themed week // P!nk, I Don't Believe You

This is a really special Themed Week that I'm going to dedicate to love songs (probably, the most unlikely  - or less immediate - ones), check everything about this specific themed week but clicking on the ash tag below love songs.

Pink (or P!nk) is the artistic name for the pop/rock artist Alecia Beth Moore who's career started in 1995.
P!nk is known for songs like Get The Party Started, Dear Mr. President, So What? or Raise Your Glass. and recently, Just Give Me A Reason - counting with Nate Ruess (better known as the singer from Fun.)

Along her career, she has released five studio albums: Can't Take Me Home (2000), Missundaztood (2001), Try This(2003), I'm Not Dead (2006), Funhouse (2008) and The Truth About Love (2012), besides a compilation Greatest Hits... So Far!!! released in 2010.

I Don't Believe You is a love song taken from her 2008 record Funhouse co-written with Max Martin, which, and according to P!nk's words, it's a song about reconciliation and her favorite from the record "because it's just so naked. It's like taking a deep breathe and saying: 'Here I am. Take me. Take your best shot'". On another time, she also added "(...) Actually in the control room listening to this song, tears running down my face, just like 'fuck, really?'. It's the vulnerable weak side of me that I don't let out very often. (...)".

The original video was directed by Sophie Muller, check it here. 

The version below is a performance that was recorded on February 5, 2010 on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

"No, I don't believe you

When you say you don't need me anymore

So don't pretend to

Not love me at all"

It's a great song and one of the most romantic songs by this great artist. It's an incredible and truly surprising song that really gets to you, when listened carefully. 

No Doubt, Settle Down

No Doubt are an alternative rock band formed in California, around 1987 starting their work as a cover band for the English Madness.
The band members are Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Adrian Young and Tom Dumont.

They released six albums: No Doubt in 1992, The Beacon Street Collection in 1994, Tragic Kingdom in 1995, Return of Saturn in 2000, Rock Steady in 2001 and the freshly record Push and Shove on last September 21, 2012.

No Doubt's success started after the release of Tragic Kingdom - where songs like Don't Speak and Sunday Morning were taken from.
This particular record had most of its lyrics based on the end of Gwen Stefani and Tony Kanal's love relationship.
The band is also known for hit songs like Rock Steady, Hey Baby and It's My Life.

They had a four-year hiatus, time that each member dedicated to side projects.

In 2009, No Doubt announced a world tour with different bands like Paramore, The Sounds, Janelle Monáe and Panic! at the Disco and revealed a new upcoming record for 2010.

On June 11, 2012 they announced that the new album would be out on September 25.
Settle Down is the first single taken from Push and Shove. The lyrics has a very positive attitude very influenced by reggae music and seems to be about a girl's adjustment to life and desire to make commitments. It's a really relaxed and easy-going song, perfect to enjoy with friends.
The video was directed by Sophie Muller and its quite interesting.

"But you can see it in my eyes, you can read on my lips

I'm trying to get a hold on this

And I really mean it this time

And you know it's such a trip

Don't get me started

I'm trying to get a hold on this"