“Lucid and daring, King Princess's Cheap Queen is an addictive debut”
“Brooklyn singer-songwriter King Princess (Mikaela Straus) recently explained that Cheap Queen, the title of her debut album, is a term she borrowed from the world of drag queens. It refers to a queen who’s resourceful, making something out of not very much. That’s the principle that underpins her laid-back title track, where she sings with a light touch about “doing the same shit I’ve always liked”
“anthems for young love from a pop great in the making”
“The queer singer-songwriter’s debut is a longing, reflective suite of dimly-lit, sometimes joyful torch songs played out in the restless hours”
“The viral phenom’s full-length debut cuts her modern pop sensibility with doses of historicism, embracing opposing energies with effortless swagger.”
