Pink shocked fans around the world when she welcomed 2026 not on a stage or at a glamorous party, but from a hospital bed. The 46-year-old pop icon shared a photo of herself smiling gently, bandaged and clearly recovering from surgery. The image was calm, but the story behind it was serious, emotional, and deeply human.

Pink spent New Year’s Eve in the hospital, undergoing surgery to insert two new discs into her neck, she revealed Wednesday on social media.