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PinkPantheress “Do You Miss Me?”

PinkPantheress started her career attempting to make music with a Kaytranada feel to it, and here she is on this song actually collaborating with him. She says she missed the mark on her own, but her instinct was always correct – his elegant grooviness meshes perfectly with her taste for jumpy late 90s beats and complements the cool tone of her singing voice. It makes me think of food – a very hot and spicy dishes cooled by a bit of cream, or something sweet given more dimension by a sharp saltiness. Her lyrics take a similar route, contrasting a genuine lovey-dovey feeling with intense possessiveness and jealousy that comes through midway in the song. The dark turn only makes sense with the stakes set by how deeply she’s into the person she’s addressing, but the sweetness doesn’t quite stand up to the sourness by the end.

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