| "Trustfall" | ||||
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| Single by Pink | ||||
| from the album Trustfall | ||||
| Released | January 27, 2023 | |||
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| Length | 3:57 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
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| "Trustfall" on YouTube | ||||
"Trustfall" is a song by American singer Pink, released as the second single from her ninth studio album Trustfall on January 27, 2023. [3] The EDM and synth-pop song was co-written by Pink with Johnny McDaid and Fred Again, who also both produced the song. [4]
"Trustfall" has been described as a "synthpop club banger" and an "emotional electro anthem", eschewing her "signature pop-rock sound". [2] The song contains a "driving EDM beat" and "emotionally fraught lyrics" about confronting fear and trusting things will work out. [4] According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by EMI Blackwood and Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the song is written in the key of A♭ major with a tempo of 122 beats per minute. [5]
The song earned generally positive reviews from music critics. [6] John Murphy from musicOMH declared "Trustfall" to be "up there with some of her best work" and described it as "a pulsating electro-anthem that's [...] reminiscent of Robyn." [7] Similarly, Michael Cragg, writing for The Guardian , called the "pulsating, Robyn-like" song one the "few pleasing tangents" on its parent album, [8] while PopMatters critic Jeffrey Davies noted that the "EDM production [..] begs to be put on repeat." [9] Ed Power from The Irish Examiner found the song to be a "brooding bopper, with Pink pushing her husky vocals to breaking point as house honcho Fred Again layers in bright, bouncy grooves." [10]
Lucy Case of Renowned for Sound called the song a "modern EDM anthem packed with P!nk’s soaring vocals." [11] while Sam Damshenas noted that "Trustfall" "marks a huge departure from P!nk’s signature pop-rock sound with a pulsating EDM beat." [6] Arwa Haider from Financial Times found that the "EDM-fuelled title track [...] could have connected emotionally. But the usually intrepid Fred Again sounds restrained here in a generic "epic groove," albeit one elevated by Pink's vocals." [12] Less impressed, Kate French-Morris from The Telegraph called "Trustfall" a "robustly bland hit." [13] In a negative review, Roisin O'Connor from The Independent wrote: "The title track borrows too heavily from Robyn's playbook and consequently only serves to remind you that the "Dancing On My Own" artist does it better." [14]
| Organization | Year | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| MTV Video Music Awards | 2023 | Best Pop | Nominated | [15] |
The track's music video was released the same day as the song, and directed by Georgia Hudson. It stars Pink and a young woman who is trying to find the confidence to talk to a man she is interested in at a house party. [16] Pink also stands atop a hotel and dances on a dark street, which was choreographed by Ryan Heffington. [4]
Weekly charts
| Monthly charts
Year-end charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA) [87] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
| Belgium (BRMA) [88] | Gold | 20,000‡ |
| Canada (Music Canada) [89] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
| France (SNEP) [90] | Platinum | 200,000‡ |
| Germany (BVMI) [91] | Gold | 300,000‡ |
| Hungary (MAHASZ) [92] | Gold | 2,000‡ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ) [93] | Platinum | 30,000‡ |
| Poland (ZPAV) [94] | 2× Platinum | 100,000‡ |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [95] | Platinum | 20,000‡ |
| United Kingdom (BPI) [96] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| Various | January 27, 2023 | RCA | [3] | |
| United States | February 20, 2023 | Hot adult contemporary radio | [97] | |
| United States | April 3, 2023 | Pop radio | [98] |