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Vogue
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue
PinkPantheress Won't Be Boxed In
'My name is Pink, and I'm really glad to meet you.' Those are the first words you hear on PinkPantheress's new mixtape, Fancy That—though you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd been introduced already. Since bursting onto the internet with her UK garage and jungle-infused SoundCloud tracks back in 2021, the 24-year-old has blossomed from a faceless bedroom producer to one of Britain's most exciting next-gen pop stars. Her breakout hit, 2022's cheeky kiss-off 'Boy's a Liar,' shot to number three on the Billboard Hot 100, while her accomplished 2023 debut album, Heaven Knows, served as a genre-bending rollercoaster ride through various genres of dance music, artfully paired with the musician's candyfloss vocals and lyrics that charted the emotional topography of young love—with a dash of winking British humor. Except, as PinkPantheress explains over Zoom from New York a few days before the mixtape's release, she's never really seen herself as a pop star. 'I'm not looking for stardom,' she says, her long French-tipped nails flicking back her fringe. 'I don't think that I fit that role, and I also don't think I can handle it.' Last year, as her stratospheric rise to popularity was peaking—she'd just won the Billboard Women in Music award for producer of the year, and been announced as a tour opener for both Olivia Rodrigo and Coldplay—she made the difficult decision to reel things back. 'I needed just to remedy myself a bit, and help myself feel better,' she says of pulling out of the tour dates and stepping away from the spotlight. It didn't take long, however, for the urge to make music to return. 'I ended up taking that break to home in on a specific sound,' she says. 'That's why I'm more excited, I'd say, about this release—because it's way more specific and way more in tune with what I wanted for myself.' So, on Fancy That, PinkPantheress is reintroducing herself. Not as an entirely different musician, exactly, but as PinkPantheress 2.0—a little more refined, and a lot more certain of herself. And it's certainly an impressive leveling up from her (already excellent) debut album. Over the course of the mixtape's nine tracks, PinkPantheress cycles through a head-spinning grab bag of references mined from the '90s and 2000s: the Underworld-sampling opener 'Illegal,' whose saucy double entendres could either refer to a secret romance or a beloved new drug dealer; the eerie 'Nice to Know You,' which samples William Orbit to create a deliciously strange hybrid of Burial and the Sugababes; or the superb album closer 'Romeo,' on which trip-hop rhythms are paired with exhilarating orchestral strings straight out of a Basement Jaxx house banger. (It turns out the duo behind Basement Jaxx spent a couple of sessions in the studio with PinkPantheress, and she also samples their track 'Romeo' on 'Girl Like Me.')
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Statik Selektah Claps Back at DDG's Claim of Being First to Livestream the Making of an Album
Veteran hip-hop producer Statik Selektah is upset about DDG claiming he was the first person to livestream the making of an album in regards to his recent project Blame the Chat, which he put together live on Twitch. The New England beatmaker took to Instagram to post a clip of DDG making the claim to TMZ and attached a caption laying out his own receipts. More from Billboard DDG Offers IShowSpeed $2 Million for a 'Quick Little Cameo' in His Music Video PinkPantheress Drops 'Fancy That': Stream It Now 'It's a Happy Time': Counting Crows Return With 'The Complete Sweets!' 'This is some bullsh–,' Statik wrote. 'We got receipts. 2010 me and Termanology made an EP live on livestream. Action Bronson first feature to hit the blogs. 2010 me and Freeway did the same. Young Mac Miller in the building. 2011 me and Freddie Gibbs did the same. Rip Fred the Godson was there amongst many others. 2019 me & Bun B do the first Trillstatik with Fat Joe, Method Man, Westside Gunn, Millyz, Nems, Benny [the Butcher], Boldy James etc. etc. We've done three more since. Stop it with the [cap].' He added: 'The fans know. The industry does too. DDG, no ideas original.' A few days ago, TMZ caught up with streamer and rapper DDG and talked about his new album. 'We changing the music industry forever,' he said. 'First to ever make an album live on Twitch. Revolutionary. The music industry getting boring, I had to spice it up. I don't really like how mysterious the music industry is, for real. I feel like it's better when artists connect closer with the fans so they can feel like they're more of a part of the process rather than just being surprised.' Last week, DDG was on his stream when he offered fellow streamer IShowSpeed $2 million to make a cameo in one of the music videos he had planned for the project. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Miley Cyrus Has Nothing ‘More to Lose' on ‘Emotional' New Single: Stream It Now
Miley Cyrus just unlocked a vulnerable new layer of her upcoming visual album Something Beautiful, dropping fourth single 'More to Lose' Friday (May 9) just a few weeks ahead of the LP. Singing over cinematic piano, guitars and strings, the pop star steps fully into the power of her voice on the new track. 'I knew someday that one would have to choose,' she belts introspectively. 'I just thought we had more to lose.' More from Billboard Miley Cyrus Reveals the Best Piece of Advice Dolly Parton Gave Her PinkPantheress Drops 'Fancy That': Stream It Now 'It's a Happy Time': Counting Crows Return With 'The Complete Sweets!' The ballad arrives after about a week of Cyrus teasing it on social media, eventually sharing a black-and-white preview of 'More to Lose' on her YouTube channel two days ahead of its release. In one clip posted to Instagram, the Grammy winner shared snippets of the song while describing how it came together in the studio. 'I tried to keep it a singular take,' she explained to followers, addressing the camera in an elegant black dress. 'It's really a song that's more of a story, and I never want that to be interrupted or overthought or chasing perfection. I never wanted 'More to Lose' to be perfect, I wanted it to sound beautiful and emotional.' Following 'Prelude,' 'End of the World' and Something Beautiful's title track, 'More to Lose' marks the fourth song fans have gotten to hear from the album ahead of its May 30 release. At a recent Spotify listening event in New York City, Cyrus revealed that she thinks the 13-track project is 'not only my best album, but also my gayest.' Listen to 'More to Lose' below. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
