P!nk pens letter eviscerating Recording Academy president who told female artists to 'step up'

P!nk has written a fiery letter to the Recording Academy after its president said women needed to "step up" in all aspects of the music industry.

Asked about #GrammysSoMale, Neil Portnow's told Variety that he thinks women "would be welcome" in the industry.

P!nk penned a brilliant response to Portnow's comments, saying women in music "don't need to 'step up'" because they've been "stepping up since the beginning of time."

"Stepping up, and also stepping side, women owned music this year," wrote P!nk. "They've been KILLING IT. And, every year before this."

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"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 continued.

Portnow told Variety that he doesn't have "personal experience of those kinds of brick walls" faced by women, adding that the industry needed to "make the welcome mat very obvious." Hmmm, what?

Portnow is a man who admits to never having dealt with gender discrimination, so it comes as no surprise that the figures surrounding female representation in the music industry tell a rather different story.

As The New York Times notes, just nine percent of Grammy nominees over the past six years were female. This year, just one woman won a major prize—Alessia Cara who received the award for Best New Artist.

P!nk's letter was extremely well received by other female artists, including Katy Perry.

"Another powerful woman leading by example," wrote Perry. "We ALL have a responsiblity to call out the absurd lack of equality everywhere we see it."

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Hear hear!