Whatever happened to Pink?

She had her moment.

No shit, r1?

Her fan base was shallow.

She'll still get a hit once in a while. The issue was her arrogance though just like Christina Aguilera and Avril Lavigne. Pink was just as manufactured as Britney and Jessica who she mocked with "Stupid Girl" and originally started out as R&B before switching to pop rock. She think she's rock but she never strayed from safe radio friendly pop fluff. The lack of humor about herself and mean dyke vibe didn't help with her longevity. She still tours and makes money and is set for life.

She had a good few years, which is standard for pop singers.

R5 I agree she's been around a while and had a good run. It's not like she was a one album wonder..

Pink. Ridiculous show name.

She was no Alicia Bridges.

Looks like Britney found DataLounge.

She's part of the same late 90s/early 2000s teen pop/bubblegum R&B explosion as Backstreet Boys, Britney, Justin Timberlake, Christina, Jessica and Beyonce. She went pop rock/pop punk as it was gaining traction but never progressed after that. Her whole alternative "not like the other girls" mantra was phony. I think she should go back to R&B, she seems to hate the Babyface produced debut album though it was perfect for her vocals.

I don't know any of her solo work but her album and tour with Dallas Green as "You+Me" were excellent. Especially loved their cover of Sade's "No Ordinary Love".

She is hardly some "whatever happened to her" one hit wonder. Pink has now been around for 20 years and is still a big draw on tour. Sells albums and still gets airplay. And she's undeniably talented as pop vocalists go. (arguably, her stuff all sounds very similar tho)

Really enjoyed this video she did 4 years ago w/ channing tatum. Shows that her record company is still willing to put some resources behind her.

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So me of these responses are ridiculous. What the fuck is she doing NOW in 2022???? Not 29 years ago , 10 yrs ago, 5 yrs ago…. Currently!!!!!

R12: yeah I haven’t been a fan for years (did like her early R&B stuff) but I’d never say she disappeared or declined in success. It’s an odd artist to pick for a whatever happened to. She’s between albums is all. She’ll release another one and it’ll got top 5, she’ll tour, etc.

[quote]She's part of the same late 90s/early 2000s teen pop/bubblegum R&B explosion as Backstreet Boys, Britney, Justin Timberlake, Christina, Jessica and Beyonce.

It was an absolute shit period for music, and it gave us so many industry lifers.

R14 that pink statement is rich. I wish I could tell her I’m not listening to her music anymore and it has ZIP to do with Roe.

Pink, Justin Timberlake and Beyonce still have songs played on the radio and could still get new hits. Usher is another one who still has it. Their fanbases will still support them.

The better question is asking about whatever happened to Christina Aguilera?

She has a great singing voice, I saw her on tour shortly before the pandemic hit. It was a high energy performance.

I think she’s confused over who her base is, and panders too much to the pre-teen crowd. One of her recently released songs featured her daughter, ugh. Pink’s music was better when she was mad at her husband, and not in a solid marriage with two kids.

Like the above poster said she positioned herself as a rebel who was hard and edgy and not a pop princess like Britney or Katy but musically she was pretty much the same as them. Her songs were still pop fluff.

R21 Yep. Pink, Avril Lavigne and Christina Aguilera's anti-Britney images fell apart because they were just as manufactured. Their arrogance came across as hypocritical. Ashlee Simpson is also part of this group, that bitch was not rock, just a ditzy Southern girl like her sister.

Though Pink at least had the talent to fare better and wisely made suburban mom music. But she's not a hot topic anymore.

I prefer Shirley Bassey's cover of Get This Party Started.

The most basic of white girls act and say "I'm not like all the other girls." And go through their teen rocker/punk/goth phase for attention. Then drop it like a hot potato as soon as they get a real job or real relationship/marriage. Pink strikes me as someone stuck in that adolescent phase. But many celebrities are in arrested development.

Pink for Biden/Harris

She wasn't pretty or feminine enough to get to the superstar level, but she's had a decent career. Her songs are pretty much all the same, though.

she's researching lesbian dance theory with Channing tatum

Don't know why R25 isn't working. Repost:

I liked her 10 years ago and I like her now.

You had one job OP…

There are two DL approved ways to start threads like these:

WHET Pink?

