Alanis Morisette New Album 2022: Not Pop, Not Rock, But THIS

Alanis Morissette will soon release a new album, which is going to deviate from her usual genres of indie rock or pop. Instead, she is set to drop a meditation album.

But then, it's also not surprising that she chose to release a meditation album now.

The new album by the 47-year-old vocalist, "The Storm Before the Calm," will bring her listeners through eleven different meditations. It's quite timely as the number of people who either believe meditations are necessary these days and those who engage on some is increasing through the years.

It's also Morisette's own mindset right now - she's in a phase wherein meditations are really of big help to her. Those who scoff at meditations are simply those who do not need them, just yet.

Alanis shared, "Meditating rests my interior to the point where I can have access to ideas and visions and inspirations - I can hear my own capital-S Self." She added, "Music, for me, is like a portal in a way, an invitation into a state of being that I'm not normally in. Making the record kept me super connected and accountable during COVID, when I felt like I was just going to disappear and float away."

On June 17, "The Storm Before The Calm" will be made available on many streaming platforms and the popular mental health app Calm.

Alanis also discovered that meditating helped her deal with problems while traveling.

She shared that whenever she was in certain busy and overstimulating surroundings, she would find herself returning to the hotel to meditate. Frequently, she would insert some physical or somatic practice, such as yoga or stretching, which allows her to reconnect with her body better.

Alanis has already discussed her passion for meditation, saying that it has helped her tremendously over the years.

She added that when she started meditating, her first step would be to first embrace her fears and face them.

The singer said that both writing music and meditation work the same way for her. She described how meditation and songwriting had assisted her in overcoming numerous obstacles.

The "Hand in My Pocket" hitmaker remarked, "Whenever something was bubbling up - I didn't know how to process it because I was too young - I would write a song."

Morissette has been singing for 25 years about being economically and sexually exploited by men. Because such abuses are never really gone to date, this is why all her songs seem so classic and still resonate as time passes. In an earlier interview, she revealed that her songs have several themes of abuse - "sorrow and division, trust, exploitation, misogyny, lack of integrity, sociopathy, and narcissism." She shared that she is still healing from the theft and unspecified sexual assault from the past.