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Shania Twain is back with new music and a new album that drops at the end of July. Little Miss Twain <\/em>is Shania going back to her Timmins, Ontario roots. She\u2019s going back to singing the bluesy country music that she grew up listening to with her late mother; the music that she would perform in bars when she was underage, trying to make a name for herself. At 60 years old, Shania is more confident than ever and sending a message of love and comfort to her younger self. The new single \u201cLittle Miss Twain\u201d, the title track, is a hint of how personal we can expect this new project, her seventh, to be. \u00a0<\/p>\n Shania is in full promo mode for the album, serving as the opening act during Harry Styles\u2019s Wembley Stadium concerts in London. The concept of Shania Twain being the opening act for anyone is wild, to say the least, but given her public love affair with Harry and the sheer magnitude of the tour, maybe that works somehow. Shania\u2019s been performing an hour of her hits to British fans for weeks now, and the stadium is huge. She\u2019s a big artist yes, but she generally sticks to arenas and casinos. Performing in a stadium is still noteworthy for someone with a legendary career like hers and there\u2019s no better place for a legacy artist to promote a new album than a stadium stage. Shania has been performing<\/a> the lead single from her new album \u201cDirty Rosie\u201d every night to more than 80,000 fans per show. Plus, any opportunity to watch her slay in custom Dolce & Gabbana<\/a> feels like a treat in of itself.<\/p>\n At this point in her career, it isn\u2019t about creating any more hits, she\u2019s already got a legacy worth of those. It\u2019s about her connection to music, and doing all she can to keep on making it. She\u2019s been open about her struggles with Lyme disease and how it has affected her singing voice in many interviews<\/a> and in her 2010 memoir. Now she\u2019s finding her groove and this new music is a more gritty and soulful delivery than her earlier works. The new sound complements her new voice in a great way and almost feels like it could be the soundtrack to her own life story, and maybe it is. She recently announced a deal with Sony Pictures for a biopic<\/a> about her life, appropriately titled Shania. <\/em>She\u2019s also tapped to produce the movie. I\u2019ve never been too in love with Shania\u2019s acting chops, so I\u2019m happy to see she won\u2019t be playing herself, LOL. I have however been a lifelong Shania fan. There are videos of me as a four-year-old performing \u201cFrom This Moment On\u201d to my father who was behind the camera. Yes, I\u2019ve showed them to Lainey. These are some of my most cherished moments, and the beginning of my love affair with music. Shania represents that for me and for so many others, it\u2019s only natural that she gets the full legend treatment with this biopic and new album.<\/p>\n Next week is Madonna week at MC\u2019s Music Lounge. It\u2019s her first new album in seven years, and is easily my most anticipated release of 2026 so far. Madge just teased<\/a> a possible Kylie Minogue collaboration on the album, and if that actually comes true, expect the gay man writing these words to go into full panic mode. This week, we have music from Tyler The Creator, JLo, Charli xcx and Carly Rae Jepsen. Plus, more Olivia Rodrigo because the album hasn\u2019t left my rotation and now the album cuts are starting to go viral.<\/p>\n Listen on\u2026<\/p>\n MC\u2019s PICKS OF THE WEEK<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cLittle Miss Twain\u201d by Shania Twain, Tanya Tucker<\/strong><\/p>\n Since Shania returned to music in 2017, it has been interesting to observe her musical choices. A lot of the music she\u2019s put out in the last decade hasn\u2019t felt all the way authentic. Some good songs yes, but a bit disconnected from the true Shania. This song feels like it came from her first album. It\u2019s raw, emotional and honest. The lyrical content of \u201cLittle Miss Twain\u201d paired with the traditional country production make it some of her best work in a long time. It\u2019s about her mother and how she would always tell her that she was \u201cthe next Tanya Tucker\u201d. Shania being the icon that she is was able to get Tanya on the song as well, and the two harmonize in the chorus. What a full circle moment<\/a>, to be able to perform a song with the person that connected you and your mother when you were starting to sing. Shania lost her parents before she became a star, so this song is the ultimate dedication to the woman who always encouraged her to pursue her dreams. As a lifelong Shania fan, this song was touching to hear, and for more reasons than just the personal lyrics, but also her vocals. One of the things about her voice on this song which I noticed right away were the key changes. She\u2019s taking a lot more risks in her singing and she sounds a lot more comfortable with her new voice than ever before. Shania has been open about the changes to her voice and the journey she\u2019s been on to regain the power in her vocal chords. The acoustic singer\/songwriter style of \u201cLittle Miss Twain\u201d suits her more than anything she recorded on her last album Queen of Me.<\/em><\/p>\n