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'''''Hurts 2B Human''''' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter [[Pink (singer)|Pink]]. Released on April 26, 2019, by [[RCA Records]], the album was initially planned as a standalone [[extended play]] (EP). Pursuing a sound that would be a departure from her previous albums, Pink enlisted the assistance of collaborators such as [[Greg Kurstin]], [[Max Martin]], and [[Ryan Tedder]]. The album features guest appearances by [[Cash Cash]], [[Khalid (singer)|Khalid]], [[Chris Stapleton]], and [[Wrabel]]. The album was officially announced during Pink's interview on ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' broadcast in February 2019. Musically, ''Hurts 2B Human'' is a [[Pop music|pop]] record whose lyrics delve into themes of love, family, introspection, life, and self-worth. |
'''''Hurts 2B Human''''' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter [[Pink (singer)|Pink]]. Released on April 26, 2019, by [[RCA Records]], the album was initially planned as a standalone [[extended play]] (EP). Pursuing a sound that would be a departure from her previous albums, Pink enlisted the assistance of collaborators such as [[Greg Kurstin]], [[Max Martin]], and [[Ryan Tedder]]. The album features guest appearances by [[Cash Cash]], [[Khalid (American singer)|Khalid]], [[Chris Stapleton]], and [[Wrabel]]. The album was officially announced during Pink's interview on ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' broadcast in February 2019. Musically, ''Hurts 2B Human'' is a [[Pop music|pop]] record whose lyrics delve into themes of love, family, introspection, life, and self-worth. |
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The album received generally favorable reviews from [[Music journalism|music critics]], many of whom praised its production and cohesiveness; others felt it was too calculated and formulaic. Commercially, the album was successful, reaching number one in eight countries including The UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Switzerland. In the United States, ''Hurts 2B Human'' became Pink's third consecutive album to debut at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart. The [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) awarded it a platinum certification. To promote the singer's album, "[[Walk Me Home (Pink song)|Walk Me Home]]" was released on February 20, 2019, as a lead single to commercial success, peaking within the top-ten charts of several countries, including Ireland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The second single, "[[Can We Pretend]]", was released on |
The album received generally favorable reviews from [[Music journalism|music critics]], many of whom praised its production and cohesiveness; others felt it was too calculated and formulaic. Commercially, the album was successful, reaching number one in eight countries including The UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Switzerland. In the United States, ''Hurts 2B Human'' became Pink's third consecutive album to debut at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart. The [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) awarded it a platinum certification. To promote the singer's album, "[[Walk Me Home (Pink song)|Walk Me Home]]" was released on February 20, 2019, as a lead single to commercial success, peaking within the top-ten charts of several countries, including Ireland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The second single, "[[Can We Pretend]]", was released on June 21, 2019, while the [[Hurts 2B Human (song)|title track]] and "[[Love Me Anyway (Pink song)|Love Me Anyway]]" had a limited release. To promote the album she added it to her [[Beautiful Trauma World Tour]] for the 2019 shows |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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[[Pink (singer)|Pink]] released her seventh studio album ''[[Beautiful Trauma]]'' in October 2017 to positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title=Beautiful Trauma – P!nk |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/beautiful-trauma-mw0003096015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015203628/https://www.allmusic.com/album/beautiful-trauma-mw0003096015 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date=October 13, 2017 |access-date=October 13, 2017 |archive-date=October 15, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-pink-keeps-energy-high-vitriol-catchy-on-beautiful-trauma-119480/|title=Review: Pink Keeps Energy High, Vitriol Catchy on 'Beautiful Trauma'|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|last=Johnston|first=Maura|date=October 13, 2017|access-date=October 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731153804/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-pink-keeps-energy-high-vitriol-catchy-on-beautiful-trauma-119480/|archive-date=July 31, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, it was the third global best-selling album, and as of 2018 it had sold over three million units worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.org/downloads/GMR2018.pdf|title=Global Music Report 2018|publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]]|access-date=July 7, 2018|page=9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140847/http://www.ifpi.org/downloads/GMR2018.pdf|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Greatest Showman soundtrack named best-selling album of 2018 |url=https://www.ifpi.org/news/The-Greatest-Showman-soundtrack-named-best-selling-album-of-2018 |publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]] |access-date=22 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322155140/https://www.ifpi.org/news/The-Greatest-Showman-soundtrack-named-best-selling-album-of-2018 |archive-date=22 March 2019 |date=13 March 2019}}</ref> ''Beautiful Trauma'' earned Pink two [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] nominations, one in [[60th Annual Grammy Awards|2018]] and another in the [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|2019]] ceremony.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/arts/music/grammy-awards-nominations-jay-z-kendrick-lamar.html|title=Grammy Nominations 2018: Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar Lead the Way|last=Sisario|first=Ben|date=November 28, 2017|access-date=December 7, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208004229/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/arts/music/grammy-awards-nominations-jay-z-kendrick-lamar.html|archive-date=December 8, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=61st Grammy Nominees|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2019-grammy-awards-complete-nominations-list#1|publisher=[[The Recording Academy]]|access-date=December 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210002846/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2019-grammy-awards-complete-nominations-list#1|archive-date=February 10, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Pink embarked on the [[Beautiful Trauma World Tour]], which began in March 2018 and ended in November 2019, to further promote the album.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Armstrong|first=Megan|title=Pink Announces Beautiful Trauma Tour, Drops Apple Documentary Teaser|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7989181/pink-beautiful-trauma-tour-apple-documentary-teaser|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 5, 2017|date=October 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005171453/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7989181/pink-beautiful-trauma-tour-apple-documentary-teaser|archive-date=October 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/pink-announces-huge-2019-uk-ireland-stadium-tour-tickets-2390414|title=P!nk announces huge 2019 UK and Ireland Stadium tour|first=Andrew|last=Trendell|work=[[NME]]|date=October 23, 2018|access-date=December 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212183810/https://www.nme.com/news/music/pink-announces-huge-2019-uk-ireland-stadium-tour-tickets-2390414|archive-date=December 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On January 26, 2019, Pink appeared on ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' for an interview. When asked about new music, Pink announced that a song titled "[[Walk Me Home (Pink song)|Walk Me Home]]" would be released in two weeks, while the album, titled ''Hurts 2B Human'', was expected to be released in April 2019.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8496856/pink-announces-new-album-ellen|title=P!nk Announces New Single, Album On 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show': Watch|last=Rowley|first=Glenn|date=February 6, 2019|access-date=December 14, 2019|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212161726/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8496856/pink-announces-new-album-ellen|archive-date=December 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
[[Pink (singer)|Pink]] released her seventh studio album ''[[Beautiful Trauma]]'' in October 2017 to positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title=Beautiful Trauma – P!nk |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/beautiful-trauma-mw0003096015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015203628/https://www.allmusic.com/album/beautiful-trauma-mw0003096015 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date=October 13, 2017 |access-date=October 13, 2017 |archive-date=October 15, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-pink-keeps-energy-high-vitriol-catchy-on-beautiful-trauma-119480/|title=Review: Pink Keeps Energy High, Vitriol Catchy on 'Beautiful Trauma'|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|last=Johnston|first=Maura|author-link=Maura Johnston |date=October 13, 2017|access-date=October 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731153804/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-pink-keeps-energy-high-vitriol-catchy-on-beautiful-trauma-119480/|archive-date=July 31, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, it was the third global best-selling album, and as of 2018 it had sold over three million units worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.org/downloads/GMR2018.pdf|title=Global Music Report 2018|publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]]|access-date=July 7, 2018|page=9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140847/http://www.ifpi.org/downloads/GMR2018.pdf|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Greatest Showman soundtrack named best-selling album of 2018 |url=https://www.ifpi.org/news/The-Greatest-Showman-soundtrack-named-best-selling-album-of-2018 |publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]] |access-date=22 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322155140/https://www.ifpi.org/news/The-Greatest-Showman-soundtrack-named-best-selling-album-of-2018 |archive-date=22 March 2019 |date=13 March 2019}}</ref> ''Beautiful Trauma'' earned Pink two [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] nominations, one in [[60th Annual Grammy Awards|2018]] and another in the [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|2019]] ceremony.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/arts/music/grammy-awards-nominations-jay-z-kendrick-lamar.html|title=Grammy Nominations 2018: Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar Lead the Way|last=Sisario|first=Ben|date=November 28, 2017|access-date=December 7, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208004229/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/arts/music/grammy-awards-nominations-jay-z-kendrick-lamar.html|archive-date=December 8, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=61st Grammy Nominees|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2019-grammy-awards-complete-nominations-list#1|publisher=[[The Recording Academy]]|access-date=December 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210002846/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2019-grammy-awards-complete-nominations-list#1|archive-date=February 10, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Pink embarked on the [[Beautiful Trauma World Tour]], which began in March 2018 and ended in November 2019, to further promote the album.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Armstrong|first=Megan|title=Pink Announces Beautiful Trauma Tour, Drops Apple Documentary Teaser|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7989181/pink-beautiful-trauma-tour-apple-documentary-teaser|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 5, 2017|date=October 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005171453/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7989181/pink-beautiful-trauma-tour-apple-documentary-teaser|archive-date=October 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/pink-announces-huge-2019-uk-ireland-stadium-tour-tickets-2390414|title=P!nk announces huge 2019 UK and Ireland Stadium tour|first=Andrew|last=Trendell|work=[[NME]]|date=October 23, 2018|access-date=December 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212183810/https://www.nme.com/news/music/pink-announces-huge-2019-uk-ireland-stadium-tour-tickets-2390414|archive-date=December 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On January 26, 2019, Pink appeared on ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' for an interview. When asked about new music, Pink announced that a song titled "[[Walk Me Home (Pink song)|Walk Me Home]]" would be released in two weeks, while the album, titled ''Hurts 2B Human'', was expected to be released in April 2019.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8496856/pink-announces-new-album-ellen|title=P!nk Announces New Single, Album On 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show': Watch|last=Rowley|first=Glenn|date=February 6, 2019|access-date=December 14, 2019|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212161726/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8496856/pink-announces-new-album-ellen|archive-date=December 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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The album's cover was unveiled on February 28, after Pink uploaded three teasers on her social media.<ref name="mayhem">{{cite web|url=https://musicmayhemmagazine.com/pnk-unveils-beautifully-colorful-new-album-art-for-hurts-2b-human/|title=P!nk Unveils Beautifully Colorful New Album Art For 'Hurts 2b Human'|first=Music|last=Mayhem|work=Music Mayhem Magazine|date=February 28, 2019|access-date=September 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812222205/https://musicmayhemmagazine.com/pnk-unveils-beautifully-colorful-new-album-art-for-hurts-2b-human/|archive-date=August 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Photographed by Andrew Macpherson and designed by [[Allison Torneros|Hueman]], the image features an artistic and colorful representation of the left side of Pink's face.<ref name="credits" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://charactermedia.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-human-well-ask-hueman/|title=What Does It Mean To Be Human? Well, Ask Hueman|last=Green|first=Patrick|date=July 13, 2019|access-date=September 15, 2019|work=Character Media|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714124259/https://charactermedia.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-human-well-ask-hueman/|archive-date=July 14, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It includes an array of warm and bright colors, giving the sense of a watercolor-like [[painting]].<ref name="mayhem" /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8500521/pink-hurts-2b-human-album-cover-art|title=P!nk Unveils Colorful Cover Art for New Album 'Hurts 2B Human'|last=Rowley|first=Glenn|date=February 28, 2019|access-date=September 15, 2019|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422182936/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8500521/pink-hurts-2b-human-album-cover-art|archive-date=April 22, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> During an interview with ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', the singer said that she chose to name the album ''Hurts 2B Human'' because the title track "hit a string in [her] that just resonates" and it felt "the most true to what's going on right now".<ref name="ewinterview" /> |
