Pink on You+Me: why I've ditched the acrobatics and leotards to go country. I chose to not live in that world with those people, because I have way too much fun.”Green, bristling, adds: “This project is still independent for me. I’ve made a conscious decision to stay independent because it’s the way I’ve always wanted to be. In the past 12 months, So perhaps Moore’s decision isn’t so strange. “I love pop music,” she says.
People say, ‘Why’s she always in the fucking air?’ Because I’m having more fun than you, fuck you.” I can’t emphasise that enough. Their debut album, entitled rose ave., was released on October 14, 2014, by RCA Records.The first promotional single from the album, "You and Me", premiered with a lyric video on their Vevo channel on September 8, 2014. (...) When we had the time to do it, that really lit a fire of creativity because it was something different. “It would have been illegal actually. [Songwriter] Linda Perry told me back when I was doing Mizzundaztood that, as the pop star, you’re never going to get the credit, even though you’re writing all your own songs.” So is this the reason why she’s recorded a stripped-back acoustic album? You+Me was a Canadian-American folk music duo consisting of singers and songwriters Dallas Green, better known as City and Colour, and Alecia Moore, better known as Pink. But it’s not billed as Pink, it’s billed as an album by You + Me (stylized you+me), a duo she’s formed with Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green of one-man project City And Colour. “No, no. “This wasn’t an attempt at anything other than a fun hang,” she says.Moore first became aware of Green’s work when her husband, The album, both members of You+Me are at pains to make clear, isn’t the result of label meetings or some attempt to re-position their careers. “But we all chose what we chose.”Although Lady Gaga has threatened more jazz odysseys, Moore is keen to make it clear that, to paraphrase her 2006 album title, Pink’s not dead. 08 September 2014 Pink forms duo You+Me, debuts new song Pink has joined forces with City and Colour to create new duo You+Me. I understand more of what I put my parents through and how godawful that must have been. No end game. Known for her honesty and self-laceration, two very country-music traits, Moore has always seemed more comfortable singing about her own travails rather than the straightforward joy of hit single Despite her success, she doesn’t feel respected as a songwriter.
The idea of collaborating with a female voice and a different writer was what I needed, I guess, to create a bunch of new songs." The world is a jaded, scary place and, as a mum of a little girl, it’s even more apparent to me.
“I like flying around on stage. It’s the closest to angry he gets all afternoon.Moore can’t resist baring her teeth. No reason.” The initial idea was to release Rose Ave online with no fanfare and with no names attached, but this notion fell foul of label politics. “We’re friends and we wanted to sing together. We’ve lost our manners and, unfortunately, what people don’t realise is that by being that way, they’re losing the joy in their lives and the opportunity to be pleasantly surprised. I feel horrible for their experience.” She stops and shrugs. “This is a passion thing,” Moore says firmly. People say: ‘Why did you do this?’ The answer is: ‘She asked.’ No one’s ever asked me before.” In fact, the question of why has been raised a lot online, with most commentators expressing shock that a man who’s released all of his albums via independent labels has jumped into bed with one of the world’s biggest mainstream pop stars. Moore and Green met through mutual friends several years prior to their collaboration in 2014.Green recalls how the collaboration came about: "Alecia and I had talked about (working together) for a long time — not about making a record, but the idea of singing together and trying to write a song. Alecia has earned the right to do whatever she wants. Once you get your head … Or as Green puts it: “We’re both pretty good at writing weird stuff about our family members.”For Moore, the album was a breath of fresh air compared to the social-media-obsessed cycle of pop releases. “You can do anything and there will be someone who doesn’t like it – because that’s the way the world is now. The other half is Dallas Green, former singer with Canadian rock band Introduced to the stage by an excessively cheery local radio DJ, the pair seemed nervous. With Instagram and Twitter, people want to share every single part of their lives all the time, so it’s fun to have a secret you created just to have a secret. Moore, dressed in a floor-length floral dress rather than her more typical sequined leotards, began by saying “Shit, sorry, hi” to the small crowd, as if shocked by their close proximity, not to mention the bare brick walls, dimmed vintage lamps and artfully scattered rugs.Cast a glance over the current pop landscape and you’d be forgiven for thinking that nobody actually wants to be a pop star any more. Pink, last seen belting out hits while swinging through the air with topless hunks, has taken up country music.
“Well, that person probably sucks,” says Green. “No – and I never will be. We handed our record companies an album and they were like, ‘What?’ And we were like, ‘We don’t know, that’s your job.’”Green adds: “It’s funny.