Beautiful Trauma (song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Beautiful Trauma

| cover = PINK - Beautiful Trauma (Official Single Cover).png

| border = yes

| caption = Remix EP cover

| type = single

| artist = Pink

| album = Beautiful Trauma

| released = {{start date|2017|11|21}}

| studio =

Earthstar Creation Center (Venice, CA){{cite AV media notes|title=Beautiful Trauma|others=Pink|year=2017|publisher=RCA Records}}
Rough Customer Studio (Brooklyn Heights, NY){{cite AV media notes|title=Beautiful Trauma|others=Pink|year=2017|publisher=RCA Records}}
The Village Studios (Los Angeles, CA){{cite AV media notes|title=Beautiful Trauma|others=Pink|year=2017|publisher=RCA Records}}

| genre = Power pop

| length = {{duration|m=4|s=10}}

| label = RCA

| writer = {{hlist|Alecia Moore|Jack Antonoff}}

| producer = Jack Antonoff

| prev_title = What About Us

| prev_year = 2017

| next_title = Whatever You Want

| next_year = 2018

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|EBt_88nxG4c|"Beautiful Trauma"}}}}

}}

"Beautiful Trauma" is a song by American singer Pink. She co-wrote the track with its producer Jack Antonoff.{{cite news|title=P!nk's Beautiful New Song Is Basically A Sequel To 'Just Like A Pill'|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3038434/pink-beautiful-trauma-just-like-a-pill-jack-antonoff/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930035627/http://www.mtv.com/news/3038434/pink-beautiful-trauma-just-like-a-pill-jack-antonoff/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 30, 2017|access-date=September 29, 2017|publisher=MTV News|language=en}} It was released through RCA Records on September 28, 2017, as the first promotional single from Pink's seventh studio album, Beautiful Trauma (2017).{{cite magazine|title=Pink Drops Jack Antonoff-Produced 'Beautiful Trauma' Title Track: Listen {{!}} Billboard|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7981583/pink-teases-title-track-beautiful-trauma-jack-antonoff|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928143734/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7981583/pink-teases-title-track-beautiful-trauma-jack-antonoff|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 28, 2017|magazine=Billboard|date=September 28, 2017|access-date=September 28, 2017}} The song was released to American contemporary hit radio as the second official single of the album on November 21, 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases |title=Top 40/M Future Releases |publisher=All Access Media Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121220814/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases |archive-date=November 21, 2017 |access-date=November 21, 2017}} It has reached number one on Danish, German, and Polish radio.

Release

Alongside the announcement of the track on Twitter, Pink explained her reasoning for the title of the album: "life is fucking traumatic. But it's also incredibly beautiful, too. There's a lot of beauty still and beautiful souls."{{cite news|last=Aswad|first=Jem|title=Pink Releases Title Track to New Album, 'Beautiful Trauma'|url=https://variety.com/2017/music/news/pink-releases-title-track-to-new-album-beautiful-trauma-1202575244/|work=Variety|date=September 28, 2017|access-date=September 28, 2017}} The song was released on September 28, 2017, as a promotional single for her album, Beautiful Trauma.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7981583/pink-teases-title-track-beautiful-trauma-jack-antonoff|title=Pink Drops Jack Antonoff-Produced 'Beautiful Trauma' Title Track: Listen|magazine=Billboard }} The song impacted BBC Radio 1 as an "A List" on November 10, 2017.{{cite web|title=BBC - Radio 1 - Playlist|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110141057/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 10, 2017|website=BBC Radio 1|access-date=November 10, 2017|location=United Kingdom|date=November 10, 2017}} The song released as the second official single of the album on November 21, 2017.

Composition

"Beautiful Trauma" is performed in the key of G major with a tempo of 96 beats per minute in common time. Pink's vocals span two octaves, from G₃ to G₅.{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0178421|title=Pink 'Beautiful Trauma' Sheet Music in G Major (transposable) - Download & Print|last=Moore|first=Alecia|date=September 29, 2017 |publisher=Musicnotes.com|access-date=September 30, 2017}} It has been described as "oversized, emotional power-pop song".{{cite news|title=Pink Is the Latest Pop Star to Make a Song With Jack Antonoff|url=https://www.spin.com/2017/09/pink-beautiful-trauma-stream/|access-date=September 29, 2017|work=Spin|date=September 28, 2017}}

