Rising, British performer, PinkPantheress, holds a controversial view about how long songs should be. The singer is noted for recording music that is relatively short in length and believes that should be the standard.
Explaining why she maintains that style, she expressed a strong conviction that songs should not be “longer than two minutes 30 seconds”.
The young performer has released her latest single Turn It Up and has been on some media rounds to promote the song. In a recent interview with ABC News, she justified why her songs are usually short while expressing other opinions.
“I was able to experiment and making short songs was just a result of me experimenting…A song doesn’t need to be longer than two minutes 30 seconds, in my opinion. We don’t need to repeat a verse, we don’t need to have a bridge, we don’t need it. We don’t need a long outro,” she stated.
According to reports, the songwriter’s longest song is titled ‘Capable of love’ which spans three minutes and 43 seconds.
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Some music professionals, however, disagree with the PinkPantheress’ opinion. Clearly, there are many songs that are longer than two minutes. An example is Mirrors by Justine Timberlake, which goes for over six minutes.
In a similar interview last year November, PinkPantheress, known officially as Victoria Beverly Walker mentioned ‘desperation’ as her motivation for starting music.
Speaking with Zane Lowe on Apple Music, she explained that she chose between going to the university and chasing her dream (music) because she was desperate for success.
“The courage to do music stemmed from my desperation to be successful; I always knew I wanted to be successful, I always knew what I wanted to do in my brain.
“I wanted to be a film editor, there was even a part of me that wanted to be an actress; there was part of me that wanted to be someone successful so I can just be happy about the success that I have built for myself.
“I knew I didn’t want to have a job but I wasn’t sure about my success. I wanted it to be like I am doing this job and I am good at it,” she told Zane Lowe.
