Hit Parade: Raise Your Glass Edition Part 2
b'Alecia Moore was so fearless, they put an exclamation point in her name. Pink\\u2014a.k.a. P!nk\\u2014was full of bravado from the moment she broke at the turn of the millennium, singing a frothy style of teen pop&B. She was promoted as ethnically ambiguous and sold to white and Black audiences as a sassy Total Request Live starlet. She even joined an all-star remake of \\u201cLady Marmalade.\\u201d\\n\\nBut Pink felt misrepresented, even Missundaztood\\u2014so she recorded an album by that name, fusing rock guitar, dance beats and filter-free lyrics. She called out shiftless boyfriends, other pop stars, even the president of her record label in the lyrics of her hits, becoming the pop fan\\u2019s rock star.\\n\\nJoin Chris Molanphy as he explains how Pink defined her own genre fusing punk attitude and soaring melodies into 21st-century self-empowerment music. She made herself into a rock star, simply by calling herself one. Who knew?\\n\\nPodcast production by Kevin Bendis.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nMake an impact this Women\\u2019s History Month by helping Macy\\u2019s on their mission to fund girls in STEM. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'