PinkPantheress: First Woman to Win BRIT Producer of the Year — SkimNews
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- PinkPantheress won Producer of the Year at the 2026 BRIT Awards in February, becoming the first woman and youngest recipient (she was 24) of the honor, which has been presented annually since 1977.
- PinkPantheress is executive producing the debut EP of UK girl group Say Now — formerly Needanamebro — due in November, with first single "Met My Match" co-written and co-produced by her.
- PinkPantheress remixed Tinashe's "Twentyfive Eight" from her new album Popstar in an iTunes-exclusive version alongside collaborator Count Baldor, pumping the mellow original with heavier bass.
- Kelela honored PinkPantheress for TIME100 Next 2026, writing that as a Black femme in electronic music, "every track she makes is also a door staying open behind her."
- PinkPantheress lent her British-accented backing vocals to "Crush," the opening track on Jae Stephens' debut album Audacity, after Stephens said her own accent in the demo was called "a cancellable offense."
- Imogen Heap asked PinkPantheress for production recommendations on Derrick Gee's Solid Air YouTube series, calling in to cover "True Romance" from PinkPantheress's 2023 debut Heaven Knows in midi gloves.
Why it matters: PinkPantheress becoming the first woman to win BRIT Producer of the Year in the award's nearly 50-year run, paired with her executive production role on Say Now's debut EP and remix work for Tinashe, reframes her public identity from featured vocalist to behind-the-scenes authority — a lane the article argues she chose deliberately over chasing pop stardom.
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