When did Pink’s career go down the shitter?

[quote]There are two DL approved ways to start threads like these:

Only for the Aspie OCD dipshits like you. Now fuck off and go organize your wine glasses for the third time today.

She can sing but everything else about her is so cornball

She got her potty stotted.

Like many women, she had kids and then, ya know, raised them.

There’s been NO growth.

Her last albums have been nothing but self-help music. Her last albums were called “Hurts 2B Human” and “Beautiful Trauma”.

She writes the kind of lyrics 40 year-old women post as memes on Facebook. “I have beautiful flaws” nonsense. Women who’ve “survived through the storm” and all that shit.

R22 excuse you, Ashlee was nothing like Jessica and nobody could understand her emo pain.

Her public image soured.

She posted that shot of her son which showed she'd had him circumcised, and it blew up on social media, She got a shit load of pushback, and she got angry, and it suggested she was a controlling bitch who would mutilate a male child against their consent on a whim.

Her last album was a hit and spawned a hit tour. She seems to be taking a break in time for her new album.

She hasn’t gone anywhere

^WTF? She posted a naked pic of her kid? I have to imagine that alone would have caused a tidal wave of backlash.

She’s had some bops.

[quote]Pink’s music was better when she was mad at her husband, and not in a solid marriage with two kids.

This applies to EVERY female artist.

[quote]She posted that shot of her son which showed she'd had him circumcised, and it blew up on social media, She got a shit load of pushback, and she got angry, and it suggested she was a controlling bitch who would mutilate a male child against their consent on a whim.

She’s also a Jew, so maybe people should have respected there were cultural reasons why she had her son circumcised.

Pink is one hell of a BADASS, the baddest even! I only know this because she's told us several times over the years.

I remember when she released her song "Stupid Girls". In interviews to promote it she often maligned other female celebrities of the time like Paris Hilton & Britney Spears for their vapid contributions & reliance on looking too pretty. I'd think, as she sat there in a full face of thick make-up & fully coiffed, "What a hypocrite! Bitch, you didn't wake up looking like that!" Pink is nothing more than a poser.

she had like 20 top 20 songs and then she aged out

She’s not a lesbian but she has a very dominant, aggressive and masculine energy about her.

R47 she's bisexual

She's fine. She sends her love.

Has anyone inspected his hole for indications of strap-on damage?

She was on the today show on the first anniversary of her marriage. Somebody congratulated her about it, and she replied something like “we’re halfway there, Carey”.

It was very funny

She’s very Philadelphia. A bit too much.

Oh just fucking kill yourself r37.

Millennials on meth music

I actually liked her R&B debut. It was very "of the moment."

[quote]Whatever happened to Pink?

It's P!ink.

A friend of mine was on production for several of her tours. P!nk has an amazing reputation of being kind and sweet to all of her people. They all really do function as a family. My friend cried when her last tour ended. So any rumors about her being nasty are completely false. Tough girl persona, maybe, but she's one of the good ones.

^ P!nk

Surrender the Pink.

Nothing happened to her. She aged and so did her fans.

[quote]She’s also a Jew, so maybe people should have respected there were cultural reasons why she had her son circumcised.

For anyone with a modicum of intelligence, religious superstition is no excuse for the barbarity of mutilating a child.

Pink is a dumb name though.

She is peak Xennial.

She writes music for aging elder Millennial wine moms who are scrolling their phone looking for ideas for their third tattoo while waiting in their Range Rover for Brittanneye to finish soccer practice.

'Can't Take Me Home' was Y2K to the max.

Many artists would love to have had her career.

R62 So is JLo but it was hot at the time and hard to shake off now.

She's from the Philly area, Doylestown. Philly is a rough area. Some people really thought she was black or Latina when her debut came out.

R64 nails it.

[quote]For anyone with a modicum of intelligence, religious superstition is no excuse for the barbarity of mutilating a child.

You are an abortion who somehow survived and crawled out of the dumpster.

R37 FFS

So many singers say that Pink has the best voice of her generation

Which singers?

R73, I can’t recall exactly. I read an interview with a number of top singers and they agreed that Pink had the best voice.

