I’m no P!nk fan but everything in this top 5 is fucking stellar so well done everyone and to
@Lost Boy for the love being poured into this.
When I first met one of my now-best friends at university, we’d initially only really knew each other through other people and spoke to one another about our shared love of groups like A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul when we sere in social situations and that was the dominant music played. One night, whilst pre-drinks at mine were underway downstairs, she came up to my room and I was listening to ‘Don’t Let Me Get Me’ whilst I got ready and she burst through the door, completely awe-struck because (having had a fucking
rough childhood and dealing with a lot of the issues and emotions painted in the track) it was so close to her heart still and she said she’d never met anybody that not only enjoyed the track but also sort of related to it on a personal level. That was sort of the night things really kicked off with each other and we still regularly spin it together, channeling all of that teen angst that sort of sits under the surface but never really goes away. I absolutely adore it and it’ll always have a special place in my heart.
That said, ‘Who Knew’ for the win as few things in Pop manage to channel that spiralling chaos in the immediate realisation of losing somebody in the way that last chorus does and it’s fucking incredible.