page_title: What About Us (Pink song)
section_title: Live performances
hierarchical_section_title: What About Us (Pink song) / Live performances
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context_page_description: "What About Us" is a song recorded by the American singer-songwriter Pink for her seventh studio album Beautiful Trauma. RCA Records released the song for digital download and streaming on August 10, 2017, as the album's lead single. The song, which written by Pink, Johnny McDaid, and its producer Steve Mac, is an electronic dance music track with upbeat dance production that blends repetitive chords, synthesizers, and drum machine beats. Pink, who was inspired by the politics of the time, composed it as a political protest song with poetic and inclusive lyrics. The song's lyrics explore Pink's belief the US government had failed people and sends a message about those who feel unheard or forgotten.
  Music critics gave "What About Us" mostly positive reviews; many of them commended the production and Pink's vocal performance while others appreciated the song's political message and the anthemic nature of the composition. It peaked at number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and gave Pink her record-breaking ninth number-one song on the Adult Pop Songs chart, surpassing Katy Perry as the soloist with the most chart-topping songs on the chart.
context_section_description: Pink performed "What About Us" live for the first time at Waldbühne in Berlin, Germany, on August 11, 2017. During Pink's headline set at the V Festival that year, she performed the song with older material. At the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards, Pink was presented with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and sang the song as part of a greatest-hits medley. Her performance was met with positive reviews by critics. Hughes said the performance included "some of the most breathtaking choreography of the night" while Nicholas Hautman of Us Weekly praised the "impressive dance break" and the singer's "impeccable vocals". 
  Pink delivered the next performance of "What About Us" of The Ellen DeGeneres Show on September 6, 2017. Two days later, Pink performed the song for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. She was a main headliner at the 2017 Kaaboo Del Mar Festival, where her setlist included a performance of "What About Us". On September 22 of that year, Pink performed a medley of "Raise Your Glass", "What About Us", "Funhouse", "Just Like Fire", and "So What" at the iHeartRadio Music Festival.
  On Saturday Night Live on October 14, 2017, Pink performed "What About Us" wearing a brown tweed vest, a jacket, and large gold hoop earrings. Two days later, the singer performed the song on Good Morning America. On October 22, 2017, she performed the song during CBS Radio's "We Can Survive" benefit concert for breast cancer awareness at the Hollywood Bowl. On November 1, 2017, Pink appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and sang "What About Us". She appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden in the Carpool Karaoke segment on November 15 of that year, singing "What About Us" along with older songs. 
  In the UK, Pink promoted Beautiful Trauma by performing "What About Us" on The Graham Norton Show on December 1, 2017. She performed the song live on the finale of the 14th series of The X Factor UK two days later. On December 5, 2017, Pink traveled to France and performed a concert at the Élysée Montmartre in Paris as part of the NRJ Music Tour, with her setlist including "What About Us". The singer later appeared on French television show Quotidien, where she was interviewed and performed "What About Us". On December 10, 2017, Pink performed the song on The Voice of Germany. The track was also performed as part of the Beautiful Trauma World Tour (2017–2019), where it was preceded by a video interlude that features Pink talking about the Me Too movement, gay marriage, and inclusion.
caption: Pink performing "What About Us" during the 2017 V Festival.
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