PINKPANTHERESS IS HERE TO STAY

The 24-year-old British singer and producer is nominated for two Grammy Awards with her latest mixtape, 'Fancy That'

- BY MIKAEL WOOD POP MUSIC CRITIC

JASON ARMOND Los Angeles Times

PINKPANTHERESS is up for dance/electronic album and dance pop recording at the Grammys.

PinkPantheress broke out in 2021 with a series of charming and inventive singles that placed her high, breathy vocals over skittering beats built around easily recognizable samples.

It was as though the English singer and producer were trying to insert herself into pop-music history from behind a laptop in her bedroom — which is pretty much what ended up happening.

JASON ARMOND Los Angeles Times

BRITISH ARTIST Pink Pantheress prioritizes "having a very loyal fan base."

In 2023, her song “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2,” a collaboration with Ice Spice, went to No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100; several months later, she landed a song on the hit soundtrack of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.” Last year she went on the road as an opening act for Olivia Rodrigo, and now she’s nominated for her first two Grammy Awards: dance/electronic album for this year’s “Fancy That” and dance pop recording for the project’s opening track, “Illegal.”

With nine songs in only 20 minutes, “Fancy That” maintains the TikTok-era economy of PinkPantheress’ early work. It’s also full of samples from the likes of Underworld, Basement Jaxx and Panic! at the Disco — one reason, perhaps, the singer, 24, describes it as a mixtape rather than an album. (An accompanying remix set, "Fancy Some More?," features appearances by Basement Jaxx, Kylie Minogue, Sugababes, Ravyn Lenae and Groove Armada, among many others.)