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Alanis Morissette Reflects On Jagged Little Pill – 20 Years After Its Release

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When Alanis Morissette released Jagged Little Pill in 1995, she became exposed to both the light and dark sides of fame.

“After the tour for Jagged Little Pill and that whole experience, I just felt like I grabbed the brass ring that I’ve been encouraged to chase my whole life, through culture and otherwise,” the singer, 41, says in the July/August issue of Live Happy.

“And so there I was, everything was amplified, so if there was any underlying loneliness or unresolved wounds or traumas, from childhood, etc., they were all exacerbated. To me that’s what fame does, it takes authority there and just blows it up,” she also says.

Fame also led to a loss of privacy for Morissette.

“There was nowhere for me to go physically where I wasn’t recognized, whether it was the grocery stores, or in the hotel rooms where people would break in or steal my underwear,” she says. “I couldn’t go anywhere where I would return to that sense of being that happy little brown-haired girl from Canada.”

Twenty years after Jagged Little Pill‘s success, Morissette is happily married to rapper Mario Souleye Treadway and is mother to their son, Ever Imre.

“I stay mindful when the schedule is hectic. For me, mindfulness is about being present and being hyper-sensual. That means feeling the breeze on my skin,” Morissette says of balancing her schedule.

“There is a version of happiness – that is a oneness with what is. It’s a quality of peace. If our egos are going to chase anything, that would be the lovely thing to chase.”



'You Oughta Know' Who Joined Taylor Swift Onstage Last Night (Alanis Morissette and a Tutu-Clad Ellen DeGeneres)

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Taylor Swift‘s guest star-filled tour rolled on at L.A.’s Staples Center on Monday when the 25-year-old “Bad Blood” singer was joined by a very special guest.

See, children, long before Swift was singing immaculate breakup-themed pop, Alanis Morissette was doing very nearly the same thing, riding “You Oughta Know,” “Hand in My Pocket” and “Ironic” to a Grammy and an eventual 125 million copies sold of Jagged Little Pill.

So it makes a lot of sense that Swift would have Morissette as a guest, and that the pair would perform “You Oughta Know,” which Swift called “the greatest breakup song of all-time” in her introduction.

But that wasn’t the only surprise Swift had in store. She was also joined onstage by Ellen DeGeneres

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and then the Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines! “If it were not for this artist,” Swift said of Maines before launching into a duet on the classic Chicks tune “Goodbye Earl,” “I would not be a musician.”

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WATCH: Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon Can't Keep a Straight Face While Sing Alanis Morissettet

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Summer may be over, but it’s always a good time of year for Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon to return to Camp Winnipesaukee.

When Timberlake paid a visit to The Tonight Show Wednesday, the hilarious duo resurrected the hilarious sketch in which they “reminisce” on their days at a New Hampshire summer camp in the ’90s, in which they stayed up late and sang their favorite radio hits.

After Timberlake, 35, reveals his Halloween costume — the late night host guessed Steve Urkel and Zack Morris from Save by the Bell before correctly answering Blossom — the duo broke out into Alanis Morissette‘s “Ironic.”

Although they agreed to “keep it down” because it was after lights out, they couldn’t help but belt out the chorus, prompting Mr. Fletcher, the camp counselor, to bust in and break up  the fun.

“You two potato heads need to go to sleep!” he scolded before threatening to take away their Snack Shack privileges.

Timberlake and Fallon, 42, giggled out of character as they broke into song again.

After chasing Mr. Fletcher off with water guns, the campers decided to get some shut eye.

“Hey, Jimmy, best friends forever?” Timberlake said.

“Best friends forever,” Fallon replied to a collective “Aww” from the audience.

 


Alanis Morissette Shows off 'I Voted' Sticker While Breastfeeding Daughter Onyx

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You oughta know: Alanis Morissette is the ultimate multitasking mom! The Canadian singer, who became an United States citizen in 2005, endorsed voting and breastfeeding all in one Instagram post when she posted a photo of herself with 4-month-old daughter Onyx Solace on Wednesday.

It appears Morissette, 42, cast her vote-by-mail ballot as she showed off her new “I Voted” sticker while nursing her second child. “#evenwhenyoucantleavethehouse,” the proud parent captioned her breastfeeding selfie.

She and rapper husband Mario “Souleye” Treadway welcomed their little girl in June. Morissette announced Onyx’s birth on social media with a breastfeeding photo along with the caption, “#beyondblessed.”

The couple, who married in 2010 at their home in Los Angeles, are also parents to 5½-year-old son Ever.

Though Morissette did not state who she voted for, she does have a family member running for the highest office in the land. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is distantly related to the Jagged Little Pill hitmaker, according to Washington genealogist William Addams Reitwiesner.


