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Part of the interview has been posted on their website, but I don't think its out yet.

 

'Every album, I'm worried that I'm a dork and a fraud – what if I can't sing anymore?'

 

Pink smiles and digs into a plate of nachos not far from the Venice, California, studio where she recorded her sixth LP. The singer seems happy and relaxed; she and her husband, motocross star Carey Hart, are now the parents of an adorable one-year-old girl, Willow. So what's with the bile on her new single, "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)," where she vents, "You think I'm just too serious/I think you're full of shit"?

 

"It's very easy for me to tap into 'go f*** yourself,'" Pink says. "Maybe that's the only way I feel powerful. I'm in the best place I've ever been in my life, and I'd say it's 80 percent happiness and 20 percent sheer confusion and fear that I'll f*** it up somehow. I'm consumed by my emotions."

 

Among the standout tracks on The Truth About Love – made with producers including longtime collaborator Butch Walker – are "Beam Me Up," which Pink describes as "my acoustic song that I do on every record," and the ballad "The Great Escape," about how the whole world seems to be on antidepressants. Another highlight, "How Come You're Not Here," is full of revenge-minded lyrics about a dalliance Hart had when they were separated a few years back: "I heard she's cute, but she stores nuts like a squirrel." They've since mended their relationship, and Pink says that Hart's first response to the song was "Fuuuuuck. We can put that to bed now, right?" She said yes – after the world tour.

 

"My goal on this record was to incorporate a little more musicality," Pink adds. "Every album, I'm worried that I'm a dork and a fraud – what if I can't sing anymore? Then I stop thinking and start playing guitar, and I realize that it's OK to suck, and move forward. Then it clicks and I'm like, 'I'm f***ing awesome!'"

 

This story is from the August 16th, 2012 issue of Rolling Stone.

 

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mar...2#ixzz22P9cPKjg

 

 

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