Pink Pantheress could maybe win an award for 2025’s catchiest opening line to an album: “My name is Pink, and I’m really glad to meet you.” If you haven’t heard that circulating on the internet this year, you’re lying. Pink’s third studio album, Fancy That, follows the mixtape, fairly DIY, sample-heavy format of her 2021 debut. As a star that was born on TikTok, most of her songs are bite-sized, never running longer than three minutes.
While not too dissimilar in sound from her previous work, this album feels more concrete and cohesive as a whole. Feeling like a scene from a teenage girl’s bedroom in the 2010s, it feeds into the average internet user’s insatiable appetite for the ‘nostalgic.’ She samples Just Jack’s 2007 hit “Starz in their eyes,” as well as, Pan!c at the Disco, Jessica Simpson, and Basement Jaxx. It’s as if she got hold of an ancient relic (an iPod nano) and just sampled whatever songs surfaced when she hit shuffle.
Fancy That is compact in every way; not just the short run time of both the individual tracks and the album as a whole (nine songs in 20 minutes!?), but also in that Pink mostly opts for very tight jungle, UKG, and break beats. Her voice, which is sweet, ultra-feminine and very distinctive, also sticks within a pretty small range (volume, tone and pitch), adding to the overall cutesie vibe. The bouncy instrumentals are peppered with Pink’s iconic, echoing “yeah” throughout the album.
Pink is excellent at writing simple but very catchy hooks. Whether it’s the “Hey, ooooh,” from “Illegal,” or the flirty “You want sex with me? (Uh-huh) Come and talk to me” from “Tonight,” once it’s in your brain, good luck getting it back out.
This album definitely has a very online feel to it, but it is light and fun. It is perfect to throw on while you’re getting ready to go out for the night, because you can’t help but feel hot and sassy when you listen to it.
