PinkPantheress facts for kids

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PinkPantheress in 2025
Background information
Birth name	Victoria Beverley Walker
Born	(2001-04-19) 19 April 2001 (age 24) Bath, Somerset, England
Origin	Kent, England
Genres	Pop R&B dance drum and bass
Occupations	Singer songwriter record producer
Years active	2019–present
Labels	Warner UK 300
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Victoria Beverley Walker (born on April 19, 2001), known as PinkPantheress, is an English singer and music producer. Her songs are famous for using different music samples and for lyrics that feel like a diary.

PinkPantheress grew up in Kent, England. She started her music journey in 2021 while studying in London. She made songs using GarageBand and shared them on SoundCloud and TikTok. Many of her songs, like "Break It Off", became very popular on TikTok.

She later signed with Parlophone and Elektra Records. In 2021, she released her first mixtape, To Hell with It. She won BBC's Sound of 2022 award. Her songs "Just for Me" and "Pain" reached the top 40 in the UK Singles Chart. Her 2022 song "Boy's a Liar" became number two in the UK.

PinkPantheress released her first studio album, Heaven Knows, in 2023. This album included the UK top-20 song "Nice to Meet You". It also featured "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2", a remix of "Boy's a Liar" with American rapper Ice Spice. This remix reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. After the album, she went on her Capable of Love Tour in 2024. Her second mixtape, Fancy That, came out in 2025. It had two UK top-40 songs: "Tonight" and "Illegal".

PinkPantheress has been nominated for three Brit Awards. In 2024, Billboard Women in Music named her Producer of the Year. Her songs are often short and use samples from music from the 1990s and 2000s. Her music mixes different styles like alt-pop, bedroom pop, drum and bass, and 2-step garage.

Early Life and Music Beginnings

Growing Up in England

Victoria Beverley Walker was born on April 19, 2001, in Bath, Somerset. Her mother is from Kenya and works as a carer. Her father is English and teaches statistics. She has an older brother who is an audio engineer. She is also related to the English chess player Susan Lalic. PinkPantheress has said that her family members are all chess players.

When she was five, her family moved from Bath to Canterbury, Kent, where she grew up. Her father moved to the United States when she was 12. He went to work at a university in Austin, Texas, while she and her mother stayed in the UK.

Discovering Music

As a child, Victoria took piano lessons. At age 12, she sang "Stand by Me" by Ben E. King at a school talent show. When she was 14, she became the lead singer of a rock band. They covered songs by bands like My Chemical Romance, Paramore, and Green Day. They performed for the first time at a school fair.

She studied film at the University of the Arts London. She left university in 2022 to focus on her music career.

Music Career Journey

Starting Out and First Mixtape (2019–2021)

PinkPantheress began writing music in high school. She first helped a friend, then started writing her own songs. At 17, she used GarageBand to create music for her friend, Mazz. Later, she used GarageBand to record her own early songs late at night in her university dorm. She uploaded her first songs to SoundCloud as PinkPantheress, but they didn't get much attention at first.

In December 2020, a video she posted on her personal TikTok account got over 500,000 likes. After this, she shared a short part of her song "Just a Waste" on TikTok. This song used music from Michael Jackson's "Off the Wall". The snippet quickly became very popular on the platform.

In early 2021, two of her songs, "Break It Off" and "Pain", became viral hits on TikTok. "Pain" reached number 35 on the UK Singles Chart in August 2021. She signed with Parlophone in April 2021 and with Elektra Records in June 2021. She was also featured on GoldLink's song "Evian" in 2021.

Her song "Just for Me", produced by Mura Masa, also gained attention on TikTok. She released it in August 2021, and a music video followed in September. "Just for Me" reached number 27 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming her highest-charting song at the time. This song earned her nominations for several awards.

In October 2021, she announced her first mixtape, To Hell with It. It was released on October 15, 2021, and reached number 20 on the UK Albums Chart. Before the mixtape, she released singles like "Pain", "Break It Off", "Just for Me", "Passion", and "I Must Apologise". PinkPantheress performed live for the first time in London in October and November 2021.

Rising to Fame: Heaven Knows and Fancy That (2022–Present)

PinkPantheress performing in 2022

In January 2022, PinkPantheress was named the winner of BBC's Sound of 2022 poll. She also released a remix album for To Hell with It. She was nominated for a Brit Award for "Obsessed With You" by Central Cee, which sampled her song "Just for Me". She even performed virtually on Roblox for the Brit Awards.

In February 2022, she appeared on the song "Bbycakes" with Mura Masa, Lil Uzi Vert, and Shygirl. In April 2022, she released her song "Where You Are" featuring Willow. She also went on a European tour to support To Hell with It. She was featured on "Tinkerbell is Overrated" from Beabadoobee's album Beatopia in July 2022. PinkPantheress also opened for Halsey's Love and Power Tour in America during spring 2022. In June 2022, she had to cancel a performance at the Primavera Sound festival due to hearing loss.

