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Two non-Chicago producers reinterpret footwork with a busy, sample-driven, Zoomer-influenced collagist style that modernizes the genre.
PinkPantheress broke out in 2021 with a series of charming and inventive singles that placed her high, breathy vocals over skittering beats built around easily recognizable samples. It was as though the English singer and producer were trying to insert herself into pop-music history from behind a laptop in her bedroom - which is pretty much what ended up happening. In 2023, her song "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2," a collaboration with Ice Spice, went to No. 3 on Billboard's Hot 100;