The album's cover was unveiled on February 28, after Pink uploaded three teasers on her social media.<ref name="mayhem">{{cite web|url=https://musicmayhemmagazine.com/pnk-unveils-beautifully-colorful-new-album-art-for-hurts-2b-human/|title=P!nk Unveils Beautifully Colorful New Album Art For 'Hurts 2b Human'|first=Music|last=Mayhem|work=Music Mayhem Magazine|date=February 28, 2019|access-date=September 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812222205/https://musicmayhemmagazine.com/pnk-unveils-beautifully-colorful-new-album-art-for-hurts-2b-human/|archive-date=August 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Photographed by Andrew Macpherson and designed by [[Allison Torneros|Hueman]], the image features an artistic and colorful representation of the left side of Pink's face.<ref name="credits" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://charactermedia.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-human-well-ask-hueman/|title=What Does It Mean To Be Human? Well, Ask Hueman|last=Green|first=Patrick|date=July 13, 2019|access-date=September 15, 2019|work=Character Media|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714124259/https://charactermedia.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-human-well-ask-hueman/|archive-date=July 14, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It includes an array of warm and bright colors, giving the sense of a watercolor-like [[painting]].<ref name="mayhem" /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8500521/pink-hurts-2b-human-album-cover-art|title=P!nk Unveils Colorful Cover Art for New Album 'Hurts 2B Human'|last=Rowley|first=Glenn|date=February 28, 2019|access-date=September 15, 2019|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422182936/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8500521/pink-hurts-2b-human-album-cover-art|archive-date=April 22, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> During an interview with ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', the singer said that she chose to name the album ''Hurts 2B Human'' because the title track "hit a string in [her] that just resonates" and it felt "the most true to what's going on right now".<ref name="ewinterview" /> |
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Recording sessions for ''Hurts 2B Human'' coincided with the Beautiful Trauma World Tour, with up to twenty songs being composed and considered for inclusion.<ref name="today">{{cite web|last=Vivinetto|first=Gina|title=Pink tells Carson how motherhood 'completely changed' her|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/pink-tells-carson-how-motherhood-completely-changed-her-t152892|publisher=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]|access-date=April 26, 2019|date=December 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427005141/https://www.today.com/popculture/pink-tells-carson-how-motherhood-completely-changed-her-t152892|archive-date=April 27, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Pink explained that the creative process was different in comparison to that of her previous albums. She added, "I usually go on tour and stop writing altogether, but we just never stopped".<ref name="zane">{{cite AV media|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/post/sa.7c0c6980-652e-11e9-a5c9-af5406de5b8a|title=4/22/19: The P!nk Interview|people=[[Zane Lowe|Lowe, Zane]] (host)|date=April 22, 2019|access-date=December 12, 2019|medium=Radio show podcast|publisher=[[Beats 1]]. [[iTunes Store]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212143841/https://itunes.apple.com/us/post/sa.7c0c6980-652e-11e9-a5c9-af5406de5b8a|archive-date=December 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Initially planned as a standalone [[extended play]] (EP), the recorded material turned into a full body of work as the sessions continued to progress. Pink recalled that "it came together without me knowing that I was making an album".<ref name="ewinterview">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/music/2019/04/26/pink-hurts-2b-human-interview/|title=Pink on her new album Hurts 2B Human, being a mother, and lighting herself on fire|last=Stack|first=Tim|date=April 26, 2019|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803102314/https://ew.com/music/2019/04/26/pink-hurts-2b-human-interview/|archive-date=August 3, 2019|access-date=September 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/how-pinks-hurts-2b-human-album-performed-around-the-world__26255/|title=How Pink's Hurts 2B Human album performed around the world|first=Jack|last=White|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=May 7, 2019|access-date=December 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215134454/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/how-pinks-hurts-2b-human-album-performed-around-the-world__26255/|archive-date=December 15, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Sessions took place at: [[The Village (studio)|The Village Studios]], [[Maratone Studios|MXM Studios]], Echo Studio in [[Los Angeles]], Earthstar Creation Center in [[Venice, Los Angeles|Venice]], Grand Central South in Brentwood, Wolf Cousins Studios in [[Stockholm]], and [[Roundhead Studios]] in [[Auckland]].<ref name="credits" /> The development process was described by the singer as "a pebble that rolled downhill and became [a] boulder".<ref name="zane" /> |
Recording sessions for ''Hurts 2B Human'' coincided with the Beautiful Trauma World Tour, with up to twenty songs being composed and considered for inclusion.<ref name="today">{{cite web|last=Vivinetto|first=Gina|title=Pink tells Carson how motherhood 'completely changed' her|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/pink-tells-carson-how-motherhood-completely-changed-her-t152892|publisher=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]|access-date=April 26, 2019|date=December 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427005141/https://www.today.com/popculture/pink-tells-carson-how-motherhood-completely-changed-her-t152892|archive-date=April 27, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Pink explained that the creative process was different in comparison to that of her previous albums. She added, "I usually go on tour and stop writing altogether, but we just never stopped".<ref name="zane">{{cite AV media|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/post/sa.7c0c6980-652e-11e9-a5c9-af5406de5b8a|title=4/22/19: The P!nk Interview|people=[[Zane Lowe|Lowe, Zane]] (host)|date=April 22, 2019|access-date=December 12, 2019|medium=Radio show podcast|publisher=[[Beats 1]]. [[iTunes Store]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212143841/https://itunes.apple.com/us/post/sa.7c0c6980-652e-11e9-a5c9-af5406de5b8a|archive-date=December 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Initially planned as a standalone [[extended play]] (EP), the recorded material turned into a full body of work as the sessions continued to progress. Pink recalled that "it came together without me knowing that I was making an album".<ref name="ewinterview">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/music/2019/04/26/pink-hurts-2b-human-interview/|title=Pink on her new album Hurts 2B Human, being a mother, and lighting herself on fire|last=Stack|first=Tim|date=April 26, 2019|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803102314/https://ew.com/music/2019/04/26/pink-hurts-2b-human-interview/|archive-date=August 3, 2019|access-date=September 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/how-pinks-hurts-2b-human-album-performed-around-the-world__26255/|title=How Pink's Hurts 2B Human album performed around the world|first=Jack|last=White|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=May 7, 2019|access-date=December 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215134454/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/how-pinks-hurts-2b-human-album-performed-around-the-world__26255/|archive-date=December 15, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Sessions took place at: [[The Village (studio)|The Village Studios]], [[Maratone Studios|MXM Studios]], Echo Studio in [[Los Angeles]], Earthstar Creation Center in [[Venice, Los Angeles|Venice]], Grand Central South in Brentwood, Wolf Cousins Studios in [[Stockholm]], and [[Roundhead Studios]] in [[Auckland]].<ref name="credits" /> The development process was described by the singer as "a pebble that rolled downhill and became [a] boulder".<ref name="zane" /> |
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Musically, Pink claimed that ''Hurts 2B Human'' is a departure from the "angsty and marital" nature of her previous albums, and compared the songs to [[Group psychotherapy|group therapy]].<ref name="ewinterview" /><ref name="USA">{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2019/04/29/pink-talks-therapy-miscarriages-you-feel-like-your-body-broken/3590509002|title=Pink opens up about therapy, miscarriage at 17: 'You feel like your body is broken'|first=Patrick|last=Ryan|work=[[USA Today]]|date=April 29, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212145515/http://usatoday.com/story/life/music/2019/04/29/pink-talks-therapy-miscarriages-you-feel-like-your-body-broken/3590509002/|archive-date=December 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Inspiration for the songwriting came from the melancholy and pressure of current society as well as pain, the latter being considered a motivator and "something worth talking about".<ref name="zane" /><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Taylor|last=Weatherby|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8498649/pink-slashed-carey-harts-tires-burning-questions-ellen-video|title=Pink Reveals She Slashed Carey Hart's Tires in Hilarious 'Burning Questions' Game on 'Ellen': Watch|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 12, 2019|date=February 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212160209/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8498649/pink-slashed-carey-harts-tires-burning-questions-ellen-video|archive-date=December 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The singer also revealed that motherhood had a positive impact on her music and life, helping her to become more open, confident, and thoughtful.<ref name="ewinterview" /> Many prominent musicians made guest appearances on the album. Pink invited [[Wrabel]] at her home studio, and the pair wrote "90 Days" together with [[Steve Robson]].<ref name="historic">{{cite magazine|first=Nolan|last=Feeney|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8541474/pink-billboard-cover-story-interview-2019|title=P!nk on Her Historic Tour and Why Her Career Is Pop's 'Longest-Running Fluke'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 12, 2019|date=October 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102115611/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8541474/pink-billboard-cover-story-interview-2019|archive-date=November 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Wrabel later said during an interview for ''Get Out! Magazine'' that the song talks about "having to fall out of love with someone to someone becoming sober", adding that it was incredibly special for him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://getoutmag.com/wrabel-love-to-love-u/|title=Wrabel – "love to love u"|first=Eileen|last=Shapiro|work=Get Out! Magazine|date=April 22, 2019|access-date=December 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212160212/https://getoutmag.com/wrabel-love-to-love-u/|archive-date=December 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Khalid (singer)|Khalid]] was approached by Pink for the title track, "[[Hurts 2B Human (song)|Hurts 2B Human]]", because she enjoyed his voice and the idea behind the song. The singer said in an interview for [[Zane Lowe]]'s [[Beats 1]] radio show that the lyrics discuss the human experience and "the circle you create around you" to overcome rough times.<ref name="zane" /> Another collaboration included on ''Hurts 2B Human'' is with the electronic group [[Cash Cash]] on "[[Can We Pretend]]", a song Pink said she had a fun experience making.<ref name="zane" /> Influenced by [[Lee Ann Womack]] and her 2000 single, "[[I Hope You Dance]]", Pink contacted [[Chris Stapleton]] for a collaboration.<ref name="today" /> After he responded positively, Pink traveled to [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] and wrote "[[Love Me Anyway (Pink song)|Love Me Anyway]]" with [[Allen Shamblin]] and [[Tom Douglas (songwriter)|Tom Douglas]]. |
