Last year, the famous singer Sabrina Carpenter released an album called Short And Sweet. The album contains twelve tracks with thirty-six minutes and fifteen seconds, which runs the average of each track to about three minutes, about thirty seconds less than the average duration of a standard track. Carpenter’s delivery on that album was to be proven as a massive success since she scored a number one debut on the Billboard 200 chart and multiple Billboard Top Ten on the Hot 100 Chart; this has proven that listeners nowadays have lean toward the favor of a shorter song rather than songs that are above standard duration. However, that sparks the statement that short songs were only made to be commercially successful, as they miss different song components, making them artistically inferior to tracks with a longer duration. But does that mean a short song can’t compete with a longer song upon listening experience?
“My name is Pink, and I’m really glad to meet you.” Pinkpantheress sang on the opening track of her latest Mixtape, Fancy That. With her new releases, Pinkpantheress grabbed everyone’s attention on the duration of her album, which shared only twenty minutes and twenty-eight seconds for nine tracks. That makes the average duration of each track two minutes and sixteen seconds. Even though it really isn’t any new to Pink’s discography about her favorite short production, some are still curious and down holding about the development of her music. Still, eventually, after a listen, all of them will be gone.
After the playful opening track, “Illegal,” they discuss her first and only experience with hallucinogenic plants, which she compares to meeting someone that she felt was dangerous but charming at the same time. It transitions into the next Basement Jaxx sampled track, “Girls Like Me,” mixing this astonishing glam-inspired base and liquid drum, following the sampling “Let it all go” in the background, making this track a celebration of releasing from a toxic relationship. The atmosphere of the lyrics dramatically changes after entering the third track and the lead single of the album, “Tonight,” “You want sex with me? (Uh-huh) Come talk to me (come on).” This straightforward lyricism is not typical in Pink’s discography, but what else could she say when she is fresh out of a relationship? The nostalgic 80s production, along with the sample of Panic! At The Disco’s track “Do You Know What I’m Seeing?” at the beginning of the track, create a throwback dance anthem atmosphere that eventually extends into the next track, “Stars,” also another track that defines Pinkpatheress’ love states which she condemned her lover of the accusation on flirt with other girls with the line putting stars in other’s eyes, and playfully hinting that if he continues to do so there will be police going after him!
The album quickly switches its central theme from love to Pink’s self-analysis as she mentions the effect of noises and sounds on her mental health state in the song “Noises.” The track after “Nice To Meet You” offers her point of view on a relationship with one of her best friends and how that relationship became colder and more unemotional after they lost contact with each other. Those analytical lyrics were buried under the upbeat UK garage production like most of Pink’s lyrics, which serves another purpose of showing how direct “Tonight” is.
Close to the end, the two remaining tracks, “Stateside” and “Romeo,” are about finding yourself in a relationship. In “Stateside,” the song portrays Pink deeply in love with an American boy. She misses him so much that she has to eventually find an outlet for her weird obsession, which she sings Flying Intercontinental for You. However, Romeo is the complete opposite; in the track, she praises Romeo for being romantic and thoughtful, but she finds their interaction to be no fun as she finds out she isn’t in love at all; instead, what captures her is his appearance, and after the rush went away, everything ends like the play Romeo & Juliet.