PINK PANTHERESS RELEASES SECOND MIXTAPE “FANCY THAT”
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PinkPantheress is back with her second mixtape, “Fancy That,” released on May 9, 2025, via Warner Records. At 20 minutes long with nine perfectly crafted tracks, the project features PinkPantheress continuing to develop her cross-genre sound in a more cohesive and emotionally aware collection of songs.
Fancy That comes after her promising rollout “To Hell With It,” the mixtape that outed her dreamy voice, lo-fi garage beats, and an abundant sense of Y2K nostalgia to a dizzying audience. Since then, PinkPantheress has evolved into a pop innovator from a TikTok sensation. This mixtape, as she has said herself, feels like "the most tied together project I've made so far," and her audience overwhelmingly agrees.
The first phase of the rollout began on March 26, 2025, with a social media post that simply stated "May 9th 💋." Her website was then updated to match the new era aesthetic, complete with a ringtone download for the song "Illegal," which eventually became the third single off the mixtape. The complete tracklist, containing nine songs, was announced shortly thereafter, in early April.
The lead single, "Tonight," was released on April 4, sparking conversation immediately regarding the brash sample choice from "Do You Know What I'm Seeing?" on Panic! at the Disco's “Pretty. Odd.” The track combines PinkPantheress's feathery vocals with club-ready productions evoking images of adolescent longing and dancefloor ecstasy. The second single, "Stateside," was released on April 25, while "Illegal" dropped on the same day as the mixtape, alongside a music video.
PinkPantheress echoes early-2000s pop and electronic influences throughout the project. The track "Stars" interpolates Just Jack's "Starz in Their Eyes," while "Nice to Know You" generously borrows from William Orbit and Sugababes' "Spiral." These musical references provide far more than a sense of nostalgia; they represent the emotional and musical scaffolding for a mixtape that simultaneously feels contemporary, yet enduring.
Track highlights include the heart-filled track, "Romeo," that fans were anticipating and were hoping for from PinkPantheress, who teased the song on TikTok a few times. The mixtape's other highlight, "Girl Like Me," is hazy, melancholy, and convincingly layered vulnerability with glitchy textures. "Intermission" is a less than 25-second instrumental break, acting as a location reset midway through the mixtape. "Noises" indulges in dissonance and digital distortion, further demonstrating her instinctual experimentation.
Critics have received Fancy That positively, as the mixtape was given a score of 81 on Metacritic. A vast majority of reviews praised the emotionally coherent sonic displays, well-defined sampling, and PinkPantheress's continued successes in architecting an immersive world that feels distinctive to her.
In a world where cross-genre sampling and soft-spoken privilege are commonplace, PinkPantheress remains a singular voice in modern pop, capable of converting youthful reflections and ephemeral feelings into coherent, identifiable landscapes. Fancy That continues to build upon her debut, growing and developing the cutesy confidence portrayal PinkPantheress is most recognized for.
