![]() ![]() Among the most powerful songs on Trustfall are Hate Me, Lost Cause and Just Say I’m Sorry, all of which paint a portrait of a particularly fiery and argumentative relationship. And if you don’t like it, that’s going to have to be your problem.” Here’s the thing about me: if I say something, it’s because I meant it. I’ve been cancelled so many freaking times. “These days, everybody wakes up offended. ![]() “Just me getting out of bed with a vagina offends some people. So, do I want to die in some cheesy fall off a ladder kind of way? Or do I want to die fighting for what I believe?”Īmid the rise of cancel culture, Moore refuses to be cowed by a fear of causing offence. “I want to live forever, everybody does, but I’m not going to. “I get death threats all the time, because I’m very vocal about a lot of things,” says Moore, without appearing remotely concerned. Online, that went down about as well as you might imagine. “Let’s be clear: if you believe the government belongs in a woman’s uterus, a gay person’s business or marriage, or that racism is okay,” she tweeted after the US Supreme Court overturned abortion rights last year, “then please in the name of your lord never listen to my music again.” She often speaks out on political and social issues, and hopes her listeners are similarly engaged. Beneath the shiny hooks, you will find her grappling with questions of insecurity, self-esteem and mental health. For a commercial star, Moore’s songwriting is marked by real depth of feeling and serious intent. Asked to sum up its theme in a sentence, she suggests “the world is spinning off its axis, and I want to dance my ass off”, then laughs with gusto. Next week sees the launch of a ninth Pink album, Trustfall. She is especially popular in the UK, where she can count herself the most played female artist of the 21st century. Smashing together rock, hip hop and R&B to make mainstream pop with attitude, Pink has clocked up sales of more than 60 million albums and 75 million singles. A string of memorable hit singles (including Just Like a Pill, Family Portrait and Just Give Me a Reason) and acrobatic live performances established her as a punky, pink-haired pop firebrand who could roar like Janis Joplin and bend like an Olympic gymnast. It has been 23 years since her debut album, Can’t Take Me Home, launched her in the US, and 22 since she got the party started worldwide with the 13 million-selling follow-up Misundaztood. ![]() Moore, the Pennsylvanian singer better known as Pink, has enjoyed an extraordinarily long reign for a pop star. Life is supposed to be messy that’s what makes it interesting.” “I could stand naked in front of the entire world and have no shame. “I have zero regrets,” insists Alecia Moore. ![]()
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