- Pink slammed Recording Academy president Neil Portnow's comments that women need to "step up."
- The singer wrote a note and shared it on her Twitter.
- She said women have already stepped up.
- Pink was one of the women who performed during the 2018 Grammy Awards.
Pink has joined a number of people angered with Recording Academy president Neil Portnow's comment that women in music need to "step up."
The 38-year-old singer, who performed during the 2018 Grammy Awards on Sunday night, wrote a note and shared it to her Twitter.
"Women in music don't need to 'step up' — women have been stepping since the beginning of time," she wrote. "Stepping up, and also stepping aside. Women OWNED music this year. They've been KILLING IT. And every year before this."
She continued the note expressing the importance of supporting and honoring women.
"When we celebrate and honor the talent and accomplishments of women, and how much women STEP UP every year, against all odds, we show the next generation of women and girls and boys and men what it means to be equal and what it looks like to be fair," she wrote.
— P!nk (@Pink) January 29, 2018
Sunday's live awards show has been criticized for being a largely male-dominated event. Singer Alessia Cara was the only woman to win one of the main awards of the night.
When Variety asked Portnow about the disparity, he said, "It has to begin with … women who have the creativity in their hearts and souls, who want to be musicians, who want to be engineers, producers, and want to be part of the industry on the executive level. [They need] to step up because I think they would be welcome."
Despite the majority of the awards going to men, the night featured astounding performances from women, including Lady Gaga, SZA, and Kesha, who was joined onstage by Cyndi Lauper, Bebe Rexa, Camila Cabello, Julia Michaels, and Andra Day for an emotional rendition of "Praying."
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