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=== 2008–2019: ''Flavors of Entanglement'' and ''Havoc and Bright Lights'' === In early 2008, Morissette participated in a tour with [[Matchbox Twenty]] and [[Mutemath]] as a special guest. Her seventh studio album, ''[[Flavors of Entanglement]]'', which was produced by [[Guy Sigsworth]], was released in mid-2008. She has said that the album was created out of her grief after her breakup with [[Ryan Reynolds]], saying "it was cathartic."<ref>{{cite web |title=Alanis Morissette Talks Ryan Reynolds Breakup, Covering 'My Humps' |url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/alanis-morissette-talks-ryan-reynolds-breakup-covering-my-humps_article_10455 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212125839/http://www.accesshollywood.com/alanis-morissette-talks-ryan-reynolds-breakup-covering-my-humps_article_10455 |archive-date=February 12, 2010 |access-date=March 6, 2010 |work=[[Access Hollywood]]}}</ref> She stated that in late 2008, she would embark on a North American headlining tour, but in the meantime she would be promoting the album internationally by performing at shows and festivals and making television and radio appearances. The album's first single was "[[Underneath (Alanis Morissette song)|Underneath]]", a video for which was submitted to the 2007 Elevate Film Festival, the purpose of which festival was to create documentaries, music videos, narratives and shorts regarding subjects to raise the level of human consciousness on the earth.<ref name="ElevateFilmFestival-Sept15">{{cite web|url=http://www.elevatefilmfestival.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060603181528/http://www.elevatefilmfestival.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 3, 2006|title=Elevate Film Festival|date=June 3, 2006|access-date=October 6, 2019}}</ref> On October 3, 2008, Morissette released the video for her latest single, "[[Not as We]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB_gbWUWIuQ |title=Broadcast Yourself |publisher=[[YouTube]] |date=April 6, 2009 |access-date=February 18, 2010 |archive-date=August 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818204627/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB_gbWUWIuQ |url-status=live }}</ref> Morissette said the album was created out of her grief after splitting up with Ryan Reynolds, and the song "Torch" was written about him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.accessonline.com/articles/alanis-morissette-talks-ryan-reynolds-breakup-covering-my-humps-64508|title=Alanis Morissette Talks Ryan Reynolds Breakup, Covering 'My Humps' — Access Hollywood|date=July 23, 2008 |publisher=Access Hollywood|access-date=March 6, 2010|archive-date=May 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509103834/http://www.accessonline.com/articles/alanis-morissette-talks-ryan-reynolds-breakup-covering-my-humps-64508/|url-status=live}}</ref> Morissette has also recorded a cover of the 1984 [[Willie Nelson]] and [[Julio Iglesias]] hit, "[[To All the Girls I've Loved Before]]", re-written as "To All the Boys I've Loved Before".<ref name="al">{{cite web|url=http://www.spinner.com/2010/01/07/alanis-morissette-cover-song/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306003904/http://www.spinner.com/2010/01/07/alanis-morissette-cover-song/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 6, 2012 |title=Alanis Morissette Covering Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias Hit 'To All the Girls I've Loved Before' |publisher=Spinner|date=January 7, 2010 |access-date=February 18, 2010}}</ref> Nelson played rhythm guitar on the recording.<ref name="al" /> In April 2010, Morissette released the song "I Remain", which she wrote for the ''[[Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (film)|Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time]]'' soundtrack. On May 26, 2010, the season finale of ''[[American Idol]]'', Morissette performed a duet of her song "You Oughta Know" with Runner Up [[Crystal Bowersox]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-may-26-la-et-2010-american-idol-winner-mobile-story.html | title=And this year's 'American Idol' winner is... | date=May 26, 2010 | first=Shirley | last=Halperin | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | access-date=May 27, 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100530053600/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/26/entertainment/la-et-2010-american-idol-winner-mobile| archive-date= May 30, 2010 | url-status=live}}</ref> Morissette left Maverick Records after all promotion for ''Flavors'' was completed.[[File:Alaniss.jpg|thumb|Morissette signing autographs for fans, 2011]] On November 20, 2011, Morissette appeared at the [[American Music Awards]]. When asked about the new album during a short interview, she said she had recorded 31 songs, and that the album would "likely be out next year, probably [in] summertime".