Musically, Pink claimed that ''Hurts 2B Human'' is a departure from the "angsty and marital" nature of her previous albums, and compared the songs to [[Group psychotherapy|group therapy]].<ref name="ewinterview" /><ref name="USA">{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2019/04/29/pink-talks-therapy-miscarriages-you-feel-like-your-body-broken/3590509002|title=Pink opens up about therapy, miscarriage at 17: 'You feel like your body is broken'|first=Patrick|last=Ryan|work=[[USA Today]]|date=April 29, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212145515/http://usatoday.com/story/life/music/2019/04/29/pink-talks-therapy-miscarriages-you-feel-like-your-body-broken/3590509002/|archive-date=December 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Inspiration for the songwriting came from the melancholy and pressure of current society as well as pain, the latter being considered a motivator and "something worth talking about".<ref name="zane" /><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Taylor|last=Weatherby|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8498649/pink-slashed-carey-harts-tires-burning-questions-ellen-video|title=Pink Reveals She Slashed Carey Hart's Tires in Hilarious 'Burning Questions' Game on 'Ellen': Watch|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 12, 2019|date=February 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212160209/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8498649/pink-slashed-carey-harts-tires-burning-questions-ellen-video|archive-date=December 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The singer also revealed that motherhood had a positive impact on her music and life, helping her to become more open, confident, and thoughtful.<ref name="ewinterview" /> Many prominent musicians made guest appearances on the album. Pink invited [[Wrabel]] at her home studio, and the pair wrote "90 Days" together with [[Steve Robson]].<ref name="historic">{{cite magazine|first=Nolan|last=Feeney|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8541474/pink-billboard-cover-story-interview-2019|title=P!nk on Her Historic Tour and Why Her Career Is Pop's 'Longest-Running Fluke'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 12, 2019|date=October 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102115611/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8541474/pink-billboard-cover-story-interview-2019|archive-date=November 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Wrabel later said during an interview for ''Get Out! Magazine'' that the song talks about "having to fall out of love with someone to someone becoming sober", adding that it was incredibly special for him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://getoutmag.com/wrabel-love-to-love-u/|title=Wrabel – "love to love u"|first=Eileen|last=Shapiro|work=Get Out! Magazine|date=April 22, 2019|access-date=December 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212160212/https://getoutmag.com/wrabel-love-to-love-u/|archive-date=December 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Khalid (American singer)|Khalid]] was approached by Pink for the title track, "[[Hurts 2B Human (song)|Hurts 2B Human]]", because she enjoyed his voice and the idea behind the song. The singer said in an interview for [[Zane Lowe]]'s [[Beats 1]] radio show that the lyrics discuss the human experience and "the circle you create around you" to overcome rough times.<ref name="zane" /> Another collaboration included on ''Hurts 2B Human'' is with the electronic group [[Cash Cash]] on "[[Can We Pretend]]", a song Pink said she had a fun experience making.<ref name="zane" /> Influenced by [[Lee Ann Womack]] and her 2000 single, "[[I Hope You Dance]]", Pink contacted [[Chris Stapleton]] for a collaboration.<ref name="today" /> After he responded positively, Pink traveled to [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] and wrote "[[Love Me Anyway (Pink song)|Love Me Anyway]]" with [[Allen Shamblin]] and [[Tom Douglas (songwriter)|Tom Douglas]]. |
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==Music and lyrical interpretation== |
==Music and lyrical interpretation== |
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''Hurts 2B Human'' is primarily a [[Pop music|pop]] album<ref name="Entertainment Weekly" /><ref name="guardian" /> that integrates elements of [[Dance music|dance]] and [[Country music|country]] music.<ref name="irish" /> Most critics felt that the record consists mainly of radio-friendly [[Sentimental ballad#Power ballads|power ballads]].<ref name="irish" /><ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="Stereogum" /> The album opens with "[[Hustle (Pink song)|Hustle]]", an upbeat pop song with country influences.<ref name="quietus">{{cite web|last=Roseblade|first=Nick |date=May 2, 2019|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/26406-pink-hurts-2b-human-review|title=Pink - Hurts 2B Human|work=[[The Quietus]]|access-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Clash">{{cite web|last=Padin|first=Malvika|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/pnk-hurts-2b-human|title=P!nk - Hurts 2B Human|date=May 7, 2019|work=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]|access-date=November 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509124255/https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/pnk-hurts-2b-human|archive-date=May 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Chris DeVille of ''[[Stereogum]]'' described it as "jazzy, bluesy retro" and "finger-snapper".<ref name="Stereogum">{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2040659/pink-hurts-2b-human-review/franchises/the-week-in-pop/|title=Pink's Party Is Still Going Strong, It's Just Taken A Maudlin Turn|work=[[Stereogum]]|last=DeVille|first=Chris|date=April 25, 2019|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116221045/https://www.stereogum.com/2040659/pink-hurts-2b-human-review/franchises/the-week-in-pop/|archive-date=November 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Thematically, it delves into a relationship gone wrong, with the singer warning her partner that he will not be able to take advantage of her again.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|last=Acevedo|first=Angelica|title=P!nk Unveils 'Hurts 2B Human' Album Track List, Drops New Song 'Hustle': Listen|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8504541/pnk-shares-hurts-2b-human-album-track-list-hustle|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=November 1, 2019|date=March 28, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702040600/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8504541/pnk-shares-hurts-2b-human-album-track-list-hustle|archive-date=July 2, 2019}}</ref><ref name="LA" /> The second track, "(Hey Why) Miss You Sometime", is a [[dance-pop]] track.<ref name="Washington Blade">{{cite web|last=Thom|first=Murphy|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/05/04/pnks-new-album-hurts-2b-human-features-only-momentary-flashes-of-greatness/|title=P!nk's new album 'Hurts 2B Human' features only momentary flashes of greatness|date=May 4, 2019|work=[[Washington Blade]]|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614175134/https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/05/04/pnks-new-album-hurts-2b-human-features-only-momentary-flashes-of-greatness/|archive-date=June 14, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The song finds Pink missing a person who hurt her in the past. She sings a heavily [[Auto-Tune |
''Hurts 2B Human'' is primarily a [[Pop music|pop]] album<ref name="Entertainment Weekly" /><ref name="guardian" /> that integrates elements of [[Dance music|dance]] and [[Country music|country]] music.<ref name="irish" /> Most critics felt that the record consists mainly of radio-friendly [[Sentimental ballad#Power ballads|power ballads]].<ref name="irish" /><ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="Stereogum" /> The album opens with "[[Hustle (Pink song)|Hustle]]", an upbeat pop song with country influences.<ref name="quietus">{{cite web|last=Roseblade|first=Nick |date=May 2, 2019|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/26406-pink-hurts-2b-human-review|title=Pink - Hurts 2B Human|work=[[The Quietus]]|access-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Clash">{{cite web|last=Padin|first=Malvika|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/pnk-hurts-2b-human|title=P!nk - Hurts 2B Human|date=May 7, 2019|work=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]|access-date=November 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509124255/https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/pnk-hurts-2b-human|archive-date=May 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Chris DeVille of ''[[Stereogum]]'' described it as "jazzy, bluesy retro" and "finger-snapper".<ref name="Stereogum">{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2040659/pink-hurts-2b-human-review/franchises/the-week-in-pop/|title=Pink's Party Is Still Going Strong, It's Just Taken A Maudlin Turn|work=[[Stereogum]]|last=DeVille|first=Chris|date=April 25, 2019|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116221045/https://www.stereogum.com/2040659/pink-hurts-2b-human-review/franchises/the-week-in-pop/|archive-date=November 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Thematically, it delves into a relationship gone wrong, with the singer warning her partner that he will not be able to take advantage of her again.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|last=Acevedo|first=Angelica|title=P!nk Unveils 'Hurts 2B Human' Album Track List, Drops New Song 'Hustle': Listen|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8504541/pnk-shares-hurts-2b-human-album-track-list-hustle|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=November 1, 2019|date=March 28, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702040600/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8504541/pnk-shares-hurts-2b-human-album-track-list-hustle|archive-date=July 2, 2019}}</ref><ref name="LA" /> The second track, "(Hey Why) Miss You Sometime", is a [[dance-pop]] track.<ref name="Washington Blade">{{cite web|last=Thom|first=Murphy|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/05/04/pnks-new-album-hurts-2b-human-features-only-momentary-flashes-of-greatness/|title=P!nk's new album 'Hurts 2B Human' features only momentary flashes of greatness|date=May 4, 2019|work=[[Washington Blade]]|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614175134/https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/05/04/pnks-new-album-hurts-2b-human-features-only-momentary-flashes-of-greatness/|archive-date=June 14, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The song finds Pink missing a person who hurt her in the past. She sings a heavily [[Auto-Tune]]d vocal.<ref name="metro">{{cite web|last=Maunier|first=Sean|url=https://www.metroweekly.com/2019/05/music-review-pinks-hurts-2b-human/|title=Music Review: Pink's "Hurts 2B Human"|date=May 2, 2019|work=[[Metro Weekly]]|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116221046/https://www.metroweekly.com/2019/05/music-review-pinks-hurts-2b-human/|archive-date=November 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Slant" /> "Walk Me Home" is a pop song with country elements and "flourishes of digitised vocal production", considered a "fresh touch" in Pink's discography by Aimee Cliff of ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref name="guardian" /> "My Attic", the fourth track, is an introspective ballad.<ref name="idolator" /> It contains "raspy" vocals and "poetic" lyrics about storing memories and secrets.<ref name="Entertainment Weekly" /><ref name="Clash" /><ref name="metro" /> Wrabel is a featured guest the next song, "90 Days", which is a minimalist [[electronica]] ballad accompanied by a [[piano]] and "[[Vocoder]]-enhanced harmonies".<ref name="Entertainment Weekly" /><ref name="AllMusic" /> It depicts a relationship turned sour in which a partner has doubts and fears that their love will end.<ref name="dbk">{{cite web|last=Trager|first=Alyson|url=https://dbknews.com/2019/04/30/pink-hurts-2b-human-album-review/|title=Review: P!nk's new album 'Hurts 2B Human' is emotional and emotionless|date=April 30, 2019|work=[[The Diamondback]]|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206223027/https://dbknews.com/2019/04/30/pink-hurts-2b-human-album-review/|archive-date=December 6, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Both Alexa Camp of ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' and Amy O'Connor of ''[[The Irish Times]]'' compared "90 Days" with [[Imogen Heap]]'s song "[[Hide and Seek (Imogen Heap song)|Hide and Seek]]" (2005).<ref name="Slant" /><ref name="irish">{{cite news|last=O'Connor|first=Amy|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/pink-hurts-2b-human-review-skews-a-little-too-safe-to-pack-a-real-punch-1.3872592|title=Pink: Hurts 2B Human review – Skews a little too safe to pack a real punch|date=April 25, 2019|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426125803/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/pink-hurts-2b-human-review-skews-a-little-too-safe-to-pack-a-real-punch-1.3872592|archive-date=April 26, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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The title track features Khalid. Its composition consists of an "[[electronic dance music|EDM]] beat, plucky [[electric guitar]] chord" and [[Synthesizer|synths]], while lyrically the song finds the singers acknowledging the struggles that individuals face everyday and celebrating the power of bringing people together.<ref name="Entertainment Weekly" /><ref name="RSHB">{{cite magazine|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-khalid-hurts-2b-human-new-song-825599/|title=Hear Pink, Khalid's World-Weary New Ballad 'Hurts 2B Human'|date=April 22, 2019|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122101539/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-khalid-hurts-2b-human-new-song-825599/|archive-date=November 22, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2019/04/25/pinks-new-album-hurts-2-b-human-deserves-its-own-movie-soundtrack/3564783002/|title=Pink's new album 'Hurts 2B Human' a lifting soundtrack to life's struggles|first=Maeve|last=McDermott|work=[[USA Today]]|date=April 25, 2019|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209234046/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2019/04/25/pinks-new-album-hurts-2-b-human-deserves-its-own-movie-soundtrack/3564783002/|archive-date=December 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The seventh track, "Can We Pretend", is an EDM and dance-pop song featuring Cash Cash.<ref name="guardian" /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8506722/pink-releases-can-we-pretend-listen|title=P!nk Dances on Tables, Fakes Loving the President on Bouncy 'Can We Pretend': Listen|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=April 11, 2019|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419202149/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8506722/pink-releases-can-we-pretend-listen|archive-date=April 19, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Its lyrics emphasize using [[nostalgia]] as a way of escapism from the "less than ideal" present reality, with Pink singing: "Hell yeah/Can we pretend? 'Cause honestly, reality, it bores me".<ref name="metro" /> "Courage" is an acoustic "slow-build" power ballad with "nervy" vocals.<ref name="Entertainment Weekly" /><ref name="Clash" /><ref name="Slant" /> Thom Murphy of the ''[[Washington Blade]]'' compared the song's hook with [[Katy Perry]]'s "[[Chained to the Rhythm]]" (2017).<ref name="Washington Blade" /> "Happy", the ninth song, describes Pink's fear of opening up and her insecurities while growing up, as she sings: "Since I was 17, I've always hated my body, and it feels like my body hated me".<ref name="variety">{{cite web|last=Willman|first=Chris|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/pinks-hurts-2b-human-album-review-1203198492/|title=Album Review: Pink's 'Hurts 2B Human'|date=April 25, 2019|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612220301/https://variety.com/2019/music/news/pinks-hurts-2b-human-album-review-1203198492/|archive-date=June 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Pink revealed that this line was inspired by a [[miscarriage]] she suffered at the age of seventeen, saying that "when [it] happens to a woman or a young girl, you feel like your body hates you and like your body is broken, and it's not doing what it's supposed to do".<ref name="USA" /> |
