Pink hates giving songs away, as any artist would, but she had so many songs written/recorded for Funhouse, it was hard to let them go. According to DailyStar.co.uk, she hated to let them go, but was happy that she impressed her dad with “Crystal Ball”.
The bad-ass chick, who rocked at last night’s MTV Entertainment Music Awards in Liverpool, topped the charts with Funhouse this week.
But if Pink, who grabbed the gong for Most Addictive Track, had got her way the record would have been a massive triple disc beast with 34 tracks.
She said: “I can be an arrogant asshole about my music and find it hard to give my songs away.
“It’s like getting rid of your children: ‘I like that one too, but I’m going to let that one die.’ The good thing now is there’s always a home for the other kids as extra tracks and B-sides.”
The So What star puts the success of her new record down to discovering her vulnerable side following the break-up of her marriage to motorcross racer Carey Hart, 33.
She said: “It’s helped both of us, because we had to figure out how we could have a really healthy friendship.
“Creating songs is my favourite part, but I’ve had consistent agony and joy.
“I’m a survival-oriented person – I think when I’m writing songs it’s my chance to be vulnerable.
“I’m useless when I’m happy. I find a lot of other artists – painters, film-makers and writers – are the same. I don’t find myself alone in thinking that happiness is useless as an emotion.”
Album highlight Crystal Ball is the song that best sums up Pink’s never-say-die attitude.
The 29-year-old’s dad likes it too, even if he does yell a bit too loud about it sometimes.
She revealed: “The day me and Carey split up, my dad came to hang out with me in New York and I played him that song.
“My dad gets really excited about music and he had the headphones on.
“He was like shouting: ‘Honey, this song is going to be a hit.’
“I’m like, ‘Dad, I’m right here, I can hear you.’
“I like the thought of exciting him.”
Well, the girl certainly excited the MTV EMA crowd in Liverpool last night. I’m looking forward to her Funhouse tour next year.
