It’s a phenomenon that has stumped even the brightest of minds: Why does Australia love Pink so much?
It seems unfathomable an island nation tens of thousands of kilometres away from her native US could give her so much love.
But the answer to the question is quite simple: it’s because she loves us back.
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Pink’s love affair with Australia is 20 years in the making, with the singer – whose real name is Alecia Beth Moore – first stepping foot on our shores in 2004 with her Try This Tour.
The now-45-year-old had more tours Down Under in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2018, 2023, and 2024, with extra visits in 2008 and 2009.
In 2017, she confirmed what we all wanted to hear.
On local radio, she confirmed she “absolutely, 100 per cent” has a love affair with Australia, explaining exactly why.
“I think that it’s just that we’re all just no bullshit, I think we have that in common,” she revealed on Nova’s Smallzy’s Surgery.
She recalled the exact moment she realised “Australia was the place for me.”
“I was on stage and I thought I was nailing it and the front row was so into me, and then this woman yelled something out at me and I thought it was something like, ‘I love you’ but it was actually, ‘I can’t hear you, you should tell them to turn your microphone up’,” she said.
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“I was like, ‘Oh, thanks I’ll do that’. And I think that’s what it was, no bullshit.”
Journalist Amelia Adams thought the same after she interviewed the superstar for 60 Minutes in 2023.
‘It could be as simple as her very uncelebrity lack of airs and graces, but there is something Australians find very endearing about superstar Pink,” Adams said.
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“She’s almost one of us. What you see is exactly what you get. She’s ferociously frank, has a wonderful sense of humour, and, to top it off, is an amazing and incredibly brave performer.
“And there’s one other thing: she loves us as much as we love her.”
In the same interview, the So What singer even confirmed she was thinking about making her “home away from home” her permanent one.
While she currently lives in California with her husband Carey Hart and two children Willow, 13 , and Jameson, eight, the So What? singer shared her desire to make Australia her new home.
“Last year, I was thinking about applying for citizenship; I am not even joking,” she said in the 2023 interview.
She told her husband, “If we’re going somewhere, Carey, [Australia] is where we’re going.”
There’s no place in Australia where the singer’s impact hasn’t been felt, with the star’s last tour ending with a bang in the coastal city of Townsville in North Queensland.
Despite it being a long way away from the major Australian cities, the people of Townsville pulled out all the stops – from having cardboard cutouts of the star at the airport to lighting up their iconic Castle Hill pink with lights, they truly got this party started in her honour.
Australia has been the site of many of her career highs, some of which were fulfilled just last year.
Last year, while here on her Summer Carnival tour, she delivered an emotional message to fans Down Under.
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“You get me, and you always have. We’ve grown up together over the last 20 years. And we’ve danced, laughed, screamed and cried together, too,” she gushed.
“You’ve always been there for me, but this week I learned just how great your support has been.”
She had just learned that her 2024 Summer Carnival Tour nabbed her the record of most career ticket sales ever achieved by an international performer in Australia and New Zealand.
This tour alone broke multiple records, with the 20 stadium shows breaking a record for most shows across Australia and New Zealand in a single tour.
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The Australian and New Zealand Summer Carnival Tour leg sold almost one million tickets alone, making it the biggest ticket sales for any female headliner that’s toured Down Under.
And it’s these numbers that pushed her into place to nab the record of most career ticket sales ever achieved by an international performer in Australia and New Zealand.
The singer has had six tours in Australia over 20 years – beginning with her Try This Tour in 2004 – which altogether has sold more than 3.1 million tickets, also being the biggest for any tour by a female artist in Australia.
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“I’m not often lost for words, but you really did it to me this week,” the superstar continued her message.
“Your support is never lost on me and it’s a privilege to do this with you every day.
“From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Here’s to another 20 years together”.
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