Pink Asserts Herself After Smash Debut

Like so many pop newcomers, Pink admits she was carefully coached on her ‘Missundaztood’ album. “I was just happy to not be working at McDonald’s anymore, to be honest with you,” she tells Billboard. But as that album broke, and as the public began to latch on to her quirky, faux-punk personality, she began to assert herself and take control of her career. “‘Missundaztood’ gave me a sense of freedom and purpose,” she explained. “It allowed me to exorcise a lot of my demons. The world has become my therapist. And it helped me to feel better about being an outcast, knowing that there’s so many other people that share my pain.”