English singer-songwriter PinkPantheress released her 2nd mixtape, ‘Fancy That’, with a runtime of 20 minutes. The album is super short, but it is an album filled with pop songs that will have you swaying your head from side to side.
The album kicks off with “Illegal,” where Pink sings about a relationship that seems risky and asks repeatedly in the chorus, “Hey, is this illegal?”
She captures the modern romantic relationship where, oftentimes, intimacy and feeling guilty are a perfect pair. Relationships can bring a sense of adrenaline, but regret soon rushes over after.
The next track, “Girl Like Me,” completely contrasts with the previous track, where Pink feels emotionally distant in a relationship. In the track, she says, “I never liked it when you’d do me like that.”
She feels disappointed and isn’t a fan of how her partner is treating her. The track itself feels playful, and the beat is bouncy in its sound. The repeated phrase “let it all go, ” is her reluctance to accept that things are falling apart and aren’t what they used to be in this devastating breakup song.
The lead single, “Tonight,” is strong in synth throughout the song, exploring themes such as longing and the idea of a fleeting intimacy. Pink becomes increasingly flirtatious as her desire only grows.
Songs like “Stars” and “Noises” share similar dark themes, such as paranoia and anxiety, throughout both tracks. She sings of being home alone and suddenly hearing some noises coming from her living room, setting up the track with suspense.
“Nice to Know You” explores the complexity of emotional relationships. In the track, she reflects on how someone whom she once knew very deeply suddenly becomes unapproachable. Even though she feels emotional, there’s a sense of closure as she says, “It was nice to know you.”
Crushing turns into obsession in the track “Stateside,” where Pink follows her crush to another country. “You can be my American hot, hot boy,” she sings. The track itself is fast-paced and chaotic in a way, as she catches a plane to follow her American boy.
The closing track, “Romeo,” is about unrequited love. “Only one of us fell in love”, she sings with her airy and light vocals. She draws inspiration from Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”.
Just like in the play, Pinkpantheress sings about how her Romeo is trying to initiate intimacy between the two of them, but she seems disinterested in the idea. She has this unrealistic perception of him and doesn’t know what is real and what is a fantasy.
The album is really easy to take in due to its length, but nonetheless it has feel-good tunes where the artist showcases her perspective on relationships, her struggles with anxiety, and obsession all over catchy beats that invite fans and new listeners to understand her world.
