Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8, 1979 in Doylestown, PA), known profess… Read Full Bio ↴Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8, 1979 in Doylestown, PA), known professionally as Pink (stylized as P!nk), is an American singer and songwriter. She was originally a member of the girl group Choice. In 1995, LaFace Records saw potential in Pink and offered her a solo recording contract. Her R&B-influenced debut studio album Can't Take Me Home (2000) was certified double-platinum in the United States and spawned two Billboard Hot 100 top-ten songs: "There You Go" and "Most Girls". She gained further recognition with the collaborative single "Lady Marmalade" from the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack, which topped many charts worldwide. Refocusing her sound to pop-rock with her second studio album Missundaztood (2001), the album sold more than 13 million copies worldwide and yielded the international number-one songs "Get the Party Started", "Don't Let Me Get Me", and "Just Like a Pill".
While Pink's third studio album, Try This (2003), sold fewer copies than her previous work, it earned her the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the single "Trouble". She returned to the top of record charts with her fourth and fifth studio albums, I'm Not Dead (2006) and Funhouse (2008), which generated the top-ten entries "Who Knew" and "U + Ur Hand", as well as the number-one single "So What". Pink's sixth studio album, The Truth About Love (2012), was her first album to debut atop the Billboard 200 chart and spawned her fourth number-one single, "Just Give Me a Reason". In 2014, Pink recorded a collaborative album, Rose Ave., with Canadian musician Dallas Green under a folk music duo named You+Me. Her seventh studio album, Beautiful Trauma (2017), became the third best-selling album of the year and saw the success of its lead single, "What About Us".
Recognized for her distinctive, raspy voice and acrobatic stage presence, Pink has sold over 90 million records worldwide, making her one of the world's best-selling music artists. Her career accolades include three Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award and seven MTV Video Music Awards, including the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. In 2009, Billboard named Pink the Pop Songs Artist of the Decade. Pink was also the second most-played female solo artist in the United Kingdom, during the 2000s decade, behind Madonna. VH1 ranked her number 10 on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music, while Billboard awarded her the Woman of the Year award in 2013. At the 63rd annual BMI Pop Awards, she received the BMI President's Award for "her outstanding achievement in songwriting and global impact on pop culture and the entertainment industry."
It was announced in September 2014, that Pink and Dallas Green, lead singer of City and Colour, worked together on a collaborative album, under the band name You+Me. The album, titled Rose Ave., was released on October 14, 2014. The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and at number one on the US Folk Albums chart.
In August 2015, Pink recorded the theme song for the 13th season of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The song, "Today's the Day", was performed during the show's premiere week in New York City on September 10, 2015.
On August 27, 2017, Pink received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards. She also performed a medley of some of her hits, including her new single, "What About Us", before accepting the award, which was presented to her by Ellen DeGeneres. The album was released on October 13, 2017, and became the third best-selling album of the year worldwide. The album received the nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album earned Pink's 20th nomination at the Annual Grammy Awards.
Although sick with influenza, Pink sang the United States national anthem before Super Bowl LII, a dream she had had since, as a child. On March 1, 2018, Pink started her seventh concert tour, the Beautiful Trauma World Tour, which was scheduled to visit North America and Oceania until September 8, 2018. She later decided to extend the tour until May 2019 including Europe.
On February 5, 2019, Pink received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. she released of her eighth album, Hurts 2B Human, on April 26, 2019. On the release date, Pink performed the song alongside a medley of her biggest hits at the BRIT Awards, including "Try", "Just Give Me a Reason", with Fun. lead singer Nate Ruess, and "What About Us". She was also awarded with the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award at the ceremony. In December 2019, Pollstar named her Artist of the Year. Pink confirmed that in 2020 she will take a break from music to focus on her family.

On February 12, 2021, she released the song "Cover Me in Sunshine", a duet with her daughter Willow Sage Hart. On April 9, 2021, she released the song "Anywhere Away from Here", a duet with Rag'n'Bone Man. On April 29, she announced a live album, titled All I Know So Far: Setlist, which was released on May 21. The album contains the live versions of previous Pink songs, live covers and "Cover Me in Sunshine". It also includes the title track, released as a single on May 7. All I Know So Far: Setlist serves as the companion album to the documentary film covering Pink's life of the same name, which was released simultaneously with the album through Amazon's Prime Video platform.

In April 2021, Pink confirmed to ET Canada that a ninth studio album was in the "very early days, but I will tell you, it will be very honest".

On November 4, 2022, Pink released the single "Never Gonna Not Dance Again", which serves as the lead single from her upcoming album Trustfall. Pink is set to perform the song at the American Music Awards on November 20.

