The dark side of pink

Nearly a quarter century after she first burst onto the scene with the energetic R&B of “Can’t Take Me Home,” Pink remains a chart-topping force to be reckoned with: her ninth studio effort from 2023, “Trustfall”, reached number two. on the Hot 100 and pole position on the other side of the Atlantic.

Of course, over the years, the artist born Alecia Beth Moore has become almost as famous for telling it like it is as she is for her empowering sound, and several of her fellow pop giants have been the recipients of her approach. sensible. also. Speaking to The Telegraph in 2023, she claimed that she wasn’t going to back down from speaking her mind anytime soon, no matter whose feelings she might hurt. “These days, everyone wakes up offended,” she said. «… This is what happens with me: if I say something, it is because I meant it. And if you don’t like it, that will have to be your problem.

Pink could teach some members of the “Drag Race” brigade a thing or two about throwing shade. From insulting presidents and punishing record company executives to blaring magazines and denouncing internet breakers, here’s a look at 14 times the multiple Grammy Award winner lived up to the name of her 2003 single, ” Trouble».

Rumors about the apparent dislike between Christina Aguilera and Pink had swirled around the pop world ever since they collaborated on 2001 hit single, “Lady Marmalade.” But it wasn’t until a 2017 appearance on “Watch What Happens Live” that Pink first publicly addressed her issue. The acrobatic singer admitted to host Andy Cohen that she and Aguilera had clashed in the past over her similar alpha female status, but have since patched things up. However, while promoting her ninth LP “Trustfall” six years later, Pink couldn’t resist throwing another jab at the younger star.

Speaking on “The Chris Wallace Show,” Pink recalled how she teased Aguilera at the video shoot for the “Moulin Rouge” soundtrack number simply because of where she had parked her butt. “I didn’t know she was sitting in her chair,” she explained. «…She was homeless at 15 years old. You can’t talk to me at all. So you know, you picked the wrong one.” Pink later expressed her disappointment on Instagram that this decades-long history had continued to detract from her music. “Part of the responsibility lies with me and my inability to lie, and my uncanny ability to overshare,” she added. “My real disappointment lies in the fact that art can never be the center of attention when you are a woman.”

While appearing on “The Howard Stern Show” in 2023, Pink claimed that she had made enemies with Madonna after rubbing Material Girl the wrong way on another chat show, “Live with Regis and Kelly,” two decades earlier.

The “Just Like Fire” singer recalled how Madonna tried to “play” her when the pair appeared together on the daytime TV institution in 2003. How did she do that? Well, after accepting an invitation to meet Madonna backstage, Pink, he incorrectly insists, was deemed to have become something of a fangirl in her presence. And so, when Regis Philbin brought up the subject of her introduction, he decided to set the record straight.

Pink explained, “…So I just made a joke when Regis pulled me out, he said, ‘…I heard you’re falling in on yourself backstage. How does he feel? ‘ I’m like, ‘I thought he wanted to meet me?’ “As she says, her apparent joke didn’t sit well with Madonna, and the chances of any future collaboration were instantly gone at that point.

Hell hath no fury like a despised omission on Rolling Stone’s list! In 2022, the iconic music magazine ranked its 25 favorite Grammy Awards performances. And when Pink realized she wasn’t listed alongside Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, she let the publication know exactly what she thought of them.

In the comments section of a Rolling Stone Instagram post about the article, a furious Pink wrote the since-deleted response: “Bahaha, you guys have been irrelevant since 1990.” She then mentioned Muddy Waters, John Lennon, Tina Turner, and Hunter S. Thompson as examples of the caliber of artists the magazine used to feature. “Then they dried up and all credibility went to shit when ‘style over substance’ and ‘income over authenticity’ came into play,” she said.

And Pink wasn’t done there either. The star also criticized her writers for covering “Jersey Shore” star Snooki before insisting this wasn’t simply a case of sour grapes, but a matter of integrity. “Trust me, I wouldn’t give a ***,” she wrote. “But this is the biggest sale in fucking history when it comes to a publication we all once trusted.”

