Shocking Pink's fun and games SHE did it again on Sunday night at the ARIAs. Pop chart subverter Pink, with her performance of global No 1 So What, brought even the cynical types to their feet. Those shows don't usually affect me in a big way. I'm an observer most of the time. But at the ARIAs I was very present and very proud and very happy," says Pink, who this morning announced she would perform two concerts in Adelaide next year. Those things are usually so random and weird. I'm usually the underdog, the outcast, the guy invited at the last minute because they needed someone crazy. Pink to rock Adelaide in 2009 Gabriella Cilmi takes home six ARIA awards Gallery: The stars take to the red carpet Gallery: Golden Gabriella Full list: All the ARIA Award winners Red carpet divas and disasters Last month's MTV Awards got their dose of crazy when Pink shone with a routine on a fake movie set that saw her swing off a balcony, push someone down stairs, smash a window and dodge pyro explosions - all while singing live. "I brought the crazy," Pink says. And it doesn't bother her to be the music industry's lightning rod for controversy? I don't even think about it. I just show up, have a good time and try to mess things up and leave," she says. In the case of the MTV Awards, it was mission accomplished. That show chose to concentrate on the most boring stuff out there. Katy Perry and the Ting Tings were the most exciting things and they got 30 seconds each and the Jonas Brothers got five minutes. The performance helped So What become Pink's first U.S. No 1 single. "After a long time, it feels right," Pink says. It feels ironic too. Two years ago, her career in the U.S. was not just on life support but virtually inoperable. Middle America hated an album (I'm Not Dead) that attacked celebrity culture (Stupid Girls) and George W. Bush (Dear Mr President). While she could fill stadiums in the rest of the world, in the U.S. she was relegated to supporting Justin Timberlake in a show where she insisted on including Dear Mr President despite advice not to. So she concentrated on the markets where people wanted her - in particular Australia where I'm Not Dead sold more than 500,000 copies, spawned seven hit singles and a tour that spread over eight weeks and sold 307,000 tickets. In 2008, she's a global superstar again with new album Funhouse. It comes as the focus on her personal life has never been more intense; she announced her split from husband Carey Hart in January after two years. Most artists would ask the world for privacy - Pink wrote So What about the split, then asked Hart to appear in the video. "I take the fun out of myself before anyone else can," Pink says. I love that video. Carey is such a good sport for doing it. We're still friends. We always will be. It confuses everyone including us and our families but there's love there. At first, the record was kind of dark, and I could tell the record company were nervous. So I said to them 'It's really dark. There are no beats and no choruses. It's just this one amazing long song'. And it's called Heartbreak, " she says. The pain shows in I Don't Believe You - arguably the rawest thing Pink has released. "It's like you're reading someone's diary when you're not supposed to," she says. The lyrics talk of her and Hart coming "to blows" and captures the realisation of their growing apart. "I remember when I finished the vocals, I looked up at the ceiling and I was in tears," Pink says. I thought 'Am I really going to put this out?' - but I had a beautiful moment with Carey on that song. I played it for him; he was touched by it. It's vulnerable. I can be aggressive and mean but I'm also the most sensitive person in the world. That song's that side of me. Pink says nothing was off limits when it came to the lyrical post-mortem of her marriage. "I feel like I have no edit button and once in a while I wish I did," she says. Pink relied on her usual musical therapists - Max Martin, Billy Mann and Butch Walker - as co-writers. It made sense for this record. I worked with all friends, people I could be completely safe with," she says. After the rope-swinging, girl-kissing, soul-baring, President-baiting I'm Not Dead tour - the biggest Australian tour by a female artist - Pink has more in store. "It has to be something higher, something more dangerous, something I haven't done before," she says. Funhouse (Sony BMG) is out Saturday. Pink plays the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on May 26-27. Tickets $99.90-$129.90 on sale on October 31, internet presale October 29-30, www.ticketek.com.au