Alanis Morissette channeled mothers around the world during quarantine when she performed with her daughter in tow Tonight’s show starring Jimmy Fallon, which will air on Thursday night.
Morissette and his band practically joined the nightly show to debut “Ablaze” from their ninth studio album, Such nice forks on the way, which leaves on Friday. Posted in what appears to be an enviable library, the singer holds her daughter in her arms as she sings. Predictably, the boy steals Morissette’s show and headphones. Much like the clip reflects while holding her son, Morissette’s song is a dedication to her children, where she sings about their strengths and encourages them to persevere even when conflict arises. “My mission is to keep the light in your eyes on fire,” she sings in the chorus, between conversations with her adorable robber daughter.
The musician recently spoke about his problems with postpartum depression in an interview with Rolling Stone. She currently has three children, the youngest of whom is eight months old. “The first two times I had it, it was more a kind of depressive symptoms,” he said. “This time, perhaps one percent is depression. The rest is just anxiety and all the images and all the horrible parts of the PPD. [postpartum depression.] But yes, sleep is scarce. And I sleep whenever I can, which is not a long time, but it is enough to keep going. ”
Such nice forks on the way It is Morissette’s first album in eight years, in part because she was busy with her children. She was slated to debut in May, but was delayed due to the pandemic, as was her 25th anniversary tour by Small jagged pill.
“I just thought that intuitively it doesn’t feel good to put a record on a woman’s crisis when we are in the middle of a pandemic,” he said. “I got a 50-50 reaction depending on which friend I gave that information to. One would say: ‘Yes, please wait. I can not hold it anymore. And then other friends said the opposite: ‘Are you kidding me? I want to lose myself in your story and your words. “