Critical reception

Andrew Unterberger from Billboard described the song as "elegant and bloody, shimmering and grungy… its life affirming without being pandering", whilst also noting that it was the "perfect lead single" choice.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7998478/pink-beautiful-trauma-album-of-the-week-review|title=Album of the Week: P!nk Grapples With Having So Much to Lose on Heavy-Hearted 'Beautiful Trauma'|magazine=Billboard }} Hayden Wright from Radio.com reviewed the song positively, stating, "it’s an epic, dramatic track with stylistic range and plenty of heart".{{cite web|url=http://news.radio.com/2017/10/13/best-songs-pink-beautiful-trauma/|title=5 Best Songs on P!nk's 'Beautiful Trauma'|access-date=October 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031123008/http://news.radio.com/2017/10/13/best-songs-pink-beautiful-trauma/|archive-date=October 31, 2017|url-status=dead}}

Music video

Two videos were released for the song. On October 12, 2017, a dance video featuring dancer and model Larsen Thompson and a company of male dancers was released, directed by Nick Florez and R. J. Durell, Pink's choreographers.https://toofab.com/2018/10/16/why-model-larsen-thompson-thinks-kendall-gigi-and-bella-were-put-in-a-position-they-cant-control/ "Why Model Larsen Thompson Thinks Kendall, Gigi and Bella Were 'Put in a Position They Can't Control'", TooFab, October 16, 2018https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UBJxhfhNJc AlexisJoyVIPAccess interview, November 22, 2017 On November 21, 2017, this was followed by an "official" music video featuring actor, producer, model, singer and dancer Channing Tatum.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/mahdqc/pnk-and-channing-tatum-play-house-in-the-beautiful-trauma-video|title=P!nk and Channing Tatum Play House In The 'Beautiful Trauma' Video|access-date=November 21, 2017|language=en}} The video features Pink and Tatum as Fred and Ginger Hart. Throughout the video, Pink vacuums, irons a shirt and subsequently burns it, and burns a pie. The two then dance in drag, drink, and engage in role play with a second woman named Rhonda (portrayed by Nikki Tuazon). The music video was directed and choreographed by Florez and Durell.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/music/news/pink-drops-hilarious-music-video-for-beautiful-trauma-starring-channing-tatum-1202620551/|author=Jem Aswad|title=Pink Drops Hilarious Music Video for 'Beautiful Trauma,' Starring Channing Tatum|publisher=Variety|date=November 21, 2017|access-date=February 8, 2018}}{{Cite magazine |last=Maslow |first=Nick |date=21 November 2017 |title=Pink and Channing Tatum dance in drag in new 'Beautiful Trauma' music video |url=https://ew.com/music/2017/11/21/pink-channing-tatum-beautiful-trauma-music-video/ |access-date=12 October 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}} For the video, costume designer Kim Bowen won the Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Short Form Design.{{cite web|last1=Brockington|first1=Ariana|title='I, Tonya,' 'The Shape of Water' Win at 2018 Costume Designers Guild Awards|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/2018-costume-designers-guild-awards-winners-1202705946/|website=Variety|date=February 21, 2018 |access-date=February 22, 2018}}

Live performances

Pink performed the song on Saturday Night Live on October 14, 2017, alongside "What About Us".{{cite web|url=http://www.directlyrics.com/pink-performs-what-about-us-beautiful-trauma-on-snl-watch-news.html|title=Pink Performs 'What About Us' & "Beautiful Trauma" on "SNL": Watch}} She also performed the track on Good Morning America.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/pink-opens-highs-lows-11-year-marriage-carey/story?id=50505267|title=Pink opens up on highs and lows of 11-year marriage to Carey Hart|date=October 16, 2017|work=ABC News}} On November 19, 2017, Pink performed "Beautiful Trauma" at the American Music Awards while suspended from a high wire off of a skyscraper.{{cite magazine|last=Unterberger|first=Andrew|title=P!nk Delivers 'Beautiful Trauma' Suspended From High Wire Outside a Skyscraper at the 2017 AMAs|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/amas/8039539/pink-beautiful-trauma-amas-2017|access-date=November 21, 2017|magazine=Billboard|date=November 19, 2017}} Pink also performed the song on the fourteenth series of The X Factor UK on December 3, 2017, alongside "What About Us".