Miley Cyrus’ raunchy reinvention in the early 2010s seemed to split audiences down the middle. Some argued that she was simply expressing her creative freedom and her sexuality, and others believed that she was simply resorting to the old “sex sells” approach to achieve success. It seems fair to say that Pink’s opinion fell into the latter category.

When asked about Cyrus’ radical makeover by E! Online, the “Family Portrait” singer said: “Do I like it? No, I think it’s in poor taste. She is very talented. She is beautiful. She can sing her ass off. And go up and do that? she is fooling herself and she is fooling the rest of us ». Pink went on to state that she has always tried to act with integrity when it comes to her art: “I think if people get up and out of bed, go to work and spend their hard earned money on me to entertain his family, I’m going to do it well and I’m going to make it interesting and with class and creativity”, he argued.

But hey, maybe the “Flowers” hitmaker has since managed to prove her critics wrong. After all, eight years later, Pink told Entertainment Weekly that Cyrus would be a worthy replacement for her own vocal lines on a modern remake of “Lady Marmalade.”

In 2016, Kim Kardashian broke the internet again with a selfie that left little to the imagination. But while gossip sites were no doubt delighted by the reality star’s lack of inhibitions, Pink felt compelled to pen an empowering yet somber post about the star’s nude selfie. The “So What” hitmaker tweeted “Shout out to all the women around the world using their brains, their strength, their work ethic, their talent, their ‘magic’ they were born with, that only they possess. It may never bring you as much ‘attention’ or banknotes as using your body, your sex, your tits, and your asses, but women like you don’t need that kind of ‘attention’.

Pink later told “Watch What Happens Live” host Andy Cohen that she was asked to write the note after Kardashian disparaged one of her music icons on Twitter earlier that day. “Honestly, she investigated Bette Midler and if you investigate Bette Midler, you will know about me,” she said. “Just don’t talk to Bette Midler about anything.” The veteran Hollywood star had previously aimed the same nude selfie that Pink had commented on, joking on Twitter, “If Kim wants us to see a part of her we’ve never seen, she’s going to have to swallow the camera.” In retaliation, Kardashian made a joke about her being past Bette Midler’s bedtime and accused her of being a fake friend of hers.

Undeterred by the backlash received by the Dixie Chicks following their criticism of President George W. Bush, Pink decided to pen an open letter to 43 on their 2006 studio album, “I’m Not Dead.” And as expected, his tone was not exactly congratulatory. Referencing Bush’s stances on everything from the Iraq war and gay marriage to the No Child Left Behind Act, “Dear Mr. President” posed questions like “How do you sleep while the rest of us cry? How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?» and “How do you feel when you look in the mirror? Are you proud?»

Pink told MTV News that she did not expect a response from the target of her anger; in fact, she didn’t think he would probably come over to listen to her. But in the unlikely event that she somehow ended up on the White House stereo, she figured he would at least support her right to free speech. “I hope the president is proud of the fact that we live in a country where we can do things like that, where we can disagree, talk, communicate and share our opinions,” he said.

While promoting her ninth studio effort “Trustfall” in 2023, Pink claimed that she had no ill will towards Britney Spears. She told People that she now felt very protective of her. However, it’s fair to say that the “There You Go” singer hasn’t always been so kind to her fellow pop superstar.

First, she seemed to throw shade at Spears in her 2002 single, “Don’t Let Me Get Me,” singing, “Tired of being compared to fucking Britney Spears. She’s so pretty, it’s just not me.” While performing that song at a festival in 2007, a period when the “Baby… One More Time” hitmaker was struggling with the pressures of fame, Pink changed the middle lyric to “She’s so crazy,” according to Digital Spy.

And then, in 2009, he criticized Spears for apparently impersonating at a concert. “She would never go on a show where the person was lip-syncing,” Pink told Women’s Health. “When you grow up listening to Janis Joplin, you don’t want to see someone mime.” When the outlet’s interviewer pointed out that the singer had also targeted Spears with the song “Stupid Girls,” Pink argued. that she had always liked her and she had been a proponent of the pop star.

In 2011, he dragged out both Spears and Christina Aguilera, the latter of whom had just been arrested for public intoxication, in the same tweet quipping, “Off with me, Britney and Christina, didn’t everyone think I was going to be the one?” troublemaker? Look, Mom! No handcuffs!”