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsek9RUBnNo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Qsek9RUBnNo| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Alanis Morissette - Red Carpet Interview AMAs 11/20/2011|website=YouTube|date=November 20, 2011 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> On December 21, 2011, Morissette performed a duet of "Uninvited" with finalist Josh Krajcik during the performance finale of the X-Factor. Morissette embarked on a [[Havoc and Bright Lights Tour|European tour]] for the summer of 2012, according to Alanis.com. In early May 2012, a new song called "Magical Child" appeared on a [[Starbucks]] compilation called [[Every Mother Counts 2012 (album)|Every Mother Counts]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bono-coldplay-eddie-vedder-contribute-unreleased-songs-to-new-compilation-103052/|title=Bono, Coldplay, Eddie Vedder Contribute Unreleased Songs to New Compilation|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=March 8, 2012|access-date=April 20, 2022|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220124145/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bono-coldplay-eddie-vedder-contribute-unreleased-songs-to-new-compilation-20120308|url-status=live}}</ref> On May 2, 2012, Morissette revealed through her Facebook account that her eighth studio album, entitled ''[[Havoc and Bright Lights]]'', would be released in August 2012, on new label Collective Sounds, distributed by Sony's RED Distribution.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/alanismorissette#!/alanismorissette |title=Alanis Morissette |website=Facebook|access-date=September 1, 2012 |archive-date=August 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827222812/http://www.facebook.com/alanismorissette#!/alanismorissette |url-status=live }}</ref> On the same day, ''Billboard'' specified the date as August 28 and revealed the album would contain twelve tracks. The album's lead single, "Guardian", was released on iTunes on May 15, 2012, and hit the radio airwaves four days prior to this.<ref name="havoc-release2012">{{cite magazine|title=Alanis Morissette Brings 'Havoc,' Her 7th Album, in August|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/alanis-morissette-brings-havoc-her-7th-album-in-august-489268/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 20, 2022|author=Phil Gallo, L.A.|date=May 2, 2012|archive-date=February 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220032731/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/489268/alanis-morissette-brings-havoc-her-7th-album-in-august|url-status=live}}</ref> The single had minor success in North America, charting the ''Billboard'' [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] in the US and almost reaching the top 40 in Canada. It was a hit in several European countries.[[File:Alanis Morissette durante apresentação em 2013.jpg|thumb|Morissette performing at Espacio Movistar 8 in Barcelona, 2013|left]] On August 21, 2012, Morissette was inducted into the [[Guitar Center]] RockWalk in Hollywood.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRgyGcBEbTg | title=Alanis Morissette's Guitar Center RockWalk Induction | website=[[YouTube]] | date=October 19, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/guitar-center-announces-2012-rockwalk-inductions-alanis-morissette-mana-and-rush-164755636.html | title=Guitar Center Announces 2012 RockWalk Inductions: Alanis Morissette, Mana, and Rush }}</ref> Morissette received the [[UCLA Spring Sing]]'s [[UCLA Spring Sing The George and Ira Gershwin Award|George and Ira Gershwin Award]] on May 16, 2014, at [[Pauley Pavilion]]. On her website starting in the summer of 2014, in celebration of her fortieth birthday, the [[LP record]] for her song "Big Sur" was offered for sale, which was previously available on the [[Target Corporation|Target]] edition of her 2012 album, ''[[Havoc and Bright Lights]]''. July 25, 2014, was the start of the ten-show [[Intimate and Acoustic]] tour. In 2015, she was named to the [[Canadian Music Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Adrian |title=Not so odd: The 2015 Junos fail to revel in Canada's weirdness |url=https://www.macleans.ca/culture/arts/juno-2015/ |website=Maclean's |access-date=12 December 2022 |date=15 March 2015}}</ref> In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the release of ''Jagged Little Pill'', a new four-disc collector's edition was released on October 30, 2015. The four-disc edition includes remastered audio of the original album as well as an entire disc of 10 unreleased demos from the era, handpicked by Morissette from her archives, offering a deeper and more personal look at the classic album. Also included is a previously unreleased concert from 1995 as well as 2005's ''Jagged Little Pill Acoustic''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://alanis.com/news/jagged-little-pill-20th-anniversary-edition-out-october-30th/|title=Jagged Little Pill 20th Anniversary Edition Available Oct 30|website=Alanis.com|date=August 20, 2015|access-date=October 6, 2019|archive-date=August 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820161833/http://alanis.com/news/jagged-little-pill-20th-anniversary-edition-out-october-30th/|url-status=live}}</ref> While on tour in August 2017, Morissette teased a song which would become known as "I Miss The Band".