Track listing

Digital download – The Remixes{{cite web|title=iTunes - Music - Beautiful Trauma (The Remixes) - EP by P!nk|date=January 12, 2018 |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/beautiful-trauma-the-remixes-ep/1333191782|publisher=iTunes Store}}

"Beautiful Trauma" (Kat Krazy Remix) – 3:13
"Beautiful Trauma" (MOTi Remix) – 3:29
"Beautiful Trauma" (Nathan Jain Remix) – 2:33
"Beautiful Trauma" (E11even Remix) – 3:07

Charts

=Weekly charts=

scope="col"\| Chart (2017–18) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
{{single chart\|Australia\|25\|artist=P!nk\|song=Beautiful Trauma\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=December 2, 2017}}
{{single chart\|Austria\|45\|artist=P!nk\|song=Beautiful Trauma\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=January 18, 2018}}
{{single chart\|Flanders\|30\|artist=P!nk\|song=Beautiful Trauma\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=March 17, 2018}}
{{single chart\|Wallonia\|42\|artist=P!nk\|song=Beautiful Trauma\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=February 10, 2018}}
{{single chart\|Canada\|51\|artist=Pnk\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=December 5, 2017}}
{{single chart\|Billboardcanadaac\|1\|artist=Pnk\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}
{{single chart\|Billboardcanadachrtop40\|32\|artist=Pnk\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=March 20, 2018}}
{{single chart\|Billboardcanadahotac\|1\|artist=Pnk\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=April 3, 2018}}
{{single chart\|CIS\|145\|artist=P!nk\|song=Beautiful Trauma\|songid=84900\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 2, 2022}}
{{single chart\|Czech Republic\|3\|year=2018\|week=07\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=February 19, 2018}}
{{single chart\|Denmark Airplay\|1\|artist=P!nk\|song=Beautiful Trauma\|year=2018\|week=5\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=February 17, 2018}}
{{single chart\|France\|136\|artist=P!nk\|song=Beautiful Trauma\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=January 27, 2018}}
scope="row"\|Guatemala (Monitor Latino Anglo){{cite news\|title=Top 20 Anglo Guatemala - Del 18 al 24 de Diciembre, 2017\|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Guatemala/Anglo/20171218\|newspaper=Charts Monitorlatino\|access-date=January 18, 2018}} \|10
{{single chart\|Germany\|80\|songid=1698075\|artist=P!nk\|song=Beautiful Trauma\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=January 12, 2018}}
scope="row"\| Germany (Airplay Chart){{cite web \|url=http://germancharts.com/airplay_charts.asp?week=201802 \|title=Airplay Charts Deutschland – Woche 02/2018 \|publisher=German Charts \|access-date=February 22, 2017}} \| 1
{{single chart\|Hungary\|6\|year=2018\|week=4\|artist=P!nk\|song=Beautiful Trauma\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=February 2, 2018}}
{{single chart\|Hungarysingle\|9\|year=2018\|week=2\|artist=P!nk\|song=Beautiful Trauma\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=January 18, 2018}}
scope="row"\| Ireland (IRMA){{cite web\|url=http://irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Singles\|title=IRMA – Irish Charts\|publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association\|access-date=January 13, 2018}} \| 80
scope="row"\| Israel (Media Forest TV Airplay){{cite web \|url=http://www.mediaforest.biz/WeeklyCharts/#/international_tab3 \|title=מדיה פורסט - לדעת שאתה באוויר \|publisher=Mediaforest.biz \|access-date=May 6, 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316183730/http://www.mediaforest.biz/WeeklyCharts/#/international_tab3 \|archive-date=March 16, 2017 \|url-status=dead }} \| 1
scope="row"\|Mexico (Billboard Ingles Airplay){{Cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/pink/chart-history/mex/\|title= Pink Chart History: Mexico Ingles Airplay\|access-date=February 17, 2018\|magazine=Billboard}} \| style="text-align:center;" \|13
scope="row"\| Mexico Anglo (Monitor Latino){{cite web\|title=Top 20 Anglo Mexico - Del 19 al 25 de Febrero, 2018\|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Mexico/Anglo/20180219\|website=Monitor Latino\|access-date=February 28, 2018}} \|18
{{single chart\|Dutch40\|14\|year=2018\|week=8\|rowheader=true\|refname=dutch\|accessdate=February 24, 2018}}
{{single chart\|Dutch100\|99\|artist=P!nk\|song=Beautiful Trauma\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=February 24, 2018}}
scope="row"\| New Zealand Heatseeker (RMNZ){{cite web\|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2017-10-20\|title=NZ Heatseeker Singles Chart\|publisher=Recorded Music NZ\|date=December 17, 2017\|access-date=December 16, 2017}} \| 1
scope="row"\| Philippines (Philippine Hot 100){{cite news\|url=http://billboard.ph/billboardph-hot-100-december-18/\|title=BillboardPH Hot 100\|work=Billboard Philippines\|date=December 18, 2017 \|access-date=December 18, 2017}} \| 40
{{single chart\|Poland\|1\|chartid=2591\|year=2018\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=February 12, 2018}}
scope="row"\| Romania (Airplay 100){{cite web\|url=https://www.kissfm.ro/podcasturi/5424\|title=Airplay 100 – April 1, 2018\|publisher=Kiss FM\|language=Romanian\|access-date=April 2, 2018\|date=April 1, 2018}} \| 48
{{single chart\|Scotland\|4\|date=20171208\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=December 9, 2017}}
{{single chart\|Slovakia2\|3\|year=2018\|week=20\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=May 22, 2018}}
scope="row"\| Slovenia (SloTop50){{cite web\|url=http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2018&week=12\|title=SloTop50 – Slovenian official singles chart\|publisher=slotop50.si\|access-date=April 23, 2018\|archive-date=March 28, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328041310/https://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2018&week=12\|url-status=dead}} \| 10
{{single chart\|Switzerland\|46\|artist=P!nk\|song=Beautiful Trauma\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=November 21, 2017}}
{{single chart\|UK\|25\|date=20180105\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=January 6, 2018}}
{{single chart\|Billboardhot100\|78\|artist=Pnk\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=February 13, 2018}}
{{single chart\|Billboardadultcontemporary\|15\|artist=Pnk\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=April 17, 2018}}
{{single chart\|Billboardadultpopsongs\|4\|artist=Pnk\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=March 20, 2018}}
{{single chart\|Billboarddanceclubplay\|1\|artist=Pnk\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=March 23, 2018}}
{{single chart\|Billboardpopsongs\|26\|artist=Pnk\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=March 6, 2018}}