Personally, I don’t hear it. She has a good voice but not one that’s particularly distinct. Maybe it’s powerful in person

She had an interesting career. Her first album, produced by Babyface, was R and B. Then she switched to more pop, and then female power

SO MANY r73! Heh. She's got an identifiable voice and it's remarkably on key and well-controlled without sounding over-trained (you'd think pitch would be a given but with pop stars...). Her songs are catchy and inoffensive. She seems nice.

I sound like I'm damning with faint praise but really that puts her above 90% of her peers.

Whatever made you think of her pussfart OP?

She's doing just fine selling out all over the world before the pandemic. Let's see Madonna or Beyonce do this. And she is singing live the whole time.

I've never been crazy about her music. It's ok, certainly better than some of her peers, but ultimately the same kind of pop fluff the others were doing and her songs tended to sound alike.

Loved her tribute segment on Janet’s MTV ICON.

I love her song, "Try." I don't think she's going anywhere. She seems like a good egg. Hopefully she'll put out another album.

I haven’t actually heard of her or thought of her in a good few years. Used to like some of her songs during my party days.

I heard she died in an accident where she was devoured by pigs

Did she ever apologize for those blaccent years? She claims her record company forced her to do it.

[quote] Her songs are catchy and inoffensive. She seems nice. I sound like I'm damning with faint praise but really that puts her above 90% of her peers.

Rational argument R76.

I'm all in favor of Ranked Choice Voting!

Apart from her debut where she was dolled up to be sexy. She isn't sexy or pretty. She's absolutely talented but doesn't look like a typical pop star. I feel she's bigger with women especially soccer moms and lesbians. I don't know any gays who stan her at all. Not that that's a bad thing or makes a difference. But I get why some gays on here who may be in a bubble may underestimate how popular she still is with women.

Why no mention of Katie Perry here? She was P!nk's closest contemporary. Their songs could have been interchanged on each other's albums.

She does have vocal chops (yes, chops).

She probably did struggle with her persona at the beginning, trying to stand apart from Britney, Christina, even Jessica Simpson was singing at that point. So, maybe it seems fake in retrospect.

Glad that she took a stance on Roe v. Wade being overturned.

I think she still tours. She has enough hits to just play her "oldies," at this point.

She does ping as a lesbian to me. At the same time, I don't think she's homophobic, far from it.

[quote]Why no mention of Katie Perry here? She was P!nk's closest contemporary.

Katy Perry didn’t come on the scene until 2008 with "I Kissed a Girl"... almost a decade after Pink, Britney, Christina, Jessica, etc.

She looks like a lumpy Polish potato, no sex appeal whatsoever.

Katy is very feminine girl while Pink is butch. They both have strong voices and power pop rock sound. But I find their tones are very different. I can't see Katy singing Sober or Stupid Girl.

R39 Sum of her soccer mom fans weren't happy 'bout that

IMO, Katy Perry yells more than sings. Same with Carrie Underwood.

Most Girls and Just Like A Pill still hold up. But i also like Who Knew, Please Don't Leave Me and Nobody Knows. I'm surprised she hasn't done a collab with Halsey.

She did a tour where she did some circus trapeze stuff

Nobody wants to see that 40 year old pussy on a trapeze.

{R4], Pink didn't sing that song "Stupid Girl". Shirley Manson, of " Garbage ", did.

[quote] I don't know any gays who stan her at all.

Perhaps not present day GenZ's, but when I was on the party scene in the early 2000's she was quote popular with the Xennial gays. The Missundaztood album ubiquitous among some of my friends, and definitely a gay bar staple.

[quote]Nobody wants to see that 40 year old pussy on a trapeze.

Lesbians disagree.

r89 I would say Avril was the closest, although she was more pop-punk while Pink was pop-rock. Like Pink, Avril was another anti-Britney from the Britney era.

I can't believe i fell for Avril's skater image when i was a kid.

[quote] IMO, Katy Perry yells more than sings. Same with Carrie Underwood.

The weird thing is Katy is a very capable singer. I used to think she couldn't sing until I listened to her old Christian music and saw her acoustic performances on YouTube. So I think the loud off-key singing is just part of her schtick. That quirky obnoxious party girl image. She is better when she's more subdued.

