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Alanis Morissette: Cheated, traumatized – but still here

That’s why she wrote and shouted the frustration of being an unfaithful ex at “You Oughta Know”. At that time, with the explicit text, she was quickly labeled as the unmatched, angry emancipation. That – and the subsequent sudden fame – made the then 21-year-old lonely and only more insecure. “Let’s say that being so successful was not quite what I had imagined. I thought I could work with idols like Björk or Tori Amos. I have turned to many people. But often I only heard: ‘Why are you calling?’ ”

During this time she felt extremely isolated and couldn’t even leave the hotel room: “I always had the curtains closed. And when I walked by and they moved, the fans started screaming downstairs because they saw movement. And at the same time, I shouldn’t be reaping the rewards. They tried to keep me small. When I asked a manager about money, he said, ‘Ah, so you’re such an artist!’ ”

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