February 23, 2023
Tobias Jesso Jr. You may know his name from his 2015 solo album Goon. Or maybe from his work on various popular songs, such as “When We Were Young” by Adele and “Alive” by Sia. Or even from his rece
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February 23, 2023
HBO’s The Last of Us is arguably the hottest show out right now, receiving near universal acclaim from viewers and critics alike. This holds especially true for episode three: “Long, Long Time”.
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February 21, 2023
Folk singer. Songwriter. Canadian. Polyglot. All of these titles belong to Gina Lam, also known by her stage name Ginalina. In November 2022, she released her latest album titled Going Back: Remembe
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February 21, 2023
Rihanna is an illustrious artist. She is among the best selling female artists of all time, and was one of the greatest hitmakers of the 2000s and 2010s. She has since grown to become the richest...
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February 20, 2023
Streaming is now the driving force of the music industry, making up 84% of the industry revenue in the U.S. While streaming is much more convenient for listeners, many artists argue that it is near im
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February 23, 2023
Who is the greatest rapper of all time? Is it even possible to crown just one person? Well, Billboard and Vibe did exactly that. And, according to them, that person is Jay-Z. In honor of Hip-Hop’s
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February 18, 2023
Kaytranada (Louis Celestin) is a Haitian-Canadian record producer and DJ. He is a highly acclaimed electronic artist, having earned two Grammys and countless other awards for his work. Kaytranada has
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February 17, 2023
What happens when a famous music producer takes an interest in self-help books? The Creative Act is your answer. But who is Rick Rubin? Without a doubt, Rubin has an impressive track record in the
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February 14, 2023
The music industry is a place full of musicians, producers, and creators who have the magical ability to make those perfect sounds we hear everyday through our digital devices. We want to listen close
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February 14, 2023
What do popular video games franchises Super Mario, Legend of Zelda, and Star Fox all have in common? They were all produced and published by Nintendo, and the iconic music themes that you hear in...
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February 8, 2023
Being a successful woman in the music industry is no easy feat. Not only do they deal with the typical trials and tribulations of being a musician, but there are also gender-specific challenges.
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February 8, 2023
“Is it just me, or are songs getting shorter these days?” This is a question I have often pondered, especially in the last few years. It appears that in the era of social media, attention spans are
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PinkPantheress has always had a gift for making music that feels like it was recorded inside your daydreams, half diary entry, half late-night Tumblr scroll. With Romeo, she’s taken that talent and thrown it straight into the arms of modern romance, serving a track that’s equal parts Shakespearean tragedy and TikTok thirst trap.
Forget the balcony scene, Romeo is what happens when Juliet ditches the medieval gown for Y2K low-rise jeans and starts texting in lowercase. PinkPantheress flips the classic tale of star-crossed lovers into a Gen Z soundtrack, where love is both obsessive and a little unserious. The production sparkles with her signature lo-fi drum ‘n’ bass-inspired beats, soft enough to feel nostalgic but punchy enough to make your heart skip like Wi-Fi in a storm.
At its core, Romeo is about the kind of crush that consumes your brain like a pop-up ad you can’t close. The kind where you think, yeah, maybe this person would climb a balcony for me, or at least Venmo me for Uber Eats. PinkPantheress sings it with that trademark whispery tone that makes everything feel both intimate and ironic, like she’s confessing to you in a voice memo she almost didn’t send.
And the chorus? It’s the ultimate situationship mood: tragic, overdramatic, yet lowkey funny. Romeo in this case isn’t some knight in shining armor, it’s the guy who left you on delivered for six hours but still makes you write his name in your Notes app with hearts.
The internet’s already running wild with this one. TikTok edits have turned Romeo into a symbol for every “red flag” guy girls still romanticize, and Twitter’s pulling out their best Shakespeare jokes, “O Romeo, Romeo, why art thou still following your ex?” It’s the perfect track for Gen Z’s love language: self-dragging memes disguised as vulnerability.
PinkPantheress knows her audience. She isn’t selling us on fairytale love, she’s selling us on the reality that romance in 2025 looks more like DM’ing a crush at 3 a.m. than serenading under moonlight. It’s tragic, but in a “haha, this is so me” way. By pulling Romeo down from his pedestal and making him the boy you secretly stalk on Instagram, she makes ancient literature feel like an inside joke.
With Romeo, PinkPantheress doesn’t just reimagine Shakespeare, she turns him into your messy situationship anthem. It’s catchy, it’s funny, it’s painfully relatable, and it cements her as the queen of turning teenage angst into club-ready confessionals. Romeo may have died for love, but PinkPantheress makes sure the vibe lives on forever.
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