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Pinkhonored the lateOlivia Newton-Johnwith a touching tribute at the 2022American Music Awardson Sunday.
During the show, the singer, 43, performed Newton-John’s hit “Hopelessly Devoted to You” fromGrease. As she sang in a champagne-colored gown with sparkle and feather detailing, iconic images of Newton-John — whodied of breast cancer at age 73 in August— were shown on a screen behind her.
Ahead of the performance, Pink told ABC7 that getting the chance to pay homage to Newton-John was “an absolute honor.”
“I had the pleasure of being around her several times, and she was as darling as you would imagine,” she said. “She was such an icon, and it’s a really big honor to be able to sing her [music].”
In the days leading up to the show, Pink tried to remain tight-lipped about what fans could expect during the performance.
“I can’t tell you [what I’m singing], but I will tell you that my daughter [Willow] didGreasein her last summer production, and she is teaching me the song,” Pink teased during a recent appearance onJimmy Kimmel Live. “It’ll be magical.”
Carey Hart, Willow Sage Hart, Jameson Moon Hart, and P!nk.Emma McIntyre/Getty
Elsewhere in the interview, she spoke about how Willow, 11, critiques her Grammy-winning mom when it comes to performances.
“Willow’s gnarly when I forget the words to my own songs. I made a bet with her once,” recalled Pink. “She was like, ‘That’s not the right words.’ I’m like, ‘I wrote it.’ She’s like, ‘That’s not the words.’ And we went back, she won. It’s tough.”
In addition to Pink’s performance,Stevie Wonderis expected to joinCharlie PuthandAri Lennoxfor a medley ofLionel Richie’s hit songs in honor of the former Commodores musician winning the AMAs Icon Award.
Check out PEOPLE’s full AMAs coverage to get the latest news music’s big night.
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Last week, onGood Morning America, Pink announced thatTRUSTFALLwill drop in February. The album marks the musician’s ninth studio effort and first since 2019’sHurts 2B Human.
Earlier this month, Pink debuted “Never Gonna Not Dance Again” and in its video, she channels a rollerskating, grocery-store-shopping, fun-loving alter ego.
“My album is a piece of me, and I think that I am an example of how you can live authentically and fearlessly, in ways,” she said onGMA. “And if you look at my show … I’m a touring artist, that’s what I do. We’re a traveling city, we’re diverse, inclusive, we are a model of what can work.”
Pink’s TRUSTFALL.RCA Records
She continued, “We pray to different gods, we have different skin colors, we believe in all kinds of different things — you name it, go down the list of differences. We love each other, we disagree, we stay together and we show each other our different cultures.”
Pink went on to say that her new album was written during the COVID-19 pandemic, as she reflected on her own place in the world.
“I took time,” she said about making the album. “I had time, and I had a lot of really devastating things happen.My son and I got really sick with COVID. That sort of distilled down for me what actually matters. And it takes a crisis to do that.”
The 2022 AMAs are airing live Sunday night from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
source: people.com
