King Princess

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Singles
1950
  AT 75 April 20, 2018 (1 week)
  CH 94 April 15, 2018 (2 weeks)

King Princess (born December 19, 1998 in Brooklyn , New York , United States ; real life Mikaela Straus ) is an American singer-songwriter , pop musician and multi-instrumentalist . She is signed to Mark Ronson's label Zelig Records , a subsidiary of Columbia Records .

life and career

Childhood and youth

Mikaela grew up in New York and spent a lot of time in her father's Brooklyn studio Mission Sound . There she got to know several instruments, including bass , guitar , piano and drums , as well as producing music and the music scene. During these years she drew her inspiration from the rock music of the bands Led Zeppelin and T. Rex , as well as from Jack White . At the age of eleven she was offered a recording contract, which she and her father turned down with a view to graduation. After high school, Mikaela moved to Los Angeles to study at the USC Thornton School of Music , which she gave up after a year in favor of her music career.

Music career

On February 3, 2018, King Princess released her debut single 1950 , with which she achieved greater fame for the first time after she had built up a small fan base in the years before with her songs uploaded to the Internet platforms YouTube or SoundCloud . 1950 pays homage to the 1952 book Salt and its Prize by Patricia Highsmith , to the LGBTQ community , and to queer love.

On June 15, 2018, she released her debut EP Make My Bed .

Personal

Mikaela Straus is the great-great-granddaughter of the German - American businessmen Isidor and Ida Straus, who both died in 1912 when the RMS Titanic sank.

Discography

Studio albums

  • 2019: Cheap Queen

EPs

  • 2018: Make My Bed

Singles

  • 2018: 1950 (UK:silversilver; US:platinumplatinum)
  • 2018: Talia
  • 2018: Pussy Is God
  • 2019: Cheap Queen
  • 2019: Prophet

Guest Posts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: Austria Switzerland
  2. ↑ a b c Frankie Dunn: you probably know her debut single 1950, now get to know king princess . iD . April 30, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b Jessica: Future Stars: King Princess (Columbia / Zelig Records) . This must be pop . February 26, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  4. ↑ Amelia Maher: King Princess' debut single “1950” is a beautiful exploration of unrequited love . The Line Of Best Fit . February 24, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  5. ↑ King Princess Aims For Her Own Fairytale Success Story . Hotpress . May 18, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  6. ↑ Manila: King Princess - Ethnicity . ethnicelebs . July 17, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  7. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK US

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personal data
SURNAME King Princess
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Straus, Mikaela (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York , United States