Testimony (ENTERTAINMENT+LIFE) : Part 1: Raise Your Glass

Who is willing to Raise Your Glass for those nerds, geeks, underdogs and all those the ‘uncool people’ in the society? Who is willing to speak on behalf of them, voicing out what they felt when people treat them like dick shit ! P!nk is the artist who is willing to do it !

Debuting as the lead single for her Greatest Hit… So Far!!!! album, Raise your Glass aims to promote social, gender, sexual orientation and animals rights. According to Pink, the song is dedicated to those who felt they were not a part of the popular crowd. She speaks out for those who are neglected and despised by people beside them. I personally felt that this is a rousing and uplifting song as her songs resemble her perception towards the modern life issues and she stands firm to what she believes in like her previous song – Dear Mr. President, which shares the same concept as Raise your Glass.

The music video brings a deep meaning to what she wishes to convey. First, on animals rights. She introduces a human farm, which is rather awkward. A cow is portrayed drinking milk extracted from a few females which emphasise the need of animals to receive equal important treatment on some basic necessities. The black clothes people are actually the representative from the Animal Liberation Front, an active international underground group which aims to save and liberate animals from abuse and atrocities committed by humans. She is even shown punishing a matador to free the cow from the captivity.

Human Farm

P!nk's kicking some ass

On the GLBT rights, she was shown performing on stage in a gay marriage and P!nk expressing her views that people should not feel any differently towards gay marriage than straight marriage. In fact, people are strongly bonded by the mindset from religious teaching that they taunt, bully, loathe and abominate those GLBT, treating them like dangerous aliens. GLBT are also normal human being and they do not deserve this kind of treatment. They’re a lot of GLBT who did a lot contribution to the community, most notably Clay Aiken, the ambassador if UNICEF.

P!nk performing in a gay marriage

                                                              

Dont feel like with him...ar....

Thats better

P!nk also acts as a nerd too, showing herself alone and deter by everyone in a ballroom event. It depicts how dreadful people can be when they are comfortable and engrossing themselves in happiness and luxury, they don’t even care anything happens around them. Those people in comfort zone wearing in luxurious suits ties and appealing dress don’t even care for a lonely nerd like P!nk. However, she manages to find herself a nerd partner too and they enjoy themselves with freaking hilarious dances to entertain themselves. In the lyrics, she said

“So if you're too school for cool,
and you're treated like a fool,
you can choose to let it go
we can always, we can always,
party on our own “

P!nk in a blue skirt, alone, lonely...:(

P!nk and her partner enjoying a nerdy dance

The most eye catching roles she acts is as the Rosie the Riveter, a prominent cultural icon among the women in the USA. It symbolizes the power of women during the time in the World War 2, when women took the jobs in the factories and plants to replace the men in the war. Throughout the video, some scenes of woman performing acrobatics on stages and a woman graduate from universities are shown to promote gender equality that woman can be successful in their own ways.

P!nk: You can do it !!

We can Do It !!

At the end of the video, P!nk hopes that her message can be heard as she sends many cardboard lantern to the sky and a graduate women cries which implies P!nk manage to spread her message to her fans after years in the music industry.

P!nk is indeed an artist worth praising. She relates her life with her song and her music gives an insight of what is happening to the teenager’s life, social ills and suffering of people happening in the current world! Gambateh P!nk !!

So c'mon c'mon

RAISE YOU GLASS !!!

Be thankful and gratful :)

Quote from P!nk regarding her single:

“I had been on the road for two years and I hadn't written anything and I wanted to write a song about underdogs. Instead of going and becoming a cover girl, I kind of just hit the road and pounded the pavement ... and became a touring artist. You don't have to be popular when you're a touring artist, you just have to be good, and this is a thank you for the fans".XD

 

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