“Hurts 2B Human” by P!nk

June 21, 2019

A few weeks ago, P!nk released her new album, “Hurts 2B Human,” in which, she addresses difficulties she’s faced in her life and well, quite simply, how it hurts to be human. P!nk is known for her albums “The Truth About Love” and “Beautiful Trauma,” both of which contain songs most of us – I know I do – still sing to this day, even though they’re seven years old. P!nk has had many top chart hits, my personal favorite being “So What” from “Funhouse.”

So, what’s the deal with her new album?

Indisputably, P!nk is an artist who deserves all of our respect, and this album should be no different. It contains her usual flare plus a deep undertone where she addresses struggles from her past. Yet, none of the songs on the tracklist are making any of the top charts, so why is that?

Honestly, I’m not entirely sure as it is an album equally deserving of our respect as any other song that is on the Billboard Top 100 right now. For that matter, the same respect as any of the songs she sang in the past that have been big hits. This is a seasoned artist we are talking about. P!nk has released eight albums now and definitely knows what she’s doing.

So, are her new songs just not captivating listeners like her old ones did? Personally, I don’t think so because her new lyrics certainly don’t signify a musician who’s lost her touch. From “My Attic,” the fourth song on the album, about facing your past, to “Last Song of Your Life,” about the importance of being true to yourself, the album is overall, really good.

Then, the song “Hurts 2B Human,” the album’s namesake, is a duet with Khalid, an artist whose name is on songs all across the top charts, so it is even stranger that one of his songs wouldn’t have gotten any recognition.

It will always be a mystery why this album didn’t get its due praise, but as P!nk once sang ,“You’ve got to get up and try try try [again].” After all, maybe album number nine will do the trick.

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