We’re Really Glad PinkPantheress Made Us This Playlist

Photo courtesy of PinkPantheress.

Welcome to SOUND ADVICE, Interview’s weekly destination for playlists curated by our friends, enemies, and lovers. In recent weeks, we’ve featured playlists from Between Friends, Tommy Genesis, and Jackzebra. This week’s installment comes from U.K.’s pop princess, PinkPantheress, who’s cherishing a summer of meet cutes and really glad to meet you’s after her hit single “Illegal” sparked one of the year’s biggest TikTok trends. But when she does meet you, just make sure you address her properly—it’s Dr. Pantheress now. Yes, the Bath-born singer and producer has just received her honorary doctorate degree from the University of Kent, and she’s striking while the iron is hot with the release of her mixtape Fancy That, a set on the Woodsies Stage at Glastonbury, and her television debut on The Tonight Show. Before she sets off on her North American tour, she made us a playlist and answered our questionnaire, where she unveiled her dream collaboration, studio session holy grails, and thoughts on fade-outs.

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Where do you dance? In my bedroom and bathroom

Who do you trust most with the aux? Maybe my best friend Ed

What song on this playlist do you wish you wrote? “Rock DJ” by Robbie Williams

What song do you have on repeat at the moment? “Lyrical Hypnotist” – D Double E

What is an album that reminds you of your childhood? A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out – Panic at the Disco

What is a song that reminds you of England? “Music Gets the Best of Me” – Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Three things you always bring to the studio: Water, lip balm, phone

Dream collab, dead or alive? Sade

Favorite use of a sample in a song? “Robot Rock” by Daft Punk

What song on this playlist makes you cry? “Warwick Avenue” by Duffy

Better nightlife—New York or London? New York tbh

The world is ending. What are you wearing? This exact outfit I’m wearing now

What does your notes app look like? Lyrics

Thoughts on fade-outs in songs? I love them, “Love On Top” by Beyoncé converted me into a fade enjoyer