The title track features Khalid. Its composition consists of an "[[electronic dance music|EDM]] beat, plucky [[electric guitar]] chord" and [[Synthesizer|synths]], while lyrically the song finds the singers acknowledging the struggles that individuals face everyday and celebrating the power of bringing people together.<ref name="Entertainment Weekly" /><ref name="RSHB">{{cite magazine|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-khalid-hurts-2b-human-new-song-825599/|title=Hear Pink, Khalid's World-Weary New Ballad 'Hurts 2B Human'|date=April 22, 2019|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122101539/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-khalid-hurts-2b-human-new-song-825599/|archive-date=November 22, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2019/04/25/pinks-new-album-hurts-2-b-human-deserves-its-own-movie-soundtrack/3564783002/|title=Pink's new album 'Hurts 2B Human' a lifting soundtrack to life's struggles|first=Maeve|last=McDermott|work=[[USA Today]]|date=April 25, 2019|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209234046/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2019/04/25/pinks-new-album-hurts-2-b-human-deserves-its-own-movie-soundtrack/3564783002/|archive-date=December 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The seventh track, "Can We Pretend", is an EDM and dance-pop song featuring Cash Cash.<ref name="guardian" /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8506722/pink-releases-can-we-pretend-listen|title=P!nk Dances on Tables, Fakes Loving the President on Bouncy 'Can We Pretend': Listen|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|date=April 11, 2019|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419202149/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8506722/pink-releases-can-we-pretend-listen|archive-date=April 19, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Its lyrics emphasize using [[nostalgia]] as a way of escapism from the "less than ideal" present reality, with Pink singing: "Hell yeah/Can we pretend? 'Cause honestly, reality, it bores me".<ref name="metro" /> "Courage" is an acoustic "slow-build" power ballad with "nervy" vocals.<ref name="Entertainment Weekly" /><ref name="Clash" /><ref name="Slant" /> Thom Murphy of the ''[[Washington Blade]]'' compared the song's hook with [[Katy Perry]]'s "[[Chained to the Rhythm]]" (2017).<ref name="Washington Blade" /> "Happy", the ninth song, describes Pink's fear of opening up and her insecurities while growing up, as she sings: "Since I was 17, I've always hated my body, and it feels like my body hated me".<ref name="variety">{{cite web|last=Willman|first=Chris|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/pinks-hurts-2b-human-album-review-1203198492/|title=Album Review: Pink's 'Hurts 2B Human'|date=April 25, 2019|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612220301/https://variety.com/2019/music/news/pinks-hurts-2b-human-album-review-1203198492/|archive-date=June 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Pink revealed that this line was inspired by a [[miscarriage]] she suffered at the age of seventeen, saying that "when [it] happens to a woman or a young girl, you feel like your body hates you and like your body is broken, and it's not doing what it's supposed to do".<ref name="USA" /> |
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"We Could Have It All" is a "groove-heavy" [[pop rock]] song.<ref name="Entertainment Weekly" /><ref name="quietus" /> According to Mike Wass of [[Idolator (website)|Idolator]], it "captures the feeling of defeat when you have ruined a good thing and don't know quite how".<ref name="idolator" /> The album's eleventh track is "Love Me Anyway", a country ballad which features Chris Stapleton.<ref name="Washington Blade" /> It portrays the act of commitment in a relationship and the obstacles which may occur, with lyrics such as the opening lines, "Even if you see my scars, even if I break your heart/ If we're a million miles apart, do you think you'd walk away?"<ref name="variety" /> Maura Johnston of ''Entertainment Weekly'' called Pink's vocals "roughhewn", while Sean Maunier of ''[[Metro Weekly]]'' felt the duet worked because Stapleton's voice is "fading into the background".<ref name="Entertainment Weekly" /><ref name="metro" /> For the penultimate song, "Circle Game", Pink reflects upon motherhood, mortality and "growing up to become the parental figure she once looked up to".<ref name="rolling" /> A piano-driven ballad, deemed as a "very personal offering",<ref name="Clash" /><ref name="variety" /> it also focuses on topics like her relationship with her daughter, and childhood vulnerabilities that Pink has carried into adulthood.<ref name="metro" /> The singer said that the track was inspired by her dad, saying: "He was my first hero. He was my God when I was a little girl. He's who taught me to fight for what I believe in. He's a big part of me."<ref name="ewinterview" /> The album concludes with "The Last Song of Your Life", an acoustic [[Folk music|folk]] ballad with melancholic undertones and "a devastating appeal for honesty and authenticity".<ref name="Clash" /><ref name="Slant" /><ref name="idolator" /> |
"We Could Have It All" is a "groove-heavy" [[pop rock]] song.<ref name="Entertainment Weekly" /><ref name="quietus" /> According to Mike Wass of [[Idolator (website)|Idolator]], it "captures the feeling of defeat when you have ruined a good thing and don't know quite how".<ref name="idolator" /> The album's eleventh track is "Love Me Anyway", a country ballad which features Chris Stapleton.<ref name="Washington Blade" /> It portrays the act of commitment in a relationship and the obstacles which may occur, with lyrics such as the opening lines, "Even if you see my scars, even if I break your heart/ If we're a million miles apart, do you think you'd walk away?"<ref name="variety" /> [[Maura Johnston]] of ''Entertainment Weekly'' called Pink's vocals "roughhewn", while Sean Maunier of ''[[Metro Weekly]]'' felt the duet worked because Stapleton's voice is "fading into the background".<ref name="Entertainment Weekly" /><ref name="metro" /> For the penultimate song, "Circle Game", Pink reflects upon motherhood, mortality and "growing up to become the parental figure she once looked up to".<ref name="rolling" /> A piano-driven ballad, deemed as a "very personal offering",<ref name="Clash" /><ref name="variety" /> it also focuses on topics like her relationship with her daughter, and childhood vulnerabilities that Pink has carried into adulthood.<ref name="metro" /> The singer said that the track was inspired by her dad, saying: "He was my first hero. He was my God when I was a little girl. He's who taught me to fight for what I believe in. He's a big part of me."<ref name="ewinterview" /> The album concludes with "The Last Song of Your Life", an acoustic [[Folk music|folk]] ballad with melancholic undertones and "a devastating appeal for honesty and authenticity".<ref name="Clash" /><ref name="Slant" /><ref name="idolator" /> |
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==Release and promotion== |
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"Hustle" was released on March 28 as the first promotional single from ''Hurts 2B Human'', along with the album pre-order.<ref name="billboard"/> "Can We Pretend" was first released as the second promotional single, on April 11.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Blistein|first=Jon|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-cash-cash-new-song-can-we-pretend-820970/|title=Pink Ditches Reality on Euphoric New Song 'Can We Pretend'|date=April 11, 2019|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208215938/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-cash-cash-new-song-can-we-pretend-820970/|archive-date=December 8, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On the following month, it was released as the second official single in Australia, later being sent to [[Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary radio]] stations in the United States on July 22, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://themusicnetwork.com/charts/issues/1237/1237-singles-to-radio/|title=New Singles to Radio 1237|publisher= The Music Network Australia|date=May 18, 2019|access-date=June 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618105915/https://themusicnetwork.com/charts/issues/1237/1237-singles-to-radio/|archive-date=June 18, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac/future-releases|title=Hot/Modern/AC Future Releases|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721233612/https://www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac/future-releases|archive-date=July 21, 2019|access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref> It reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Dance Club Songs chart, becoming Pink's seventh song to do so, as well as the first number one song for Cash Cash.<ref name="chart-history" /> On April 22, the album's title track was released as the third promotional single.<ref name="RSHB" /> On the same day, Pink appeared on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' and performed "Walk Me Home".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/television/8508048/pink-ellen-interview-performance|title=P!nk Talks Social Media Toxicity, Performs 'Walk Me Home' On 'Ellen': Watch|last=Rowley|first=Glenn|date=April 22, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2019|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504162043/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/television/8508048/pink-ellen-interview-performance|archive-date=May 4, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On May 1, the singer appeared on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' and performed "Hustle".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|title=P!nk Gets Her 'Hustle' On For 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Performance: Watch|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8509803/pink-performs-hustle-jimmy-kimmel-live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=November 9, 2019|date=May 2, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612075528/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8509803/pink-performs-hustle-jimmy-kimmel-live|archive-date=June 12, 2019}}</ref> A music video for "90 Days" was released on June 18. Described as "emotional", the video presents the "toil of being a touring musician with a family."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-90-days-music-video-849427/|title=Pink Shows the Emotional Toil of Being on Tour in '90 Days' Video|date=June 18, 2019|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002205319/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-90-days-music-video-849427/|archive-date=October 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Ten days later, a music video for "Can We Pretend" was released, showing an [[Animation|animated]] version of Pink going on a space exploration.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8518092/pink-can-we-pretend-music-video-watch|title=Pink Unveils Animated 'Can We Pretend' Music Video: Watch|last=Aniftos|first=Rania|date=June 28, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2019|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213220424/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8518092/pink-can-we-pretend-music-video-watch|archive-date=December 13, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On August 30, "Hurts 2B Human" was released in selected territories as the album's third single.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://themusicnetwork.com/charts/issues/1252/1252-singles-to-radio/|title= Singles to Radio Issus 1252|publisher= The Music Network Australia|date= August 30, 2019|access-date= September 2, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191213213410/https://themusicnetwork.com/charts/issues/1252/1252-singles-to-radio/|archive-date= December 13, 2019|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.dolfijnfm.com/music/hurts-2b-human-pink-ft-khalid/|title=Hurts 2B Human Pink ft. Khalid - Dolfijn FM|publisher=Dolfijn FM|language= nl|date= August 31, 2019|access-date= September 2, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190902084336/http://www.dolfijnfm.com/music/hurts-2b-human-pink-ft-khalid/|archive-date= September 2, 2019|url-status= live}}</ref> "Love Me Anyway" was first serviced to [[Country radio|country]] on September 17 and later, on November 18, to adult contemporary radio in the United States as the final single from ''Hurts 2B Human''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://daily.plaympe.com/pnk-feat-chris-stapleton-love-me-anyway-2/|title=P!nk Feat. Chris Stapleton – Love Me Anyway – Daily MPE|publisher=Play MPE|date=September 17, 2019|access-date=May 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501134401/https://daily.plaympe.com/pnk-feat-chris-stapleton-love-me-anyway-2/|archive-date=May 1, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac/future-releases|title=Hot/Modern/AC Future Releases|publisher=All Access Music Group|access-date=November 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119074835/https://www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac/future-releases|archive-date=November 19, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> A day later, the music video for the title track was released. Directed by Alissa Torvinen, the video of "Hurts 2B Human" features individuals in a New York City apartment "undergoing the daily stresses of life".<ref>{{cite web |last=Gottlieb |first=Steven |url=https://www.videostatic.com/watch-it/2019/09/18/pnk-f-khalid-hurts-2b-human-alissa-torvinen-dir |title=P!nk f/ Khalid "Hurts 2B Human" (Alissa Torvinen, dir.) |publisher=VideoStatic |date=September 19, 2019 |access-date=December 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213213420/https://www.videostatic.com/watch-it/2019/09/18/pnk-f-khalid-hurts-2b-human-alissa-torvinen-dir |archive-date=December 13, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8508141/pink-khalid-hurts-2b-human-video|title=P!nk Unveils Striking Video For 'Hurts 2B Human' Title Track With Khalid: Watch|last=Rowley|first=Glenn|date=September 20, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2019|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213223239/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8508141/pink-khalid-hurts-2b-human-video|archive-date=December 13, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 13, Pink performed "Love Me Anyway" with Chris Stapleton at the [[53rd Annual Country Music Association Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.etonline.com/pink-and-chris-stapleton-give-us-goosebumps-with-love-me-anyway-performance-at-2019-cma-awards|title=Pink and Chris Stapleton Give Us Goosebumps With 'Love Me Anyway' Performance at 2019 CMA Awards|last=Kile|first=Meredith B.|date=November 13, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2019|publisher=[[Entertainment Tonight]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213213411/https://www.etonline.com/pink-and-chris-stapleton-give-us-goosebumps-with-love-me-anyway-performance-at-2019-cma-awards|archive-date=December 13, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
