Star Analysis

For this task I am going to research a particular music star, I am choosing to research 'Pink'. From this research I am hoping to grasp the concepts of how she represents herself, visually and through her music. This will help me understand how through music videos, posters, CD covers and such an artist’s builds up a representation of themselves.

Alecia Beth Moore is her birth name, her artist name is Pink, which is spelt P!kn often. The name in itself and how it is spelt shows a quirkiness of the artist, she does not wont to be seen as conventional or the same as other artists. The choice of name is interesting, the public may assume it is because she likes to be feminine; pink is a very stereotypical colour for girls. Pink quoted in an interview that she came across the name Pink when she was young, bullies used to pick on her then call her pink because she blushed. The name was reinforced when a movie came out with a star called 'Mr. Pink, she claims he had a sharp tongue. These reasons for naming herself this clearly represent herself as an artist. She is trying to convey to people the troubles in like, this is a convention of rock genre. She is also trying to convey that she is a tough person who is not shy of coming forward.

She is 32 and from The United States Of America. It seems from a very young age Pink has been interested in music, her father played the guitar and sang music, which inspired her to be a rock star. Her mother comments that from the age of 14 she was writing her own songs, 'they were very black, very deep and almost worrisome'. This statement says a lot about how she expresses herself, her music and her lyrics along with other things seem to help the artist get her feeling and emotions across to people.

Pink was originally an R&B artist, In 2001 she brought out her second single, this single represented the more rock/pop genre of music, which she has continued to use throughout her music career.

MUSIC & LYRICS

Pinks music and lyrics are very expressive; they show a great deal great deal of emotion and character. In her music videos there are often teenage girls who are not conventially pretty, popular or happy the videos also emphasise the problems that come along with this. This is expressing for sympathy towards particular people and encouraging them that they are not alone. It may also relate to things she may have gone through as a young person. In some videos these 'unconventially pretty' girls stand up to stereotypical 'bimbos', skinny, blonde, rich, materialistic and so on. Her song pretty girls represents 'bimbos' in an almost humorous way which comforts young girls whom do not follow these conventions. Her lyrics express a lot about having problems with one’s self, drug abuse, self harm, isolation as so on; this is also represented in her music videos. Pink is a role model for many young girls who have problems and insecurity within themselves, through her music, lyrics, videos and style she helps them to come to terms with themselves as you do not have to be typically 'pretty' to be happy and liked by others. Words and phrases such as misunderstood, less than perfect, escape reality, wrong in all the right ways, punch them in the mouths are used. These all help her to represent herself and her music as very expressive and emotional.

LINKS BELOW TO PINKS MUSIC VIDEOS WHICH WILL SHOW EXAMPLES OF MY ABOVE STATEMENTS:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJWIbIe0N90&feature=related 'Who Knew'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjVNlG5cZyQ&feature=relmfu 'Raise Your Glass'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eocCPDxKq1o&feature=related 'Please Dont Leave'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1bcQMCZ5gU 'Fucking Perfect'

STYLE

Pink does not have a parasitic style, she various from a range of different styles which is part of why she is a unique artist. Her clothing range goes from tomboy/punk to feminine dressed to very sexual clothing to extreme outfits.

TOMBOY/ PUNK

    

FEMININE

  

OUT GOING OUTFITS

  

SEXUAL

  

These collaborations of styles represent Pink as a non conventional artist; she does not stick to stereotypes of her genre. She does not generally dress for Rock, Pop or RnB; instead she puts them all together. However, through researching her style I have noticed some particular trends, in music videos and performances her outfits seem to be more sexy and outgoing. When in public or attending important events, she is dress more like a tomboy or very classy and pretty. This could show that some of her representations are not accurate towards the actual artist. Since Pink got married to Carey Hart in January 2006 she was been seen to be wearing more feminine clothing, dresses and such.
 
HAIR

Pink often changes her hair colour, varies in styles she chooses to wear it, but does not often change the length. If she does it is never longer than her shoulders, it is generally short hair. The colour of her hair also changes often, the most typical hair colour for her is either blonde or pink, but she does mix in other colours such as black, red, green, purple.

Below are some images of Pink's varies hair styles.