“My name is Pink and I’m really glad to meet you” is how PinkPantheress opened her Coachella set last night, kicking things off with her super-bop “Illegal.” Of course, the huge, screaming crowd of fans were already well aware of exactly who she was.
Thanks to her second mixtape, 2025’s Fancy That, the British singer has enjoyed a stellar year. Continuing into the first quarter of 2026, hitting Coachella Valley has been a real cherry on top. “It feels surreal, but kinda prefect timing,” says PinkPantheress. “I feel really secure about the world I’ve built with this last album, so it’s really exciting to have it come to life.”
PinkPantheress has been taking her record out on the road with her biggest production yet. It primed her for a curatedly chaotic, energetic Coachella set—still, it still took some serious preparation. “We started rehearsing about two weeks out, which is low-key a super tight prep time, but all the music prep and ideation started months ago,” says PinkPantheress, who turned the stage into one big dance party with cameos from The Dare, HorsegiirL, and Tyriq Withers, no less. “It was a bit hectic at times, but everything really fell together in the final hour. I was aiming for a really cinematic experience—I wanted people to feel like they went to the theater.”
There were moments of pure Broadway-worthy acting that she added into the show. “I really loved the pre-‘Pain’ dialogue between my lovely dancers Ava & Nerita,” she says. “It’s one of the more tame dramatics of the show, but it felt so sweet acting out that particular scene with my girls.” The star adds that finding new, innovative ways to adapt her songs for the stage has been one of her favorite parts of touring in general. “Keeping the wheels turning on how to plate these songs through live performance was one of the most intricate, but fulfilling experiences of my career,” says PinkPantheress.
