So even though the exuberant cover of Funhouse bills Pink as enjoying the single life to its fullest, itР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs an album thatР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs actually drenched in regret. Then came her marriage to motocross star Carey Hart. PresidentР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ), or her would-be one-night stand (the raunchy kiss-off Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™U + Ur HandР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ). Here was a pop starlet who wasnР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt too scared to call out the stupidity of her supposed former Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™peersР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ (Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™Stupid GirlsР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ), her countryР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs president (Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™Dear Mr. The title applied to Pink both artistically and commercially. Upset with the tepid sales of Try This, Pink went back to the sprawling confessional pop of her sophomore release, resulting in 2006Р Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs IР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћm Not Dead. With her second album alone, she had become a pop enigma, which, invariably, led her to become ennobled, soon hiring Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong as a pop songwriter, resulting in the aptly-named 2003 disc Try This, a guitar-heavy pop album that, despite some excellent singles (namely Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™TroubleР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ and Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™GodР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs a DJР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ), failed to connect with listeners in any significant way. These tracks put family tragedy right in the center of pop radio, proving that PinkР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™edginessР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ did not stem from her Not For Red Carpet fashion bent, but her willingness to expose herself emotionally on the Top 40. In producer Linda Perry (ex-4 Non Blondes), Pink found a woman who was willing to indulge her cathartic brand of dance-pop, helping write songs like Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™DonР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt Let Me Get MeР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ and Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™My VietnamР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ. Yet Alecia Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™PinkР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ Moore wasnР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt too happy with having her sound controlled by pop svengalis, which is why 2001Р Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs breakthrough album M!ssundaztood was her statement of defiance. Her 2000 debut CanР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћt Take Me Home was very much the pre-packaged pop disc that could only be made by a girl who was Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™edgierР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ than her then-contemporaries Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson. Then again, PinkР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs album titles have always been good indicators of their contents. Truth be told, Funhouse is as misleading an album title as you can possibly get. PinkР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs Funhouse is rife with promise: post-divorce, itР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs PinkР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs time to party, and as lead single Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™So WhatР Р†Р вЂљРЎСљ shows, sheР Р†Р вЂљРІвЂћСћs going to do it on her own terms: guitars screaming all around her while she gives the middle finger to the sky and continues her riotous bout of midday drinking, relishing her newfound independence and having a damn good time in doing so.

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