King Princess announces new LP & tour, shares “RIP KP”

King Princess, aka Brooklyn-based artist Mikaela Strauss, has announced her third album, Girl Violence, due out on September 12 via section1. It’s the follow-up to 2022’s Hold On Baby and she made it in collaboration with Jake Portrait (Unknown Mortal Orchestra) and Aire Atlantica. “Girl violence is very sneaky,” she 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 first single is “RIP KP,” which Strauss says 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 announced a fall tour, beginning with both weekends of ACL Fest. North American shows are with SASAMI on the first leg, and spill tab on the second, and run through November, plus Europe and the UK to follow in December. See all dates below.

The NYC show is at Brooklyn Paramount on October 29 with SASAMI, and tickets go on sale Friday, June 13 at 10 AM local, with various presales starting Friday, June 6 at 10 AM local.

Ahead of the tour, King Princess plays a sold out show tonight (6/4) at Market Hotel.

KING PRINCESS – 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

KING PRINCESS: 2025 TOUR DATES
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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#

^ with SASAMI
# with Spill Tab