Watch Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom Sing Alanis Morissette at Karaoke Birthday Party

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You-you-you-you-you oughta know — that Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are karaoke beasts!

The superstar couple attended Westwood actress Shannon Woodward’s 32nd birthday party on Saturday at West Hollywood’s Blind Dragon lounge. Joined by Woodward’s Raising Hope costar Kate Micucci and commentator Ronan Farrow, the revelers tore into Alanis Morissette‘s ferocious 1995 single “You Oughta Know” (off her seminal album, Jagged Little Pill).

The throwback angst continued with another musical selection, Avril Lavigne‘s 2002 breakout hit, “Complicated,” which Perry shared to Snapchat.

Despite the furious songs, relations between Perry and Bloom seem warmer than ever as they approach their first anniversary as a couple. “They are planning a vacation for the holidays,” a source previously told PEOPLE.

They even stirred up engagement rumors in late November when the singer was spotted wearing a diamond ring on that finger.

“Orlando is very happy with Katy. They are not engaged yet, but are very serious,” added the insider, who also explained that Perry, 32, and Bloom, 39, have been focused on making their relationship work amid busy work schedules.


Alanis Morissette’s Ex Manager Admits to Embezzling More Than $5 Million from the Singer

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Alanis Morissette‘s ex manager has admitted to stealing over $5 million from the singer, as well as an additional $1.7 million from two other unnamed clients.

Los Angeles prosecutors tell the Associated Press that Jonathan Todd Schwartz, 48, was charged Wednesday with wire fraud and filing a false tax return for failing to report the embezzled funds.

According to the AP, Schwartz admitted to stealing millions from Morissette between May 2010 and January 2014, falsely listing the criminal withdrawals as “sundry/personal expenses.” When first questioned about the mismanagement by prosecutors, he initially claimed that he had invested in an illicit marijuana growing business.

Morissette, 42, had sued Schwartz for his financial improprieties in the Los Angeles Superior Court last May, but the suit was ultimately settled. The terms were not disclosed, but Schwartz was reportedly suspended by his employers, GSO Business Management.

Schwartz is due in the U.S. District Court on Feb 1 for this most recent legal battle. He faces up to 23 years in federal prison, though his plea bargain is likely to reduce the sentence to between four and six years.


Alanis Morissette Loses $2 Million in Jewelry After Robbery at Her California Home: Report

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Thieves pocketed approximately $2 million in jewelry from Alanis Morissette‘s home last week, TMZ first reported.

On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department would not name Morissette — who lives in L.A.’s upscale Brentwood neighborhood — as a victim; however, the rep did confirm that “suspects made off with a safe containing approximately $2 million worth of jewelry and other items or property” from a Brentwood home on Feb. 9, adding that the victims were not home at the time of the incident.

The “Hand in My Pocket” singer, 42, has not yet commented publicly on burglary, although she posted a cryptic message on Twitter Sunday that hinted that she is choosing to focus on the positive.

“Sometimes, in sweet artistic forms, it is nice to know you are surrounded by so much goodness,” she wrote above a photo of footprints in the sand.

The married mother of two was not home at the time of the heist, per TMZ, which first reported the news.

RELATED VIDEO: Alanis Morissette Welcomes Daughter Onyx Solace

The burglary marks the second time this year that the “Ironic” singer is in the news for being the victim of a crime. Last month, Morissette’s ex manager, Jonathan Todd Schwartz, admitted to stealing more than $5 million from the singer between May 2010 and January 2014, and falsely listing the criminal withdrawals as “sundry/personal expenses.”

He was charged with wire fraud and filing a false tax return for failing to report the embezzled funds. He also reportedly stole an additional $1.7 million from two other unnamed clients.

Reps for Morissette could not be reached for comment.


Alanis Morissette’s Ex-Manager Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Embezzling Millions from the Singer

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Alanis Morrissette‘s ex-manager was sentenced to six years in prisonon Wednesday for embezzling millions from the singer.

Johnathan Schwartz pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and filing a false tax return in January, according to The Hollywood Reporter

He admitted to stealing over $5 million from Morissette, as well as an additional $1.7 million from two other unnamed clients.

According to the Associated Press at the time, the incidents occurred between May 2010 and January 2014, with Schwartz falsely listing the criminal withdrawals as “sundry/personal expenses.” When first questioned about the mismanagement by prosecutors, he initially claimed that he had invested in an illicit marijuana growing business.

Schwartz will serve six years in prison along with $8.65 million in restitution, Variety reports. He will report for his prison sentence on July 11.

