PinkPantheress; Kendrick Lamar.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty;Arturo Holmes/MG23/Getty
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty;Arturo Holmes/MG23/Getty
PinkPantheresshas already worked with exciting talent, but she’s opening up about one collaboration that could have been that still haunts her.
In a newi-Dcover storypublished on Thursday, the rising pop star, 22, revealed that she almost appeared on a song withKendrick Lamar. Much to her regret, the British artist explained that she missed out on the opportunity because she was on a date.
“Oh f—, I can’t even think about it,” the “Boys a Liar” singer told the outlet of “nearly” being on one of the 17-time Grammy winner’s tracks.
She explained that she was invited to join him in the studio, but missed the session because she was at the movies with a boy. “I was watchingNightcrawlerwith this guy,” the dream pop artist shared.
PinkPantheress in Los Angeles in June 2023.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
The“Mosquito”singer noted that it was because her date asked her to put her phone on silent that she didn’t see the invite at the time.
Althoughi-Dwrote that the singer-songwriter sent a selfie to a man during their interview, the star (whose real name is Vicky Beverly Walker) clarified that she’s not focused on romance at this time. She added, “I’m not trying to date, even though I love dating.”
Ice Spicehopped on the “Boys a Liar 2” remix, which dropped at the start of 2023 and became one of the recording artist’s biggest songs to date.
Most recently, the “Just for me” artist joinedTroye SivanandHyunjinofStray Kidson theremix of the Australian star’s hit “Rush.”
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On Nov. 10, the recording artist will release her debut studio albumHeaven Knows(via Warner U.K.). It follows her acclaimed 2021 mixtapeTo Hell with It. Two singles have already been dropped: “Boys a Liar Pt. 2,” “Mosquito,” which she released alongsidea star-studded music video, and “Capable of Love.”
There are also less samples on the project. “I had to level up, I couldn’t just use loops anymore. I had to get other people to come in,” the up-and-comer revealed to the outlet.
source: people.com