Funhouse
P!nk Lyrics

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I dance around this empty house
Tear us down
Throw you out
Screaming down the halls
Spinning all around and now we fall

Pictures framing up the past
Your taunting smirk behind the glass

This museum full of ash
Once a tickle
Now a rash

This used to be a fun house
But now it's full of evil clowns
It's time to start the countdown
I'm gonna burn it down, down, down

I'm gonna burn it down

Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, fun

Echoes knocking on locked doors
All the laughter from above
I'd rather live out on the street
Than in this haunted memory

I've called the movers
Called the maids
We'll try to exorcise this place
Drag my mattress to the yard
Crumble tumble house of cards

This used to be a fun house
But now it's full of evil clowns
It's time to start the countdown
I'm gonna burn it down, down, down

This used to be a fun house
But now it's full of evil clowns
It's time to start the countdown
I'm gonna burn it down, down, down

I'm gonna burn it down

Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, fun

Oh, I'm crawling through the doggy door
My key don't fit my lock no more
I'll change the drapes
I'll break the plates
I'll find a new place
Burn this fucker down

Do do do do dodo do
Do do do do dodo do
Do do do do dodo do
Do do do do do da da da da
Do do do do dodo do (Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one)
Do do do do dodo do
Do do do do dodo do
Do do do do dodo do

This used to be a fun house
But now it's full of evil clowns
It's time to start the countdown
I'm gonna burn it down, down, down

This used to be a fun house
But now it's full of evil clowns
It's time to start the countdown
I'm gonna burn it down, down, down

I'm gonna burn it down

Overall Meaning

The song "Funhouse" by P!nk is an emotionally charged pop rock anthem about the end of a toxic relationship. The opening lines "I dance around this empty house / Tear us down / Throw you out / Screaming down the halls / Spinning all around and now we fall" emphasize the chaotic, tumultuous nature of the broken relationship. The verses continue to describe the destruction left in the wake of the relationship, with descriptions of taunting pictures, echoes of laughter, and haunted memories.

The chorus is the focal point of the song, with its repetition and building sense of urgency. P!nk sings "This used to be a fun house / But now it's full of evil clowns / It's time to start the countdown / I'm gonna burn it down, down, down." The fun house, once a symbol of happiness and joy, has become a place of torment and pain, with evil clowns symbolizing the partner who has caused so much damage. The countdown adds a sense of impending doom, with P!nk asserting her power to take control and burn the "fun house" to the ground. The bridge emphasizes this idea, with the lines "I'll change the drapes / I'll break the plates / I'll find a new place / Burn this f*cker down" showing a determination to move on, no matter what it takes.

Overall, "Funhouse" is a powerful and relatable anthem about the pain of ending a toxic relationship, with a strong sense of catharsis and empowerment in the chorus.

Line by Line Meaning

I dance around this empty house
I am aimlessly moving around this house with no purpose

Tear us down
Destroying everything related to us

Throw you out
Getting rid of everything that reminds me of you

Screaming down the halls
Shouting in this empty house

Spinning all around and now we fall
We were once together, but now we are separated and broken

Pictures framing up the past
Reminders of the past moments captured in the photos

Your taunting smirk behind the glass
Your teasing smile in the pictures is now tormenting me

This museum full of ash
This house feels like a burnt museum with nothing left

Once a tickle Now a rash
What was once joyful for me has now become irritating and painful

This used to be a fun house
This house was once enjoyable and thrilling for me

But now it's full of evil clowns
But now, it feels like a horror house that’s being controlled by clowns, which represent negative and scary thoughts

It's time to start the countdown
It’s time to face my fears and destroy this house, which symbolizes my painful past

I'm gonna burn it down, down, down
I'm going to destroy everything related to my past and start anew

Echoes knocking on locked doors
Memories from the past still haunt me

All the laughter from above
All the joy and happiness that was once present in this house is now gone

I'd rather live out on the street Than in this haunted memory
I would rather be homeless than living in this house, which is filled with painful memories

I've called the movers
I have arranged for the movers to help me move out

Called the maids
I have hired maids to clean up every corner of this house

We'll try to exorcise this place
We will try to get rid of negative energy present in this house

Drag my mattress to the yard
I’ll take everything out from the house one by one

Crumble tumble house of cards
Everything that was built between us has fallen apart

Oh, I'm crawling through the doggy door
I’m leaving like a thief without anyone noticing

My key don't fit my lock no more
Everything has changed now, and I don’t have the same access to this life and relationships as before

I'll change the drapes
I’ll make every effort to erase any trace of the painful past

I'll break the plates
I’ll get rid of everything that reminds me of you

I'll find a new place
I'll start over and begin a new life

Burn this fucker down
Destroy everything related to past memories

Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, fun
Countdown to the moment of moving on from the past life