King Princess Shares "Cry Cry Cry", Fall US Tour Dates

King Princess, the project of Brooklyn-based vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and actor Mikaela Straus, returns today with the new single, “Cry Cry Cry.” “Cry Cry Cry” is King Princess at her most scathing and electrified. It's a cathartic blast of guitar-driven vengeance, taking aim at fake friends, queer-baiters, and anyone who ever made her feel small. “"Cry Cry Cry" is about a friendship with a lady that did not work out,” explains Straus. “Sometimes two divas create an explosion.” The single follows the announcement of her triumphant third record Girl Violence. Her first release with section1, Girl Violence will be out on September 12th. The lead single “RIP KP” was unveiled in early June alongside a performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Made in collaboration with Jake Portrait (Lil Yachty, Alex G, Unknown Mortal Orchestra), and Aire Atlantica (breakthrough: SZA’s “Low”), this new King Princess record is the sound of Straus picking up the pieces after her world fell apart – fighting for freedom, stepping back from the limelight and major label system, breaking up, moving away, and returning to NYC where she was born and raised. Through it all, she somehow found the agency and creative spirit to fight the misconceptions and create the album she was destined to make, in a potent return to self. Perennially underestimated, she now wields the chip on her shoulder as a weapon, upping the ante and taking the reins on Girl Violence.

King Princess will take Girl Violence on the road for a proper tour later this year. Starting off at Austin City Limits in October, she will tour throughout North America including shows in her hometown of NYC at Brooklyn Paramount and capping off the US run with The Wiltern in Los Angeles. She’ll then tour throughout the UK and Europe in December. Full dates listed below and tickets are on sale HERE.

The announcement of Girl Violence comes in the midst of Mikaela Straus’ television debut, as she stars in the current season of Nine Perfect Strangers on Hulu, alongside Nicole Kidman. Later this year, she will make her feature film debut in Song Sung Blue, an upcoming movie starring Hugh Jackman & Kate Hudson. There is truly no one like her – with over one billion streams across platforms, a string of global certifications, collaborations with the likes of Fiona Apple, Florence Welch, Aaron Dessner, Mark Ronson, and Father John Misty, performances on Saturday Night Live, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and NPR Tiny Desk, tours with The Strokes, Florence + The Machine, and Kacey Musgraves, fashion campaigns for Gucci and Calvin Klein, and a constant champion of LGBTQ+ visibility…King Princess is a singular artist that is ready for her big return.

Tour Dates

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