PinkPantheress Delivers A Hot Take On Song Length

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TORONTO, ONTARIO - APRIL 07: PinkPantheress performs at Danforth Music Hall on April 07, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Jeremychanphotography/Getty Images)
She claimed no song needs to be longer than two minutes and thirty seconds.

PinkPantheress has made a career off of writing very short songs. Her DIY homespun sound comes hand-in-hand with shorter length tracks. That's why its no surprise some of her tracks with sugary sweet hooks have become hits propelled by social media platforms like TikTok. Despite her increased commercial success, which peaked with the Ice Spice suported remix of "Boys a liar," some online have criticized her artistic approach. Her songs being too short has become a common motif of those criticizing her music.

Unsurprisingly though. it's a critique PinkPantheress herself doesn't agree with. In a recent interview with ABC, she made her case for shorter song lengths. She first claimed that tracks didn't need to be any longer than two minutes and thirty seconds. She justified that length by explaining that her songs don't include bridges or unnecessarily long outros which keeps them so short. The comments sparked plenty of debate among fans online. They discussed whether or not there's an ideal length for all songs and what that length might be. Check out the interview that sparked the debate below.

PinkPantheress Fans Debate Song Length

Last week PinkPantheress dropped her newest single "Turn It Up." The track is her first new release of 2024 so far and follows in line with her DIY dancy pop style. It also makes use of a sample of Selena's "Dreaming Of You," something fans first took notice of when the track was teased with a snippet on TikTok.

Earlier this year PinkPantheress was photographed hanging out with Ice Spice and breakout R&B star Tyla. Fans immediately called for the three young stars to collaborate on some music together, with some even billing them as a potential smash girl group. What do you think of PinkPantheress' take that songs don't need to be any longer than two minutes and thirty seconds? Do you think there's an ideal length for all or most songs? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.
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