Pink gave an emotional performance at the 60th Grammy Awards, belting out “Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken” from her album Beautiful Trauma.
First the #GRAMMYs, then the National Anthem at the #SuperBowl!!! @Pink slaying her performance rn. pic.twitter.com/ACuVE4GF8D
โ Mike Adam (@MikeAdamOnAir) January 29, 2018
The singer decided against a showy, death-defying high-wire act. Instead, she just sang the ballad with a signer behind her, making the lyrics understandable for the deaf. Pink also wore just a white shirt and jeans.
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Pink said in her documentary On The Record she originally wrote the song for the 2015 movie Suffragette, but it was not included in the film. The movie centered on the women’s suffragette movement in the earlier 1900s in the U.K.
“The movie is about the suffragette movement which is women’s right to vote,” P!nk said. “You have to fight for what’s rightly yours which is rights and respect and love and kindness and compassion and you have to be willing to die for it. These women were.”
The performance moved Twitter viewers at home. Many were impressed by Pink skipping out on gimmicks.
#grammys no gimmicks….just pure talent. Strong woman, strong human, @Pink .
โ sarah (@mynamebesarah) January 29, 2018
Pink is just a class act. Iโm in love #Grammys
โ Dani MJJ ใ (@DaniellePozzini) January 29, 2018
NOW THATS A WOMENNN WOWOWOW YESS @Pink YOU GO WITH YOUR SHIRT AND JEANS ๐ฅ #GRAMMYs
โ ! laura ยก (@Okalrightlaura) January 29, 2018
Gosh, what a performer. @Pink #GRAMMYs
โ Lizzy (@lizzyodell11) January 29, 2018
The performance also had some “ugly crying.”
Pink got me ugly crying… #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/70W5XmiCba
โ Aussie (@sweetieelaine2) January 29, 2018
@Pink Grammyโs performance made me cry… no shame. So beautiful.
โ Rainy Francis (@FakeHappy92) January 29, 2018
I’m not crying… you are. #GRAMMYs #Pink pic.twitter.com/doNqWbhDU7
โ Star1021online (@star1021online) January 29, 2018
I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH OH MY GOD AND SHE LOOKS SO GOOD IM CRYING #GRAMMYs @Pink
โ baby tay ๐ (@swiftiesince07) January 29, 2018
The performance was very different from Pink‘s past performances on the Grammys. When she performed in 2010 and 2014, she took to air, showing off her acrobatic skills.
Pink has three Grammys, and was nominated for Best Solo Pop Performance for “What About Us.”
Photo credit: CBS