Katie was good. Can't believe she married Russel Brand though. That was an odd pairing.

r86 She's more of a frau-fav now, but Pink definitely had her moment with the gays in the early 00's.

Honestly I find late 2000s/early 2010s pop underrated. A lot of the singles by Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Britney, Ciara, Kesha, Taylor Swift, Beyonce etc around that time aged well and they sounded futuristic. Late 90s/early 2000s pop was overall very corny.

R64 has a deadly aim.

[quote] She writes music for aging elder Millennial wine moms who are scrolling their phone looking for ideas for their third tattoo.

Quite perfect. They have the shoulder rose. They have the buttock dolphin. Now what?

r106 Chinese symbol for "strength" on the ankle?

Pink was the original anti-Britney (or alt-Britney) then Avril followed shortly thereafter.

She caught “Mary J Blige” Syndrome….Now that she’s rich,

she has no more drama to sing about.

I love the "I tried to call the nurse again but she's being a little bitch" line from JUST LIKE A PILL.

Her husband Carey Hart is hot.

She paints her male kid's nails and talk about non binary shit as she tries to appeal to the super woke.

Pink is a broad, not a dyke, and her husband is hot.

The way white Trumpers have co-opted the word “woke” is pathetic. It is a word that has been used in black vernacular for decades to describe something or someone who is very clear-eyed and alert to various social injustices, but they have demonized it in the same way that they’ve co-opted and sullied the phrase Black Lives Matter into Blue Lives Matter (whatever the fuck that means). Newsflash: the opposite of woke is asleep. In this world, none of us can afford to be “asleep.”

Absolutely fascinating R114!

Newsflash: don't listen to anyone who says they'd rather be buried in concrete than listen to your conversation.

We LEARNT.

Have you considered a career in academia? You're just what they're looking for right now.

R115 is precisely the kind of right wing turd I previously mentioned.

Actually, R114, 'awake' is the opposite of 'asleep'. 'Woke' is for illiterates.

“Woke” is the vernacular term for “awake.” But you knew that.

You can make up all the words you want, R118, but that doesn't make them real or proper English. And, you're not using 'vernacular' correctly.

Anyone know what happened between Pink & Linda Perry? Pink gushed about her brilliant songwriting in the early days of her career but then they stopped working together completely.

"Woke" is slang not vernacular. Black vernacular is a real thing with real rules. It's simply a subset of the Southern accent and it's not too dissimilar to the Irish or Northern English accent to an extent. "I be", "shook", "ain't no". Most non-Southern white and nonblack people don't use it at all properly. Y'all is now ruined.

[quote]Anyone know what happened between Pink & Linda Perry? Pink gushed about her brilliant songwriting in the early days of her career but then they stopped working together completely.

My understanding is that "Beautiful" was originally intended for Pink, but Linda changed her mind and gave the song to Christina Aguilera and produced it for her. Pink was super pissed and cut her out completely.

R119, the meaning behind the use of the term still stands, regardless of your argument. Now simmer down and think about it.

If I'd been Pink I'd be pissed at Linda Perry too. Beautiful was a huge hit.

Pink's best work was with Perry.

[quote]the meaning behind the use of the term still stands, regardless of REALITY.

Fixed that for you, R123.

I like her. She seems like a nice person and she can sing. The aerial acrobatics she does are pretty cool too.

R83 = Xtina Aguilera

R126 = Trumptard who must always have the last word. Sit, spin and marinate on how so very asleep you are.

R129, you'll find that the DL has not swallowed the "woke" bullshit but sure, we're all "Trumptards" here. Idiot.

[quote] but sure, we're all "Trumptards" here.

The smartest, most "woke" thing you've said thus far.

I really like Walk Me Home from 2019. Is it her most recent hit? She has a great voice; if we still had producers like Jerry Wexler around I think she'd put out some classic albums.

Yes, the Pink / Linda Perry rift had something to do with Christina Aguilera. I didn't realize the issue was "Beautiful." I thought it was just the fact that LP was working with Aguilera at all. I got the feeling that LP's career was in the doldrums until she collaborated with Pink. Then, I guess Pink thought that LP should have been a little more loyal / faithful to her after taking her out of the doldrums.

