I’m really a forward thinker, so that was a little out of my realm. I’ve been continuing to make new albums, and we really haven’t spent the time to slow down enough to revisit and work the catalog and remind people of what we’ve done in the past. How did the concept come about before, presumably, someone realized they had this title that pulled all the loose ends together? Okay, missed the total accumulation there. It’s Reba, “Revived Remixed Revisited.” So Reba and the three Rs. You have some good alliteration going in the title, with the three R’s. 2 on TikTok’s viral chart with with over 97,000 uses in-app. And speaking of that app and virality, Reba also explained how she happened to become an unlikely queen of that format, with her 2001 song “I’m a Survivor” having become a chart hit anew already, reaching No. In the process, she caught us up on how her recovery from a breakthrough case of COVID has gone, since she revealed having come down with it on TikTok last week. Reba (who, befitting her status, generally goes by just the mononym) got on the phone with Variety this week to preview this ambitiously tri-fold career commemoration.
