Despite being a Grammy Award winner herself, Pink has admitted that in order to askEminem to collaborate with her, she needed a bit of liquid courage.
The Trouble singer revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that her new collaboration with the 8 Mile rapper, entitled Revenge, came into being after she wrote up an email following quite a bit of wine drinking.
‘I sneak-attacked him. Max [Martin] and I started making Revenge, and I wrote this rap. We were drinking a lot of wine, and then I went home and I thought more wine would be a good idea,’ she said.
Getting it done: Pink has revealed that she secured Eminem for a collaboration on her new album after sending him a drunken email
Reaching out: Pink was working with producer Max Martin on a rap for Revenge when she decided Eminem would be perfect for the track
After a few more glasses, Pink decided that it would be an even better idea to reach out to one of the world’s most famous rappers and make her case.
‘I emailed [Eminem]. This is why they call it liquid courage. And I said, “You know I love you. I like that you work with a lot of the same people, like Rihanna. She’s hotter than me, but I’m funnier. So I’m going for a rap Grammy, and I’d like to take you along with me,”‘ she said.
After shooting off her ‘love letter’ in a tipsy haze, Pink was surprised to get a reply almost immediately.
New works: Pink’s latest album, Beautiful Trauma, was released on Friday, October 13
Nailed it: She wrote to him gushing about his work and making a case for herself, saying she was going for a rap Grammy and that she is ‘funnier’ than Rihanna
‘It was this long email, and he wrote back right away and just said, “Okay,”‘ she said.
Pink’s latest album, Beautiful Trauma, was released on Friday October 13, and includes the fiery Eminem cameo on a track all about getting revenge on a cheater.
The lyrics to the rap are typically aggressive, including: ‘So when you’re driving to his house and you pass me while I’m driving a hearse. Just remember: you cheated on me first. You’re a w***e. You’re a w***e. This is war.’
Looking tough: The new bubbly pop track tells a tale of revenge against a cheater
All eyes on him: Eminem made headlines earlier this week with an anti-Trump freestyle rap aired during the BET Hip Hop Awards
Pink sings: ‘I know that it won’t fix a thing / A song like this that I could sing for you. All the feels you make me do /A nightmare f***ing coming true / I wish I was a lawyer, I would sue you.’
Despite the lyrical content, the song is actually a bubbly and fun slice of pure pop quite outside of Eminem’s usual fare.
The Detroit rap icon has been making headlines over the last week for his biting anti-Trump freestyle rap broadcast during the BET Hip Hop Awards, where he blasted the president on topics including NFL, the border wall, hurricane relief and more.