"Hustle" was released on March 28 as the first promotional single from ''Hurts 2B Human'', along with the album pre-order.<ref name="billboard"/> "Can We Pretend" was first released as the second promotional single, on April 11.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Blistein|first=Jon|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-cash-cash-new-song-can-we-pretend-820970/|title=Pink Ditches Reality on Euphoric New Song 'Can We Pretend'|date=April 11, 2019|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208215938/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-cash-cash-new-song-can-we-pretend-820970/|archive-date=December 8, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On the following month, it was released as the second official single in Australia, later being sent to [[Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary radio]] stations in the United States on July 22, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://themusicnetwork.com/charts/issues/1237/1237-singles-to-radio/|title=New Singles to Radio 1237|publisher= The Music Network Australia|date=May 18, 2019|access-date=June 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618105915/https://themusicnetwork.com/charts/issues/1237/1237-singles-to-radio/|archive-date=June 18, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac/future-releases|title=Hot/Modern/AC Future Releases|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721233612/https://www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac/future-releases|archive-date=July 21, 2019|access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref> It reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Dance Club Songs chart, becoming Pink's seventh song to do so, as well as the first number one song for Cash Cash.<ref name="chart-history" /> On April 22, the album's title track was released as the third promotional single.<ref name="RSHB" /> On the same day, Pink appeared on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' and performed "Walk Me Home".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/television/8508048/pink-ellen-interview-performance|title=P!nk Talks Social Media Toxicity, Performs 'Walk Me Home' On 'Ellen': Watch|last=Rowley|first=Glenn|date=April 22, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2019|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504162043/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/television/8508048/pink-ellen-interview-performance|archive-date=May 4, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On May 1, the singer appeared on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' and performed "Hustle".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|title=P!nk Gets Her 'Hustle' On For 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Performance: Watch|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8509803/pink-performs-hustle-jimmy-kimmel-live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=November 9, 2019|date=May 2, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612075528/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8509803/pink-performs-hustle-jimmy-kimmel-live|archive-date=June 12, 2019}}</ref> A music video for "90 Days" was released on June 18. Described as "emotional", the video presents the "toil of being a touring musician with a family."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-90-days-music-video-849427/|title=Pink Shows the Emotional Toil of Being on Tour in '90 Days' Video|date=June 18, 2019|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002205319/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-90-days-music-video-849427/|archive-date=October 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Ten days later, a music video for "Can We Pretend" was released, showing an [[Animation|animated]] version of Pink going on a space exploration.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8518092/pink-can-we-pretend-music-video-watch|title=Pink Unveils Animated 'Can We Pretend' Music Video: Watch|last=Aniftos|first=Rania|date=June 28, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2019|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213220424/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8518092/pink-can-we-pretend-music-video-watch|archive-date=December 13, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On August 30, "Hurts 2B Human" was released in selected territories as the album's third single.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://themusicnetwork.com/charts/issues/1252/1252-singles-to-radio/|title= Singles to Radio Issus 1252|publisher= The Music Network Australia|date= August 30, 2019|access-date= September 2, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191213213410/https://themusicnetwork.com/charts/issues/1252/1252-singles-to-radio/|archive-date= December 13, 2019|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.dolfijnfm.com/music/hurts-2b-human-pink-ft-khalid/|title=Hurts 2B Human Pink ft. Khalid - Dolfijn FM|publisher=Dolfijn FM|language= nl|date= August 31, 2019|access-date= September 2, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190902084336/http://www.dolfijnfm.com/music/hurts-2b-human-pink-ft-khalid/|archive-date= September 2, 2019|url-status= live}}</ref> "Love Me Anyway" was first serviced to [[Country radio|country]] on September 17 and later, on November 18, to adult contemporary radio in the United States as the final single from ''Hurts 2B Human''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://daily.plaympe.com/pnk-feat-chris-stapleton-love-me-anyway-2/|title=P!nk Feat. Chris Stapleton – Love Me Anyway – Daily MPE|publisher=Play MPE|date=September 17, 2019|access-date=May 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501134401/https://daily.plaympe.com/pnk-feat-chris-stapleton-love-me-anyway-2/|archive-date=May 1, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac/future-releases|title=Hot/Modern/AC Future Releases|publisher=All Access Music Group|access-date=November 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119074835/https://www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac/future-releases|archive-date=November 19, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> A day later, the music video for the title track was released. Directed by Alissa Torvinen, the video of "Hurts 2B Human" features individuals in a New York City apartment "undergoing the daily stresses of life".<ref>{{cite web |last=Gottlieb |first=Steven |url=https://www.videostatic.com/watch-it/2019/09/18/pnk-f-khalid-hurts-2b-human-alissa-torvinen-dir |title=P!nk f/ Khalid "Hurts 2B Human" (Alissa Torvinen, dir.) |publisher=VideoStatic |date=September 19, 2019 |access-date=December 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213213420/https://www.videostatic.com/watch-it/2019/09/18/pnk-f-khalid-hurts-2b-human-alissa-torvinen-dir |archive-date=December 13, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8508141/pink-khalid-hurts-2b-human-video|title=P!nk Unveils Striking Video For 'Hurts 2B Human' Title Track With Khalid: Watch|last=Rowley|first=Glenn|date=September 20, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2019|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213223239/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8508141/pink-khalid-hurts-2b-human-video|archive-date=December 13, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 13, Pink performed "Love Me Anyway" with Chris Stapleton at the [[53rd Annual Country Music Association Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.etonline.com/pink-and-chris-stapleton-give-us-goosebumps-with-love-me-anyway-performance-at-2019-cma-awards|title=Pink and Chris Stapleton Give Us Goosebumps With 'Love Me Anyway' Performance at 2019 CMA Awards|last=Kile|first=Meredith B.|date=November 13, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2019|publisher=[[Entertainment Tonight]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213213411/https://www.etonline.com/pink-and-chris-stapleton-give-us-goosebumps-with-love-me-anyway-performance-at-2019-cma-awards|archive-date=December 13, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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The album was later added to her [[Beautiful Trauma World Tour]] for the 2019 shows |
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| ADM = 6.3/10<ref name="adm">{{cite web |title=Hurts 2B Human by Pink reviews|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/9861/Pink-Hurts-2B-Human.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904073040/http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/9861/Pink-Hurts-2B-Human.aspx|website=AnyDecentMusic?|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=April 30, 2020|archive-date=September 4, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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''Hurts 2B Human'' received generally positive reviews from contemporary [[Music journalism|music critics]]. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on nine reviews.<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web |title=Critic Reviews for Hurts 2B Human by P!nk |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/hurts-2b-human/p!nk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429014243/https://www.metacritic.com/music/hurts-2b-human/p!nk |publisher=[[Metacritic]]|date=April 26, 2019 |access-date=December 14, 2019 |archive-date=April 29, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Another music-aggregator |
''Hurts 2B Human'' received generally positive reviews from contemporary [[Music journalism|music critics]]. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on nine reviews.<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web |title=Critic Reviews for Hurts 2B Human by P!nk |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/hurts-2b-human/p!nk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429014243/https://www.metacritic.com/music/hurts-2b-human/p!nk |publisher=[[Metacritic]]|date=April 26, 2019 |access-date=December 14, 2019 |archive-date=April 29, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Another music-aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave ''Hurts 2B Human'' 6.3 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.<ref name="adm" /> |
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In a positive review, [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] gave the album a four-out-of-five rating. He found the record "generally a light affair" from the singer, and felt that the blending of different musical styles made it cohesive sonically. Erlewine concluded by saying that ''Hurts 2B Human'' "feels stylish and fashionable" while staying true to the "emotional gravity" that Pink has accumulated during her career.<ref name="AllMusic" /> Maura Johnston of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', who gave the album a "B" rating, commented that the optimistic nature of the album makes it enjoyable and relatable, and found [[country pop]] influences that show "how [Pink's] true-to-life lyrics and soulful bellow can play in Nashville's finest honky-tonks."<ref name="Entertainment Weekly" /> |
In a positive review, [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] gave the album a four-out-of-five rating. He found the record "generally a light affair" from the singer, and felt that the blending of different musical styles made it cohesive sonically. Erlewine concluded by saying that ''Hurts 2B Human'' "feels stylish and fashionable" while staying true to the "emotional gravity" that Pink has accumulated during her career.<ref name="AllMusic" /> Maura Johnston of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', who gave the album a "B" rating, commented that the optimistic nature of the album makes it enjoyable and relatable, and found [[country pop]] influences that show "how [Pink's] true-to-life lyrics and soulful bellow can play in Nashville's finest honky-tonks."<ref name="Entertainment Weekly" /> |
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''Hurts 2B Human'' debuted at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart of the United States, selling 115,000 [[album-equivalent unit]]s in the week ending May 2 according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]]. It became Pink's third album to top the chart, following ''[[The Truth About Love (Pink album)|The Truth About Love]]'' (2012) and ''[[Beautiful Trauma]]'' (2017).<ref name="BB200">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8510202/pink-hurts-2b-human-album-debuts-number-1-billboard-200-chart|title=P!nk's 'Hurts 2B Human' Album Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=May 6, 2019|access-date=May 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506234927/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8510202/pink-hurts-2b-human-album-debuts-number-1-billboard-200-chart|archive-date=May 6, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Hurts 2B Human'' was also the second best-selling album of the week, with pure album sales of 95,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Billboard'' Top Album Sales: May 11, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/top-album-sales/2019-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626090558/https://www.billboard.com/charts/top-album-sales/2019-05-11 |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 11, 2019 |access-date=June 26, 2019 |archive-date=June 26, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The following week, ''Billboard'' reported that the album had dropped five places on the ''Billboard'' 200, with sales decreasing 68% to 36,000 units.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8511052/vampire-weekend-father-of-the-bride-no-1-billboard-200|title=Vampire Weekend's 'Father of the Bride' Album Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=May 12, 2019|access-date=June 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513023331/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8511052/vampire-weekend-father-of-the-bride-no-1-billboard-200|archive-date=May 13, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> By June 2019, the album had sold 158,000 pure album sales in the US.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8517731/ariana-grande-lil-nas-x-lead-nielsen-music-mid-year-2019-charts|title=Ariana Grande & Lil Nas X Lead Nielsen Music's Mid-Year 2019 Charts|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=June 27, 2019|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630233018/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8517731/ariana-grande-lil-nas-x-lead-nielsen-music-mid-year-2019-charts|archive-date=June 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In Canada, the record debuted at number one on the [[Canadian Albums Chart]], selling 13,000 units in its first week, according to the Canadian SoundScan.<ref name="canada">{{cite web|url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/05/07/charts-may-07-2019|title=On The Charts: May 07, 2019|last=Staff|first=FYI|date=May 7, 2019|access-date=June 26, 2019|publisher=FYI Music Canada|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517072236/https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/05/07/charts-may-07-2019|archive-date=May 17, 2019}}</ref> |