Forbes
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
PinkPantheress Returns With New Mixtape ‘Fancy That'
PinkPantheress In just a few short years since bursting onto the pop music scene, British singer PinkPantheress has risen to the heights of the Billboard Hot 100 chart and released a string of projects from her 2021 mixtape To Hell With It to her 2023 debut album Heaven Knows. For her latest outing, her sophomore mixtape Fancy That, the 'Boy's a Liar' singer continues to incorporate new influences into her unique bedroom pop sound and carving her own path in an industry that seeks to box her in. PinkPantheress gave a first taste of the album last month with lead single 'Tonight," which became her latest song to break the top 40 on the Hot 100. On Fancy That, she explores the ups and downs of relationships with tracks like 'Girl Like Me' and 'Nice to Know You' and takes time to dance and have some fun on 'Noises' and 'Romeo.' She even gives a nod to To Hell With It on 'Stars' by sampling Just Jack's 2007 release "Starz in Their Eyes" as she did on her 2021 track 'Attracted to You. ' To help create the party, PinkPantheress looked back in time to classic British dance and electronic acts like Basement Jaxx, Groove Armada, and Fatboy Slim. 'I loved the size of the music,' she told Mixmag of these past inspirations. 'All the music sounds so big and grand and present, and I really wanted to make music where it sounds like a statement is being made with the songs. I feel like that was what appealed to me, and it's something that I wanted to take on board.' As for her place in the music world as an artist with a one-of-a-kind sound and approach to fame, PinkPantheress refuses to let outside noise get to her. 'A lot of my career has been people telling me their perception of me rather than me saying who I am,' she said. 'Being a 'popstar' or being in the public eye can definitely make you lose yourself. I am somebody who knows myself down to the bone but I'm telling you, being a singer makes it so easy to think about what people think or want to hear and it makes you lose elements of your beginnings.'
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Fat Joe Compares Kendrick to Snoop & 2Pac: ‘Nobody From L.A. Has Dominated the Paint Like This Guy'
Fat Joe and Jadakiss have a new podcast called Joe & Jada where they talk about all things music, sports, and culture. On their recently released premiere episode, the two rap legends — who've seen their fair share of rap beef — talked about the one-year anniversary of the kick-off of the historic rap battle between Kendrick Lamar and Drake. Jada started things off by clarifying that what went down wasn't exactly 'beef,' and that he couldn't believe that it's been a whole year already. 'One year since the Kendrick and Drake discrepancy. What they like to call it 'beef' in the media world,' Jada quipped. 'Thank God nothing really happened to anybody, physically. Personally, I thought it was about four or five months ago. I can't believe it's already been a year.' More from Billboard PinkPantheress Drops 'Fancy That': Stream It Now 'It's a Happy Time': Counting Crows Return With 'The Complete Sweets!' It's No Secret: Gracie Abrams Hits Three Non-Consecutive Weeks at ARIA No. 1 Joey Crack couldn't believe that it's been a year either, and then sparked a light debate between the two when he said he noticed that Lamar gets more airplay than other West Coast legends did in their prime. 'Kiss fired back by saying, 'Everybody from L.A. gets spins on L.A. radio.' Joe then asked him when was the last time Jadakiss was out there, with both of them saying they were recently in L.A. and Joe adding, 'Yo, bro, I never seen nothing like this. Every single song, they like, 'Turn the TV off,' causing Jada to agree that Kenny does indeed get a lot of spin in Southern California. 'It's a fact. Kendrick Lamar gets played nine out of every 10 songs in L.A. right now,' the Bronx rapper proclaimed. 'Not even Snoop Dogg, not even Tupac Shakur — nobody from L.A. has dominated the paint like this guy. That last year? What they're doing in L.A. — if you're from L.A., you probably think there's only one guy on Earth, Kendrick Lamar. I'm just keeping it a buck with you. You turn on that radio in L.A. — if you from L.A., you work at Target, Amazon, you're delivering some s–t, you working at the bakery, panadería, wherever, East L.A., holmes — you thinking it's one man breathing in hip-hop, it's called Kendrick Lamar.' Joe then shifted the conversation to rap beef in today's landscape, asking the Yonkers MC what he thinks about historic hip-hop battles. 'For me, I thought it was always good if you take it all the back to Wild Style and LL and Kool Moe Dee and all the way up to us and 50,' he began. 'It's always good as long as it stays on wax. 'When it first started, somebody say something about you, you gotta go to the studio, you gotta immediately work on getting one back at there, knock the stick off your shoulders like a fight after school at three o'clock. Now, as the technology evolved, it turns into movie skits, animations, retrieving fake information… It got a little wacky for me. I like it to be beats and rhymes and keep it like that. Once it got out of my pay grade, it's a little bit of disinterest to me because it's turning political now.' Fat Joe agreed about things getting political and brought up Drake's controversial UMG lawsuit. 'There's even lawsuits behind rap diss records now. I never saw that,' he said, to which Manteca Jada replied, 'That's over my head, I don't really understand… I just wanna see rhymes and song and hip-hop s–t.' You can watch the full episode below. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
