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How PinkPantheress became a sound.

“Let’s get the inevitable PinkPantheress comparisons out the way first.”

PITCHFORK ON NIA ARCHIVES · 11 MARCH 2022

Critics heard drum ’n’ bass and UK garage in PinkPantheress. The archive traces how her name became a comparison in reviews of other artists.

Each comparison is something a critic wrote, dated, and linked where the review is online. It is not a claim about who shaped whom.

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ROLLING STONE ON TO HELL WITH IT · 19 OCTOBER 2021
“Everything but the Girl… atmospheric drum ‘n’ bass with wrenching vocals”
Walking Wounded by Everything but the Girl, 1996
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THE GUARDIAN ON FANCY THAT · 8 MAY 2025
“she pilfers from Underworld’s brainy electronica”
Dubnobasswithmyheadman by Underworld, 1994
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RESIDENT ADVISOR ON FANCY THAT · 9 MAY 2025
“she embraces the verve of kitchen-sink producers like Basement Jaxx”
Rooty by Basement Jaxx, 2001
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Her name became a point of reference. “she’s the entrypoint… from the ecstasy of UKG to the alien tempos of drum’n’bass”.
CRACK ON PINKPANTHERESS · 17 NOVEMBER 2021
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PITCHFORK ON NIA ARCHIVES · 11 MARCH 2022
“Both Nia Archives and PinkPantheress like a breakbeat.”
Forbidden Feelingz by Nia Archives, 2022
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ROLLING STONE ON LIL YACHTY · 30 JANUARY 2023
“like the Gen Z alchemy of Pinkpantheress”
Let’s Start Here. by Lil Yachty, 2023
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CLASH MAGAZINE ON TWICE · 22 OCTOBER 2025
“UK Garage and Bubblegum Bass… inspiration from PinkPantheress’ artistry”
TEN: The Story Goes On by TWICE, 2025
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ROLLING STONE ON EAR · 2 JUNE 2026
“The youth yearn for breakbeats… think Fcukers, Underscores, and of course, PinkPantheress”
Rumspringa by ear, 2026
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