Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig pinkbrandoftheyear.com. NS
Answer
pinkbrandoftheyear.com. 5 NS ns2.pinkbrandoftheyear.com.
pinkbrandoftheyear.com. 5 NS ns1.pinkbrandoftheyear.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.pinkbrandoftheyear.com. 5 A 51.77.64.8
ns2.pinkbrandoftheyear.com. 5 A 51.77.72.94
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0