PinkPantheress
Fancy That


4.5
superb

Review

by Brandon Taylor USER (54 Reviews)
May 10th, 2025 | 29 replies


Release Date: 04/14/2025 | Tracklist

Review Summary: She put crack in this one.

“Tonight” and “Stateside” were the most immediate, dopamine-boosting, sugar-rush inducing pair of singles to get me hyped for a project in years. The former is the ultimate TikTok song, in that its whispery come-on of a chorus is an endlessly repayable and danceable 15-second snippet, but the full 3-minute song is somehow even more addictive. Every time that four-on-the-floor bass kicks in, sounding like someone dribbling a bowling ball, my ass involuntarily starts shaking again. The latter is a sultry mix of dance-pop, breakbeat and throwback R&B, injecting a cheeky shot of Junior Senior’s “Move Your Feet” into Estelle’s “American Boy” – referentially, it’s basically a fabergé egg of bangers from the last 2 decades.

The new tracks on Fancy That don’t necessarily reach the same colossal heights as its singles, but all 20 minutes of this mixtape are effortlessly exhilarating. The fact that there are unapologetically prominent Basement Jaxx samples on two separate tracks tells you exactly where inspiration is drawn from – I can’t claim to be an expert on U.K. dance music but this mixtape just feels like a love letter to its history. It’s then to PinkPantheress’ credit that she isn’t swallowed by her influences, metamorphosing her sampling into a new sound that is definitively her own: an electrifying window into the future of the scene, and of pop music altogether.



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Get Low
May 10th 2025


14895 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Disappointed by how short this is



Edit: The mixtape, not the review lol

brandontaylor
May 10th 2025


1249 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

the short review is proportionate so I felt fine with it haha

Get Low
May 11th 2025


14895 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

This doesn't touch Heaven Knows imo. I know this is just a mixtape and not actually a proper album, but the only tracks that match up to anything on Heaven Knows are Tonight and Noises. I also feel like it's a little bit of a slap in the face to release 20 minutes of music after a two year wait, especially when you're as popular as she is. But with that being said, it's still a PinkPantheress release, which means that it's good by default.

dedex
Staff Reviewer
May 12th 2025


13009 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2 | Sound Off

good rev!!



"I also feel like it's a little bit of a slap in the face to release 20 minutes of music after a two year wait"

lol

sizeofanocean
May 12th 2025


3691 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

On par with Heaven Knows but the shorter runtime of course is diminishing it a bit

JeetJeet
May 12th 2025


12705 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

This stomps on Heaven Knows. On par with To Hell With It tbh



Noises straight up reminding me of Esthero

Pikazilla
May 13th 2025


32315 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

just watched an interview with her and she's just so precious

JeetJeet
May 13th 2025


12705 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Shes the best yea

Hawks
Contributing Reviewer
May 14th 2025


106128 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

This is fun.

bloc
May 14th 2025


70855 Comments


Heck With It is much better but this is excellent.

I like the shortness of her releases. This kinda music can get old real quick imo

vult
May 14th 2025


3295 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

i like this sound but its really hard to remember specific songs because they blend together too much



opener and closer felt like the strongest songs on here

bach
May 16th 2025


16671 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

jeetjeet knows nice Esthero name drop. tonight is probably gonna be my favorite song of the year.





ChoccyPhilly
May 16th 2025


13682 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Probably her weakest project but still bops a little bit

bach
May 18th 2025


16671 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

stars is so good. I love this fucking woman

JeetJeet
May 18th 2025


12705 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

NOTHINGS REALLY SANE BUT EVERYTHINGS AMAZINGGGGGG

JeetJeet
May 18th 2025


12705 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Based Bach with the 5 we love to see it

Butkuiss
May 19th 2025


8714 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

It’s fun but I am starting to wonder if she’ll ever transcend the whole dnb/two step thing and become an more of a performer in her own right, because I can’t see that production schtick working forever.

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
May 19th 2025


28625 Comments


Songs before intermission>songs after

veninblazer
May 19th 2025


20036 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Pretty solid the tracks are a bit too short to leave a big lasting impression on me but I enjoyed this well enough

bach
May 20th 2025


16671 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

@butkuiss



I think tracks like Stateside show she's branching out stylistically. wouldn't be surprised if her next output showcased more eclectic stuff.



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