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Throughout high school, I had a pretty big crush on . During math class, when I was supposed to be focused on

polynomials, I was instead concentrated on how the hell I would rescue Bif from the lonely orbital station in her music video for Spaceman.

So when I had the opportunity to interview

the 麻豆传媒映画singer about her new album, Bif Naked Forever: Acoustic Hits and Other Delights,

I naturally had to ask.

Alright, so Im single and youre single, I said. Whats the quickest way to Bif Nakeds heart?

Compassionate laughter echoed from my phone.

Its got to be through the dog, said Bif, who has a 16-year-old Maltese named Nicholas. The best way to any 麻豆传媒映画girls heart is through the dog.

While the best way to get to Bifs heart may be through Nicholas, the best way to understand her heart is through her songs, where she candidly expresses past dealings with lost love and being alone, but minus any self-pity.

Im always longing to be loved in a way, she said. Im always tripping over my two feet, over my fucking heartstrings to find someone. And 20 years later, Im still making the same mistakes. We all wish to be adored and cared about I think thats the same for everyone.

This theme resonates throughout Bif Naked Forever, helping unify the new and older revisited songs selected for the album. The albums retrospective element is heightened with involvement of Warner Music Canada and writer and producer John Dexter from Reliant Music the same team who worked with Bif on her first album in 1995.

I thought I was going to fucking croak, she said with a laugh. I had come completely full circle with the same people, doing the songs with an acoustic guitar and I thought, Uh oh, this is it.

All joking aside, there were times in Bifs life when the future became a bit ambiguous. She has been diagnosed with a heart aneurysm, she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008 and earlier this year, she spent two weeks in the hospital for major kidney problems.

The results were transformative for her.

It took breast cancer chemotherapy for me to turn into a woman, said Bif who is doing well now. Before that, I was this very anxious, anorexic workaholic girl. During my treatment, with all of the hormones and therapy, I actually put on weight.

But I also met a lot of really strong women in the cancer ward and during clinical trials. They all knew me as Beththey didnt know I was Bif Naked. There was this beautiful autonomy and we were all bald and all going through it together. It changed my life.

Along with this shift came the acceptance that shes just one of those people who has a tendency to fall in love easily, which she says, can be a good source of lyrical content for her songs.

My entire life, Ive always been falling in love and thats just how Im built, admitted Bif, who went through a divorce in 2011. But its kind of a nice way of going through life; its always a beautiful thing to fall in love, you know?

Im always falling for the wrong people so theres always that struggle to write about, she added with a laugh.

So the quickest way to a girls heart is via her dogs affections?

You honour the girl by honouring the dog, she stated. Always and forever, its through the dog.

Revised to-do list: grocery shopping, call mom and pick up doggie treats for an older Maltese.

Bif Naked Forever: Acoustic Hits and Other Delights comes out on Dec. 4.