While hits like "Talia" and "Cheap Queen" are likely still in rotation for any tried-and-true fan of King Princess, the artist's third studio album, Girl Violence, is well worth adding to the playlist. Out today from the independent label Section1, the work is an energizing yet thoughtful meditation on love, trust, pain, and queerness, only deepening what the artist, born Mikaela Straus (she/they), has contributed to pop music since her debut in 2018.
But beyond expanding her musical oeuvre, Straus is also setting new challenges for themself in different mediums. In the spring, they appeared alongside Nicole Kidman on the second season of Hulu's Nine Perfect Strangers; and the musical drama Song Sung Blue, in which she stars with Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, is out in December.
King Princess: I have two big plans. My first big plan is tonight, me and my team are getting drinks because everyone put a lot of effort and work into this campaign, and there's been so much kindness and dedication. So I want us all to get a little tipsy together. Number two is my cousin's wedding; I have the Thom Browne [look] coming soon. It's in the middle of upstate New York at a lake camp, which is so not giving Thom Browne, and that's why I'm excited to wear him.