Shania Twain has shed some light on what male celebrity she currently holds in high regard. The country music legend, 58, famously namechecked Brad Pitt in her hit song “That Don’t Impress Me Much”, released in 1998. “Oh, oh, so you think you’re something special/ Oh, oh, you think you’re something else,” runs the lyrics to the iconic song.
“OK, so you’re Brad Pitt/ That don’t impress me much.” Ahead of her performance at Glastonbury festival next week, Twain spoke to The Times about her illustrious career, background – and the inspiration behind the smash hit, which has racked up 196 million streams. Asked which male star would make it into her lyrics were she to write the song today, Twain chose British musician Harry Styles .
“He is the new Elvis,” the singer said of the former One Directioner turned solo pop star. At Coachella music festival in 2022, Twain joined Styles on stage in a surprise duet of her 1997 song “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” The two musicians wore matching multi-coloured sequin outfits for the performance, which Twain later called a “highlight” of her decades-spanning career. This is not the first time Twain has updated the lyrics to “That Don’t Impress Me Much” for current times.
Last year, the singer said the Brad Pitt equivalent of 2023 was Step Up star Channing Tatum , after she had recently seen him in the trailer for Magic Mike’s Last Dance . The year before, during a performance at the 2022 People’s Cho.
