PinkPantheress learned something about herself from opening for a certain pop star on tour.
In an interview with Billboard published on Tuesday, May 13, the “Boy’s a Liar” artist — whose real name is Victoria Beverley Walker – revealed the one thing she learned from opening for Olivia Rodrigo on her GUTS World Tour.
“I did six or seven shows I think,” said PinkPantheress, 24. “It was definitely very difficult for me. I enjoyed it a lot — because, one I got to see her perform live, and she’s amazing.”
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PinkPantheress in March 2024
PinkPantheress described the “Driver’s License” hitmaker, 22, as an “actual force.”
“Watching her and how she combats an arena and how she actually does the arena, made me realize, ‘Wow, some people are arena artists and some people are not,'” she explained. “I’m not an arena artist. That’s something I learned about myself.”
The “Pain” musician also learned that “there are ways you can approach an arena and interact with people in the up theres or the far backs,” which she called Rodrigo “amazing” for being able to do.
“What happened when I watched her was, I saw my own failing and my own incapabilities, and I was like, ‘I’m not an arena artist,'” said PinkPantheress.
However, it wasn’t for “a lack of trying.”
“It just made me realize there are some things in life as an artist you’re told you should try one day — but for me, I think I’m one of those artists where I’m comfortable is where I always strive,” she said.
While she thought the opportunity to play an arena was “the most amazing thing” and she’s “happy” she did it, PinkPantheress said she realized it wasn’t for her.
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“It’s for powerhouses like her,” she said of Rodrigo. “I’m not a powerhouse artist, I’m very much on my chill s—. I’m not a performance-based artist.”
PinkPantheress also addressed her decision in August 2024 to cancel some of the shows due to her “physical health,” per an Instagram Story via Billboard.
“It distraught me that there were any sufferings to that leg of the tour for her because of my shortcomings,” she said. “I wish I could do have done it the whole way through, but I feel like I was gonna be detrimental to myself.”
PinkPantheress released her new mixtape Fancy That on May 9,
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