Pop singers get no respect, and Pink is OK with that (sometimes)
“I don’t think pop music gets enough respect … and for good reason, too,” she says. “I love pop music, I always have loved pop music, ever since I was little. When I was listening to Peter, Paul and Mary, I was also listening to Madonna and New Kids on the Block…. I think a lot of pop artists give pop a bad name because it did sort of become a little bit throwaway or microwavable. You kind of pop it in, pop it out. Lip syching has always been a thing that drives me crazy. And that pretty package is more consistent in pop music. So there are things that are annoying but there are also great things.... I got used to [being underrated] after putting out my fifth album and people going, 'Wow, you can sing.' Like, what the hell do you think I’ve been doing for the last 15 f--king years?"
But You+Me is not an effort to get more respect
“I gave up trying to get respect a long time ago, especially when I take my clothes off for a living,” says Moore.
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