New Song (CNN) Pink “Irrlevant” is a protest song on time.
The singer teased the new song last week, writing, “I woke up. I warmed it up. I wrote the song. Soon”. The music video for “Irrelevant” dropped on Monday, a four-minute indictment against some of the country’s most pressing issues.
The video covers everything from reproductive rights and LGTBQ to racism, while Pink sings in the bridge: “Girls just want rights / So why do we have to fight?”
The song came out just weeks after the pop star rebuked her music fans for holding onto certain right-wing ideals in a post that garnered both praise and criticism.
“Let’s be clear: if you think the government belongs to a woman’s womb, a gay business or marriage, or that racism is okay, PLEASE FOR YOUR LORD, NEVER FUCK TURN ON MY MUSIC ANY MORE,” wrote on June 25, the day after Roe’s case was voided against Wade.
Pink is not the only musician to speak after a controversial Supreme Court decision. Indie rock star Phoebe Bridgers conducted the song “Fuck the Supreme Court” during her performance at the Glastonbury festival.
“Fuck that shit, fuck America,” Bridgers had said at the time. “Like all those unimportant motherfuckers trying to tell us what to do with our fucking bodies.”
Rap-rock band Rage Against the Machine – in their first show in over a decade – also objected to this decision. As the band played, the big screen behind them reported on forced labor statistics, ending with a slide reading simply, “BREAK THE SUPREME COURT.”
