Editing Blurring the Edges (section)

==Background==
In 1986, Brooks released her [[See It Through My Eyes|self-titled debut studio album]]; released exclusively in Europe, the album received minimal recognition.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1997/11/14/music-review-beacon-street-collectionsee-it-through-my-eyes/|title=Music Review: 'The Beacon Street Collection';'See It Through My Eyes'|last=Browne|first=David|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=November 14, 1997|access-date=May 12, 2022}}</ref> The following year, Brooks formed the [[pop rock]] band [[The Graces (band)|the Graces]], alongside [[Charlotte Caffey]] and [[Gia Ciambotti]], who experienced moderate success with their 1989 single "[[Lay Down Your Arms (The Graces song)|Lay Down Your Arms]]".<ref name="mtv">{{ cite news | url=https://www.mtv.com/news/515159/meredith-brooks/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503161455/https://www.mtv.com/news/515159/meredith-brooks/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=May 3, 2022 | title=Meredith Brooks |publisher=MTV News|date=June 10, 1999 | access-date=May 3, 2022}}</ref> Disenchanted by the music industry due to the rise in success of the [[grunge]] genre, Brooks exited the group in 1991 and temporarily retired as a recording artist. Brooks explained: "I was really bored with music, to a point, during the grunge period ... I wasn't interested in being necessarily a part of that, and I wasn't finding a lot of interest for what I was writing about."<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |last=Morris |first=Chris |title=With a Hot New Cut, Capitol's Brooks Makes Radio Connection |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=109 |issue=15 |pages=12, 40 |publication-date=April 12, 1997}}</ref> However, Brooks eventually became re-inspired to go against this prevailing trend in rock music and write songs with a more positive message. Brooks began writing music with her friend, [[Shelly Peiken]], which resulted in a song titled "[[Bitch (Meredith Brooks song)|Bitch]]".<ref name="mtv"/> In 1995, Brooks signed to [[Capitol Records]] after her manager, Lori Leve, played "Bitch" for the record label's vice president of [[Artists and repertoire|A&R]], Perry Watts-Russell.<ref>{{ cite news | url=https://www.mtv.com/news/518908/meredith-brooks-undergoes-deconstruction-on-new-lp/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503161455/https://www.mtv.com/news/518908/meredith-brooks-undergoes-deconstruction-on-new-lp/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=May 3, 2022 | title=Meredith Brooks Undergoes 'Deconstruction' on New LP |publisher=MTV News|date=October 6, 1999 | access-date=May 3, 2022}}</ref>