Shania Twain, a singer and songwriter, has recently spoken about her experience of posing nude for the artwork of her album Queen of Me.

In an interview with The Sunday Times, Twain revealed that she used to “flatten [her] br–sts” in an effort to deter her stepfather’s attention when she was a child.

Twain’s stepfather, Jerry Twain, sexually abused her and other family members.

Twain said that growing up in an abusive household made her feel uncomfortable in her own skin and that she would hide herself in order to go unnoticed.

Twain discussed the decision to pose nude for her album in an interview with Hoda Kotb on the Today show.

She said that posing nude was a way of making a statement about the abuse she experienced as a child, but that facing her fears was a difficult experience.

Twain said, “I did a whole shoot as part of the album artwork where I’m completely nude. And it was really scary.”

She went on to say, “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.”

Despite feeling scared, Twain ultimately decided to face her fear and pose nud for the album.

She said, “I’m so glad I did it. I was petrified, but once I flicked that switch and dove into it, I’m like, ‘I’m all in.’ I committed 100 percent.”

Twain emphasized that the photoshoot was about her and that she didn’t worry about what others might think.

She said, “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 vulnerable moments.”

Twain described the experience as “vulnerable” and said that she was afraid of being judged or embarrassed.

However, she ultimately found the experience empowering.

She said, “It had to be vulnerable, where I felt that I was facing a fear of being judged, or being maybe even laughed at, at being embarrassed. But it was only empowering. It was really fabulous.”

Twain’s stepfather died in a car accident with her mother on November 1, 1987, when Twain was 22 years old.