The 47-year-old wept and apologized during the court hearing Wednesday, saying he took full responsibility for his behavior, according to The Chicago Tribune.

“I alone am responsible for the devastation,” he said, adding: “I will spend the rest of my life asking for forgiveness.”

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The Tribune reports Schwartz could have faced more than 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty, but Judge Dolly Gee suggested a sentencing guideline around five to six years.

Morissette urged a harsher sentence in a victim statement at the hearing, the newspaper reports, saying he had stolen her trust and money.

“He did this in a long, systematic, drawn-out and sinister manner,” she said.



Alanis Morissette Reveals Battle with Crippling Postpartum Depression That Took Hold Seconds After Daughter’s Birth

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Alanis Morissette grew up dreaming of being a mother, but what she didn’t expect was the devastating postpartum depression she suffered after the births of both her children.

“There are days I’m debilitated to the point where I can barely move,” the singer — who’s still struggling with the illness 14 months after welcoming daughter Onyx Solace — tells PEOPLE exclusively in the latest issue. “As a kid, I imagined having children and being with an amazing partner. This is a whole other wrench I didn’t anticipate.”

The Grammy winner, 43, had her first experience with PPD after giving birth to her now-6½-year-old son Ever Imre. She immediately began feeling symptoms of the disorder, including intense physical pain, insomnia, lethargy and “horrifyingly scary” visions of her family being harmed, and wasn’t diagnosed until 16 months later.

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RELATED VIDEO: Inside Alanis Morissette’s ‘Gnarly’ Home Birth: ‘I Think the Words Texas Chainsaw Massacre Were Used!’

This time, she was prepared for the depression to return — and indeed, her PPD set back in “seconds later” after she gave birth to Onyx last June.

“It’s very isolating,” she says. “I’m used to being the Rock of Gibraltar, providing, protecting and maneuvering. It had me question everything. I’ve known myself to be a really incredible decision-maker and a leader that people can rely on. I can barely decide what to eat for dinner.”

Watch the full episode of Alanis Morissette: My Postpartum Battle, streaming now on People/Entertainment Weekly Network (PEN). Go to PEOPLE.com/PEN, or download the app for Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Xumo, Chromecast, Xfinity, iOS and Android devices.

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The Jagged Little Pill songstress — whose PPD is “four times worse” this time — is currently on a combination of medication and homeopathic therapies, exercising daily, working with therapists and channeling her struggles into music. “I wrote many, many songs over the last three months,” she says. “It was a song a day. I had to start writing songs, or I was going to implode.”

While she tries to protect her children from PPD “because I don’t want it to be their burden,” her 7-year marriage to Mario “Souleye” Treadway has been challenged because of the illness.

“My main priority is that I want to make sure both of my children are loved and bonded with and provided for,” she says. “Poor Souleye sometimes gets the dregs of my exhaustion at the end of the night. Even holding hands at this point is a deeply intimate experience.”

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The rapper, 37, has tried to be as supportive as possible, however, and the couple continue to find ways to bond — like watching Games of Thrones together.

“I set him up to win as often as I can,” says Morissette, who’s continued creating content for her podcast. “He’s doing the best he can. I just basically say to him, ‘There’s an end to this, and I’m in the middle of it. I’m so sorry for not being able to be who you typically know me to be.’ ”

The musician also refuses to stay silent about her postpartum depression. “The stigma remains in a really big way,” she says. “There’s this version of eye contact that I have with women who have been through postpartum depression where it’s this silent, ‘Oh my God, I love you. I’m so sorry.’ ”

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Most of all, Morissette is looking forward to feeling like herself again.

“There are people who are like, ‘Where’s the old Alanis?’ and I just think, ‘Well, she’s in here. She’s having a minute,’ ” says the singer. “I just know that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and try not to beat myself up.”

For resources on postpartum depression, Morissette recommends visiting the Postpartum Stress Center, Vantage Point Behavioral Health & Trauma Healing and Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute for more information. She also suggests reading This Isn’t What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression by Karen Kleiman and Valerie Raskin and The Postpartum Husband: Practical Solutions for Living with Postpartum Depression by Karen Kleiman.

For more on how Morissette is doing today and how she hopes to end the silent suffering of those struggling with PPD, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.


Inside Alanis Morissette's 'Gnarly' Home Birth: It Looked Like The 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'

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Alanis Morissette is “Head Over Feet” for her kids, but the process of getting them into her arms wasn’t exactly a “Hands Clean” kind of situation.

The singer described the experience of her home birth with daughter Onyx Solace, now 14 months, to PEOPLE recently — including all the not-for-the-faint-of-heart gory details.