= Year-end charts =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (2018)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2018&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten 2018|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=December 21, 2018}}

| 85

scope="row"| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40){{cite web|url=http://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2018|title=Rádiós Top 100 - hallgatottsági adatok alapján - 2018|access-date=April 1, 2020|publisher=Mahasz}}

| 53

scope="row"| Hungary (Single Top 40){{cite web|url=http://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/single_db/2018|title=Single Top 100 - eladási darabszám alapján - 2018|access-date=April 1, 2020|publisher=Mahasz}}

| 77

scope="row"| Iceland (Plötutíóindi){{cite web|url=https://plotutidindi.is/arslistar/tonlistinn-log-2018/|title=TÓNLISTINN – LÖG – 2018|language=is|website=Plötutíóindi|accessdate=April 1, 2022}}

| 65

scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|title= Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2018 |publisher= Dutch Top 40 |access-date= January 5, 2019 |url= https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2018 |language= nl}}

| 73

scope="row"| Slovenia (SloTop50){{cite web|url=http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Letne-lestvice/?year=2018|title=SloTop50 – Slovenian official Year-End singles chart|publisher=SloTop50|access-date=February 7, 2019|archive-date=November 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128195120/https://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Letne-lestvice/?year=2018|url-status=dead}}

| 26

scope="row"| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/adult-contemporary-songs|title=Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 31, 2019}}

| 40

scope="row"| US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/adult-pop-songs|title=Adult Pop Songs – Year-End 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 31, 2019}}

| 20

scope="row"| US Dance Club Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/dance-club-songs|title=Dance Club Songs – Year-End 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 20, 2018|archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411213530/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/dance-club-songs|url-status=dead}}

| 9

Certifications

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=2017|certyear=2023|access-date=April 7, 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=single|award=Gold|artist=P!nk|title=Beautiful Trauma|relyear=2017|relmonth=11|certyear=2021|accessdate=July 2, 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Pink|title=Beautiful Trauma|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2017|certyear=2021|accessdate=September 19, 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|relyear=2017|title=Beautiful Trauma|artist=Pink|type=single|award=Platinum|source=radioscope|certyear=2019|access-date=2024-12-17}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Pink|title=Beautiful Trauma|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2017|certyear=2021|certmonth=6|accessdate=June 9, 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|artist=P!nk|title=Beautiful Trauma|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2017|certyear=2018|accessdate=December 18, 2018}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Pink|title=Beautiful Trauma|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2017|certyear=2022|accessdate=April 29, 2022|id=14580-550-1}}

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