PinkPantheress performing on the Capable of Love Tour in 2024

In August 2022, she released "Picture in My Mind" featuring Sam Gellaitry. Her extended play (EP) Take Me Home was released in December 2022. It included the singles "Boy's a Liar" and "Do You Miss Me", which came out a month earlier. Her song "Way Back" with Skrillex and Trippie Redd was released in January 2023.

In February 2023, she released "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2", a remix of "Boy's a Liar" with American rapper Ice Spice. This remix became very popular on TikTok. It debuted at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, her first song on that chart. It later reached number three. It also peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, becoming her highest-charting single there. The song was certified platinum and was nominated for several awards.

"Angel", her song for the soundtrack of the 2023 film Barbie, was released in June 2023. Her song "Turn Your Phone Off" with Destroy Lonely came out in July 2023. She was also featured on a remix of Troye Sivan's song "Rush" with Hyunjin of Stray Kids in August 2023.

In October 2023, PinkPantheress announced her first album, Heaven Knows, which was released on November 10, 2023. The first song from the album, "Mosquito", was released in September. Other singles like "Capable of Love" and "Nice to Meet You" followed in October and November. She also announced her Capable of Love Tour for the United Kingdom and Europe in early 2024, with North American dates added later.

In February 2024, Billboard Women in Music honored her as Producer of the Year. She performed as an opener on Olivia Rodrigo's Guts World Tour in summer 2024. However, in August 2024, she canceled her remaining live shows due to health reasons. In September 2024, she was featured on a remix of K-pop group Le Sserafim's song "Crazy".

In January 2025, PinkPantheress was featured on Shygirl's single "True Religion" with Isabella Lovestory. Her first solo song of 2025, "Tonight", was released in April with a music video inspired by the Regency period. Her second mixtape, Fancy That, was released on May 9, 2025, with "Tonight" as its main song.

Artistic Style

Inspirations and Influences

PinkPantheress has called Paramore lead vocalist Hayley Williams (pictured) a "big influence" on her music and stated that she is "doing music because of [Williams]".

PinkPantheress got her stage name from her TikTok account. It was inspired by a question from the game show The Chase about what a female panther is called, and by The Pink Panther movies.

She has named Imogen Heap, Lily Allen, Kelela, and Kate Nash as her biggest influences. Other artists she looks up to include My Chemical Romance, Just Jack, Michael Jackson, Kaytranada, and Frank Ocean. She also gets ideas for her melodies and beats from K-pop songs, Blink-182, Good Charlotte, Green Day, early Panic! at the Disco, Linkin Park, and Frou Frou.

PinkPantheress has said that Hayley Williams from Paramore is a "big influence" on her as a performer. She decided she wanted to be a professional musician at 14 after seeing Williams perform at Reading Festival. She also shared that an interview with Doja Cat inspired her to pursue music. Lil Nas X inspired her to post her songs on TikTok.

Music Sound and Lyrics

PinkPantheress's music is described as pop, R&B, bedroom pop, dance, alt-pop, drum and bass, 2-step, jungle, and hyperpop. She often uses samples from other songs, especially dance music from the 1990s and 2000s, as well as jungle, funk, UK garage, and pop songs.

She usually writes her own songs, which are often short. She believes a song doesn't need to be longer than two and a half minutes. She also thinks songs don't always need a bridge, a repeated verse, or a long ending. She describes her music as alt-pop and a "home-friendly" type of drum and bass. She says she writes "sadder" or "dark" lyrics to connect with young people. She often contrasts these lyrics with "happy instrumentals." PinkPantheress has mentioned that her lyrics are usually not about her own life. She enjoys telling stories through her music.

Experts have noted that her songs often have "fast-paced breakbeats" and "ASMR-like refrains." Her music has been called "alt-girl rap" and uses a "confessional, almost sweet rap-singing" style. She uses older production methods to create a nostalgic sound that reminds people of 1990s UK culture. Her "DIY aesthetic," which started with GarageBand experiments, is a key part of her music.

Her vocals are described as "sweet but unsettling," "angelic," "girlish," and "slight." Her lyrics are often called "sad" and "wistful." Her music is seen as a mix of sounds that feel both old and new at the same time. She has given fast electronic music styles like drum and bass an "introspective, romantic bedroom sound" with her quiet vocals.

Discography

Studio Albums

• Heaven Knows (2023)

Mixtapes

• To Hell with It (2021)
• Fancy That (2025)

Awards and Nominations

PinkPantheress has received many awards and nominations for her music.

Recognitions

Tours and Performances

PinkPantheress has performed in many tours, both as a headliner and as a supporting act for other artists.

Headlining Tours

• United Kingdom & EU Tour (2022)
• PinkAcrossAmerica Tour (2022)
• Down Under Tour (2023)
• The Capable of Love Tour (2024)
• An Evening With… PinkPantheress Tour (2025)

Supporting Tours

• Halsey – Love and Power Tour (2022)
• Olivia Rodrigo – Guts World Tour (2024)

See also

In Spanish: PinkPantheress para niños