“It was terrifying, but then once we heard her, and once she cried I pulled her up and she started breastfeeding, I was just like, ‘Ah,’ ” shares Morissette, 43. “It gets gnarlier and gnarlier. I think the words Texas Chainsaw Massacre were used when walked in. It’s pretty gnarly, but it’s not meant to be all clean and perfect. We are animals.”

And “pain” isn’t even a strong enough word to describe the agony the singer was in. As she explains, “It’s like an 18-wheeler careening through your whole body. It’s beyond pain. I have a high tolerance for pain … this trumped all.”

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Luckily, Morissette didn’t have to endure the pain for very long, as her daughter was born in under an hour — too quickly for her midwife and doula to arrive in time, meaning Dad Souleye had to step up in a big (and memorable) way.

“Souleye caught Onyx. He was coaching me and I was coaching him,” she says of her husband, whose real name is Mario Treadway (the two also share son Ever Imre, 6½).

“ came and we were, all three of us, just kind of stunned,” Morissette adds.

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“But I’d seen so many videos of women giving birth in water with dolphins and fields. I knew that the babies, when there’s a low-risk birth, come out in whatever way they come out,” says the Jagged Little Pill vocalist.

“I thought it would take a few hours and it took literally 59 minutes. And she flew out,” Morissette continues. “And then, about half an hour later, everyone stormed in and they had their capes on and they just cleaned up and helped everything. I was just crawling for about two or three weeks because every time I stood up, I was going to pass out.”

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The “Ironic” singer says her daughter has “been snugged up and eye contacted” since birth — something that Morissette doesn’t take for granted.

“There used to be a church-and-state division between developmentalism and attachment theory and then attachment parenting, and they were very divided,” says the mom of two.

“Over the last few years, I started participating in different organizations about the stages of development and relationality, and I begged them to come together because there’s the scientific, theoretical aspect of it and then there’s the direct eye contact, skin-on-skin, smelling each other’s heads … whether you can breastfeed or not, how they were born or not, love corrects everything,” Morissette explains.

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“It really is the most helpful thing during postpartum depression,” Morissette adds of love (she opened up in the same interview with PEOPLE about her own battle with the condition). “It scares me that narcissism is epidemic right now in the west, because one of the biggest healing factors in postpartum depression is a profound amount of empathy.”

“Even if you can’t understand what is happening, in this case, in my body, or your loved one’s body,” she says. “I didn’t choose to have . If I could avoid, I would’ve at all costs.”

Morissette admits she’s learned a lot about being a parent — particularly, how not to judge others doing the same. “Before I was a mom, I had a lot of opinions,” she says. “I was one of those horrifying younger women who had a lot of opinions for a woman who didn’t have a baby. And then, as soon as I had a child, I just shut my mouth and just celebrated any way a child comes into the world, any way a mom wants to do it: ‘How can I help?’ “


Alanis Morissette Wears Jagged Little Pill Earrings at Rehearsal for Album's Upcoming Musical

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Alanis Morissette‘s highly anticipated musical, Jagged Little Pill, premieres onstage at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 5 and the singer-songwriter can’t help but show off her excitement.

A a nod to her 1995 studio album of the same name, which won two Grammy Awards for album of the year and best rock album in 1996, Morissette wore five colorful tiny pill stud earrings by Allison Lou ($195 each) on her right ear while at rehearsals for the stage adaption of Jagged Little Pill.

Morissette’s hit singles like “Ironic,” “You Oughta Know,” and “Hand in My Pocket” from the album are confirmed to be in the musical revamp (along with other hits from her larger body of work), which are being adapted for the stage by Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody and Tony-winning director Diane Paulus.

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Morissette first revealed plans for a stage adaption of her hit ’90s album in 2013.

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“This team that has come together for this Jagged Little Pill musical is my musical theater dream come true,” Morissette said of the project in a release last year. “The chemistry between all of us is crackling and I feel honored to be diving into these songs again, surrounded by all of this searing talent. Diablo and Diane are already taking these deeply personal songs that are part of my soul’s marrow to a whole other level of hope, freedom, and complexity.”

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The star has been working closely with Cody to craft a story revolving around “a modern and multi-generational family and their complex dynamics, touching on issues of gender identity and race.”

Paulus said, “Jagged Little Pill defined a generation and yet the raw, emotional honesty of Alanis’ songs feels more needed now than ever. I am thrilled to be collaborating with Alanis and Diablo to unlock the theatrical power of this album.”

Alanis Morissette Shares Photo of Herself Breastfeeding Her Daughter Surrounded by Her Family

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Alanis Morissette is celebrating breastfeeding by sharing an intimate throwback photo of herself feeding her daughter Onyx Solace.

