Review: Pink Keeps Energy High, Vitriol Catchy on ‘Beautiful Trauma’

Pink was dominating the charts with spunky, real-talking anthems back when today’s slow-sad divas were in preschool, and her seventh LP is a reminder of that. The title track and the strummy “Whatever You Want” are vintage Pink, with juicy hooks and pop-rock muscle; “I Am Here” underscores its EDM-powerment message with a gospel choir.

Trauma’s chilled-out middle sags, but “Revenge,” her bad-romance duet with Eminem, is an early shot of energy; Max Martin and Shellback’s homage to Dr. Dre’s skip-step beats may be too on the nose, but Em’s rhymes nicely recall a time when even lunatics rode bright hooks.