''Hurts 2B Human'' debuted at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart of the United States, selling 115,000 [[album-equivalent unit]]s in the week ending May 2 according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]]. It became Pink's third album to top the chart, following ''[[The Truth About Love (Pink album)|The Truth About Love]]'' (2012) and ''[[Beautiful Trauma]]'' (2017).<ref name="BB200">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8510202/pink-hurts-2b-human-album-debuts-number-1-billboard-200-chart|title=P!nk's 'Hurts 2B Human' Album Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=May 6, 2019|access-date=May 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506234927/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8510202/pink-hurts-2b-human-album-debuts-number-1-billboard-200-chart|archive-date=May 6, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Hurts 2B Human'' was also the second best-selling album of the week, with pure album sales of 95,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Billboard'' Top Album Sales: May 11, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/top-album-sales/2019-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626090558/https://www.billboard.com/charts/top-album-sales/2019-05-11 |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 11, 2019 |access-date=June 26, 2019 |archive-date=June 26, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The following week, ''Billboard'' reported that the album had dropped five places on the ''Billboard'' 200, with sales decreasing 68% to 36,000 units.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8511052/vampire-weekend-father-of-the-bride-no-1-billboard-200|title=Vampire Weekend's 'Father of the Bride' Album Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=May 12, 2019|access-date=June 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513023331/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8511052/vampire-weekend-father-of-the-bride-no-1-billboard-200|archive-date=May 13, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> By June 2019, the album had sold 158,000 pure album sales in the US.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8517731/ariana-grande-lil-nas-x-lead-nielsen-music-mid-year-2019-charts|title=Ariana Grande & Lil Nas X Lead Nielsen Music's Mid-Year 2019 Charts|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=June 27, 2019|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630233018/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8517731/ariana-grande-lil-nas-x-lead-nielsen-music-mid-year-2019-charts|archive-date=June 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In Canada, the record debuted at number one on the [[Canadian Albums Chart]], selling 13,000 units in its first week, according to the Canadian SoundScan.<ref name="canada">{{cite web|url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/05/07/charts-may-07-2019|title=On The Charts: May 07, 2019|last=Staff|first=FYI|date=May 7, 2019|access-date=June 26, 2019|publisher=FYI Music Canada|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517072236/https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/05/07/charts-may-07-2019|archive-date=May 17, 2019}}</ref> |
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In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at the top of the [[UK Albums Chart]], with first week sales of 48,861 copies (including 4,359 from stream-equivalent units), outselling its closest competitor, ''[[The Balance]]'' by [[Catfish and the Bottlemen]], by 22,000 units. It became her third chart-topping album there.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-pink-beats-bottlemen-to-no-1/076095|title=Charts analysis: Pink beats Bottlemen to No.1|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=May 3, 2019|access-date=June 26, 2019|work=[[Music Week]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507062548/https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-pink-beats-bottlemen-to-no-1/076095|archive-date=May 7, 2019|url-status=live}} {{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/pink-celebrates-her-third-uk-number-1-album-with-hurts-2b-human__26239|title=Pink celebrates her third UK Number 1 album with Hurts 2B Human|first=Justin|last=Myers|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=May 3, 2019|access-date=May 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704075322/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/pink-celebrates-her-third-uk-number-1-album-with-hurts-2b-human__26239/|archive-date=July 4, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The following week, ''Hurts 2B Human'' remained at the summit of the chart, selling 16,713 equivalent units. It became her first album to spend more than one week at the top in the country.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-pink-hurts-vampire-weekend-in-battle-for-no-1/076159|title=Charts analysis: Pink hurts Vampire Weekend in battle for No.1|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=May 10, 2019|access-date=June 26, 2019|work=[[Music Week]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510182023/https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-pink-hurts-vampire-weekend-in-battle-for-no-1/076159|archive-date=May 10, 2019|url-status=live}} {{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/pink-claims-second-week-as-number-1-album-with-hurts-2b-human__26287/|title=Pink claims second week as Number 1 album with Hurts 2B Human|first=Justin|last=Myers|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=May 10, 2019|access-date=May 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512050920/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/pink-claims-second-week-as-number-1-album-with-hurts-2b-human__26287/|archive-date=May 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The record continued to hold the number one spot for a third week in a row, with 11,582 equivalent units.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-pink-perches-at-no-1-in-low-sales-week/076227|title=Charts analysis: Pink hurts Vampire Weekend in battle for No.1|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=May 17, 2019|access-date=June 26, 2019|work=[[Music Week]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519213940/https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-pink-perches-at-no-1-in-low-sales-week/076227|archive-date=May 19, 2019|url-status=live}} {{subscription required}}</ref> ''Hurts 2B Human'' received a |
In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at the top of the [[UK Albums Chart]], with first week sales of 48,861 copies (including 4,359 from stream-equivalent units), outselling its closest competitor, ''[[The Balance]]'' by [[Catfish and the Bottlemen]], by 22,000 units. It became her third chart-topping album there.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-pink-beats-bottlemen-to-no-1/076095|title=Charts analysis: Pink beats Bottlemen to No.1|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=May 3, 2019|access-date=June 26, 2019|work=[[Music Week]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507062548/https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-pink-beats-bottlemen-to-no-1/076095|archive-date=May 7, 2019|url-status=live}} {{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/pink-celebrates-her-third-uk-number-1-album-with-hurts-2b-human__26239|title=Pink celebrates her third UK Number 1 album with Hurts 2B Human|first=Justin|last=Myers|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=May 3, 2019|access-date=May 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704075322/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/pink-celebrates-her-third-uk-number-1-album-with-hurts-2b-human__26239/|archive-date=July 4, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The following week, ''Hurts 2B Human'' remained at the summit of the chart, selling 16,713 equivalent units. It became her first album to spend more than one week at the top in the country.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-pink-hurts-vampire-weekend-in-battle-for-no-1/076159|title=Charts analysis: Pink hurts Vampire Weekend in battle for No.1|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=May 10, 2019|access-date=June 26, 2019|work=[[Music Week]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510182023/https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-pink-hurts-vampire-weekend-in-battle-for-no-1/076159|archive-date=May 10, 2019|url-status=live}} {{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/pink-claims-second-week-as-number-1-album-with-hurts-2b-human__26287/|title=Pink claims second week as Number 1 album with Hurts 2B Human|first=Justin|last=Myers|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=May 10, 2019|access-date=May 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512050920/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/pink-claims-second-week-as-number-1-album-with-hurts-2b-human__26287/|archive-date=May 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The record continued to hold the number one spot for a third week in a row, with 11,582 equivalent units.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-pink-perches-at-no-1-in-low-sales-week/076227|title=Charts analysis: Pink hurts Vampire Weekend in battle for No.1|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=May 17, 2019|access-date=June 26, 2019|work=[[Music Week]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519213940/https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-pink-perches-at-no-1-in-low-sales-week/076227|archive-date=May 19, 2019|url-status=live}} {{subscription required}}</ref> ''Hurts 2B Human'' received a gold certification from the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI) for selling over 100,000 units in the country.<ref name="BPI" /> Across Europe, the album reached the top of the charts in Belgium (Flanders), Ireland, the Netherlands, Scotland, and Switzerland, and the top ten in other nations.<ref name="fla"/><ref name="sco"/><ref name="swi"/> |
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In Australia, ''Hurts 2B Human'' debuted at number one on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Albums Chart]], becoming Pink's sixth chart-topping album there.<ref name="aus"/><ref name="noise">{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/australian-charts-pink-scores-her-sixth-number-one-album-in-australia-20190505|title=Australian Charts: Pink scores her sixth number one album in Australia|publisher=noise11|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|date=May 5, 2019|access-date=June 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506235955/http://www.noise11.com/news/australian-charts-pink-scores-her-sixth-number-one-album-in-australia-20190505|archive-date=May 6, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The album marked her forty-first week atop the chart, breaking her tie with [[Adele]] and ranking her at number five on the list of artists with most accumulated weeks at the top.<ref name="noise"/> It also gave her the distinction of being the female artist with the most cumulative weeks at number one, as well as placing her second on the list of female artists with the most chart-topping albums, behind only [[Madonna]].<ref name="noise"/> Subsequently, ''Hurts 2B Human'' spent a total of three weeks at number one on the chart,<ref name="aus"/> and was certified platinum by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) for shipments of 70,000 copies.<ref name="aria"/> In New Zealand, the record also debuted at the top spot on the [[Official New Zealand Music Chart]], and became Pink's third number one album.<ref name="nzl"/> It received a gold certification from the [[Recorded Music NZ]] for shipments of over 7,500 units.<ref name="rmnz"/> |
In Australia, ''Hurts 2B Human'' debuted at number one on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Albums Chart]], becoming Pink's sixth chart-topping album there.<ref name="aus"/><ref name="noise">{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/australian-charts-pink-scores-her-sixth-number-one-album-in-australia-20190505|title=Australian Charts: Pink scores her sixth number one album in Australia|publisher=noise11|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|date=May 5, 2019|access-date=June 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506235955/http://www.noise11.com/news/australian-charts-pink-scores-her-sixth-number-one-album-in-australia-20190505|archive-date=May 6, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The album marked her forty-first week atop the chart, breaking her tie with [[Adele]] and ranking her at number five on the list of artists with most accumulated weeks at the top.<ref name="noise"/> It also gave her the distinction of being the female artist with the most cumulative weeks at number one, as well as placing her second on the list of female artists with the most chart-topping albums, behind only [[Madonna]].<ref name="noise"/> Subsequently, ''Hurts 2B Human'' spent a total of three weeks at number one on the chart,<ref name="aus"/> and was certified platinum by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) for shipments of 70,000 copies.<ref name="aria"/> In New Zealand, the record also debuted at the top spot on the [[Official New Zealand Music Chart]], and became Pink's third number one album.<ref name="nzl"/> It received a gold certification from the [[Recorded Music NZ]] for shipments of over 7,500 units.<ref name="rmnz"/> |
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Recorded | 2018–19 | |||
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Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 47:03 | |||
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Hurts 2B Human is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Pink. Released on April 26, 2019, by RCA Records, the album was initially planned as a standalone extended play (EP). Pursuing a sound that would be a departure from her previous albums, Pink enlisted the assistance of collaborators such as Greg Kurstin, Max Martin, and Ryan Tedder. The album features guest appearances by Cash Cash, Khalid, Chris Stapleton, and Wrabel. The album was officially announced during Pink's interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show broadcast in February 2019. Musically, Hurts 2B Human is a pop record whose lyrics delve into themes of love, family, introspection, life, and self-worth.
