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Now, pop stars have to apologise for not being publicly angry enough – for instance, in Taylor Swift’s Netflix documentary Miss Americana. She opened the door to furious female popstars – without her, there would arguably be no Kelis, and no Beyonce’s Lemonade. Hawkins – when Alanis came along, it was groundbreaking. In 1995, pop was dominated by extremely chill artists like TLC, Sheryl Crow, a Velvet Rope-era Janet Jackson, Brandy and (retro flashback incoming …) Sophie B. And sure, some of it is nostalgia: who in their mid-thirties doesn’t know all the lyrics to You Oughta Know, learned by repeatedly screaming along to it as a teenager your bedroom, angry at the world and (probably) at the fact streaming hadn’t been invented so you were listening on a cassette?īut also, Alanis was ahead of her time – back then, it was unusual for a woman to be so openly and publicly angry. Hand In My Pocket, You Oughta Know, Right Through You, All I Really Want: pretty much every track is a classic. So why, 25 years later, are we all still obsessed with Jagged Little Pill? Firstly: it’s still an almost-perfect album.
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See? Alanis does have a sense of humour about that song! Not exactly a family-friendly Wicked-style show, the Jagged Little Pill musical covers (deep breath) drug addiction, sexuality, porn addiction, rape, family feuds and has a whole scene about the meaning of irony, where a character reads out a list of things that are not ironic, just unfortunate.
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The album has even been made into a musical – currently a huge hit on Broadway. Alanis also performed the track with Demi Lovato at the American Music Awards that same year, while Beyonce performed the song during her 2011 Glastonbury set, and Britney covered it on her 2009 Circus tour. Katy Perry has called Jagged Little Pill 'the most perfect female record ever made', and Taylor Swift got Alanis up onstage to duet on You Oughta Know during her 2015 tour.
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It’s not just Hollywood that keeps coming back to Alanis. Her strength as a woman and an artist and her singularity had really inspired me.' The song is also apparently actress Kaitlyn Dever’s go-to karaoke choice, and if you’re wondering how a 23-year-old knows a song that came out two years before she was born, wait until you hear about Spotify – it’s going to blow your mind. You Oughta Know soundtracks the climax to the new trailer for Reese Witherspoon’s Little Fires Everywhere and was used in Booksmart’s pivotal scene, when Amy finally lets loose, hi-jacks the karaoke mic from drama nerd George and delivers a blistering version of Alanis’s classic.īooksmart director Olivia Wilde – who is 35 – personally wrote to Alanis asking to use the song in the movie, telling her 'how much she had meant to me in my youth and when I was in high school ― Jagged Little Pill, in particular. Rather than a retro act flogging their one hit album for a retirement fund, Alanis’s world tour feels like a victory lap, a celebration of a legendary album that’s still extremely culturally relevant.Įven a quarter of a century after it was released, Jagged Little Pill’s tracks keep popping up everywhere. The thing is, the album doesn’t feel that old, because it’s never really gone away. Her seminal album, Jagged Little Pill, turns 25 this year (yes, TWENTY FIVE) and to celebrate she’s doing an arena tour. Dig out your oversized silk shirt and your grungy beanie: Alanis Morissette is touring the UK again.