BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA

By Pink Two decades in and Pink’s voice is still as powerful as when she first exploded onto the pop scene, but now the once party-loving singer is all grown up. It’s clear that after marriage and two kids, her priorities have shifted.

The mainly balladfilled album is like a catalogue of her anxieties – from becoming an adult (a line from Barbies goes “I turned into someone I swore I would never be”), to the state of her marriage, which seems to veer between splitsville and true love (Whatever You Want, You Get My Love) and the state of the world (Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken).

If you want a party record from the old Pink, this isn’t for you.