Alanis Morissette: Sudden Fame at 21 Was ‘Rough’

Alanis Morissette: Sudden Fame at 21 Was 'Rough'

Alanis Morissette: Sudden Fame at 21 Was ‘Rough’

Alanis Morissette is reflecting on the challenges she faced as a young woman thrust into the spotlight after the success of “Jagged Little Pill” in the mid-’90s.

The singer-songwriter was 21-years old when her breakthrough album was released. Now, three decades later, she has opened up about the predatory nature of the industry at the time, telling The Guardian that it was “a rough time.”

“There was no one to hide behind,” Morissette said. “What I found in terms of the lovely patriarchy, was that at that time, if men couldn’t [expletive] me, they didn’t know what to do with me.”

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