“It took a long time to be ready to write and record again,” she continued.

“I had to take baby steps. Songwriting being the first. It was really more about taking independence, [and] just being able to listen to myself back on my writing tapes was difficult… It was an exercise of saying, ‘Okay, look, you can’t just not ever make music again because you don’t have Mutt. You gotta just dive in.’ And I was petrified, I really was.

“So now I said, ‘Okay listen, I’m going to not only get back into the studio without him, I’m going to write all the music alone, and just discover myself again as individual creative, like I’d been all of my youth.’”

Moving in her own direction paid off, and she navigated her way through the darkness. In 2012, nearly 10 years after last appearing on stage, Twain announced her return to music with a groundbreaking Las Vegas residency, and more recently, a new album and performances with the likes of Harry Styles prove that Twain is now back at the top of her game. But while no viewer will be left in any doubt of Twain’s remarkable talent in this documentary, it’s her stories of personal adversity that will make you realise just how astonishing her triumph truly is.

Not Just A Girl is now streaming on Netflix

Netflix’s Not Just A Girl reveals how Shania Twain found the strength to keep going after the heartbreak of betrayal