Shania Twain On Harry Styles, Losing Her Voice & Country Music

How do you keep performing after losing your voice?

Country music icon Shania Twain joins Romesh to talk about her most personal album yet, Little Miss Twain, the vocal surgery that saved her career and why she's embraced singing with a completely different voice.

We discuss everything from early beginnings and singing in bars as a kid, to breaking into Nashville, writing hit songs and becoming a pop star. Plus we get into performing live at Coachella and her upcoming Wembley residency as Harry Styles' special guest.

Shania reflects on her personal life struggles, from Lyme disease to losing her mother and how it's shaped her and her remarkable career.

Expect as usual, an all-important Shanthi question, a game of Misquoted, and Shania shares the best advice she's ever received.



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Chapters

00:00 Intro

02:05 A gift for Shania

04:56 The new album

07:12 Musical influences

16:07 Humour in writing

18:27 Shania’s career

20:46 Dealing with life struggles

24:19 On happiness

29:50 A question from Shanthi

33:30 The upcoming tour

38:06 Coachella

39:48 What’s next?

41:51 Dealing with Lym’s disease

45:33 On country music

53:41 Misquoted

58:23 Shania’s best advice

01:00:06 Outro
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The world’s biggest stars join Romesh for candid conversations and loads of laughs.

Every Monday, Romesh Ranganathan meets actors, musicians, comedians and icons who share stories you won’t hear anywhere else, combining humour, heart and genuine insight. Expect backstage anecdotes, untold tales from the spotlight, and extraordinary insight into what makes them tick.

On Thursdays, Rom’s mum Shanthi joins the show to share family stories, answer audience questions, and offer her no-nonsense take on life, proving that the funniest and most relatable conversations often happen around the kitchen table.

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