Songfacts®:

• "Stateside" is a love song for the globalized age. PinkPantheress deliberates on the complexities and emotions involved in a transatlantic romantic relationship, reflecting on both the excitement and the difficulties that come with distance and longing.
• PinkPantheress, who has made a career of giving us songs that feel like they fell out of a bedroom dream at 3 a.m., hasn't said if "Stateside" was inspired by a particular person. It's more likely a creative exploration of the excitement and surreal quality of long-distance or cross-continental romance.
  
  She told BBC Radio 1's Jack Saunders, "It really does hone in on the fact that after years of trying in the UK dating scene, I've now given up on British men."
• "Stateside" samples:
  
  The instrumental and melodic structure of "Paper Romance," a 2010 electronic song by Groove Armada.
  
  Lyrics and vocal melody from Adina Howard's 1995 R&B classic "Freak Like Me."
• PinkPantheress wrote the song with Caroline Ailin. Norwegian songwriter Ailin is best known for her extensive work with Dua Lipa, co-writing hits like "New Rules" and "Don't Start Now."
• PinkPantheress co-produced "Stateside" with The Dare, an American singer, songwriter, producer, and DJ, whose music is characterized by energetic, party-focused, and sometimes provocative dance-rock and electroclash sounds. His 2022 single "Girls" became a breakout hit and an anthem of the indie dance resurgence in New York. He also produced "Guess" for Charli XCX (with Billie Eilish on the remix).
• PinkPantheress wasn't initially aware of The Dare's credentials; he was just somebody her publishing company had set up a session with. She later confessed on social media that she had assumed he was British simply based on vibes, but as his production speed was so "A1" she broke her unspoken "British producers only" rule.
  
  "Just so quick," she wrote, "and knew how to curate the drums and he knew guitar, so was a brilliant session."
• PinkPantheress told Jack Saunders The Dare wasn't familiar with the Sugababes. "But, I mean, everyone needs to be educated at some point in their life," she smiled.
• PinkPantheress teamed up with Zara Larsson for a remix of "Stateside" recorded for her 2025 remix project Fancy Some More?, a reimagining of songs from her mixtape Fancy That with new collaborations and fresh perspectives.
  
  For the "Stateside" remix, Larsson penned her own verse, adding a distinctly "Swedish girl" point of view that playfully contrasts PinkPantheress' UK lens, turning the track into a cross-continental conversation about love, distance, and identity.
• The Charlotte Rutherford–directed music video for the "Stateside + Zara Larsson" remix places both artists behind glass - literally. PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson appear as mannequin-like figures posed in neighboring shop windows, separated at first but gradually drawn into the same frame as their worlds begin to merge.
  
  The visual concept mirrors the contrast between their current eras. PinkPantheress' side reflects the tartan-heavy, London-coded aesthetic of her Fancy That project, while Larsson's window glows with the summery, sequin-drenched look associated with Midnight Sun. The eventual collision of the two spaces reinforces the remix's cross-project, cross-mood collaboration.
  
  Rutherford was a natural choice for the pairing. She previously directed PinkPantheress' "Nice To Meet You" (featuring Central Cee) and "Tonight," and also helmed Zara Larsson's "Midnight Sun" video, giving her a visual shorthand with both artists.
• The PinkPantheress/Zara Larsson collaboration started with a DM. Just two days before being asked to join the "Stateside" remix, Larsson messaged PinkPantheress simply to say "Queen," adding that she wanted to show some love. PinkPantheress replied in kind and floated the idea of working together. She said she was putting together a remix album and asked if she'd be up for contributing a song. Larsson didn't hesitate, "I was like, 'Duh, I would love that,'" she recalled to People magazine.
  
  Larsson cut her vocals "somewhere in middle America" while she was supporting Tate McRae on her Miss Possessive Tour. "It was cute, boom boom boom boom boom, wrote my verse, sent it in, and then it was out like four days later."