The singer, 44, shared a photo of herself smiling on Instagram with her husband Mario “Souleye” Treadway and their 7-year-old son Ever Imre sitting on either side of her.

“happy #worldbreastfeedingweek❤❤❤,” she wrote in the caption. In the photo, Morissette is happily breastfeeding her daughter, who appeared to be a newborn.

Onyx Solace is now 2 years old. The couple welcomed her in July 2016. 

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This isn’t the first time Morissette has shared a photo of herself breastfeeding. In November 2016, she shared a photo in which she breastfed her then-4-month-old daughter with an “I Voted” sticker on her breast.

RELATED VIDEO: Alanis Morissette Reveals Battle with Crippling Postpartum Depression That Took Hold Seconds After Daughter’s Birth

In September 2017, the “You Oughta Know” singer told PEOPLE she struggled with postpartum depression months after her daughter was born.

“There are days I’m debilitated to the point where I can barely move. As a kid, I imagined having children and being with an amazing partner. This is a whole other wrench I didn’t anticipate,” she said at the time.

Morissette experienced PPD with her son, as well, and told PEOPLE the illness set back in “seconds” after she gave birth to Onyx.

“It’s very isolating,” she said. “I’m used to being the Rock of Gibraltar, providing, protecting, and maneuvering. It had me question everything. I’ve known myself to be a really incredible decision-maker and a leader that people can rely on. I can barely decide what to eat for dinner.”

Alanis Morissette Is 'Inconsolable' After Dog Leelee Dies

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An eventful year for Alanis Morissette is ending on a sad note.

The “Ironic” singer, 44, saw her Grammy-winning 1994 album Jagged Little Pill become a musical this spring, but she also recently had to say one of life’s hardest goodbyes.

On Saturday, Morissette tweeted that her dog Leelee recently died.

“Goodbye angel leelee. our souls are one. inconsolable. my girl. i love you,” the performer wrote on Twitter along with a photo of the canine.

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Morissette regularly posted sweet photos of Leelee with loving captions on her social media accounts.

The little pooch is survived by his canine siblings Boogs and Circus.

Alanis Morissette Is Coming to Broadway! Jagged Little Pill Musical to Premiere in the Fall

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Broadway is about to get a little taste of Alanis Morissette.

The rocker is bringing the music of her hit album Jagged Little Pill to life in a new musical with the same name, which first premiered last year for a ten-week run in Cambridge, Mass. The musical, which will make its debut on an unannounced date this fall, uses Morissette’s lyrics to reflect on the hardships of today’s society.

Jagged Little Pill takes on topics such as rape culture and addiction. It follows a family, the Healys, as the cracks beneath their seemingly perfect exterior start to show. Songs such as “You Oughta Know,” “Head Over Feet,” “Hand In My Pocket,” and “Ironic,” help tell the story, as well as new ones by Morissette written for the musical.

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The book of the musical was written by Juno director and writer Diablo Cody.

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“This process, and what this process has yielded artistically and collaboratively, has been nothing short of a revelation, a balm and an arrival for me,” said Morissette, 44, in a press release. “It is a culmination of so much of what my life’s work has been oriented toward.  To work with Diablo Cody, whose heart is as open as her mind is bright and brave, has taken this record – which has meant so much to me – to a whole other level of depth, meaning and natural activism.

Jukebox musicals, which feature the catalog of a famous artist, have long found success on stage. Broadway currently features a few, including Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and The Cher Show.

You Oughta Know — Alanis Morissette Is Pregnant! Singer, 44, Expecting Third Child

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Alanis Morissette is about to become a mom of three!

The 44-year-old singer (who’s currently working on new music) announced her happy news on Instagram Monday, sharing a black-and-white snapshot of herself from the side.

Dressed in all black, Morissette sports a noticeable baby bump under a long-sleeved turtleneck as she is seen singing into a microphone, wearing headphones over her ears.

“So much NEWness… ❤❤❤❤🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻,” she captioned the reveal.

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RELATED: Alanis Morissette Shares Photo of Herself Breastfeeding Her Daughter Surrounded by Her Family

Morissette and husband Mario “Souleye” Treadway, who tied the knot in May 2010, are already parents to a son and daughter.

They welcomed Ever Imre on Christmas Day 2010, while his little sister Onyx Solace made them a family of four in June 2016.

RELATED VIDEO: Inside Alanis Morissette’s “Gnarly” Home Birth: “I Think the Words Texas Chainsaw Massacre Were Used!”

Morissette has been candid about motherhood since first becoming a parent, opening up to PEOPLE in September 2017 about the devastating postpartum depression she suffered after the births of both her children.

