{"id":6557,"date":"2017-10-20T12:15:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T20:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=6557"},"modified":"2017-10-17T20:17:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T04:17:23","slug":"review-beautiful-trauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/review-beautiful-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: \u201cBeautiful Trauma\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span>Zo<\/span><span>\u00eb<\/span><span> Strickland | Managing Editor<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span>Alecia Moore, more commonly known as P!nk, released her new album on Oct. 13. \u201cBeautiful Trauma\u201d is the artist\u2019s first record in five years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In true P!nk fashion, \u201cBeautiful Trauma\u201d is a <\/span><span>t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate<\/span><span> between upbeat pop songs and serious ballads. Her lyrics are deep and personal; like you\u2019re sitting down with Moore and having the world\u2019s most exciting conversation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The first four tracks are a 16 minute romp, including \u201cRevenge,\u201d which features Eminem. \u201cRevenge\u201d is repetitive in the best way, and has lyrics with a feel reminiscent of Carrie Underwood\u2019s \u201cBefore He Cheats\u201d infused with a bit up rap and pop. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The bops transform into a two-song slow jam with \u201cBut We Lost It\u201d and \u201cBarbies.\u201d Both tracks represent the softer, more honest side of P!nk. They\u2019re a representation of my favorite strain of P!nk\u2019s music <\/span><span>\u2014 <\/span><span>stripped down vocals paired with a singular instrument. Moore\u2019s voice was made for slow ballads, her soulful cantor and impactful lyrics weight every line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The bulk of the album contains fun tracks<\/span><span> that make you want to belt out every lyric. The songs are sell-able and make perfect singles, while still bringing the lyrical depth that\u2019s hidden under the surface of P!nk\u2019s songs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The album ends opposite of how it begins,<\/span> <span>completing the story of the album<\/span><span>. The rocky relationship found in the lyrics of the titular track comes full-circle with \u201cYou Get My Love,\u201d a slow tune in which P!nk turns the anger displayed in the first song into acceptance and openness. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In recent years, P!nk\u2019s discography has been caught up with the same general sound. She\u2019s been circulating around heavy beats with an essence of EDM and a touch of one-instrument ballads for her past three albums. \u201cBeautiful Trauma\u201d wasn\u2019t anything new to P!nk\u2019s repertoire. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span>Contact the author at <a href=\"mailto:journalmanaging@wou.edu\">journalmanaging@wou.edu<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zo\u00eb Strickland | Managing Editor Alecia Moore, more commonly known as P!nk, released her new album on Oct. 13. \u201cBeautiful Trauma\u201d is the artist\u2019s first record in five years. In true P!nk fashion, \u201cBeautiful Trauma\u201d is a t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate between upbeat pop songs and serious ballads. Her lyrics are deep and personal; like you\u2019re sitting down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":823,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/823"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}