PinkPantheress is talking out about what it feels wish to be unseen in an area she’s serving to to form. In a current interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 24-year-old artist mirrored on the challenges she faces as a Black girl making digital music and why she believes her contributions are sometimes dismissed.

“People are less willing to listen to electronic music that is made by a Black woman,” she mentioned. “That’s just fact. There’s some considerations I would like to get as an artist which I might not be getting right now, since maybe it’s harder to put me into a genre.”

PinkPantheress launched her Fancy That mixtape in May. It reached No. 4 on the Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. Despite the success, she nonetheless feels her presence is commonly misunderstood or ignored. She defined that even together with her success, folks don’t all the time take the time to grasp her message or her identification as an artist.

“I’m in a very privileged position musically,” she mentioned. “But I can feel a little bit like I’m hitting all these markers and it still feels like I’m getting overlooked, simply because there’s a lot of people that don’t necessarily understand what I represent, nor do they want to take a look because I think it just doesn’t make sense for them.”

She mentioned she refuses to adapt to outdated concepts of what a pop star ought to be. Her purpose is to remain true to her imaginative and prescient and show that authenticity issues. “All I aim to do is stay authentic and consistent,” she added. “And occasionally, what I enjoy doing is saying, ‘Well actually, I’m gonna prove you wrong, and I’m gonna do this, you are gonna like it.’”

Earlier this month, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Kent for her impression on digital-era music.