♪ LET'S GO GIRLS ♪♪ >> WELCOME IN SHANIA TWAIN. WOW. I MEAN FIRST OF ALL, I'M SO HAPPY TO BE SITTING WITH YOU. I ADORE YOU. AND I LOVE THE TITLE OF THIS REQUEST, QUEEN OF ME", IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT IS THE PERFECT TITLE IN THE PERFECT MOMENT. LIKE WHAT DOES THAT TITLE MEAN TO YOU? >> IT MEANS TAKING RESPONSIBILITY, OWNERSHIP, OF YOURSELF. YOU KNOW, LOVING WHO YOU ARE. I'M MY OWN ROYALTY. I'M THE BOSS OF ME. AND I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DECISIONS I MAKE, FOR WHAT I SAY, FOR WHAT I DO, AND IT'S A STATEMENT OF SELF CONFIDENCE, AND I'VE GROWN INTO MORE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. >> IS THAT CRAZY TO THINK THAT WE'RE STILL FINDING SELF CONFIDENCE AT THIS STAGE IN OUR LIVES? >> ABSOLUTELY. AND IT'S SO ESSENTIAL, MORE THAN EVER, BECAUSE AS WE AGE, AND YOU KNOW, OUR SKIN STARTS TO MELT, AND ALL KIND OF THINGS START TO HAPPEN TO US, YOU KNOW, I'VE REALIZED THAT WOW, I WAS SHY ABOUT WEARING A BIKINI AT THE BEACH WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND I'M THINKING THAT'S RIDICULOUS. I GOT TO STOP THIS NONSENSE. AND START WEARING A BIKINI TO THE BEACH NOW. EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT MY 20-YEAR-OLD SELF, YOU KNOW, I JUST GOT TO GET OVER THAT STUFF. >> WHAT I LOVE IS IN ONE OF THESE VIDEOS, THE VIDEO "WAKING UP DREAMING," YOU DIDN'T JUST WEAR A BIKINI, YOU JUST DECIDED AT THIS MOMENT, HOW HOLD ARE YOU, 50 -- >> 57. I'M 58. SO YOU'RE 57 YEARS OLD. YOU DECIDED YOU WERE GOING TO GO FULL MONTY. SO THIS PHOTO SHOOT, THE ALBUM, AND I HOPE TO EXPLORE THIS MUCH FURTHER DOWN THE LINE, WHEN WE WILL RELEASE IT, I'M SURE YOU AND I WILL TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I DID A WHOLE SHOOT AS PART OF THE ALBUM ARTWORK WHERE I'M COMPLETELY NUDE. AND IT WAS REALLY SCARY, BUT IT WAS SORT OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY LOVE MY BODY, I DON'T LOVE LOOKING AT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR WITH THE LIGHTS ON, OR LOOKING IN THE MIRROR AT ALL AT MY BODY SO I SAID I'M GOING TO FACE THAT FEAR, I'M GOING TO GO INTO THAT PHOTO SHOOT, I'M GOING TO PUT FASHION ASIDE, SO FASHION, WE USE TO FLATTER OUR SHAPES, TO MAYBE HIDE THE THINGS WE DON'T LIKE, TO MAKE US LOOK MORE LIKE WHAT WE WISH WE REALLY DID LOOK LIKE WITHOUT CLOTHES, AND PUTTING FASHION ASIDE, THIS IS ME. >> AND HOW DID THAT FEEL IN THAT MOMENT? >> IT IS SO EMPOWERING? >> REALLY? >> I AM SO GLAD I DID IT. I WAS PETRIFIED. BUT ONCE I FLIPPED THAT SWITCH AND DOVE INTO, I'M ALL IN. I COMMITTED 100%. AND I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT WHAT ANYBODY THOUGHT, I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT WHO WAS IN THE ROOM, THIS IS ABOUT ME, THIS IS MY MOMENT, TO REALLY EMBRACE MYSELF, IN A VULNERABLE MOMENT. IT HAD TO BE VULNERABLE, WHERE I FELT THAT I WAS FACING A FEAR OF BEING JUDGED OR BEING MAYBE EVEN LAUGHED AT, BEING EMBARRASSED. BUT IT WAS ONLY EMPOWERING. IT WAS REALLY FABULOUS. >> WELL, YOU HAVE, YOU LIVED A LIFE, I'VE WATCHED YOUR DOCUMENTARY, AND I WAS SO STRUCK BY SO MANY THINGS IN IT, BECAUSE WHEN I SEE WHERE YOU ARE TODAY, AND WHERE YOU BEGAN YOUR JOURNEY, YOU TALKED ABOUT GROWING UP IN A VIOLENT HOME, IN A HOME WHERE THERE WAS NOT, OFTEN THERE WAS NOT FOOD OR ELECTRICITY, THE VERY BASICS, YOU LOSE YOUR PARENTS WHEN YOU'RE IN YOUR 20s, AND YOU BECAME THE MOTHER, YOU'RE RAISING UP CHILDREN AT 22. HOW DID THOSE LIFE LESSONS SHAPE YOU, HOW DID THEY CHANGE YOU OR DEVELOP YOU INTO THE PERSON YOU ARE TODAY, DO YOU THINK? >> IT'S SORT OF A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD BECAUSE THERE'S ELEMENTS OF THAT, OF GOING THROUGH ALL THOSE DIFFICULTIES THAT MAKE YOU STRONGER AND WHAT YOU SURVIVE MAKES YOU STRONGER AND YOU ALSO DEVELOP INSECURITIES, IF I DON'T TAKE CARE OF MYSELF, NOBODY WILL, I CAN'T REALLY RELY ON ANYONE ELSE. >> CAN'T RELY ON ANYBODY, RIGHT. >> AND YOU FEEL MORE ALONE IN THE WORLD. THERE IS AN ANXIOUSNESS THAT COMES WITH THAT. A VULNERABILITY. I'M THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT I WRITE MYSELF INTO THE FUTURE CONSTANTLY, AND I'M A SONG WRITER, ALWAYS WRITING ABOUT THE FUTURE, I'M IMAGINING THE FUTURE, AND SO I SORT OF WRITE MYSELF OUT OF THE PAST, I VERY RARELY EVER REFLECT ON MY PAST. AND YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT, TO PUT IT BEHIND ME. SO THIS IS A WHOLE THING ALSO ABOUT DOING THE NEW PHOTOGRAPHY, IT IS REALLY ABOUT SAYING, LISTEN, I WAS ABUSED WHEN I WAS A KID, YOU KNOW, MI FATHER WOULD FONDLE ME ON THE TOP, AND MAKE ME GO, WITHOUT A SHIRT, AND I WAS ALREADY MATURING, AND THIS CRINGY HORRIBLE WANTING TO ESCAPE BEING IN MY OWN SKIN. I JUST, I'M JUST IN THIS MOMENT WHERE NO, NO, NO I'M HAPPY IN MY OWN SKIN, IT IS THE ONLY SKIN I HAVE, SO I DON'T HAVE A CHOICE, OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO HATE MYSELF FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, SO IT TIME TO START LOVING MYSELF IN MY OWN SKIN AND NOT BEING EMBARRASSED OR SHY OF PARTICULAR AND THIS IS WHO I? >> AT ANY POINT IN YOUR LIFE, YOU CAN SAY TO YOURSELF, I'M NOT DEFINED BY THAT LITTLE GIRL OR THE HORRIBLE THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME. >> AND I'M NOT EVEN DEFINED BY WHAT I WEAR. >> NO. NOT AT ALL. BY THE WAY, THIS ALBUM IS SO GREAT, AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT SOME HEAVY TOPICS BUT THERE IS SO MUCH FUN ON THE