“There are days I’m debilitated to the point where I can barely move,” the Grammy winner said at the time. “As a kid, I imagined having children and being with an amazing partner. This is a whole other wrench I didn’t anticipate.”

The musician also refused to stay silent about her struggle with PPD. “The stigma remains in a really big way,” Morissette said.

“There’s this version of eye contact that I have with women who have been through postpartum depression where it’s this silent, ‘Oh my God, I love you. I’m so sorry.’ “


Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill Musical Sets Broadway Dates — Listen to 'You Learn'

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Suffice to say, Alanis Morissette‘s 1995 track “You Learn” has never been heard like this before.

The Canadian singer-songwriter’s groundbreaking international debut album Jagged Little Pill is coming to Broadway in an exhilarating new musical, and PEOPLE’s got the first listen of its world premiere cast performing the tune to celebrate.

Elizabeth Stanley, Celia Gooding, Sean Allan Krill, Derek Klena, Lauren Patten, Kathryn Gallagher and company all give new life to the moving and inspiring song. As their cover builds towards its climax, codas of Morissette’s 1998 song “Thank U” are incorporated — showing that Jagged Little Pill will be filled with surprises.

RELATED: Alanis Morissette Reflects on the Milestone Anniversary of Jagged Little Pill

So when can fans see Jagged Little Pill for themselves?

Well, PEOPLE can also exclusively announce that the musical will begin performances at New York City’s Broadhurst Theatre on November 3, with an opening night set for December 5.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on May 23. Special pre-sale access to tickets will be available to members of the Jagged Little Pill fan club from May 6–7 (sign up at jaggedlittlepill.com), American Express® Cardholders from May 8–15 (americanexpress.com/rewards), and Audience Rewards from May 16-22 (audiencerewards.com).

An original Broadway cast recording is coming at a later dates from Atlantic Records.

Jagged Little Pill is the best-selling international debut album of all time, topping the charts in thirteen countries upon its release and selling over 33 million copies worldwide. Its success earned it a spot on the list of the top 20 best-selling albums of all time.

The album, on which Morissette collaborated with Glen Ballard, won five Grammy awards including the prestigious album of the year. At the time, Morissette was just 21 years old — making her the youngest artist in history to ever win the honor (Taylor Swift has since trumped that record with her win for 2008’s Fearless).

RELATED: Alanis Morissette Wears Jagged Little Pill Earrings at Rehearsal for Album’s Upcoming Musical

Morissette’s songs on Jagged Little Pill were a jumping off point for the musical of the same name, which had its world premiere at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge last year. Oscar winning scribe Diablo Cody (Juno) used Morissette’s lyrics to reflect on the hardships of today’s society.

Topics such as addiction, sexual assault, and gender identity are all addressed in the musical — which follows a suburban family, the Healys, as the cracks beneath their seemingly perfect exterior start to show.

In addition to songs like “You Oughta Know,” “Head Over Feet,” “Hand In My Pocket,” and “Ironic,” Morissette also crafted a few new tunes for the musical.

Tony winner Diane Paulus directs, with movement direction and choreography coming from frequent Beyoncé collaborator Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and musical supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Kitt (Next to Normal, American Idiot).

“This process, and what this process has yielded artistically and collaboratively, has been nothing short of a revelation, a balm and an arrival for me,” said Morissette, 44, in a previous press release. “It is a culmination of so much of what my life’s work has been oriented toward.  To work with Diablo Cody, whose heart is as open as her mind is bright and brave, has taken this record — which has meant so much to me — to a whole other level of depth, meaning and natural activism.”

Pregnant Alanis Morissette Reflects on 'Grief and Fear' She Felt After Multiple Miscarriages

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Alanis Morissette is gearing up to welcome her third child with husband Mario “Souleye” Treadway — but her journey to motherhood was nowhere near easy.

In an in-depth new interview with SELF‘s digital issue, the Canadian-born singer opens up about how she and Treadway weren’t sure what their parenting future would look like given their previous heartaches over trying to bring a child into their family. (They are now parents to daughter Onyx Solace, 3, and son Ever Imre, 8½.)

“Between Ever and Onyx there were some false starts,” Morissette, 45, says in the feature. “I always wanted to have three kids, and then I’ve had some challenges and some miscarriages so I just didn’t think it was possible.”

The star recalls how she “felt so much grief and fear” while trying to expand her family, explaining, “I chased and prayed for pregnancy and learned so much about my body and biochemistry and immunity and gynecology through the process. It was a torturous learning and loss-filled and persevering process.”

