King Princess is again. On Wednesday, Mikaela Straus returned with the announcement of a brand new album, Lady Violence, the night time after debuting its lead single, “RIP KP,” on The Late Present with Stephen Colbert. She additionally detailed a run of 2025 tour dates in assist of the brand new venture.
Due on September twelfth through section1, Lady Violence can be King Princess’ third studio album, following 2022’s Maintain On Child. Spanning 13 tracks, the report will see Straus grapple with a private crossroads, marked by a step again from the foremost label system, a break up, and a transfer again to her hometown, New York.
In assist of Lady Violence, King Princess’ 2025 tour dates will kick off with two Austin Metropolis Limits performances in October, adopted by reveals in Nashville, Atlanta, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, and extra cities earlier than wrapping in Los Angeles on November twenty second. After that, she’ll hop the pond for a handful of European tour dates in December. Tickets go on-sale Friday, June thirteenth at 10:00 a.m. native time through Ticketmaster, with a Dwell Nation pre-sale for choose dates going down on Thursday, June tenth at 10:00 a.m. native time (use code TREBLE).
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As for the one, “RIP KP,” Straus mentioned it was “concerning the horny aspect of lady violence — when love takes over your mind like a cordyceps and out of the blue you’re getting fucked throughout your home, appearing a idiot.”
Persevering with, she defined why the tune serves because the album’s first monitor. “It’s the proper option to open the report: dramatic, unhinged, and somewhat tongue-in-cheek,” she mentioned. “I wrote it throughout a full ego loss of life — leaving LA, my label, my previous life — and one way or the other landed again in NYC making the music I’d’ve obsessed over at 15. It’s a slutty anthem for the lesbians. We’d like debauchery this summer time.”
“RIP KP” was debuted with a efficiency on The Late Present with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday night time. Watch it beneath.
In the meantime, Straus is presently starring alongside Nicole Kidman in Hulu’s 9 Good Strangers, marking her tv debut. Later this 12 months, she’ll make her movie debut in Tune Sung Blue, starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson. For extra, revisit our 2024 dialog with Straus about masking Steely Dan’s “Soiled Work” for Hacks.
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