King Princess — the project of Brooklyn-based artist Mikaela Straus — has announced her third album ahead of a performance on Stephen Colbert’s late-night talk show.
The multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and actor announced her third album, Girl Violence, her first release with section1, will be out Sept. 12. King Princess debuted the lead single, “RIP KP,” on the evening of Thursday, June 5, with a performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Preorder Girl Violence here.
She also announced the new single and album alongside a Warren Fu-directed masterpiece, as well as a global tour.
The album, which according to a release was created in collaboration with Jake Portrait (Lil Yachty, Alex G, Unknown Mortal Orchestra), and Aire Atlantica (breakthrough: SZA’s “Low”), and has been described as “the sound of Straus picking up the pieces after her world fell apart.”
“RIP KP,” which was also accompanied by a music video directed by Warren Fu, finds the singer in a particularly demonic – and extremely gay – afterlife limbo. The song is filled with erotic euphoria and lust.
Girl Violence Tracklist:
1. Girl Violence
2. Jaime
3. Origin: :
4. I Feel Pretty
5. Cry Cry Cry
6. Get Your Heart Broken
7. Girls
8. Covers
9. Say What You Will
10. RIP KP
11. Alone Again
12. Slow Down and Shut Up
13. Serena
About the song, “KIP KP,” King Princess said:
“‘RIP KP’ is about the sexy side of girl violence – when love takes over your brain like a cordyceps and suddenly you’re getting fucked all over your house, acting a fool. It’s the perfect way to open the record: dramatic, unhinged, and a little tongue-in-cheek. I wrote it during a full ego death – leaving LA, my label, my old life – and somehow landed back in NYC making the music I would’ve obsessed over at 15. It’s a slutty anthem for the lesbians. We need debauchery this summer.”
King Princess also held a one-night-only show on the evening of Wednesday, June 4, for at Market Hotel in Brooklyn. She will later embark on a global tour, starting in the Austin City Limits in October, and heading out UK and Europe in December as well.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. local time on Friday, June 13. For ticket information, click here.
Tour Dates:
June 4 – Market Hotel – Brooklyn, NY ** SOLD OUT **
October 3 – Austin City Limits – Austin, TX
October 10 – Austin City Limits – Austin, TX
October 25 – Marathon Music Works – Nashville, TN
October 26 – Buckhead Theatre – Atlanta, GA
October 28 – The National – Richmond, VA
October 29 – Brooklyn Paramount – Brooklyn, NY
October 31 – 9:30 Club (late show) – Washington, DC
November 1 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA
November 2 – House of Blues – Boston, MA
November 4 – HISTORY – Toronto, CAN
November 5 – Royal Oak Music Theatre – Royal Oak, MI
November 7 – The Salt Shed – Chicago, IL
November 8 – Uptown Theater – Minneapolis, MN
November 10 – The Pageant – St. Louis, MO
November 11 – The Truman – Kansas City, MO
November 13 – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
November 14 – The Depot – Salt Lake City, UT
November 16 – Showbox SoDo – Seattle, WA
November 17 – Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
November 19 – The Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
November 21 – House of Blues – Anaheim, CA
November 22 – The Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA
December 3 – Vicar Street – Dublin, Ireland
December 5 – Queen Margaret Union – Glasgow, Scotland
December 6 – Beckett – Leeds, UK
December 7 – New Century Hall – Manchester, UK
December 9 – Brixton Electric – London, UK
December 13 – La Madeleine – Brussels, BE
December 14 – Le Trianon – Paris, FR
December 16 – Melkweg Max – Amsterdam, Netherlands
December 17 – Astra Kulturhaus – Berlin, Germany
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