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From the start, P!nk made it her business to be different: βTired of being compared to damn Britney Spears,β she sang on 2001βs βDonβt Let Me Get Me." βSheβs so pretty/That just ainβt me.β Even as she rose in fame, she retained the whiff of an outsiderβsomeone too frank, too unapologetic, too real for the show: not an icon, but a human being. As a girl, P!nk (born Alecia Beth Moore in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, in 1979) loved Madonna and Janis Joplin, and tried her hand at opera, show tunes, and punk rock. She started performing in clubs as a teenager, taking her name from Steve Buscemiβs "Mr. Pinkβ character in the Quentin Tarantino film Reservoir Dogs: quippy, edgy, ready for trouble. After the demise of her first group, Choice, which was briefly signed to LaFace Records, P!nk released her 2000 debut, Canβt Take Me Home, co-writing more than half the albumβs tracks. A year later, she released M!ssundaztood, a leap forward both artistically and commercially, bridging the immediacy of club pop with songs that were confessional, genuine, frustrated, and raw (βFamily Portrait,β βJust Like a Pillβ). That style paved the way for artists like Halsey, Kesha, and just about every other major female pop star in her wake.
While her attitude was central to her appealβwhether she was tilting toward rock on 2003βs Try This or tipping back to dance on 2006βs Iβm Not Deadβwhat really set her apart was her versatility: It was hard to imagine another singer capable of tackling something as bitterly sarcastic as βI Got Money Nowβ (βYou donβt have to like me anymore/Iβve got money nowβ) and then shifting, with total credibility, to βDear Mr. Presidentβ or βWho Knewββwho could be a punk one minute and an embracing, almost maternal comfort the next. She also set new standards as a live act, incorporating aerial dance and acrobatics into her extravagant stage shows. (Check out her performance of βSoberβ at the 2009 VMAs for proof.)
In 2012, The Truth About Love marked another career high, tackling marriage, parenthood, and the heft of Real Adult Emotions with a frankness that was funny, touching, and refreshingly unsentimental (βItβs whispered by the angelsβ lips,β she sang on the title track, βand it can turn you into a son of a bitchβ). Speaking to Beats 1 host Zane Lowe about 2019βs Hurts 2B Human, she described the albumβs title track in classic P!nk fashionβwelcoming, human, but with an edge: βEverybody is going through something. And the point is, itβs all about your village, itβs all about your people, and the circle you create around you to get through all the b******t in this world.β
While her attitude was central to her appealβwhether she was tilting toward rock on 2003βs Try This or tipping back to dance on 2006βs Iβm Not Deadβwhat really set her apart was her versatility: It was hard to imagine another singer capable of tackling something as bitterly sarcastic as βI Got Money Nowβ (βYou donβt have to like me anymore/Iβve got money nowβ) and then shifting, with total credibility, to βDear Mr. Presidentβ or βWho Knewββwho could be a punk one minute and an embracing, almost maternal comfort the next. She also set new standards as a live act, incorporating aerial dance and acrobatics into her extravagant stage shows. (Check out her performance of βSoberβ at the 2009 VMAs for proof.)
In 2012, The Truth About Love marked another career high, tackling marriage, parenthood, and the heft of Real Adult Emotions with a frankness that was funny, touching, and refreshingly unsentimental (βItβs whispered by the angelsβ lips,β she sang on the title track, βand it can turn you into a son of a bitchβ). Speaking to Beats 1 host Zane Lowe about 2019βs Hurts 2B Human, she described the albumβs title track in classic P!nk fashionβwelcoming, human, but with an edge: βEverybody is going through something. And the point is, itβs all about your village, itβs all about your people, and the circle you create around you to get through all the b******t in this world.β
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Doylestown, PA, United States
Genre
Pop
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