<ref>{{cite instagram |user=alanis|postid=BZNIfw6FSEt|title=train's pulling out ... and we're all in on the secret|date=September 18, 2017}}</ref> On October 27, 2017, she premiered a new song entitled "Rest", which was released officially in May 2021, and performed "[[Castle of Glass]]" with members of the band [[No Doubt]] and [[Mike Shinoda]] at the [[Linkin Park and Friends – Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington]] memorial concert. In November 2017, she tweeted that she was writing 22 songs with [[Michael Farrell (musician)|Michael Farrell]]. On March 16, 2018, Morissette performed a new song called "Ablaze" during her 2018 tour. In October 2018, she revealed on social media that she had written 23 new songs,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211222191525/https://bibliogram.pussthecat.org/p/Bop2F5eBuAN Non-loginwalled link at bibliogram.pussthecat.org]: {{cite Instagram|user=alanis|postid=Bop2F5eBuAN|author=Alanis Morissette|title=wow. thank you to you each for risking and inquiring and bursting what is possible open even wider. #connection #healing #self #Self #other…"|date=October 2018|access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> and hinted at a new album with hashtag "#alanismorissettenewrecord2019",<ref>{{cite Instagram|postid=Bo7W5GKBWr0|title="and so i pray to Her today, i ask for mercy and i beg for comfort..." #alanismorissettenewrecord2019 #feminine #femininity #selfcare…|user=alanis|access-date=March 1, 2019|date=October 14, 2018}}</ref> after a six-year hiatus. Song titles from the writing session include "Reckoning", "Diagnosis", "Her" and "Legacy". On May 5, 2018, ''[[Jagged Little Pill (musical)|Jagged Little Pill]]'', a [[jukebox musical]] featuring Morissette's songs, premiered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the [[American Repertory Theater]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jagged Little Pill at A.R.T.|url=https://americanrepertorytheater.org/shows-events/jagged-little-pill/|access-date=2020-11-23|website=American Repertory Theater|archive-date=December 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201215119/https://americanrepertorytheater.org/shows-events/jagged-little-pill/|url-status=live}}</ref> Morissette contributed two new songs to the musical, "[[Smiling (Alanis Morissette song)|Smiling]]" and "Predator". The musical transferred to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in fall of 2019, starting previews on November 3 and opening on December 5 at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Peikert|first=Mark|date=May 3, 2019|title=Jagged Little Pill Announces Broadway Dates|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/jagged-little-pill-announces-broadway-dates|access-date=2020-11-23|website=Playbill|archive-date=November 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107224843/https://www.playbill.com/article/jagged-little-pill-announces-broadway-dates|url-status=live}}</ref> The production received fifteen [[Tony Award]] nominations, the most of any production [[74th Tony Awards|that season]].<ref>{{cite web|last=McPhee|first=Ryan|date=October 15, 2020|title=2020 Tony Award Nominations: Jagged Little Pill, Moulin Rouge!, Slave Play Lead the Pack|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/2020-tony-award-nominations-jagged-little-pill-moulin-rouge-slave-play-lead-the-pack|access-date=2020-11-23|website=Playbill|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125021345/https://www.playbill.com/article/2020-tony-award-nominations-jagged-little-pill-moulin-rouge-slave-play-lead-the-pack|url-status=live}}</ref> The show also won a [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album]] at the [[63rd Annual Grammy Awards]],<ref name="grammyjlp">{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/jagged-little-pill-wins-best-musical-theater-album-2021-grammy-awards-show |title="Jagged Little Pill" Wins Best Musical Theater Album {{!}} 2021 Grammy Awards Show |website=Grammy.com |date=March 15, 2021 |access-date=December 29, 2023}}</ref> including Morissette being the principal lyricist and co-composer.<ref name="grammyjlp"/>
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