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The whitewashing of electronic music is a well-documented issue, and PinkPantheress has spoken out on how bias has affected her own career during a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter.⁠ ⁠ “People are less willing to listen to electronic music that is made by a Black woman. That’s just fact,” she told the publication. Later, she said that hang-ups about genre are another significant hurdle she faces. “There’s some considerations I would like to get as an artist which I might not be getting right now, since maybe it’s harder to put me into a genre.”⁠ ⁠ "I’m in a very privileged position musically,” she continues. “But [I] can feel a little bit like I’m hitting all these markers and it still feels like I’m getting overlooked, simply because there’s a lot of people that don’t necessarily understand what I represent, nor do they want to take a look because I think it just doesn’t make sense for them.”⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ 📸 HELLE ARENSBAK/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Gett...

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