"Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do"
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Calling writing a "playground" is Shania Twain quietly rejecting the romantic myth of the tormented genius. She frames the craft the way a performer would: as a space you enter to try things on, make a mess, and see what sparks. A playground isn’t precious; it’s loud, physical, and designed for experimentation. That metaphor does a lot of cultural work, especially from an artist whose career has been scrutinized for polish, crossover ambition, and mass appeal. Twain isn’t defending her artistry with high-minded language. She’s normalizing it as joy-driven labor, which is both disarming and strategic.
The phrase "artistic playground" doubles down on permission. She’s not talking about writing as confession or diary therapy. She’s talking about building songs like sets: swapping perspectives, testing punchlines, pushing rhyme and rhythm until the hook lands. That’s the subtext: writing is where control lives. Onstage, the audience and the moment have their own gravity; in the writing room, she gets to choose the rules, the voice, the attitude.
"It’s the most fun thing I do" also reads as a subtle correction to the celebrity narrative that everything exciting happens in the spotlight. For a musician often defined by performance, glamour, and chart dominance, she’s shifting the prestige back to the unseen part of the job. It’s a reminder that pop isn’t accidental. The "fun" is the work - and the work is play because play is where new sounds, new selves, and new risks get rehearsed before the world ever hears them.
The phrase "artistic playground" doubles down on permission. She’s not talking about writing as confession or diary therapy. She’s talking about building songs like sets: swapping perspectives, testing punchlines, pushing rhyme and rhythm until the hook lands. That’s the subtext: writing is where control lives. Onstage, the audience and the moment have their own gravity; in the writing room, she gets to choose the rules, the voice, the attitude.
"It’s the most fun thing I do" also reads as a subtle correction to the celebrity narrative that everything exciting happens in the spotlight. For a musician often defined by performance, glamour, and chart dominance, she’s shifting the prestige back to the unseen part of the job. It’s a reminder that pop isn’t accidental. The "fun" is the work - and the work is play because play is where new sounds, new selves, and new risks get rehearsed before the world ever hears them.
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