Pink skipped the acrobatics of her typical present and as a substitute delivered a heartfelt efficiency of her tune “What About Us” Thursday night time on the Democratic Nationwide Conference in Chicago. The singer was joined by her daughter Willow Sage, who dueted the observe with the singer.
Collectively, Pink, Willow, and their backup singers sang the observe’s poignant verse: “We’re searchlights, we are able to see in the dead of night/We’re rockets, pointed up on the stars/We’re billions of lovely hearts/And also you offered us down the river too far.” Throughout their efficiency, a pink mild blanketed the hundreds in attendance.
Earlier within the day, Pink and Willow have been captured rehearsing the Lovely Trauma single. The 2017 “What About Us” video highlighted communities whose rights have been threatened throughout Trump’s administration, together with immigrants and same-sex {couples}.
Final month, Pink formally endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris at a fundraising Zoom name that broke an attendance file for the platform, and raised almost $2 million.
“We’re on this … and I’m simply actually grateful that us girls are going to have a voice, and we’ve all the time made our voices heard, and now it’s time to simply get additional loud,” the singer mentioned in the course of the name, per The Wrap. “Let’s go. Let’s get loud.”
It’s been fairly the musical conference. On night time three, John Legend and Sheila E. paid tribute to Tim Walz’s residence state with a rendition of Prince’s “Let’s Go Loopy,” Stevie Marvel performed “Greater Floor,” and Maren Morris hit the stage. Earlier within the week, Lil Jon stunned the group by performing “Flip Down for What” in the course of the states’ roll name on night time two.
Again in 2020, Pink confirmed her help for President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris when she carried out on the digital “I Will Vote” occasion. Pink has been an advocate for LGBTQ and reproductive rights previously, social points that Harris have additionally championed.