Songfacts®:

• When Pink criticized the Supreme Court's June 2022 reversal of the Roe v. Wade case that guaranteed a woman's constitutional right to have an abortion, some took issue with her speaking out. Here, the singer stands up for herself as an outspoken woman. Though she now feels deemed "insignificant" by the lawmakers, the singer won't be silenced.
  
  "As a woman with an opinion and the fearlessness to voice that opinion, it gets very tiring when the only retort is to tell me how irrelevant I am," Pink said. "I am relevant because I exist, and because I am a human being. No one is irrelevant. And no one can take away my voice."
• Some argue the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade case is right, others say it's wrong, while a third group see it as a complicated issue. Pink makes it clear on this song she feels their ruling is totally abhorrent.
• In this vociferous protest anthem, Pink takes issue not just with the removal of the right for many women to abort their fetuses, but all cases where people feel irrelevant. As the singer frequently speaks out in support of the LGBT community and victims of racism, we can assume she has those in mind as well.
• On the bridge, Pink plays on Cyndi Lauper's feminist anthem "Girls Just Want To Have Fun."
  
  Girls just wanna have rights
  So, why do we have to fight?
  
  Pink feels she, along with other women, have a right to choose what to do when they become pregnant. Cyndi Lauper, also avidly pro-choice, re-recorded her 1993 abortion-rights song "Sally's Pigeons" in light of the Rose v. Wade reversal.
• During the chorus, Pink plays on The Who's 1965 track "The Kids Are Alright," which became an anthem for young people with bright futures.
  
  The kids are not alright, no
  'Cause none of us are right
  I'm tired, but I won't sleep tonight
  'Cause I still feel alive
  
  Pink protests the lawmakers who have taken away the younger generation's hopes for a bright future. She isn't the first to satirize The Who's phrase. The Offspring and Fall Out Boy both released songs titled "The Kids Aren't Alright."
• Pink wrote the song with Ian Fitchuk (Kacey Musgraves, Maren Morris), who also produced the track.
• Pink announced that proceeds from "Irrelevant" will go to the organization "When We All Vote," a nonpartisan voting initiative spearheaded by former First Lady Michelle Obama.