P!nk said she was like a jealous lover when Linda worked with Xtina on her album. But they also clashed while working on the Lady Marmalade collab. I love how P!nk didn't give a fuck and called Xtina out on her diva bullshit.

She turned purple

I never liked her. So try-hard and nasty attitude. I also get MAGA vibes from her husband.

R133: yeah I think it was more the general point of LP working with other singers and who Pink considered her rivals. I don’t think Beautiful was ever meant for Pink.

R132 Pink is truly ahead of her time because in the video she appears like a 60 year old millenial. The music reminds me of Justin Timberlake's weird country song but as a soccer mom remix.

R134 They should be friends though coz they are both pro-circumcision despite chanting "my body, my choice". Are they secretly republicans like R136 touches on with saying that Pink's hubby could be a MAGAT? I expected more from strong career women in Hollywood but apparently they are just sum plain celeb chicks anyhow. I mean for realz, how can ya sing "Can't hold us down" and then let yo own son held down for a skin ripping??

R139, seek counseling.

R140 Why? I support "my body my, choice" to the fullest. For women and men. Why need counseling for supporting freedom?

I think she's definitely bi. Just like Christina Aguilera. Many bi women marry men eventually once they crave to start a family.

People in the youtube comments aren't too happy about her opinions lately.

R142 it's amazing how Xtina managed to slip under the radar with Sam Ronson during the LiLo era.

R145 lilo & stitch?

Lindsay Lohan is bi too but she is a whore, so she just goes for men with money. She made up that sex list to help the closet cases in Hollyweird.

Britney is another bisexual but she prefers big dicks on douchebags. I think the Paris drama turned her away from the vag.

R147 So she is a bi-muslim? Does she have hijab for her vagina to cover the sin? Where is the list..?

She's bearding for some rich Arab prince just like Janet did. She was getting too old to escort.

R146 yes

R147 why would she want to help them?

Lilo's sex list. Some of these names are suspect

Does Pink have a crippled sister?

Christina is a nasty ho

Pop stardom is so weird. Pink has a great voice. And some great songs. The machine seemed to be behind her.

But she never transcended to that Bey or Gaga level of fame.

Eh, she's rich. And made her mark I guess.

The "everyone is gay" people may be desperate, but they have nothing on the "everyone is lesbian" crowd.

R155 way to be dramatic.

She drives the kids to school, while they sing a medley of her hit.

I was never into her screeching lesbionic singing. She gets on my nerves.

Op, Pink dried up. His voice has got to be tired by now. A few decent song, and I think Pink really could sing them without all the electronic fakery.

She's a closeted lesbian.

R160 closeted??

Everyone knows she is bi.

She's a lumpy Polish potato. She was never going to be a star.

R162 unfortunately that term doesn't exist on here.

[quote]She’s also a Jew, so maybe people should have respected there were cultural reasons why she had her son circumcised.

She's also a feminist. That's the problem. It also demonstrates the problem with feminism- women let themselves off the hook if possible. And because Jewish men are circumcised as babies and then raised Jewish, they certainly don't have a problem with it. Who polices the police?

Find another hill to die on r165

Just a small intimate venue right before the pandemic hit

Her 2010 VMA performance, Glitter in the Air, was amazing, IMO. Really a gold standard for a live performance.

what the heck!

That performance at R168 always brings me to tears.

R168 here. That's the Grammys, actually, not the VMAs. The video posted at R168 cuts off the audience reaction at the end. The audience, incl. Rhianna, also seemed really touched and impressed by Pink's performance.

I do wonder if part of it was lip-synced. (Like the parts where she's in the air and spinning.) If so, I think it would be OK, but just wondering.

Pink sounded beautiful and the performance was gorgeous at R168

Rihanna laughed at Britney and was moved by Pink. Her reactions are usually on point.

Pink is fantastic in concert. I adore her. And in that grammy video, she was not lip synching.

[Quote] Rihanna laughed at Britney and was moved by Pink. Her reactions are usually on point.

Like an asshole and then chose to perform with Britney doing an S&M remix.

The best part of Shitney’s VMA performance was Rihanna laughing at her.

The trapeze was the height of P!nk's career.