PinkPantheress

<p>The days of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PinkPantheress">Pink Pantheress</a> being an aesthetic artist that fans can gatekeep are long gone. The London-based artist has blown up over the past 6 months. She now has a similar monthly listener count on Spotify to the likes of <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/profile/liluzivert">Lil Uzi Vert</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosal%C3%ADa">Rosalia</a>. A significant reason for her influx of fans has been her knack for picking the right artists for collaborating with. Admittedly still growing as a producer, the 21-year-old is keenly aware that collaborating with others is the most surefire way for her to create the sound she wants. Looking poised to release her debut full-length album this or next year, it&#8217;s been a big start to 2023 for PinkPantheress.</p>



<p>PinkPantheress has been a trend-setter from the jump. Before releasing her debut EP &#8216;To Hell With It,&#8217; she stated &#8220;Music&#8217;s been the same for so long. Can we get something different?&#8221; In her vision to create new sub-genres, she hasn&#8217;t been afraid to take a fellow Gen-Z pop phenoms along for the ride. From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Spice">Ice Spice</a> to <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/profile/willow">Willow</a>, the Internet superstar is equally looking to elevate similar artists around her. </p>



<p>Today, we&#8217;re taking a look at PinkPantheress&#8217; best collaborations to date. </p>



<h2 id="h-picture-in-my-mind-pinkpantheress-and-sam-gellaitry"><strong>Picture in My Mind (PinkPantheress and Sam Gellaitry)</strong></h2>



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<p>Working with dance producer and singer/songwriter Sam Gellaitry, the two came together on the groovy &#8220;Picture In My Mind.&#8221; With both artists creating music in the dance lane while living in the UK, it certainly feels like a collaboration that was inevitably going to happen at some point. Featuring distorted synths and a pacey bassline, it&#8217;s an incredibly catchy groove. Pantheress and Gellaitry sing over each other from start to finish, with the two&#8217;s oppositely pitched voices mixing well. </p>



<p>Discussing the track, she stated &#8220;I went all the way to Scotland to work with Sam. He is a genius level producer.&#8221; Gellaitry has been on a tear himself over the past year, releasing his sophomore mixtape &#8216;VF Vol II&#8217; last year. In addition, he recently put out a <a href="/profile/kaytranada" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Kaytranada</a>-remixed version of &#8220;Assumptions&#8221; on Spotify. It&#8217;s not the first time the two have worked together. Sam Gellaitry remixed her hit-song &#8220;Passion&#8221; in January of 2022, a track that&#8217;s garnered over 70 million streams on Spotify. </p>



<h2 id="h-boy-s-a-liar-pt-2-pinkpantheress-and-ice-spice"><strong>Boy&#8217;s a Liar, Pt. 2 </strong> <strong>(PinkPantheress and Ice Spice)</strong></h2>



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<p>It&#8217;s impossible to write an article about PinkPantheress collaborations without mentioning &#8220;Boy&#8217;s a Liar, Pt. 2.&#8221; A remix of the original version, she teamed up with Bronx-based American rapper Ice Spice, who delivers a catchy verse on the back end of the track. On the surface, one would think that the lo-fi, Jersey-beat aesthetic of &#8220;Boy&#8217;s A Liar&#8221; wouldn&#8217;t fit Ice Spice&#8217;s comfort zone. However, the two Gen-Z icons flow between each other surprisingly well. PinkPantheress&#8217; first track to debut on the Billboard Hot 100, the song would peak in the top 5. </p>



<p>The track feels like two best friends ruminating over lost exes. While the two approach that conversation in two contrasting ways, the mix makes for a chaotically fun groove. In addition, the track features co-production credits from electronic music producer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mura_Masa">Mura Masa</a>. A track that originally appeared on her &#8216;Take Me Home EP,&#8217; the charming synth-pop on &#8220;Boy&#8217;s A Liar&#8221; makes it the most iconic track in her discography to date. </p>



<h2 id="h-where-you-are"><strong>Where You Are</strong> </h2>



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<p>Yet another female artist who&#8217;s stamped her name in the music industry over the past year, PinkPantheress collaborated with rockstar <a href="/profile/willow" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Willow</a> Smith for the angsty &#8220;Where You Are.&#8221; Pantheress allows Willow to be herself on the track, as she delivers her usual dark punk-rock energy. &#8220;Where You Are&#8221; features ruminating guitar chords and subtle background violin strings. It creates a melancholic tone that is commonly associated with PinkPantheress&#8217; sound. </p>



<p>The two bounce off of each other seamlessly. Foregoing to the more traditional feature structure, Willow&#8217;s vocals are peppered all over the track. In a press release, PinkPantheress wrote &#8220;I had a lot of fun writing this song. It took loads of attempts to get it right, but this is probably my proudest work to date, and I&#8217;m super happy for everyone to hear it.&#8221; </p>



<h2 id="h-do-you-miss-me"><strong>Do You Miss Me?</strong></h2>



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<p>PinkPantheress was able to secure her dream collaboration on &#8216;Do You Miss Me?&#8217; She&#8217;s been open about her aspirations to work with the Toronto-based super producer in the past. She&#8217;s referenced being inspired to begin producing her own music, and hone in on her dance-pop sound after hearing <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/profile/kaytranada">Kaytranada</a>&#8216;s music back in 2016. Similar to much of her past music, PinkPantheress is obsessed on the track. Consumed by her infatuation, she repeats &#8220;miss me&#8221; a total of 34 times on a track that just barely skates past the 2-minute mark. </p>



<p>&#8220;Do You Miss Me?&#8221; features the signature bouncy sound of Kaytranada&#8217;s beats, with subtle afrobeat drums and droning synth pitching. While the track didn&#8217;t yield the mind-blowing sound that fans may have anticipated, he certainly adds color and tonnage to her traditional sound. The last 20 seconds are the most contemporary section of the track. PinkPantheress&#8217; voice is warped into an eerie pitching sound.</p>



<h2 id="h-bbycakes"><strong>Bbycakes</strong></h2>



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<p>This song is downright silly. Featuring <a href="/profile/liluzivert" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Lil Uzi Vert</a>, Shy Girl, and PinkPantheress, the track seemed doomed from the start. However, producer Mura Masa finds a way to seamlessly blend the trio&#8217;s vocal talents on &#8220;Bbycakes.&#8221; In retrospect, the success of the track shouldn&#8217;t be a shock. While Shy Girl and PinkPantheress are already well-known for diving into the hyper-pop space, Lil Uzi Vert had expressed an innate ability to do more than solely rap over trap beats in the past. </p>



<p>When discussing the track in an interview, Mura Masa stated, &#8220;I feel like &#8220;Bbycakes&#8221; is a future-facing record. Clashing U.K dancehall culture with U.S drill music, all of it is a mission statement for the vicarious and playful nature that I think popular music needs in an overly cynical culture.&#8221; The track is exactly that, as PinkPantheress and Lil Uzi Vert trade vocals on the second verse of the track. Admittedly chaotic, it&#8217;s still track that saw PinkPantheress dive out of her comfort zone along with a list of household names. </p>