Passion (PinkPantheress song)

A snippet of "Passion" was posted to PinkPantheress's TikTok account before the full song was released.^[1] "Passion" was produced by IZCO and Jkarri, and released through Parlophone Records on 1 July 2021.^[2] It runs for two minutes and 18 seconds, and begins with a finger-picked acoustic guitar, and is then backed by synths and a jungle breakbeat, the latter of which begins in the first chorus.^[3] The song also has influences of R&B.^[4] On it, PinkPantheress sings in an "airy",^[4] "whisper-like" tone about the "intimate details of her life",^[3] including being abandoned by her friends and family and looking for somewhere to stay the night.^[1] She described the undertones of the song as "fairly sad".^[5]

Cat Zhang of Pitchfork described PinkPantheress as sounding "listless", "misunderstood", and "slightly dazed, tiptoeing gently through reality" on the song.^[1] Beats Per Minute called "Passion" PinkPantheress's "most confessional track yet", noting her "sing-song insouciance" on the song, while NME's Isaac Chiew wrote that the song "paints a haunting portrait of loneliness".^[2][6] The visualizer and single cover for the song is of the default wallpaper for Windows XP.^[5]

Vanessa Handy of NPR remarked that, on "Passion", PinkPantheress "rises above her past" and "cross[es] into a new dimension with the complex, futuristic sound she's embraced".^[3] NME's Isaac Chiew wrote that "Passion" "cements [PinkPantheress's] versatility as a songwriter", with Pitchfork's Cat Zhang calling "Passion" "angelic" and "another lovely release" from PinkPantheress.^[6][1] Robin Murray of Clash described it as "a drifting slice of imperious alt-pop" with a "patient sense of introversion" on which PinkPantheress "us[es] both inner and outer space to her advantage".^[7]

"Passion" peaked at number 73 on the UK Singles Chart.^[8] It also peaked at number 30 on Billboard's Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart.^[9]