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KING PRINCESS’ DEBUT ALBUM CHEAP QUEEN OUT NOW

CONFIRMS TELEVISION DEBUT ON “THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT” ON NOVEMBER 5th

 CURRENTLY ON NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR

“Catchy, romantic pop confections are quickly becoming
the 20-year-old singer-songwriter’s specialty” — The New York Times

“A new breed of queer pop icon: King Princess” —Rolling Stone

“King Princess is Pop Music’s Newest Crown Jewel” — Vanity Fair”

King Princess - Cheap Queen

Rising pop star King Princess’ debut album Cheap Queen is out today on Zelig/Columbia Records—listen here.

King Princess will make her television debut with a performance on CBS’ “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on Tuesday, November 5th following her two-night sold out residence at New York’s Terminal 5.

Included in this year’s The New York Times, New York Magazine and Entertainment Weekly fall previews, Cheap Queen was written and produced in Los Angeles by King Princess and Mike Malchicoff. The album features contributions from Tobias Jesso Jr., Father John Misty and The Dap-Kings.

Prior today’s release, album tracks “Hit The Back,” Aint Together,Prophet,” and title track, “Cheap Queen” were released to critical acclaim. NPR wrote, “For King Princess, a 20-year-old who’s currently blooming into a queer icon, ‘Cheap Queen’ has it all.”

King Princess is currently on a North American headline tour which includes stops at New York’s Terminal 5, Toronto’s Rebel Nightclub, Los Angeles’ The Wiltern, Montreal’s MTELUS and many more. See below for the full list of dates. This year has seen King Princess grace festival stages this year at Coachella, Governors Ball, Glastonbury, Life Is Beautiful, Lollapalooza and most recently Austin City Limits (ACL). Billboard noted of her ACL performance, “[King Princess] demonstrated both pop prowess (“Cheap Queen,” “Pussy is God” and “Trust Nobody”) and a penchant for rippin’ rock riffs…”

Cheap Queen follows a breakout 2018 for King Princess. Her debut single, an ode to untold queer histories titled “1950,” became an overnight smash hit with over 250 million streams to date, while her debut EP, Make My Bed, was released to widespread critical acclaim. Since the release, King Princess has gone to collaborate with Fiona Apple for the reimagining of “I Know” earlier this year and share the critically acclaimed “Pussy Is God” which has streamed over 24 million times to date.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, King Princess is a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. The product of a musical family, she spent much of her childhood tinkering on the vintage Neve board in her father’s Brooklyn studio, learning guitar and piano along the way.

Praise for Cheap Queen thus far… 

“Most of the songs are midtempo, keyboard-centered ballads, harking back to Fiona Apple (with whom Straus has remade one of Apple’s songs, “I Know”) and perhaps Stevie Wonder, Carole King and the piano-centric moments of the Beatles.”—The New York Times, Critics Pick

“King Princess, Brooklyn queer pop royalty, is ready for the throne.”—New York Magazine

“In what’s already been a transformative year for queer pop artists…Straus’ debut feels like an exclamation point.”—Noisey

…impossible not to dance to”—Entertainment Weekly

“One of pop music’s most hotly anticipated debut albums”—Reuters

KING PRINCESS — CHEAP QUEEN

  1. Tough On Myself
  2. Useless Phrases
  3. Cheap Queen
  4. Ain’t Together
  5. Do You Wanna See Me Crying
  6. Homegirl
  7. Prophet
  8. Isabels Moment featuring Tobias Jesso Jr.
  9. Trust Nobody
  10. Watching My Phone
  11. You Destroyed My Heart
  12. Hit the Back
  13. If You Think It’s Love

KING PRINCESS LIVE

October 28                                                                   Rebel Complex                                                                Toronto, ON
October 29                                                                          MTELUS                                                                     Montreal, QC
October 30                                                                  House of Blues                                                                 Boston, MA
November 1                                                                    Terminal 5                                                                 New York, NY
November 2                                                                    Terminal 5                                                                 New York, NY

November 4                                                                   The Fillmore                                                           Philadelphia, PA
November 6                                                                      9:30 Club                                                              Washington, DC
November 7                                                                      9:30 Club                                                              Washington, DC

November 9                                                              The Orange Peel                                                            Asheville, NC
November 10                                                                  Tabernacle                                                                      Atlanta, GA
November 12                                                               The Plaza Live                                                                   Orlando, FL
November 13                                                                  Revolution                                                       Fort Lauderdale, FL
November 16                                                              Corona Capital                                                         Mexico City, MX
January 16                                                          Queen Elizabeth Theatre                                                  Vancouver, BC
January 18                                                                   Showbox SoDo                                                                Seattle, WA
January 19                                                                 Roseland Theater                                                             Portland, OR
January 21                                                                       Fox Theater                                                                    Oakland, CA
January 24                                                                       The Wiltern                                                            Los Angeles, CA
January 25                                                                       The Wiltern                                                            Los Angeles, CA
January 28                                                       The Observatory North Park                                                San Diego, CA
January 29                                                                    The Van Buren                                                                 Phoenix, AZ
January 31                                                           The Union Event Center                                              Salt Lake City, UT
February 2                                                                    Ogden Theatre                                                                  Denver, CO
February 4                                                                    Palace Theatre                                                            Saint Paul, MN
February 5                                                                    Riviera Theatre                                                                   Chicago, IL
February 7                                                          Royal Oak Music Theatre                                                         Detroit, MI
February 8                                                                          Stage AE                                                                   Pittsburgh, PA
February 10                                                            Newport Music Hall                                                        Columbus, OH
February 11                                                         Marathon Music Works                                                       Nashville, TN
February 13                                                                    The Pageant                                                            Saint Louis, MO
February 14                                                                    The Truman                                                            Kansas City, MO

BOLD — sold out

KING PRINCESS’ DEBUT ALBUM  CHEAP QUEEN OUT NOW