Passion (PinkPantheress song)

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"Passion"
The single cover for "Passion". Which Shows Bliss Wallpaper from Windows XP.
Single by PinkPantheress
from the album To Hell with It
Released1 July 2021 (2021-07-01)
Genre
Length2:18
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • PinkPantheress
  • Izzy Cofie
  • Joshua Gaskin-Brown
Producer(s)
  • Izco
  • Jkarri
PinkPantheress singles chronology
"Pain"
(2021) 		"Passion"
(2021) 		"Attracted to You"
(2021)

"Passion" is a song by English singer-songwriter

UK Singles Chart, as well as at number 30 on the Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs
chart.

Background and composition

A snippet of "Passion" was posted to PinkPantheress's

Parlophone Records on 1 July 2021.[2] It runs for two minutes and 18 seconds, and begins with a finger-picked acoustic guitar, and is then backed by synths and a jungle breakbeat, the latter of which begins in the first chorus.[3] The song also has influences of R&B.[4] On it, PinkPantheress sings in an "airy",[4] "whisper-like" tone about the "intimate details of her life",[3] including being abandoned by her friends and family and looking for somewhere to stay the night.[1] She described the undertones of the song as "fairly sad".[5]

Cat Zhang of Pitchfork described PinkPantheress as sounding "listless", "misunderstood", and "slightly dazed, tiptoeing gently through reality" on the song.[1] Beats Per Minute called "Passion" PinkPantheress's "most confessional track yet", noting her "sing-song insouciance" on the song, while NME's Isaac Chiew wrote that the song "paints a haunting portrait of loneliness".[2][6] The visualizer and single cover for the song is of the default wallpaper for Windows XP.[5]

Critical reception and commercial performance

Vanessa Handy of NPR remarked that, on "Passion", PinkPantheress "rises above her past" and "cross[es] into a new dimension with the complex, futuristic sound she's embraced".[3] NME's Isaac Chiew wrote that "Passion" "cements [PinkPantheress's] versatility as a songwriter", with Pitchfork's Cat Zhang calling "Passion" "angelic" and "another lovely release" from PinkPantheress.[6][1] Robin Murray of Clash described it as "a drifting slice of imperious alt-pop" with a "patient sense of introversion" on which PinkPantheress "us[es] both inner and outer space to her advantage".[7]

"Passion" peaked at number 73 on the

UK Singles Chart.[8] It also peaked at number 30 on Billboard's Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart.[9]

Charts

Chart performance for "Passion"
Chart (2021) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[8]
 73
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[9] 30

References

  1. ^ a b c d Zhang, Cat. ""Passion" by PinkPantheress". Pitchfork. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b H, Rob (2 July 2021). "PinkPantheress delivers another intimate DnB banger, "Passion"". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Handy, Vanessa (6 July 2021). "PinkPantheress, 'Passion'". NPR. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b Havens, Lyndsey; Lipshutz, Jason; Lynch, Joe (6 July 2021). "10 Cool New Pop Songs to Get You Through The Week: Yola, Magdalena Bay, PinkPantheress & More". Billboard. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b Martin, Felicity (6 July 2021). "PinkPantheress is the 'new nostalgic' vocalist blowing up TikTok". Dazed. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b Chiew, Isaac; Soo, JX (12 July 2021). "NME Radio Roundup 12 July 2021: Arlo Parks, Billie Eilish, Big Red Machine and more". NME. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  7. ^ Murray, Robin (7 February 2021). "PinkPantheress Returns With New Single 'Passion'". Clash. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Hot Rock & Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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