She’s brutally raw and bravely unapologetic about her struggles.
She’s reached the realms of despair, and past those, too.
Her sixth track is an unquestionable climax.
“Alanis always knows where I am in my life,” wrote oneYouTubereviewer.
Losing the Plot is about Morissette’s decision to wave goodbye to L.A. She hasn’t looked back since (viaVogueandThe New York Times).
That’s because moving was about more than just Morissette’s love for skiing on Lake Tahoe.
That’s the story she tells intimately in “Losing The Plot.”
As she toldVogue, after reaching middle age, Morissette became “super disenfranchised” with the city.
Rolling Stonemight criticize “Losing the Plot” as “ironically sleepy.”
Perhaps that’s the point.
Realizations don’t need to be jarring to be powerful.
Sometimes our most powerful emotions and most potent revelations come not with a bang, but with a whimper.
