“I'd never used a MIDI controller in my life like that. Before then I was just using my keyboard on my laptop, and I thought that was the only way to do it”: PinkPantheress on her lightbulb MIDI keyboard moment and her whirlwind music production journey

PinkPantheress performs at the 2026 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 1 - Day 2 on April 11, 2026 in Indio, California. (Photo by Katie Flores/Billboard via Getty Images).

PinkPantheress has been on quite the music production journey. In the space of five years, she’s gone from using samples to make beats in her university bedroom to being named Producer of the Year at The Brit Awards, picking up millions of fans along the way.

Now, in a revealing interview with the In Proximity podcast, Pink has been explaining how her music-making process has changed.