P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (New single)

[Jark]

18. "Chaos and Piss"

charming!

[Johnkm]

Some of those song titles do sound dreadful. I mean that's not really enough to judge them on of course, BUT STILL.

[Molicious]

I believe THERE IS

They ARE AWFUL!

[Jark]

LOVE this shot from the album photoshoot

[Johnkm]

She looks quite beautiful there, which is the first time I've ever thought that about her. That tats ruin the image somewhat though.

[POP!]

It looks nothing like her

But yes, it's a nice shot and anything's better than that awful album cover.

[Kevin]

The video.



Not what I expected at all.

[Apocalypt_flyer]

She looks gorgeous throughout the majority of it but I'm not quite sure HOW much it FITS the track really. It seems like a slightly too high brow approach for such a BANAL song.

[Gangsta Nancy Lam]

Yeah, it doesn't really go. But she does look gorgeous throughout.

[Slave]

I wouldn't call the video "high brow" but it's certainly not what I expected. It does, however, work quite well I think

[Crash]

I want to be ARTY, so I'll pretend it's FRENCH

What a TERRIBLE video

[Rhythmbandit]

I like it, admittedly it could be better but its not that bad. I particularly like the ballroom dancing scene where she dances with herself and the moment the heart bursts.

[Crash]

You can't even SEE her throughout most of it

Usually an ADVANTAGE, but still.

[Johnkm]

I don't think it's terrible, but she hasn't really got (m)any brilliant videos so this slots into the midfield of P!nk videos for me.

[Raining On Me]

Ignore all my previous comments (I'm sure you did) but I love this now. Actually don't ignore them, it's ALL still true, but I don't care any more and I'm just enjoying it for what it is. The video is fine and at least makes a change for her.

However the "JUUUUST when it can't get worse" bits still give me chills, in the way an icicle stabbing lightly at my back enough to draw blood would. UNPLEASANT

[POP!]

I love that video. It rightly emphasizes the softer qualities of the song without stooping down to the rowdy, 'comedy' videos many of her past lead singles have sported. Some parts of it do look a bit cheap or like it's trying a little too hard but it's lovely to look at and Pink looks great.

[Johnkm]

Here's the b-side

[jivafox]

ooh i like that

[NonEvent]

Another B side triumph to add to the list

[Crash]

I actually MUCH prefer that to Blow Me

[Crash]

It's ALL about this absolute FILTH of a line..

"And I like your anatomy...
...I'm glad to have it in me"

[POP!]

This is the rumored cover art for the second single "Try"

[Pipo]

a second single already

is BLOW a buzz single now??

[lolly]

It's quite X era Kylie, isn't it?

[POP!]

a second single already

is BLOW a buzz single now??

I don't think it's an "announcement" of any sort for the second single but rather the photographer/art guy decided to post it on his site. Releasing a second single now would be a tremendous misstep IMO with how well BMOLK is doing.

And some excerpts from her soon to be published Rolling Stone interview:

Among the standout tracks on The Truth About Love – made with producers including longtime collaborator Butch Walker – are "Beam Me Up," which Pink describes as "my acoustic song that I do on every record," and the ballad "The Great Escape," about how the whole world seems to be on antidepressants. Another highlight, "How Come You're Not Here," is full of revenge-minded lyrics about a dalliance Hart had when they were separated a few years back: "I heard she's cute, but she stores nuts like a squirrel." They've since mended their relationship, and Pink says that Hart's first response to the song was "Fuuuuuck. We can put that to bed now, right?" She said yes – after the world tour.

"My goal on this record was to incorporate a little more musicality," Pink adds. "Every album, I'm worried that I'm a dork and a fraud – what if I can't sing anymore? Then I stop thinking and start playing guitar, and I realize that it's OK to suck, and move forward. Then it clicks and I'm like, 'I'm fucking awesome!'"

Unsurprisingly it looks like we'll get another "Glitter in the Air" with "Beam Me Up"

[POP!]

It's quite X era Kylie, isn't it?

Very. Just without the shit hair.

[POP!]

Info on the album's collaborations:

Pink also disclosed her new album The Truth About Love contains a duet with Eminem - Here Comes the Weekend. It is part of a musical trade after Pink sang on his last album.

"He said 'Do you want to do a song with me?' F--- yeah! I said 'Do you want to do a song with me?' and he said 'F--- yeah!" Handshake. Nothing signed. Done."

The track is an "alternative club banger" but Pink said "I think we have another song in our future that will be funny and sh-- talking."

The highly-anticipated album also features vocals from Lily Allen on True Love ("she's the funniest, wittiest person") and Just Give Me a Reason, a duet with Nate Reuss from chart toppers fun.

[Loufoque]

Is this single taking off in the UK?

[Rhythmbandit]

Is this single taking off in the UK?

It's not released here until September 3rd.

[Loufoque]

I mean in terms of airplay and pre-release BUZZ

[Apocalypt_flyer]

Added to the C List on R1.

Just hearing the edited version. UTTERLY DIRE.

[POP!]

Pink was interviewed by Billboard magazine and she talked about her first album:

Billboard: Congrats on being named the new face of CoverGirl. What kind of feedback have you gotten since the announcement?

