Sound of 2022 - who is PinkPantheress ?

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The TikTok phenomenon, PinkPantheress, has won BBC Radio 1's Sound of 2022 - marking her out as one of the UK's most promising new pop stars. The 20-year-old started releasing music a year ago, but her songs, which place breathy vocals over retro garage samples, rapidly went viral. By August, she had two songs in the Top 40, and Coldplay covered her single, Just For Me, in Radio 1's Live Lounge. But the singer, who goes by her TikTok username, remains shrouded in mystery. All we know is that she comes from Bath and currently lives in London, where she's studying film. Her real name remains a secret and, until relatively recently, she didn't show her face on social media. For 5 Minutes On - she's been talking to the BBC's Music correspondent, Mark Savage. Credit Image: PP Press shots