The girl, who grew up in Toronto's tough Jane-Finch neighbourood as one of nine children (her twin brother died at birth) of a single mom, insisted she's aways been a rock chick at heart.

"It's what has been going on in my life but I just didn't have the confidence to just come out with it," said Black, who recently reunited with her dad through "the power of forgiveness."

"Growing up, I heard Bruce Springsteen, The Police, and U2. Still I heard Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, RUN-DMC, all on the same station, so to me I almost became a child again making The Black Book.

So, not surprisingly, her decision to inch closer to the rock world on her third album, The Black Book, seemed a risk which caused some nervousness in her camp.

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