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- Summary: The second mixtape from PinkPantheress was inspired by Basement Jaxx's 1999 album Remedy and also features samples of tracks by Jessica Simpson and Panic! at the Disco.
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- Record Label: 300 Entertainment
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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May 9, 2025‘Fancy That’ scratches just about every nostalgic itch her listeners might have, all while remaining on the pulse of what’s next.
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May 12, 2025“Fancy That” delivers on all of PP’s promise, satiating while still leaving the listener wanting more.
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May 8, 2025The samples are cleaner, more deliberate — used to tell stories rather than simply reference them. From Sugababes and Basement Jaxx to Just Jack and Nardo Wick, the influences are varied but handpicked. That full-circle moment on ‘Stars’ is one of the mixtape’s most striking flips, a clear sign of how far she’s come.
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May 8, 2025She’s no longer content with being the elusive girl behind the screen, proving she can shapeshift, push boundaries and still keep us hooked – all in under 20 minutes.
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May 8, 2025The music on Fancy That feels simultaneously boiled down yet packed with ideas, fleeting but not lacking, familiar but fresh, focused less on making grand statements than with immediacy and unforced fun: all perennially good things for pop music to be.
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May 14, 2025She occupies the space between the bouncing, full-bodied bassline and plaintive keyboards with a plainly stated want that would be unthinkable on her introverted early releases. Having come so fully into her own, PinkPantheress still aspires to reach out to you.
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May 9, 2025Fancy That is the sound of someone working through her influences and working through her place in the industry, but it’s never bogged down. Feather light and bubbly, PinkPantheress will soon be on to the next melody, the next sample, purse in hand.