There's a continuity between what I care about in any form: I care about it in my music, in article-writing, in how I dress, in how I live, in my relationships, in how I navigate paparazzi, how I decorate my home. There's such a continuity between everything that I don't really care what form it shows up in.

She said of the album "people could go 'Boo hiss hiss this girl's like another Tiffany or whatever. Morissette opened for The Rolling Stones for a few dates of their A Bigger Bang Tour in the autumn of 2005. Morissette's popularity style of music and appearance particularly that of her hair led her to become known as the Debbie Gibson of Canada; comparisons to Tiffany were also common.

Morissette began her career in Canada and as a teenager recorded two dance-pop albums Alanis and Now Is the Time under MCA Records Canada. Morissette took up producing duties for her subsequent albums which include Under Rug Swept So-Called Chaos and Flavors of Entanglement.