Pink has come a long way from harajuku rastafari chinchilla to multi-platinum record selling class act.
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Monday, 1 September 2008
The Sun Interview
A 13-year-old girl wrote to me after being raped by her grandad ... she said my music gave her reason to live
PUNK-POP singer PINK has been through a lot – her parents’ bitter divorce when she was young, teenage years blighted by drug problems and now her own marriage woe. But the star, who is about to release her fifth album, is secretly motivated by another tragic story.
One of her loyal fans wrote to tell her she survived years of serious sexual abuse by listening to the American star’s music.
Pink, real name Alecia Moore, invited The Sun to hear her new album at a recording studio near her Malibu home and revealed her secret motivation.
The singer, 28, said: “I remember being in Paris, talking about my childhood, my parents divorcing and I started crying during an interview.
“I thought I was over music and I couldn’t take any more.
“But then, not long after, I got a letter from this 13-year-old girl saying her grandfather was raping her mother.
“It went on saying her mother had just died and now he was raping her.
She said when she listened to my music, she knew she didn’t want to die.
“She wrote saying I should never stop making music because it helped her. I get chills even talking about it.
“I have 50 of the most insanely awful letters that remind me that this job isn’t about me.
“It is crazy. Some people might say the new songs are heartache b******* but somebody out there is going to get through their pain a little easier and that makes me feel better.
“I get all the letters . . .
‘You helped me come out,’ you name it. I got one that really touched me. It said, ‘I don’t want to be like you, you made me want to be like me’. That’s my favourite one. I f****** love it.”
Pink has had her own personal problems to deal with over the last year. She has split from her husband, motocross star CAREY HART.
Her new single, So What, is all about the bitter split.
In the video for the track, the singer, in a furious rage, fells a tree in her back garden with a chainsaw. The trunk has both their names etched together inside a heart.
She admitted: “We are insane and we love each other and we always will, even if we are not husband and wife. He knew what he was getting into 6½ years ago.
“We are best friends, we really are. It’s confusing for most people but that’s the way it is.
“I have bulldozed every foundation I have in my life recently. I will have no more issues in two years’ time once I have worked through all this s***. The universe knows exactly when to pull the rug out from under me. I am useless when I am happy anyway. I can’t write. I really wear my heart on my sleeve. I just crack my ribcage open and bleed for you. I just can’t help it.
“I feel as though I bare my soul every time I write. It doesn’t start to set in until I am touring.
“Even now, eight years since my first album came out, I am still singing about dark times.”
The Grammy Award winner has sold 22million albums around the world. She has recorded, toured and performed nonstop since her debut album was released in 2000 – when she was only 20.
Her fifth album Funhouse comes out in the UK on October 28 – and she reckons the burnout of other stars like BRITNEY SPEARS helped her succeed.
She added: “I hope I never get too big for my boots. I haven’t so far and I hope I won’t. I have seen others do it and it’s disgusting.
“I was lucky enough to get a record deal at 16 and then not have a record out until I was 20.
“I had four years to watch everyone else f*** up and blow up and think they were s***. You see the same people on the way up you see on the way down.
“But then, not long after, I got a letter from this 13-year-old girl saying her grandfather was raping her mother.
“They are all over the place in music. It’s incredible. I always find myself so mystified that they think it is about them.
“I don’t think it is about me. My best friend is a single mum, who is broke and works for an insurance company she hates.
“My brother is in the air force so he is broke. My dad is a Vietnam veteran, unemployed and my mum is a nurse. It is all very working class. I don’t hang out with rich people.”
She does have the odd wealthy acquaintance. US tennis legend and BBC commentator JOHN McENROE lives nearby.
She said: “I live around the corner from JIM CARREY but he hasn’t been round yet. John McEnroe lives nearby. He goes to karaoke locally.
“I am an awful tennis player. He should teach me and I could help him with his karaoke.”
Pink has a reputation as the wild girl of American rock but not quite at the same level as AMY WINEHOUSE and her hellraising image in the UK.
She said: “Amy Winehouse is awesome. Her music is the core of her and she is f****** brilliant.
“If I got together with Amy Winehouse it would be bad news. That was me ten years ago – but different drugs.
“I have been clean for a long time now but I am glad I did it then.
“I f***** up like crazy and no one gave a s*** when I was Alecia and got away with it.
“I can throw down. I still get stuck in. I have house parties now but it is mainly red wine and civilised now.”
She has a lot of admiration for British pop stars and even mentioned RUSSELL BRAND as a rising star in America – leaving US comics trailing behind.
She said: “It’s not just Amy. I like ADELE too. That voice kills me.
I always wanted to have that kind of voice.
“Her voice is incredible. I dig a lot of LILY ALLEN’s songs, I think she’s as funny as f***.