When the couple finally welcomed Onyx into their lives via home birth, one person was not there: Ever, whom his musician mama describes as “a highly sensitive person”: “It wouldn’t be okay with him no matter how much I prepared him. He’s such an empath too, and I’m an empath with him.”

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Morissette has battled postpartum depression twice in the past already, and tells SELF she is prepared to do so again — but this time, she won’t wait the four months she did after giving birth to Onyx before reaching out for help, or the 16 months she waited after Ever before speaking with a doctor about her condition.

“And now this time I’m going to wait four minutes,” says the “You Learn” singer. “I have said to my friends, ‘I want you to not necessarily go by the words I’m saying’ and as best as I can, I’ll try to be honest, but I can’t personally rely on the degree of honesty if I reference the last two experiences.”

“I snowed a lot of them as I was snowing myself ,” Morissette admits, telling the magazine she has seven people on her team, including her midwife and doctor, to help her through.

“I would just wake up and feel like I was covered in tar and it wasn’t the first time I’d experienced depression so I just thought, ‘Oh, well, this feels familiar, I’m depressed, I think,’ ” she recalls of her initial reaction to PPD specifically. “And then simultaneously, my personal history of depression where it was so normalized for me to be in the quicksand, as I call it, or in the tar. It does feel like tar, like everything feels heavy.”

After welcoming Ever, Morissette tried leveraging her music to cope with the difficult feelings, explaining that “Often what had pulled me out of my depression pre-family was service” — service meaning “offering comfort, empathy, validation, support, information, assurance” through her songs.

“So I would just think, ‘Oh I’m just going to go out into the world and serve and then I’m going to feel better,’ but that didn’t do it,” she says. “And then I had my various forms of self-medicating . So, creativity’s not doing it, tequila’s not doing it … and I even sang about it.”

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Today — aside from performing, making music and preparing to welcome a fifth member to her household with Souleye, 39 — the “Ironic” hitmaker is navigating the world of parenting two young children, telling SELF that she has taught them to set “four boundaries” that justify conflict and resolution.

“You can’t tell me what I’m thinking, you can’t tell me what I’m feeling, you can’t f—ing touch my body/you can’t do anything with my body, and don’t touch my stuff,” she defines the “main” boundaries. “If ever there’s a little moment between Onyx and Ever, I’ll just go, ‘Which of the four was it? You can’t slap her, you can’t grab his things.’ ”

And Morissette’s husband is “an incredibly modern man” who “has never had an issue with being married to an alpha woman,” the star explains.

“God bless him,” she adds. “His mom held down two full-time jobs, his dad stayed home. So there’s nothing unfamiliar about .”

'He's Here!' Alanis Morissette Welcomes Son Winter Mercy — See His First Photo

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Alanis Morissette has fallen head over feet — for her newborn baby!

The singer, 45, welcomed her third child with husband Mario “Souleye” Treadway on Thursday, Aug. 8, she announced on Instagram Monday alongside a black-and-white photo of the sleeping newborn.

“He’s here. ✨🙌🏻🙏🏻❤ Winter Mercy Morissette-Treadway. #8/8/19,” Morissette captioned the image. “#mywholelifeidreamedoflovingyouthree #😭❤

Treadway, 39, shared the same snapshot, adding in his caption, “@alanis You will forever be my heroine. thank you for your warrior strength and ability to so deeply love,” and sharing that Winter, like the couple’s older two children, was born at home.

Morissette and husband Treadway are also parents to 3-year-old daughter Onyx Solace and son Ever Imre, 8½.

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Morissette, who’s currently working on new music, first shared her happy news on March 25.

Making the announcement on social media, the Canadian-born singer shared a black-and-white snapshot of herself showing off her noticeable baby bump under a long-sleeved turtleneck while singing into a microphone, wearing headphones over her ears.

“So much NEWness … ❤❤❤❤🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻,” she captioned the reveal.

Morissette impressively took the stage during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in late April, sporting her baby bump as she rocked out in front of a full crowd.

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Morissette and her husband, who tied the knot in May 2010 and celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary while awaiting their third child’s birth, welcomed son Ever on Christmas Day 2010, while his little sister Onyx made them a family of four in June 2016.

The “You Learn” singer has been candid about motherhood since first becoming a parent, opening up to PEOPLE in September 2017 about the devastating postpartum depression she suffered after the births her older children.

“There are days I’m debilitated to the point where I can barely move,” the Grammy winner said at the time. “As a kid, I imagined having children and being with an amazing partner. This is a whole other wrench I didn’t anticipate.”

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onyx for president.

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The musician also refused to stay silent about her struggle with PPD. “The stigma remains in a really big way,” Morissette said.

