King Princess, the project of songwriter Mikaela Straus, delivered a crowd-pleasing performance of single “Let Us Die” toThe Tonight ShowTuesday. The blistering track comes off Straus’ sophomore albumHold On Baby, whichRolling Stonepraised for its adept examinations of “weathering the world’s harshness with moments of musical and lyrical beauty.” On the …
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Last week,Rolling Stone on Twitch made its music festival debut at Lollapalooza 2022. Streaming live from Grant Park, hosts Jon Weigell and Charlie Cooper met up with a number of artists, including guests both old and new, for a behind-the-scenes look at one of the summer’s best lineups. Here are …
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King Princess broke through in the late 2010s with “1950,” a melancholic ballad that evoked deeply hued Fifties movies as it quivered with unrequited desire. In the short time since, Mikaela Mullaney Straus’ conversational lyrics, husky voice, and disarming honesty have helped make her one of Gen Z’s leading queer …
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The tender, ballad-like intro to King Princess‘ new single “Change the Locks” doesn’t prepare listeners for the song’s emotional, explosive chorus, as she sings about the end of a relationship. “So I guess it’s over/’Cause I’m hardly sober anymore/So I guess it’s over/I can hardly hold you anymore,” she sings. King …
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Rolling Stone’s Twitch team celebrated Pride 2022 by inviting LGBTQIA+ artists and allies to join the channel for live interviews, performances, and even a bit of competitive gaming. In case you missed it, here’s some of our favorite guests we featured. King Princess Premiering alongside her digital cover story, the …
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Rolling Stone‘s recent digital cover star King Princess sat down with our Twitch host Charlie Cooper to discuss her new album Hold on Baby, pronouns, and her favorite music during a special “dream mixtape” segment. Kicking off in her traditionally laid-back fashion, King Princess — real name Mikaela Straus — …
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K ing Princess has a new song she can’t wait to talk about. It’s a breakup song that starts out soft and dreamy before erupting into a scorched-earth mid-Nineties rager with the biggest chorus she’s ever belted. But the description that really nails “Change the Locks” — the one that …
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King Princess will release a new full-length, titled Hold On Baby, later this year — and to mark the announcement, the singer has dropped “For My Friends,” an ebullient, hook-laden pop ballad slated to appear on the album. The single follows “Little Bother,” a collaboration with Fousheé released earlier this …
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