And the best battleround duet from last night’s Voice goes to… Vicci Martinez vs. Niki Dawson singing Pink’s “Perfect.”  Blake Shelton summed it up appropriately by telling Cee-Lo Green that he made one of the biggest mistakes by teaming these two up — they are probably two of the best singers on the show.  Do you think Cee-Lo made the right decision in choosing Vicci?

So happy this song won a Grammy!

Visually, quite a powerful new video from Pink, Fuckin’ Perfect.

UPDATE

Read this personal message from P!nk about her latest creation below:

I’m sure my newest video for “F**kin’ Perfect” will be much like some of my other videos, which basically means I expect it will ruffle some feathers.

My favorite books, art pieces, films, and music, always have something jarring about them. I want art to make me think. In order to do that, it may piss me off, or make me uncomfortable. That promotes awareness and change, or at least some discussion.
That is my intention. 
You can’t move mountains by whispering at them.

Cutting, and suicide, two very different symptoms of the same problem, are gaining on us. (the problem being; alienation and depression. the symptoms; cutting and suicide). I personally don’t know a single person who doesn’t know at least two of these victims personally. A lot of us have seen certain starlets showing off their latest scars on a red carpet somewhere, usually right before they head back to their favorite rehab.

Its a problem, and its something we should talk about. We can choose to ignore the problem, and therefore ignore this video, but that won’t make it go away. 
I don’t support or encourage suicide or cutting. 
I support the kids out there that feel so desperate/numb/powerless, that feel unseen and unheard, and can’t see another way.. I want them to know I’m aware. I have been there. I see them. Sometimes that’s all it takes.

Making this video was a very emotional experience for me, as was writing this song. I have a life inside of me, and I want her or him to know that I will accept him or her with open and loving and welcoming arms. And though I will prepare this little munchkin for a sometimes cruel world, I will also equip this kid to see all the beauty in it as well. There are good people in this world that are open-minded, and loving. There are those that accept us with all of our flaws. I do that with my fans/friends, and I will do that with my child, whoever they decide to be.

If you or someone you know needs help, please visit TWLOHA

FLASHBACK FRIDAY

Already five years ago, P!nk’s platinum selling I’m Not Dead is still an album necessary for anyone’s music library.  The highest charting single within the American music market up to this point in her career, U + Ur Hand is an infectious, sing-a-long song that I have still not grown tired of.  With it’s quirky & racy lyrics, the song became controversial with a lot of radio stations, refusing to play it because of its reference to masturbation.  Even when asked to perform on American Idol, P!nk was asked to change the lyrics from U + Ur Hand to U + Ur Heart.  Her response?  

“You want me to rewrite my song for you. For American fucking Idol? What does that even mean, how do you have sex with your heart?”.

She ended up performing Who Knew instead.  Just another reason to love P!nk.