One of the most entertaining and dazzling moments of this year’s Grammy Awards, held on Sunday in Los Angeles, was, without a single doubt, Pink performing live “Glitter in the Air.” As we also told you the other day, the singer sang while spinning on a trapeze high above the audience and, while accustomed to this kind of stunts, Pink too admits this one was a bit too much for her, as People magazine can confirm.
Fans who’ve seen Pink in concert know that performing while swinging on a trapeze is not uncommon for her. However, at the 2010 Grammys what was different was the lights hanging from above, which made her a bit sick, the singer reveals for the aforementioned publication. Add to that the fact that she was upside down and that she was even dipped in a pool of water sometime through the performance and, as Pink puts it, she has just made it impossible for any other artist to find an excuse to lip-synch.
“When I do it [on tour], I don’t have lights above me,” Pink tells People of her performance. “Tonight, there were lights above me, so it almost went into a strobe thing, and I actually did get a little turned around. I thought… I was going to fall on my [backside]. But I worked it out. I would say that no one ever has another excuse to lip sync,” the singer adds.
Pink attended the Grammys in the company of her husband, Carey Hart, from whom she split a while back and was later reconciled. Part of the album that landed her two Grammy nominations (including for Best Pop Vocal Album for “Funhouse” and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Sober”) was written for Hart, with Pink starting work on it when they were already experiencing marital problems. However, all those problems are now gone, she stressed at the awards ceremony in a media interview.
“We never really got divorced. We really hate paperwork. Everything is really wonderful. It’s full circle. My muse for my nominations is here tonight, and it’s pretty funny. He’s hot,” Pink said, as cited by the same magazine.
PINK'S PERFORMANCE WAS AMAZING TO SAY THE LEAST!! UNBELIEVABLE ACT AND STILL SINGING LIVE!! OTHER ARTISTS SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES FOR LIP SYNCING AFTER WATCHING HER. HINT: BRITTANY S.? JAMIE F.? AND MANY OTHER SHAME SHAME SHAME
Comment #2 by: Barbara m. Stacey on 02 Feb 2010, 16:44 UTC
I love music! However; I have to say the producers of this year's Grammy awards sunk to a new low. The sleazy trapeze act that chanteuse Pink displayed while singing nearly nude hanging above guests and participants while dripping water was one step short of disgusting and belonged in a Vegas side show! How disappointing. It's no wonder our kids who idolize many of these performers are screwed up. And if that wasn't enough, having Michael Jackson's children indulge the crowd's whim's was over the top prostitution! They should have been home doing things that most nine and ten year old children do at ten pm! Shameful, shameful. I turned it off.
Comment #2.1 by: TZ on 04 Feb 2010, 05:51 GMT
Barbara:
Pink was not 'nearly nude' for her performance. She was wearing a leotard similar to what Cirque Du Soleil performers and Olympic ice skaters wear. Nothing was even exposed with the exception of her arms and her ankles/feet. More skin is seen on family beaches than what was seen during her performance. The performance was not meant to be sleazy in the least and matched the music beautifully. If it was as distasteful as what you're making it out to be she wouldn't have received the standing ovation from the biggest people and legends in the industry that night. People are still talking about how incredible it was. She has definitely set the bar for her peers and future performers.
Comment #2.2 by: theman on 24 Apr 2011, 14:38 GMT
Pink nearly nude...then you must be against Ms America, Ms Universe, Ms World,
and every female pageant in the last 60 years where woman wear bikini's
which in fact show more skin. You should celebrate the beauty of the human
body instead of being disgusted by it.
Barbara, doing that performance fully clothed would have been extremely dangerous and wouldn't have worked. The human body is beautiful, her performance displayed how stunning it is, not in a sexual way but in a natural way. Nothing was exposed that should be condemned. It was all done in context of the routine and was beautifully done.
Common!! She was totally lip synching!! It's physically impossible to spin around like that and hang upside down and sing in perfect key at the same time!! Grammys have become just another version of the mtv awards, what happened to real music??
Comment #4.1 by: Cat on 07 Feb 2010, 21:58 GMT
Pink did not lip sync that song has never had. Go to you tube. YOu can see her doing this same act in her concert where she messes up the words .. Pink does not believe in lip syncing . If your going to pay to see an artist she believes you should hear them live not a track if you want to hear that then just listen to the CD. Even if you suck live you should sing it live that is what people come to see. That is why people in Perth Australia walked out on Britney Spears because she lip synced her concert .
and wach what she does during her tour.. while she sing Sober for example..
you can find a lot of differences, wrong words or sentences in every show.. she sing live
Barbara you do not know what your talking about . Pink is an awesome performer and what she did was not shameful at all. You can not do an act like that fully clothed she would not have been able to do the stuff she done plus you could not see anyting she was actually had a nude colored wet suit on. She was amazing and I dont see any other artist out there today that can do what she is doing. I wish AMERICA would wake up and see what a talent she really is she has raw talent that doesnt just come everyday. Michael Jackson had it, Bette Midler has it . I put Pink in the same talent as Michael Jackson, Bette, Janice Joplin , Maddona and Freddie Mercury from Queen. There is not one bit of shame that PINK did that night what she did was beautiful and awesome and what is more beautiful then then the human body for cripes sake god made this art you should be proud to show what god gave you..
It's great to hear that so many others appreciate Pink's talent. She never has fit the classic cookie cutter mold of a typical artist. Thank God she is so unique. Her performance at the Grammy's was done with taste and skill. She IS a class act all the way!
It's great to hear that so many others appreciate Pink's talent. She never has fit the classic cookie cutter mold of a typical artist. Thank God she is so unique. Her performance at the Grammy's was done with taste and skill. She IS a class act all the way!
to Barbara: I think that you know nothing about art and it better when you close your mouth. Your comments on each one can do without. The performance of Pink is unique and has absolutely nothing objectionable miss holy maria.
I thin pink is an amazing singer she gives her all on every thing she do. Its such a shame that shes so under rated her voice shows her raw emotion.She is beyond beautiful and i love her
This was a truly amazing performance. I was lucky enough to have watched it several times, but unfortunately the video is unavailable now due to copywright issues. Does anyone know if it can be purchased?
Comment #11.1 by: me on 13 Apr 2011, 17:27 GMT
you can youtube it :)
As for people saying this is distasteful, are you kidding me? This was a beautifully performed work of art, much in the way that nude statues and paintings are. If you can't see past your own inibitions with your body to see art, then you are the perverted one, not the artist. The artist and most of the audience never once thought of this as a sexual stage act. Matter of fact, every time I see this performance it brings me to tears.
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