Even voorstellen – King Princess – new album ‘girl violence’


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Aug 25 KING PRINCESS RELEASES NEW SINGLE “GIRLS” & ANNOUNCES FLASH TATTOO EVENTS
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JUNE 25 SHARES NEW SONG/VIDEO BY WARREN FU FOR “RIP KP”
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NEW ALBUM GIRL VIOLENCE OUT SEPT 12

King Princess – the project of Brooklyn-based vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and actor Mikaela Straus – returns next month with her triumphant third record Girl Violence, out September 12th on section1. Following previous singles “RIP KP” and “Cry Cry Cry,” new single “Girls” is out today and finds King Princess at the mercy of a toxic relationship. Characterized by Mikaela’s raspy vocals, moody organ, and backup singers reminiscent of romantic 50s pop, “Girls” is a sultry track that gives into unhealthy desire, which explodes into a final release of distorted guitar. The song embodies the darker side of Girl Violence, where King Princess entertains chaos and self-destruction for the sake of quelling her hunger for companionship and pleasure. King Princess puts it simply: “Girls. Bring me to my knees.”

To celebrate the release of Girl Violence, King Princess is partnering with a curated selection of tattoo shops - all run by women and/or members of the LGBTQ+ community - in the US, Canada, Europe, LATAM and Australia for a global flash tattoo event on Saturday, September 13. Each tattoo shop will be creating custom flash sheets based on the album’s visual world, and everyone tattooed will be entered into a raffle to win prizes, including signed vinyl and prints, Girl Violence merch, and guest list spots for upcoming KP shows.  King Princess, section1/Partisan, and each participating tattoo shop will be making donations to local charities who support the LGBTQ+ communities.

Stephen Colbert, and King Princess recently sat down with The New Yorker to discuss the new record. Made in collaboration with Jake Portrait (Lil Yachty, Alex G, Unknown Mortal Orchestra), and Aire Atlantica (breakthrough: SZA’s “Low”), Girl Violence is the sound of Straus picking up the pieces after her world fell apart – fighting for freedom, stepping back from the limelight and major label system, breaking up, moving away, and returning to NYC where she was born and raised. Through it all, she somehow found the agency and creative spirit to fight the misconceptions and create the album she was destined to make, in a potent return to self. Perennially underestimated, she now wields the chip on her shoulder as a weapon, upping the ante and taking the reins on Girl Violence.

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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
    
    More on King Princess & Girl Violence:
    Sometimes no matter how hard you try, your life can still fall apart. Girl Violence, the third album from King Princess, is the sound of Mikaela Straus picking up the pieces of a world left shattered.
    “Girl violence is very sneaky,” Straus says. “It's not physical, it’s deeply emotional, spiritual, and spooky. Women are both amazing and sinister—including myself—and it's my curiosity to understand all the love, loss, and changes that come out of my love for women. Why are we so inclined to cause and receive chaos? If you've experienced even an iota of it, then you'll have a story to tell. And these are mine.”
    The songs on Girl Violence are probing and vulnerable, but also nuanced, sensual, and bold; a product of her physical homecoming — leaving LA after seven years for Brooklyn where she was born + raised. “I was not loving life, I didn't feel grounded at all. I realized my feet were dangling for years,” she says of her end-stage time in LA. “Once I was back in the arms of the city I love, I started to feel easier and lighter about hard decisions that were actually in my best interest.”
    Accordingly, the album brims with an exhilarating sense of freedom, stemming from Straus’ decision to leave behind the major label system that had defined much of her story up to this point. While not strictly a “breakup record” in the traditional sense, Girl Violence was in part born out of a newly-found romantic freedom following the end of a long relationship. Finally feeling at home and left to her own devices, she was able to tap into the force that fueled some of her earliest creative excitement and breakthroughs.
    She zeroed in on it: one studio, a tight-knit NYC crew, and a few months of immersion. She found kindred-spirit collaborators in Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Jacob Portrait (credits include Lil Yachty, Alex G), and Aire Atlantica (breakthrough: SZA’s “Low”) and inspiration in tracks by IDLES, Massive Attack’s Mezzanine (her bedrock reference for production/mixing/vibe), and Beatles live sessions. Girl Violence slowly started to take shape.
    This collection may be “a celebration of the craziness of femininity, in awe and admiration of the derangement,” but it also stands as a document of Straus’ multifaceted evolution. She’ll always be in motion with her quicksilver humor and curious, open heart.
    
    “It's about recognizing that we have an abundance of love in our life,” she says. “I don't think I will ever lose the ability to stop loving or creating big loves. You can have crazy fallouts and breakups, but you aren't incapable of loving, if anything, I think it makes you more capable.”
    
    Although Girl Violence centralizes relationship dynamics in all their cerebral, emotional, and carnal glory, above all else she interrogates the shifting sands of self. How you view yourself and move through the world, what you understand and acknowledge, and the logic you still decide to abandon—for desire, for adventure, for the ride. Through it all, she offers up Girl Violence not as an answer, but as an echo—one that’s yours to claim, distort, and make your own.