview-album-divorce-shania-1235404693/

Kate Kalvach Performs Shania Twain's "You're Still the One" | NBC's The Voice Top 16 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh9d7wIRkcg

‘SNL’ Cold Open Addresses the Classified Documents Search, Tyre Nichols’ Death

Michael B. Jordan hosted the episode, with Lil Baby as the musical guest.

By Christy Pina | The Hollywood Reporter | January 28, 2023 

Saturday Night Live‘s cold open introduced Mikey Day’s Attorney General Merrick Garland in a comic book-esque way.

“He means business. First, he hunted down the Jan. 6 insurrectionists and made them pay,” the intro began. “Now, he’s searching for classified documents, and he’s coming for everyone: Democrat, Republican or whatever Trump is now. You don’t want to be in his crosshairs: Attorney General Merrick Garland.”

The five-minute segment during the Jan. 28 episode featured appearances from seemingly fictional FBI agents played by Kenan Thompson, Ego Nwodim and Bowen Yang, who were spearheading the classified documents search in Mike Pence, Kamala Harris and Barack Obama’s homes.

Thompson’s special agent Conrad Nance kicked off the findings by saying he visited Pence’s Indiana home, and the former vice president “needed a friend.”

“When he opened the door, he said, ‘You came,’ with a big smile, and he offered to make us pancakes,” he said. “Our search turned up no additional classified documents. However, in an envelope marked ‘tax stuff,’ we discovered photographs of the country/pop singer, Shania Twain, cut out from several magazines.”

Thompson continued by saying that when he tried to leave, Pence asked him how he could leave when he’s “it” and tagged him on the shoulder before running away, which the SNL castmember insisted he did not play with him. “I will say, though, that if you know Mr. Pence, if you’re friends with him, check on your people,” he concluded. “That’s all.”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/snl-cold-open-classified-documents-tyre-nichols-death-1235312314/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzXZ8bTe5EQ

CMT

@KelseaBallerini always has the best tea, but we’re going to spill it this time. 👀 We’ve got a special #CMTAwards host announcement coming tomorrow! @CBS

Video - https://twitter.com/CMT/status/1628439668952801280

***Could Shania be co-hosting the CMT Awards this year with Kelsea? The awards are Sunday, April 2 in Austin, Texas. In 2021, Kelsea co-hosted with Kane Brown. Last year she co-hosted with Anthony Mackie. So it will probably be another guy.

Kane Brown hopes to collaborate with Shania Twain

By Jeremy Chua | ABC Audio | March 21, 2023

It's Women's History Month, and Kane Brown is celebrating it by sharing a bit about a global country superstar who's impacted his life.

"I feel like I say this every time, but I’m going to have to go with Shania Twain again," Kane tells the press when asked about the ladies who have influenced him.

"My mom was a huge fan of hers, so I’ve grown up listening to all her music and I actually met her one time and I talked about doing a song with her," he recalls. "So, it’d be cool if we got to do it. But yeah, she influenced me the most as a female."

Of course, Kane's also influenced by the women in his family, particularly his "Thank God" duet partner and wife Katelyn Brown and their daughter, Kingsley.

"Another woman that’s had a huge impact on my life, well there’s two, my wife Katelyn and my beautiful little baby girl, Kingsley," Kane says.

Kane is currently touring the country with Dustin Lynch, Gabby Barrett and LoCash on his Drunk or Dreaming Tour. His latest album is 2022's Different Man, which features the number one hits "Thank God," "Like I Love Country Music" and "One Mississippi," as well as his next single, "Bury Me in Georgia."

https://digital.abcaudio.com/news/kane-brown-hopes-collaborate-shania-twain

Oliver Steele Covers "You're Still The One" - American Idol 2023 Top 12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg71-VQGwag

Bakersfield country women inspired by Shania Twain

When country music comes together with female empowerment, it can inspire women to go after their dreams.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_kc3DokCMw

Avril Lavigne & Yungblud Let It All Hang Out Singing a Shania Twain Classic for ‘Carpool Karaoke’ Series

The two set aside their pop-punk roots for an upcoming episode of the Apple TV+ series. Watch Billboard's exclusive clip.

By Anna Chan | Billboard | June 21, 2023

https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/avril-lavigne-yungblud-sing-shania-twain-carpool-karaoke-series-1235358059/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL3hgZO7RN0

Shania Twain Came to See the 'Silo 8' Show in St. Triphon's Quarry

The music superstar, who lives in the canton of Vaud, loved the creation of Karl's Kühne Gassenschau on Thursday evening. The troupe is playing overtime until September 30.

By Laurent Fluckiger | Le Matin - Switzerland | August 25, 2023

The comedian Karim Slama and the singer with 80 million albums in the world Shania Twain.