P!nk: I always read the responses from the fans. It was 99% positive, but I'll always have that 1% that's negative. And my favorite comment was, "Too bad they can't Photoshop the bitch off your face." [laughs] That's actually pretty good.

Is it surreal to think your career is at this point right now? Because there was a period after 2003's "Try This" and even after "Stupid Girls" in 2006 when your singles weren't taking off in the U.S. Was that time frustrating for you?

I never looked at it that way. I was always on the road in the U.K. and Australia, and things were really great over there. Then I got to come home and be left alone. And you know what? It gave me lot of time to create my show and to become a performer. I would go on 22-month tours and work my ass off, and it's been the biggest blessing of my life that now I am a touring artist. It got me out of the popularity contest that music can be sometimes and gave me time to hone my craft as a stage performer. I'm also grateful, and I got to come back and do the Grammys [in 2010]. That was my "A-ha."

That was a preview of the highly challenging acrobatic stunts you performed every night for months on your Funhouse tour. How do you plan to top being suspended by a thin harness and doing death-defying trapeze acts?

I might have to light myself on fire. I've been to Vegas, seeing what's the next impossible feat. For a while, everybody had dancers who got to do all the fun stuff, and I was saying to myself, "I can do that and sing." So that was my challenge.

You've been in the business for more than a decade, through a period of dramatic change for the music industry. What lessons have you learned from that time?

I'll have 18-, 19-year-old artists who just got signed who'll come to me asking for advice and I don't know what to tell people anymore-it's just so different now. There's no record company budgets or big pop tours or million-dollar videos. People have to just get creative and figure it out.

The music business has changed so much and I credit [weathering] that transition to my manager [Roger Davies] and to hard work. The joke was my first tour opening for 'N Sync and my 10th tour was opening for Justin [Timberlake]. You have to be humble. I would go and do sold-out arena shows back to back all over Germany, then come and do 800-capacity clubs in Washington, D.C. You don't ever get done paying your dues.

You mentioned Roger Davies. How has he helped you?

He is -- I can say this factually and not opinion -- the best manager in the business. He's the most respected person I've ever met. He has also been in the game for so many years and he still is the guy carrying your bags through the airport. He's my biggest cheerleader. After every night he's at the soundboards with me and he's checking my sound and making sure my outfit fits correctly. He's just helping me through all of this because he manages people like Sade, Cher, Tina Turner and Joe Cocker-legends who've been touring forever. He's believed in me and he's kept me going when I didn't have it in me for myself. He's a wealth of experience. I find myself wanting to impress him even more.

For "The Truth About Love," was it a struggle to get back into writing after you had your daughter, or did it come naturally?

I was calling it an experiment until it wasn't an experiment. I had 40 songs and it worked out. I'm like a faucet -- there's nothing going on in my head when I'm off. I write in a journal and that's it. But that first day in the studio just opened up the faucet.

The songs talk about all phases of a relationship, but you must be aware that people are going to hear songs like "How Come You're Not Here" and "The Truth About Love" and assume that you're having marital problems again.

It's funny. I wrote "Family Portrait" when I was 21 and my parents divorced when I was 9, so I tend to hold onto things. I'm still exorcising some of those demons. And look, I'm in a relationship that I've been in for 10 years and it's never going to be perfect. Carey always jokes, "You're always just mad enough at me to write a song." "Yep. Thanks, baby, you're my muse."

In addition to CoverGirl, you've got a campaign coming up with Target that includes a deluxe edition of your album and your own commercials. As you were talking with Target, did you discuss its previous donations to anti-gay marriage campaigns? That was something that canceled a deal with Lady Gaga last year given her devotion to her lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender fans.

I actually didn't know about it. What happened?

Target made campaign donations to several politicians, primarily in Minnesota, that oppose same-sex marriage. Lady Gaga brought attention to it, and the company started putting gay couples in its add and started selling gay-marriage-themed products like wedding cards.

Well, that's great, then, and shows the power of Lady Gaga. That's great that she did that. And that's what forgiveness is about. I'm trying to do that with my family right now. [laughs]

You've gone out of your way to ignore most of your first album, "Can't Take Me Home," on your greatest-hits set and recent tours -- but it had three big singles. How do you see that record's role in where you are today?

It's a huge part of where I am now. It's funny -- my best friend, he's always like, "When are you going to do 'Hiccup'? Can we get some 'Most Girls'?" I try so hard to fit them into my shows and they just don't end up making any sense to me somehow. For this last tour I had this whole salsa number to "There You Go" and it was going to be so beautiful but it just didn't fit in.

So, you've faced your fear of heights...

But I haven't yet faced my fear of my first record. [laughs]

[VoR]

#1 already. She really does have the most remarkable consistency.

[Johnkm]

Oh GOOD, back to back #1's I LIKE for the first time in AGES.

(hopefully)

[Halli]

I notice she's playing the itunes festival, so UK promo on the way too

[Kevin]

Much better than Wings.

[Loufoque]

#1 already. She really does have the most remarkable consistency.

Her two GH singles kind of underperformed in the UK didn't they?

[NonEvent]

Yes in terms of peak, but I think they both sold well overall

[Johnkm]

Indeed, Raise Your Glass ended up selling about 350k and Fuckin Perfect 330k.

[NonEvent]

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