“I love Russell Brand. I did an interview with him before. It was years ago. He was so wonderful.
“I am glad he is cracking America. He is intelligent, he has got a story. He has been there and he is really charming.
“He is a good interviewer. We need some new blood in this country. As far as comedy is concerned we are so far behind you.”
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1630166.ece
Sunday, 31 August 2008
B-Side Title Announced
From BMG Germany:
Title: So What
Release date: September 26th, 2008
Formats: 2-track CD and Maxi CD.
2-track CD tracklist:
1. So What (Main Version) [03:35]
2. This Is How It Goes Down [03:17]
Friday, 29 August 2008
Thursday, 28 August 2008
Monday, 25 August 2008
Pink on Billy Bush Show
Pink dishes to us about her new song "So What" and you get to hear it right here on the show. Is it really about her ex husband? Find out her inspiration.
http://www.billybushshow.com/interviews?pid=6469
Pink on Kyle and Jackie O
Download HERE: http://www.sendspace.com/file/vaior9
Highlights:
- The DJ heard the album, and said there's a lot of hits on there.
- Pink started writing the album with Butch.
- Talking about her writing team: "the more afraid that my team gets, the more I know I'm on the right track."
- Pink has her promotional schedule until 2010, aka, she will be promoting and touring her behind off!
- World tour happening.
- She's visiting Australia again, and she will have 5 days off while she's there.
- Pink now does paddle boarding.
Thanks to Hookedonspice (pp)
FNMTV Premieres 22.08.08
Pink was on FNMTV premieres again last week to premiere her new video So What.
Click on the megaupload link to download the appearance and video::: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TNUZJ16A
Thanks to Operations (pp) for uploading the video
New Paparazzi Pictures 21.08.08
Pink with a friend 21.08.08
More pics::: http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii224/PinkprincessPinkphotos/Paparazzi/2008/August%2021st%202008/
Physical Release of So What in UK
Let the fun begin!
Hi Laura
Get ready, because we've got some fantastic P!nk news and we're practically bursting with excitement.
The great lady has announced the title of her eagerly awaited new album! She's calling it Funhouse, so it's sure to be an absolute roller coaster ride. The album lands in the shops on Monday 27th October, but we're sure you can't wait that long to get a taste of what's in store. The tone has been set by the amazing first single So What which has been burning up the airwaves across the globe for the last few weeks.
You've probably wondered when you'll be able to have a look at the video for your new favourite song. Well, wonder no more because it's having it's world premiere today! It's bold, colourful and TONNES of fun! Everything you'd expect from the fantastic Ms. P!nk. You can watch the 'So What' video exclusively on Yahoo music and click the image below to see more pics. We know you're gonna love it, so what are you waiting for?!
'So What' will be available to download from Friday 26th September and it's out on CD on Monday 29th September.
Pink HQ signing off...
Friday, 22 August 2008
Download So What Videos
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A75BCJBU <<< Thanks to U + Ur Hand (pp)
Video for your phone >>> http://www.sendspace.com/file/3464v2
Video for your ipod >>> http://www.sendspace.com/file/sstpc6
Video for your psp >>> http://www.sendspace.com/file/icklie
Carey Features in New Video
Pink showed us that she is still dealing with her divorce from freestyle motorcross star Carey Hart, with the premiere of her new single “So What” off of her upcoming album Funhouse, which actually features Hart.
Funhouse was the pop star’s next best choice since she said she really wanted to name it Heartbreak is a Mother***ker, but couldn’t.
The video for the song sees the singer take a chainsaw to a tree engraved Alecia+Carey, as she sings, 'I'm all right, I'm just fine/And you're a tool'.
"It's very sarcastic and sick humour, and it's also a 'screw you' anthem with so much love attached," she told Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show. "It's like when a kindergartener goes up and punches a girl he likes and runs away.
"Care Bear's my darling," she added. "It's all good.
"Pink plans to perform So What at the MTV Video Music Awards in September. Funhouse is due out in the US on October 28.
Thursday, 21 August 2008
Pink on Kiss-fm
Pink talks about the new album and single, first thing in the morning! She also lets us know what she'll be up to at the VMA's!
Pink to Perform at VMA's
According to an interview Pink has done for Kiss-FM she will be performing at VMA's!
"Tune in to the 2008 MTV VMAs live from Los Angeles at Paramount Pictures Studios this September at 9PM ET."
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Official Album Title
It seems 'Got Atittude' was a fake album title. Pinkspage have confirmed that the new album will be called: 'Funhouse'.
It's official - P!nk's new album is titled "Funhouse." Don't miss her on FNMTV this Friday, August 22nd to see the world premiere of the "So What" video and don't forget that 10/28/08 is the date for the release of "Funhouse" - get ready!
http://www.pinkspage.com/news/get-ready-funhouse
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