F ** kin 'Perfect

Fuckin 'perfect
pink
publication	December 14, 2010
length	3:33
Genre (s)	Pop rock
Author (s)	Pink, Max Martin , Shellback
album	Greatest Hits… So Far !!!

Fuckin 'Perfect is a pop song by the American singer Pink from her first best-of- album, Greatest Hits… So Far !!! . It was released on December 14, 2010 as the second single after Raise Your Glass . Pink wrote the song together with Max Martin and Shellback, the latter responsible for the production of the song.

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The song continues the content of Raise Your Glass , it is about people accepting themselves and showing their true identity . Pink stated in an interview that her husband Carey Hart was what inspired her the most about the title. The music video , produced by Dave Meyers, is a controversial message against depression and suicide . In February 2011, Fucking Perfect reached number 2 on the American Billboard Hot 100 .

Music video

background

Filming on the music video for Fuckin 'Perfect began on December 5, 2010, during Pink's first few weeks of pregnancy. The music video shows the life of a woman who faced many difficulties in her youth and childhood in order to be able to lead a good life now. Tina Majorino plays the main role in the music video . Pink loved her and described her as a "unique talent". Directed to Fuckin 'Perfect led as with Pinks previous videos, Dave Meyers. The music video had its world premiere on January 19, 2011 on MTV .

Pink said the video was a message to anyone in need of help. She described the music video process as a very emotional experience and applied the title Fuckin 'Perfect to her unborn baby. She said, “I have a life inside of me and I want him or her to know that I accept and love you, no matter what you are. The music video should serve its purpose and prevent suicides and depression. "

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The video shows a couple having sex ; the woman looks to the side, indifferent. The man lets go of the woman and they both turn away from each other. She stares at a teddy bear and the song begins. What follows is a look back at the woman's childhood. The girl is in kindergarten and a boy tears her teddy bear from her hand and annoys her by throwing it away. She then beats the boy and is caught by a kindergarten teacher. Now different stages of the girl's life are shown: she is lonely, arguing with her mother, she is excluded from her classmates, is bad at school and jealous of her slim, good-looking classmates, steals a dress in a shop and is caught doing it.

Then you can see her completely emaciated in a bathroom. She lies down in the bathtub and scratches the word “Perfect” on her forearm with a razor blade. Ready to die, she leans back in the bathtub and the music stops. Her eyes glide through the bathroom and she sees the teddy bear. She becomes aware of what she was doing, gets up (the music starts again) and gets out of the tub. She cuts off her long hair in tears, but seems to have found new courage to face life and transforms her self-hatred into creativity, which was already indicated in earlier scenes as an outlet and passion. She paints a self-portrait and you see her smile for the first time. She meets a man at a subsequent art exhibition.

Now you are back at the beginning of the music video and see the lovers in bed, the man (the same one she met at the art exhibition) turns back to his wife and hugs her, she smiles at him and gets out of bed. In the last scene the woman goes into her daughter's room and puts the teddy bear next to her. She looks at the sleeping child and says "You are perfect to me".

reception

MTV praised the video and described it as “a work that helps to make them aware of the consequences of depression, so adolescents are made aware of it and the number of suicides is falling, and parents also know through the video what signs of depression are they have to watch out for their children so that they prevent worse. "

Commercial win

After Greatest Hits was released… So Far !!! Fuckin 'Perfect debuted at # 10 in Australia through high download sales , where it became Pink's seventh top ten hit.

In the UK , Fuckin 'Perfect reached # 21 in the UK Top 40 .

Fuckin 'Perfect was released on December 14, 2010 in the United States and debuted at # 86 on the Billboard Hot 100 . A week later it was played by numerous radio stations in the United States, which made the single jump to number 57 the following week. After that, Fuckin 'Perfect became the most played song of the week, reaching number 30. With the release of the controversial music video, the single reached number one on iTunes USA. In the official charts, the title jumped from number 30 to 11.

In February 2011 Fuckin 'Perfect reached the top 5 of the Hot 100, the title jumped from number 11 to number 2. It became Pink's twelfth top ten hit in the USA.

The title also reached the top ten in Australia , Canada and New Zealand .

Charts

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	7th (15 weeks)	15th
Austria (Ö3)	9 (12 weeks)	12
Switzerland (IFPI)	15th (21 weeks)	21st
United Kingdom (OCC)	10 (20 weeks)	20th
United States (Billboard)	2 (30 weeks)	30th