“There’s this version of eye contact that I have with women who have been through postpartum depression where it’s this silent, ‘Oh my God, I love you. I’m so sorry,’ ” she added.

Aside from new music coming down the pipeline, Morissette’s groundbreaking international debut album Jagged Little Pill is coming to Broadway in an exhilarating new musical this fall.

PEOPLE exclusively announced that the show will begin performances at New York City’s Broadhurst Theatre on Nov. 3, with an opening night set for Dec. 5.

Alanis Morrisette's Husband Shows Off Newborn Son In Sweet Instagram Video

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Alanis Morissette‘s new baby boy is less than a week old and already too cute to handle!

The singer welcomed her third child, Winter Mercy Morissette-Treadway, with husband, Mario “Souleye” Treadway, on Thursday, Aug. 8.

Morissette, 45, announced the happy news on Instagram Monday alongside a black-and-white photo of the sleeping newborn, who she had at home like the couple’s older two children.

“He’s here. ✨🙌🏻🙏🏻❤ Winter Mercy Morissette-Treadway. #8/8/19,” Morissette captioned the image. “#mywholelifeidreamedoflovingyouthree #😭❤

Mario, 39, shared the same picture Monday and posted again on Wednesday about the newborn in an adorable video.

The father of three shared the sweet clip featuring himself, Winter and his older son Ever Imre, 8½.

Mario begins the shot with himself before panning down to Winter, who is wide-eyed while resting on his father’s lap, and then over to Ever who flashes a big smile.

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hanging with the boys…..❤🐯🦁❤

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“Hanging with the boys…..❤🐯🦁❤,” Mario wrote of the video.

Morissette and her husband are also parents to 3-year-old daughter, Onyx Solace.

The “Ironic” singer, who’s currently working on new music, first shared her happy news on March 25.

Making the announcement on social media, the mom of three shared a black-and-white snapshot of herself showing off her noticeable baby bump under a long-sleeved turtleneck while singing into a microphone.

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so much NEWness… ❤❤❤❤🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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“So much NEWness … ❤❤❤❤🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻,” she captioned the reveal.

Morissette and her husband, who tied the knot in May 2010 and celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary while awaiting their third child’s birth, welcomed son Ever on Christmas Day 2010, while his little sister Onyx made them a family of four in June 2016.

The “You Learn” singer has been candid about motherhood since first becoming a parent, opening up to PEOPLE in September 2017 about the devastating postpartum depression she suffered after the births her older children.

“There are days I’m debilitated to the point where I can barely move,” the Grammy winner said at the time. “As a kid, I imagined having children and being with an amazing partner. This is a whole other wrench I didn’t anticipate.”

Alanis Morissette Shares Breastfeeding Photo of Her Newborn Son: It's 'Not Always Easy Peasy'

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Alanis Morissette is trying to de-stigmatize breastfeeding.

The singer, 45, posted a photo of her breastfeeding her newborn son Winter Mercy Morissette-Treadway on Instagram Saturday

“Snug as a bug in a milky rug. ✨🥰 #worldbreastfeedingmonth #notalwayseasypeasy,” Morissette captioned the photo, adding a breastfeeding emoji and tagged Stop Censoring Motherhood, Normalize Breastfeeding Official and The Badass Breastfeeder.

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snug as a bug in a milky rug. ✨🥰 #worldbreastfeedingmonth #notalwayseasypeasy 🤱🏻❤

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The “Ironic” singer announced the birth of her third child with husband Mario “Souleye” Treadway on Monday, days after he was born on Aug. 8.

“He’s here. ✨🙌🏻🙏🏻❤ Winter Mercy Morissette-Treadway. #8/8/19,” Morissette captioned alongside a black-and-white photo of the sleeping newborn. “#mywholelifeidreamedoflovingyouthree #😭❤

Treadway, 39, shared the same photo, adding in his caption, “@alanis You will forever be my heroine. thank you for your warrior strength and ability to so deeply love,” and sharing that Winter, like the couple’s older two children, was born at home.

Morissette and husband Treadway are also parents to 3-year-old daughter Onyx Solace and son Ever Imre, 8½.

Morissette, who’s currently working on new music, first shared her happy news on March 25.

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so much NEWness… ❤❤❤❤🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

A post shared by Alanis Morissette (@alanis) on Mar 25, 2019 at 11:16am PDT

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Making the announcement on social media, the Canadian-born singer shared a black-and-white snapshot of herself showing off her noticeable baby bump under a long-sleeved turtleneck while singing into a microphone, wearing headphones over her ears.

“So much NEWness … ❤🙏🏻,” she captioned the reveal.

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