"Beautiful Trauma" is a song by American singer

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. She co-wrote the track with its producer

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. It was released through RCA Records on September 28, 2017, as the first promotional single from Pink's seventh studio album, ''

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'' (2017). The song was released to American

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as the second official single of the album on 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." The song was released on September 28, 2017, as a promotional single for her album, ''

''. The song impacted

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as an "A List" on 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

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with a

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of 96 beats per minute in

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. Pink's vocals span two octaves, from G₃ to G₅. It has been described as "oversized, emotional power-pop song".

Critical reception

Andrew Unterberger from ''

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'' 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. Hayden Wright from Radio.com reviewed the song positively, stating, "it’s an epic, dramatic track with stylistic range and plenty of heart".

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. On November 21, 2017, this was followed by an "official" music video featuring actor, producer, model, singer and dancer

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. 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. For the video, costume designer Kim Bowen won the Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Short Form Design.

Live performances

Pink performed the song on ''

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'' on October 14, 2017, alongside "

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". She also performed the track on ''

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''. On November 19, 2017, Pink performed "Beautiful Trauma" at the

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while suspended from a high wire off of a skyscraper. Pink also performed the song on the fourteenth series of ''

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'' on December 3, 2017 alongside "What About Us".

Track listing

*Digital download – The Remixes #"Beautiful Trauma" (Kat Krazy Remix) – 3:13 #"Beautiful Trauma" (

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Remix) – 3:29 #"Beautiful Trauma" (Nathan Jain Remix) – 2:33 #"Beautiful Trauma" (E11even Remix) – 3:07

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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