Shania Twain promises fans will hear more new music this summer, starting with her positively optimistic new single 鈥淟ife鈥檚 About to Get Good.鈥�
The Timmins, Ont.-raised country star released the track online Thursday to coincide with the announcement that 鈥淣ow!鈥� her first full-length album in nearly 15 years, arrives on Sept. 29.
鈥淭he day is finally here!!鈥� the five-time Grammy Award winner posted across her social media accounts with the hashtag 鈥淪ummerOfShania.鈥�
Thank you for an incredible reaction to my new music today. 鈥楲ife鈥檚 About To Get Good鈥� is out now . Enjoy! X
鈥� Shania Twain (@ShaniaTwain)
Her label says other songs from the 16-track album will debut ahead of its release.
鈥淣ow鈥� marks the first time Twain has served as the sole songwriter and co-producer on all of the tracks.
It follows an extended absence from making albums.
Twain鈥檚 most recent studio release was 2002鈥檚 international smash 鈥淯p!鈥� But after extensive touring she was sidelined by a struggle with dysphonia, a vocal cord disorder that forced her to stop singing.
She also divorced her husband and longtime producing partner Robert (Mutt) Lange and battled Lyme disease.
While Twain dropped the 2011 single 鈥淭oday is Your Day鈥� as she promoted her autobiography, an expected album never materialized.
In recent months Twain has been inching her way back into the spotlight.
She appeared on 鈥淭he Voice鈥� as a mentor for the singing competition and on James Corden鈥檚 late-night talk show. Twain also received Billboard鈥檚 2016 Icon award and CMT鈥檚 Artist of a Lifetime honour.
Earlier this year Twain issued a statement saying 鈥淟ife鈥檚 About to Get Good鈥� was inspired by a personal mission to be more positive and get through a 鈥減ast of negativity.鈥�
鈥淵ou can鈥檛 have the good without the bad,鈥� she said.
David Friend, The Canadian Press
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