REVIEW: ShaniaTwain is back with ‘Queen of Me,’ her first new album since 2017. It’s an uplifting statement about being your own champion in the present.
At the time, she could do no wrong, having become a global star and brought country music forward into a new era with arena-rock attitude, sex appeal, and hooks to match. But as her long-awaited 2017 albumdemonstrated, Twain’s voice, affected by illness and slowly rehabilitated, has changed — it’s deeper and more textured than when she was the undisputed queen of country pop.
Which is to say, she still has plenty of fun, even as she’s fully aware that it’s not the Nineties anymore. Album opener “Giddy Up” merges a stomping beat and a nonsensical tongue-twister chorus into a peppy, lets-go-girls exhortation to live it up. It’s the closest thing to an old-school Shania jam, and also the closest to something country radio might play . She gets into all kinds of trouble with a close pal in the effervescent “Best Friend.
“Not Just a Girl” is one of several songs where Twain touches on self-empowerment. The title track combines harp glissandos and a deep, thumping drum track to rebuff someone who’s bent on controlling everything. In “Brand New,” she emerges from a relationship with a clean slate and fresh perspective. Best of all, “Pretty Liar” rides a perky girl-group rhythm and melody that belies a bitter heart. “You’re such a fuckin’ liar,” she sings, sweetness flecked with acid.
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