What About Us (arr. Hans Reintjes): SSAA Choral Octavo

This arrangement gives your choir a modern pop song with serious emotional weight and zero irony. Hans Reintjes captures the directness of P!nk's original while crafting writing that sits naturally for SSAA voices, meaning your singers get to own the song rather than squeeze into uncomfortable ranges.

Direct and questioning, with an undercurrent of defiance. The song carries P!nk's signature blend of vulnerability and assertiveness, creating moments where vulnerability and strength exist in the same phrase.

Choirs looking to program contemporary music that has substance beyond novelty. This works for high school groups with solid technique and middle school ensembles ready to move beyond folk arrangements.

• Center the arrangement around the lyrics themselves. P!nk's gift is turning a simple question into something urgent, so make sure diction and phrasing land clearly even in the ensemble sections.
• Balance blend and individual tone across the soprano sections. The arrangement likely uses divisi in moments that matter musically; resist the urge to lock everything into a unified vowel sound.
• Keep the rhythmic pocket conversational rather than metronomic. Pop songs live in the space between the click, and your singers will sound fresher if they breathe together organically.

Consider this for a spring or fall concert that mixes classical and contemporary repertoire. Pairing it with one art song and one classical choral standard gives your program dimensional range and shows audiences what your ensemble can do across genre boundaries.

• Singing contemporary pop idioms in four-part harmony
• Maintaining rhythmic precision within a conversational vocal line
• Text expression and emotional authenticity in secular, non-classical material
• Blend and balance in divisi soprano sections