The album received generally favorable reviews from music critics, many of whom praised its production and cohesiveness; others felt it was too calculated and formulaic. Commercially, the album was successful, reaching number one in eight countries including The UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Switzerland. In the United States, Hurts 2B Human became Pink's third consecutive album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) awarded it a platinum certification. To promote the singer's album, "Walk Me Home" was released on February 20, 2019, as a lead single to commercial success, peaking within the top-ten charts of several countries, including Ireland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The second single, "Can We Pretend", was released on June 21, 2019, while the title track and "Love Me Anyway" had a limited release. To promote the album she added it to her Beautiful Trauma World Tour for the 2019 shows
Background
[edit]Pink released her seventh studio album Beautiful Trauma in October 2017 to positive reviews.[1][2] In 2017, it was the third global best-selling album, and as of 2018 it had sold over three million units worldwide.[3][4] Beautiful Trauma earned Pink two Grammy nominations, one in 2018 and another in the 2019 ceremony.[5][6] Pink embarked on the Beautiful Trauma World Tour, which began in March 2018 and ended in November 2019, to further promote the album.[7][8] On January 26, 2019, Pink appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show for an interview. When asked about new music, Pink announced that a song titled "Walk Me Home" would be released in two weeks, while the album, titled Hurts 2B Human, was expected to be released in April 2019.[9]
The album's cover was unveiled on February 28, after Pink uploaded three teasers on her social media.[10] Photographed by Andrew Macpherson and designed by Hueman, the image features an artistic and colorful representation of the left side of Pink's face.[11][12] It includes an array of warm and bright colors, giving the sense of a watercolor-like painting.[10][13] During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the singer said that she chose to name the album Hurts 2B Human because the title track "hit a string in [her] that just resonates" and it felt "the most true to what's going on right now".[14]
Development and composition
[edit]Opportunities kept coming up for me to work with all these incredible people, and I think that's what this record is all about: the village it took to create it.
Recording sessions for Hurts 2B Human coincided with the Beautiful Trauma World Tour, with up to twenty songs being composed and considered for inclusion.[16] Pink explained that the creative process was different in comparison to that of her previous albums. She added, "I usually go on tour and stop writing altogether, but we just never stopped".[17] Initially planned as a standalone extended play (EP), the recorded material turned into a full body of work as the sessions continued to progress. Pink recalled that "it came together without me knowing that I was making an album".[14][18] Sessions took place at: The Village Studios, MXM Studios, Echo Studio in Los Angeles, Earthstar Creation Center in Venice, Grand Central South in Brentwood, Wolf Cousins Studios in Stockholm, and Roundhead Studios in Auckland.[11] The development process was described by the singer as "a pebble that rolled downhill and became [a] boulder".[17]
Musically, Pink claimed that Hurts 2B Human is a departure from the "angsty and marital" nature of her previous albums, and compared the songs to group therapy.[14][19] Inspiration for the songwriting came from the melancholy and pressure of current society as well as pain, the latter being considered a motivator and "something worth talking about".[17][20] The singer also revealed that motherhood had a positive impact on her music and life, helping her to become more open, confident, and thoughtful.[14] Many prominent musicians made guest appearances on the album. Pink invited Wrabel at her home studio, and the pair wrote "90 Days" together with Steve Robson.[21] Wrabel later said during an interview for Get Out! Magazine that the song talks about "having to fall out of love with someone to someone becoming sober", adding that it was incredibly special for him.[22] Khalid was approached by Pink for the title track, "Hurts 2B Human", because she enjoyed his voice and the idea behind the song. The singer said in an interview for Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show that the lyrics discuss the human experience and "the circle you create around you" to overcome rough times.[17] Another collaboration included on Hurts 2B Human is with the electronic group Cash Cash on "Can We Pretend", a song Pink said she had a fun experience making.[17] Influenced by Lee Ann Womack and her 2000 single, "I Hope You Dance", Pink contacted Chris Stapleton for a collaboration.[16] After he responded positively, Pink traveled to Nashville and wrote "Love Me Anyway" with Allen Shamblin and Tom Douglas.
Music and lyrical interpretation
[edit]Hurts 2B Human is primarily a pop album[23][24] that integrates elements of dance and country music.[25] Most critics felt that the record consists mainly of radio-friendly power ballads.[25][26][27] The album opens with "Hustle", an upbeat pop song with country influences.[28][29] Chris DeVille of Stereogum described it as "jazzy, bluesy retro" and "finger-snapper".[27] Thematically, it delves into a relationship gone wrong, with the singer warning her partner that he will not be able to take advantage of her again.[30][31] The second track, "(Hey Why) Miss You Sometime", is a dance-pop track.[32] The song finds Pink missing a person who hurt her in the past. She sings a heavily Auto-Tuned vocal.[33][34] "Walk Me Home" is a pop song with country elements and "flourishes of digitised vocal production", considered a "fresh touch" in Pink's discography by Aimee Cliff of The Guardian.[24] "My Attic", the fourth track, is an introspective ballad.[35] It contains "raspy" vocals and "poetic" lyrics about storing memories and secrets.[23][29][33] Wrabel is a featured guest the next song, "90 Days", which is a minimalist electronica ballad accompanied by a piano and "Vocoder-enhanced harmonies".[23][26] It depicts a relationship turned sour in which a partner has doubts and fears that their love will end.[36] Both Alexa Camp of Slant Magazine and Amy O'Connor of The Irish Times compared "90 Days" with Imogen Heap's song "Hide and Seek" (2005).[34][25]
The title track features Khalid. Its composition consists of an "EDM beat, plucky electric guitar chord" and synths, while lyrically the song finds the singers acknowledging the struggles that individuals face everyday and celebrating the power of bringing people together.[23][37][38] The seventh track, "Can We Pretend", is an EDM and dance-pop song featuring Cash Cash.[24][39] Its lyrics emphasize using nostalgia as a way of escapism from the "less than ideal" present reality, with Pink singing: "Hell yeah/Can we pretend? 'Cause honestly, reality, it bores me".[33] "Courage" is an acoustic "slow-build" power ballad with "nervy" vocals.[23][29][34] Thom Murphy of the Washington Blade compared the song's hook with Katy Perry's "Chained to the Rhythm" (2017).[32] "Happy", the ninth song, describes Pink's fear of opening up and her insecurities while growing up, as she sings: "Since I was 17, I've always hated my body, and it feels like my body hated me".[40] Pink revealed that this line was inspired by a miscarriage she suffered at the age of seventeen, saying that "when [it] happens to a woman or a young girl, you feel like your body hates you and like your body is broken, and it's not doing what it's supposed to do".[19]
"We Could Have It All" is a "groove-heavy" pop rock song.[23][28] According to Mike Wass of Idolator, it "captures the feeling of defeat when you have ruined a good thing and don't know quite how".[35] The album's eleventh track is "Love Me Anyway", a country ballad which features Chris Stapleton.[32] It portrays the act of commitment in a relationship and the obstacles which may occur, with lyrics such as the opening lines, "Even if you see my scars, even if I break your heart/ If we're a million miles apart, do you think you'd walk away?"[40] Maura Johnston of Entertainment Weekly called Pink's vocals "roughhewn", while Sean Maunier of Metro Weekly felt the duet worked because Stapleton's voice is "fading into the background".[23][33] For the penultimate song, "Circle Game", Pink reflects upon motherhood, mortality and "growing up to become the parental figure she once looked up to".[41] A piano-driven ballad, deemed as a "very personal offering",[29][40] it also focuses on topics like her relationship with her daughter, and childhood vulnerabilities that Pink has carried into adulthood.[33] The singer said that the track was inspired by her dad, saying: "He was my first hero. He was my God when I was a little girl. He's who taught me to fight for what I believe in. He's a big part of me."[14] The album concludes with "The Last Song of Your Life", an acoustic folk ballad with melancholic undertones and "a devastating appeal for honesty and authenticity".[29][34][35]
Release and promotion
[edit]Hurts 2B Human was released eighteen months after Beautiful Trauma and marked the shortest period of time between studio albums in Pink's career.[21] The album's release was preceded by several singles and promotional singles. "Walk Me Home" was released on February 20 as the lead single from Hurts 2B Human.[42] On the same day, Pink performed the song as part of a medley at the 2019 Brit Awards.[43] "Walk Me Home" received positive reviews from music critics, who commended its anthemic approach and production.[44][45] The song achieved commercial success and reached top-ten positions on the charts of several countries, including Finland, Ireland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.[46] In the United States, it peaked within the top fifty of the Billboard Hot 100 chart and topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs, Adult Contemporary and Adult Pop Songs charts, becoming her tenth number-one single on the latter and extending her record as the solo artist with the most number-ones on the chart.[46] The song's accompanying music video was directed by Michael Gracey and released a month later; it portrays Pink dancing with multiple shadows in an empty city.[47][48] "Walk Me Home" received a nomination in the category of Best Song at the 2020 Global Awards.[49]
"Hustle" was released on March 28 as the first promotional single from Hurts 2B Human, along with the album pre-order.[30] "Can We Pretend" was first released as the second promotional single, on April 11.[50] On the following month, it was released as the second official single in Australia, later being sent to adult contemporary radio stations in the United States on July 22, 2019.[51][52] It reached number one on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, becoming Pink's seventh song to do so, as well as the first number one song for Cash Cash.[46] On April 22, the album's title track was released as the third promotional single.[37] On the same day, Pink appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and performed "Walk Me Home".[53] On May 1, the singer appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and performed "Hustle".[54] A music video for "90 Days" was released on June 18. Described as "emotional", the video presents the "toil of being a touring musician with a family."[55] Ten days later, a music video for "Can We Pretend" was released, showing an animated version of Pink going on a space exploration.[56] On August 30, "Hurts 2B Human" was released in selected territories as the album's third single.[57][58] "Love Me Anyway" was first serviced to country on September 17 and later, on November 18, to adult contemporary radio in the United States as the final single from Hurts 2B Human.[59][60] A day later, the music video for the title track was released. Directed by Alissa Torvinen, the video of "Hurts 2B Human" features individuals in a New York City apartment "undergoing the daily stresses of life".[61][62] On November 13, Pink performed "Love Me Anyway" with Chris Stapleton at the 53rd Annual Country Music Association Awards.[63]
Tour
[edit]The album was later added to her Beautiful Trauma World Tour for the 2019 shows
Critical reception
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AnyDecentMusic? | 6.3/10[64] |
Metacritic | 71/100[65] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [26] |
Clash | 7/10[29] |
Entertainment Weekly | B[23] |
The Guardian | [24] |
Idolator | [35] |
The Irish Times | [25] |
Los Angeles Times | [31] |
Rolling Stone | [41] |
Slant Magazine | [34] |
Hurts 2B Human received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on nine reviews.[65] Another music-aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave Hurts 2B Human 6.3 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.[64]
