Illegal (PinkPantheress song)
2025 single by PinkPantheress
"Illegal" is a song by British singer-songwriter and record producer PinkPantheress. It was released on 6 June 2025 through Warner Records as the third single from her second mixtape Fancy That. The song samples "Dark & Long (Dark Train)" by Underworld. That same year, it became a popular trend on TikTok, where the song is played with two people shaking hands, with alternating points of view being shown.
Background and release
On 17 March 2025, PinkPantheress posted a video on TikTok showcasing a snippet of the song with the caption: "Vetting my boyfriend to become a proffecient filmer [sic] for these occasions." The song was later teased on 28 March 2025, on The Lot Radio, during PinkPantheress' DJ set.
Shortly after the release of Fancy That, PinkPantheress spoke with Capital FM interviewer Sam Prance about the meanings of the different songs on the mixtape. She explained that many fans (and the interviewer) thought it was about love before going on to explain it was about drugs. The song was originally going to revolve around using a male escort, but PinkPantheress had never gone through that type of situation, so she instead made it about buying weed.
In October 2025, two additional versions of "Illegal" were released released as part of the remix album Fancy Some More?; one featuring Seventeen members Mingyu, Vernon and The8, and another featuring Anitta. A Nia Archives remix was released on the second disc of the album.
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