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Hurts 2B Human (2019)

Where the lyrics of Hurts 2B Human take you, and where it was really made.

The album began as a planned short EP, but it grew into a full eighth studio album as the recording sessions kept going.

Key places

Sessions at The Village Studios (2019)

Recording site Village Recorders — Sessions for the album took place at The Village Studios in Los Angeles, among several studios used for the record. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Sessions at Roundhead Studios (2019)

Recording site Roundhead Studios — Part of the album was recorded at Roundhead Studios in Auckland, New Zealand, one of the studios used during the sessions. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Sessions in Stockholm (2019)

Recording site Master Plan — Sessions for the album included work at Wolf Cousins Studios in Stockholm, placed here at city-center level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Hurts 2B Human: eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Pink
• Released April 26, 2019 by RCA Records
• Initially planned as a standalone extended play (EP)
• Pop record whose lyrics cover love, family, introspection, life, and self-worth
• Guest appearances by Cash Cash, Khalid, Chris Stapleton, and Wrabel
• Released eighteen months after Beautiful Trauma, the shortest gap between studio albums in Pink's career

Background

• Beautiful Trauma, her seventh studio album, came out in October 2017
• The Beautiful Trauma World Tour ran from March 2018 to November 2019 to promote that album
• Pink appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in January 2019 and announced the new album
• Pink said she usually stops writing during tours, but this time the writing never stopped

Recording

• Recording sessions coincided with the Beautiful Trauma World Tour
• Up to twenty songs were composed and considered for the album
• Pink sought a sound that departed from her previous albums
• Collaborators included Greg Kurstin, Max Martin, and Ryan Tedder
• Pink invited Wrabel to her home studio, where they wrote 90 Days with Steve Robson
• Khalid was approached for the title track because Pink enjoyed his voice
• Pink contacted Chris Stapleton after being influenced by Lee Ann Womack and her 2000 single I Hope You Dance
• Pink travelled to Nashville and wrote Love Me Anyway with Allen Shamblin and Tom Douglas

Cover

• Photographed by Andrew Macpherson and designed by Hueman
• Shows an artistic, colorful representation of the left side of Pink's face
• Warm, bright colors give a watercolor-like feel
• Unveiled February 28 after Pink uploaded three teasers on social media

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

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Artist

Formation

• Alecia Beth Moore-Hart (born September 8, 1979), known as Pink, is an American singer and songwriter from Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
• At 15, she formed the R&B group Choice with two other teenage girls; the group signed with LaFace Records but disbanded in 1998.
• Pink then began her solo career with LaFace Records.

Career

• Debut album Can't Take Me Home (2000) reached No. 26 on the Billboard 200 and sold over four million copies worldwide.
• Missundaztood (2001) became her best-selling record with more than 13 million copies, and its single "Get the Party Started" was a worldwide hit.
• "Lady Marmalade" (with Christina Aguilera, Mýa and Lil' Kim) gave her first US No. 1 single and her first Grammy.
• Later albums include Try This (2003), I'm Not Dead (2006), Funhouse (2008), The Truth About Love (2012), Beautiful Trauma (2017), Hurts 2B Human (2019) and Trustfall (2023).
• The Truth About Love and Beautiful Trauma topped the Billboard 200; "Raise Your Glass" and "Just Give Me a Reason" were number-one Billboard Hot 100 hits.
• Pink has sold more than 135 million records worldwide and has won three Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards and seven MTV Video Music Awards.
• Her Summer Carnival tour became the second-highest grossing concert tour by a woman.

Members

• Pink performs as a solo artist; the group Choice and Basic Instinct were earlier groups she was part of.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Metacritic: 71 out of 100, based on nine reviews from mainstream critics
• AllMusic (Stephen Thomas Erlewine): four out of five stars, praising the blend of styles as cohesive
• Entertainment Weekly (Maura Johnston): B rating, finding the optimism enjoyable and relatable
• Rolling Stone (Sarah Grant): described the record as passionately confessional
• The Guardian (Aimee Cliff): three out of five stars, saying the album fails to give a sense of constant evolution
• Irish Times (Amy O'Connor): three out of five stars, calling the album a little too safe to really pack a punch
• Slant Magazine (Alexa Camp): negative review, saying the collaborations add mere texture

Reappraisal

• Most critics praised the production and cohesiveness of the album
• Some critics felt the songwriting was too calculated and formulaic

Records

• Debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 115,000 album-equivalent units in the week ending May 2 (Nielsen SoundScan)
• Pink's third consecutive album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200
• Debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with 48,861 copies in the first week
• Reached number one in eight countries, including the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Switzerland
• Debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart with 13,000 units in its first week
• Australia: ARIA platinum certification for shipments of 70,000 copies
• New Zealand: gold certification for shipments of over 7,500 units
• UK: BPI gold certification for sales over 100,000 units

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album came together without Pink fully realizing she was making a full album, as the material kept growing during the sessions.
• Pink revealed that the line in Happy was inspired by a miscarriage she suffered at seventeen.
• The music video for Can We Pretend shows an animated version of Pink going on a space exploration.
• Pink performed Love Me Anyway with Chris Stapleton at the 53rd Annual Country Music Association Awards on November 13.
• The music video for 90 Days, released June 18, portrays the toil of being a touring musician with a family.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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