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PinkPantheress Makes US TV Debut with Fancy That Medley

Her Tonight Show appearance builds momentum for her fall North American tour by spotlighting the biases Black women face in electronic music.

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Overview

  • On July 30, she delivered a three-song medley of Fancy That tracks “Illegal,” “Girl Like Me” and “Tonight” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
  • The performance featured a neon-lit set with a DJ and backup dancers and underscored her flair for nostalgic sampling.
  • She sampled Panic! at the Disco’s “Do You Know What I’m Seeing?” on “Tonight,” calling sampling a way to share and reinterpret musical influences.
  • In recent interviews, she has called out systemic resistance to electronic music by Black women and the challenges of fitting her genre-blending style into industry categories.
  • PinkPantheress will embark on her first North American tour, An Evening With PinkPantheress, this fall with nine shows across six cities.