In a positive review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album a four-out-of-five rating. He found the record "generally a light affair" from the singer, and felt that the blending of different musical styles made it cohesive sonically. Erlewine concluded by saying that Hurts 2B Human "feels stylish and fashionable" while staying true to the "emotional gravity" that Pink has accumulated during her career.[26] Maura Johnston of Entertainment Weekly, who gave the album a "B" rating, commented that the optimistic nature of the album makes it enjoyable and relatable, and found country pop influences that show "how [Pink's] true-to-life lyrics and soulful bellow can play in Nashville's finest honky-tonks."[23]
Mikael Wood wrote for Los Angeles Times that Hurts 2B Human comes off as "strikingly aligned", pointing out the songs' messages about "overcoming obstacles and learning to trust in their abilities" in contrast to the music of younger artists that approach topics such as depression and drug consumption.[31] Chris DeVille of Stereogum said that the album showcases an artist "who's found her comfort zone and has successfully grown her music up along with her", but disapproved the overly emotional songs that provide a feeling of "mere product".[27] Writing for Rolling Stone, Sarah Grant characterized the record as "passionately confessional" and cited "Courage" and "Happy" as songs that find Pink at "[the] most brazen and heartbroken she's ever sounded", comparing the latter with the "patron saint" nature of her second studio album, Missundaztood (2001).[41]
Malvika Padin of Clash labelled it "a collection of anthemic pop tracks threaded through with her bold vocals".[29] Mike Wass of Idolator considered Hurts 2B Human to be Pink's best album since Funhouse (2008) and simply described it as "an accessible pop album for adults."[35] Both Aimee Cliff of The Guardian and Amy O'Connor of Irish Times awarded the album three out of five stars. Cliff called the ballads that highlight Pink's vocals stand-out moments, but opined that the album fails to give a "sense of constant evolution".[24] O'Connor shared a similar sentiment, feeling that the formulaic songwriting was an attempt to replicate the success of Beautiful Trauma (2017) and called Hurts 2B Human "a little too safe to really pack a punch." Nevertheless, she commended songs like "Can We Pretend" and "90 Days", calling the former "an ideal showcase" of the singer's personality.[25] In a negative review for Slant Magazine, Alexa Camp noted that the collaborations don't manage to "add much more than mere texture to the proceedings", but praised the "otherworldly quality" of "90 Days".[34]
Commercial performance
[edit]Hurts 2B Human debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart of the United States, selling 115,000 album-equivalent units in the week ending May 2 according to Nielsen SoundScan. It became Pink's third album to top the chart, following The Truth About Love (2012) and Beautiful Trauma (2017).[66] Hurts 2B Human was also the second best-selling album of the week, with pure album sales of 95,000 copies.[67] The following week, Billboard reported that the album had dropped five places on the Billboard 200, with sales decreasing 68% to 36,000 units.[68] By June 2019, the album had sold 158,000 pure album sales in the US.[69] In Canada, the record debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 13,000 units in its first week, according to the Canadian SoundScan.[70]
In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart, with first week sales of 48,861 copies (including 4,359 from stream-equivalent units), outselling its closest competitor, The Balance by Catfish and the Bottlemen, by 22,000 units. It became her third chart-topping album there.[71][72] The following week, Hurts 2B Human remained at the summit of the chart, selling 16,713 equivalent units. It became her first album to spend more than one week at the top in the country.[73][74] The record continued to hold the number one spot for a third week in a row, with 11,582 equivalent units.[75] Hurts 2B Human received a gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for selling over 100,000 units in the country.[76] Across Europe, the album reached the top of the charts in Belgium (Flanders), Ireland, the Netherlands, Scotland, and Switzerland, and the top ten in other nations.[77][78][79]
In Australia, Hurts 2B Human debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart, becoming Pink's sixth chart-topping album there.[80][81] The album marked her forty-first week atop the chart, breaking her tie with Adele and ranking her at number five on the list of artists with most accumulated weeks at the top.[81] It also gave her the distinction of being the female artist with the most cumulative weeks at number one, as well as placing her second on the list of female artists with the most chart-topping albums, behind only Madonna.[81] Subsequently, Hurts 2B Human spent a total of three weeks at number one on the chart,[80] and was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments of 70,000 copies.[82] In New Zealand, the record also debuted at the top spot on the Official New Zealand Music Chart, and became Pink's third number one album.[83] It received a gold certification from the Recorded Music NZ for shipments of over 7,500 units.[84]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hustle" |
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| 2:55 |
2. | "(Hey Why) Miss You Sometime" |
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3. | "Walk Me Home" |
| 2:59 | |
4. | "My Attic" |
| 3:02 | |
5. | "90 Days" (featuring Wrabel) |
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| 3:50 |
6. | "Hurts 2B Human" (featuring Khalid) | Odegard | 3:22 | |
7. | "Can We Pretend" (featuring Cash Cash) |
| 3:44 | |
8. | "Courage" | Kurstin | 4:19 | |
9. | "Happy" |
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| 3:01 |
10. | "We Could Have It All" |
| Kurstin | 4:33 |
11. | "Love Me Anyway" (featuring Chris Stapleton) | 3:08 | ||
12. | "Circle Game" |
| Kurstin | 4:54 |
13. | "The Last Song of Your Life" |
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| 3:53 |
Total length: | 47:03 |
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14. | "More" |
| busbee | 3:50 |
Total length: | 50:53 |
Notes
[edit]Personnel
[edit]Credits adapted from the liner notes of Hurts 2B Human.[11]
Studios
[edit]Recording locations
- The Village (Los Angeles, California) – recording (tracks 1, 7, 9, 11)
- Wolf Cousins Studios (Stockholm, Sweden) – recording (tracks 4, 9)
- Roundhead Studios (Auckland, New Zealand) – vocals (tracks 4, 14(bonus))
- Record Plant (Los Angeles) – vocals (track 6)
- Echo Studio (Los Angeles) – recording (tracks 8, 10, 12)
- Earthstar Creation Center (Venice, California) – recording (tracks 8, 10, 12), vocals (track 9)
- MXM (West Hollywood, California) – recording (track 9)
- Grand Central South – recording (track 11)
- Henson Recording Studios – recording (track 12)
Additional recording locations
- Studio Borgen (Partille, Sweden) – strings arranging, strings, editing (track 4)
- Record Plant (Los Angeles) – guitars (track 6)
- Roundhead Studios (Auckland, New Zealand) – strings & piano recording (track 14(bonus))
Engineering locations
- MXM (Los Angeles) – engineering (track 2) & (Stockholm) – engineering (track 2)
- Earthstar Creation Center (Venice, California) – engineering (tracks 9, 13)
Mixing and mastering locations
- Roundhead Studios (Auckland, New Zealand) – mixing (tracks 3, 5, 11)
- Cash Cash Studios (Roseland, New Jersey) – mixing (track 7)
- Earthstar Creation Center (Venice, California) – mixing (track 13)
- MixStar Studios (Virginia Beach, VA)
- The Mastering Palace (New York)
Technical and composing
[edit]- Pink – vocals, background vocals (tracks 2, 9), executive production, production (tracks 11, 13)
- Wrabel – featured vocals, production (track 5)
- Khalid – featured vocals (track 6)
- Chris Stapleton – featured vocals (track 11)
- Jorden Odegard – all instruments (except guitar) (track 1), keyboards, strings, programming (track 6), production (tracks 1, 6)
- Dan Reynolds – guitar, additional production (track 1)
- Shellback – background vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, drums, production, programming (track 2)
- Max Martin – keyboards, production, programming (track 2)
- Peter Thomas – background vocals, gang vocals, synthesizer, electric guitar, percussion, drums, handclaps, production, programming (track 3)
- Kyle Moorman – background vocals, gang vocals, synthesizer, electric guitar, percussion, drums, handclaps, production, programming (track 3)
- Ludvig Soderberg – keyboards, bass, programming (track 4)
- Jakob Jeristrom – keyboards, bass, programming (track 4)
- Ilsey Juber – guitar (track 4)
- Rami Yacoub – additional guitar (track 4)
- Mattias Johansson – violin (track 4)
- David Bukovinszky – cello (track 4)
- Michael Engstrom – double bass (track 4)
- Mattias Bylund – strings arranging, recording, editing (track 4)
- Steve Robson – piano, production, programming (track 5)
- Teddy Geiger – guitar (track 6), vocal production (track 9)
- Alexander Makhlouf – keyboards, synths, production, mixing (track 7)
- Samuel Frisch – drum programming, production (track 7)
- Jean-Paul Makhlouf – editing, sound design, production (track 7)
- Greg Kurstin – piano, guitar, bass, synthesizers, production (tracks 8, 10, 12), drums keyboards (track 8), keyboards (track 10), drums, rhodes (track 12)
- Oscar Görres – keyboards, guitar, bass, percussion, drums, production, programming (track 9)
- Sasha Sloan – background vocals (track 9)
- Taylor Hawkins – drums (track 10)
- Sal Oliveri – piano, bass, additional production (track 11)
- Stevie Blacke – strings arranged & performing (track 11)
- Matt Kelly – pedal steel (track 11)
- Songa Lee – violin (track 12)
- Josefina Vergara – violin (track 12)
- Alma Fernandez – viola (track 12)
- Jacob Braun – cello (tracks 12, 14 (bonus))
- billymann – acoustic guitar, production, engineering, mixing (track 13)
- The Struts – production (track 4)
- Simon Gooding – additional production (tracks 5, 11), vocals recording (tracks 3–6), engineering, mixing (tracks 3, 5, 11), Pink vocals recording (track 14 (bonus))
- Ryan Tedder – production, vocal production (track 7)
- busbee – production, strings arranging, piano, editing(track 14 (bonus))
- Andrew Duckles – viola (track 14 (bonus))
- Suzie Katayama – cello (track 14 (bonus))
- Dave Stone – bass (track 14 (bonus))
Recording
[edit]- Gabe Burch – recording (tracks 1, 9, 11)
- Denis Kosiak – vocals recording (track 6)
- Jonathan Edward Jaworski – vocals recording (track 8)
- Veronica Jane Wyman – guitars recording (track 6), vocals recording, engineering (track 9)
- Michael Illbert – engineering (track 2)
- Sam Holland – engineering (track 2)
- Cory Bice – engineering assistant (track 2), recording (track 9)
- Jeremy Lertola – engineering assistant (track 2)
- Greg Kurstin – engineering (tracks 8, 10, 12)
- Alex Pasco – engineering (tracks 8, 10, 12)
- Julian Burg – engineering (tracks 8, 10, 12)
- Matt Tuggle – engineering assistant (track 12)
- David Campbell – strings orchestrad, strings conductor (track 14 (bonus))
- Steve Churchyard – strings & piano recording (track 14 (bonus))
- John Costello – engineering assistant (track 14 (bonus))
- Nico Wellmann – engineering assistant (track 14 (bonus))
- Ryan Daly – editing (track 14 (bonus))
- Serban Ghenea – album mixing
- John Hanes – engineered for mix (all tracks)
- Dave Kutch – mastering (all tracks)
Management
[edit]- Keith Naftaly – A&R
- Roger Davies – management
- Bill Buntain – management
- Shady Farshadfar – management
- Irene Taylor – management
- Lisa Garrett – management
- Nikki Mestrovic – management
- Donald Passman – legal
- Gene Satomon – legal
- Helen Stotler – legal
- Nancy Chapman – business affairs
- Teresa Polyak – business affairs
- Hueman – cover painting
- Andrew Macpherson – photography
- Jeri Heiden – art direction and design
- Nick Steinharbt – art direction and design
Charts
[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
|
Year-end charts[edit]
|
Certifications
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
---|---|---|
Australia (ARIA)[82] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada)[126] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
France (SNEP)[127] | Gold | 50,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[84] | Gold | 7,500‡ |
Poland (ZPAV)[128] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[129] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[76] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
[edit]Region | Date | Formats | Label | Editions | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Various | April 26, 2019 | RCA |
|
[130] | |
United States | June 21, 2019 | Vinyl | [131] |
See also
[edit]- List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2019
- List of number-one albums of 2019 (Australia)
- List of number-one albums of 2019 (Belgium)
- List of number-one albums of 2019 (Canada)
- List of number-one albums of 2019 (Ireland)
- List of number-one albums from the 2010s (New Zealand)
- List of number-one albums of 2019 (Scotland)
- List of number-one hits of 2019 (Switzerland)
- List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2010s
- List of UK Album Downloads Chart number ones of the 2010s
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