Karim Slama, actor in “Silo 8”, posted a video on his social networks where we see him and the singer, wearing a “Dog Mom” cap, clowning around. "I couldn't talk to her for a long time, but I know she loved the show," said the Lausanne resident, contacted this Friday.

https://www.lematin.ch/story/surprise-shania-twain-est-venue-voir-le-spectacle-silo-8-dans-la-carriere-de-saint-triphon-470939272473 

Video clip - https://www.instagram.com/p/CwVxQ2Vo_4f/

Taylor Swift Sports Shania Twain Merch as She Hangs with Keleigh Sperry in NYC After Chiefs-Jets Game

By Jack Irvin | PEOPLE | October 3, 2023

After attending two of NFL star Travis Kelce's recent games, Taylor Swift's heading back to the studio.

The pop superstar, 33, was spotted exiting a car — while sporting a Shania Twain "Any Man of Mine" t-shirt from Free People — with friend Keleigh Sperry in front of Electric Lady Studios in New York City on Tuesday.

Swift paired the Twain merchandise with bike shorts, white New Balance sneakers, a baseball cap and a small Louis Vuitton bag as she and Sperry, 30, stepped onto the sidewalk.

https://people.com/taylor-swift-hangs-with-keleigh-sperry-in-nyc-after-chiefs-jets-game-8347207

10 Of The Worst Dressed Celebs Of 2023

By Lauren Waters | The List | December 12, 2023

It's been quite a year. From "Barbenheimer" to the Eras Tour, our favorite celebs have given us plenty to obsess over. They've also gifted us some truly baffling fashion choices. In a year chockfull of award show red carpets and paparazzi walks, it's not easy to narrow down the stars' biggest style mistakes to the worst of the worst. Still, there were a few 2023 ensembles that were so bad that we just can't stop thinking about them and, unfortunately, we have a feeling that they'll still be on our minds well into 2024.

From red carpet risks that didn't pay off to utterly mystifying street style, even our favorite stars weren't immune to being bitten by the bad fashion bug. We saw Harry Styles trying to make clown-core happen and Kylie Jenner carrying around a life-sized lion head. One fashion icon was out there enough to make our list twice, while a husband and wife duo officially earned the title of Worst Dressed Couple of 2023. Here's our list of this year's worst-dressed stars and the iconic fashion moments that earned them the dubious title.

Shania Twain's clown couture

To quote the singer herself, Shania Twain's look at this year's Grammy Awards "[didn't] impress [us] much." In fact, we were downright perplexed by it. Bold choices on the red carpet often pay off. Yet, the pairing of this printed suit, massive matching hat, and fire engine red wig has stuck in our minds for all the wrong reasons. It's difficult to imagine why Twain chose this look in the first place, but we have a feeling she found herself saying "Man! I feel like a court jester!"

https://www.thelist.com/1468528/worst-dressed-celebs-2023/

Bride Shocked Groom After She Belted Out Shania Twain Song While Walking Down the Aisle at Their Wedding - Watch

By Jack Beresford | Newsweek | July 29, 2024

https://www.newsweek.com/bride-sings-down-aisle-groom-reaction-1930744

"Woman, 29, who murdered 'sugar daddy', 65, sung Shania Twain's hit 'Man! I Feel Like A Woman!' in court as she was convicted"

By Emily Cooper | Daily Mail - UK | August 8, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13723815/Woman-stabbed-sugar-daddy-death-Shania-Twain-court-murder.html

Exclusive: Kelsea Ballerini Has the Best Nickname for Shania Twain! Hint: It's Funny!

By Evan Paul | Taste of Country | October 25, 2024

Kelsea Ballerini just dropped a new album titled Patterns, and she stopped by Taste of Country Nights to chat it up with us.

One thing we spoke about was what it was like to get to see Shania Twain at the 2024 People's Choice Country Awards, as Twain hosted and Ballerini performed.

Host Evan Paul asked the "Hole in the Bottle" singer if she was nervous to get to see Twain again, because they once did work together.

Ballerini, being the Nashville social butterfly that she is, was not. Ballerini said,

Anytime I can see Queen Eilleen I do. I just love her.

As the room started to chuckle after Ballerini just blew over the fact that she referred to the country icon as Queen Eilleen, she asked why we were laughing.

We then asked if that's what she calls Twain, and she nonchalantly said, "Yeah, her real name is Eilleen."

Ballerini continued to elaborate on her relationship with Twain.

"Shania and I have had so many amazing touch points over the last ten years. I got to guest with her at Stagecoach. A couple of years ago I sang for her at ACM Honors and she let me wear her dress."

Twain is also a part of Dr. Odyssey, the TV show that Ballerini just guest-starred in.

"I just, I love her," Ballerini gushed about Twain. "I feel like she's always evolving, still. [She's] continuing to do things are different. She's just the best."

https://tasteofcountry.com/kelsea-ballerini-nickname-for-shania-twain-interview/