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Scoop
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scoop
King Princess Returns With Triumphant New Album 'Girl Violence'
[5th June 2025] New York City's own King Princess – the project of Brooklyn-based vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and actor Mikaela Straus – announces her triumphant third record Girl Violence. Her first release with section1 / Mushroom Music, Girl Violence will be out on September 12th, with lead single 'RIP KP' out today. The song was debuted with a performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and is out now alongside a Warren Fu -directed masterpiece, as well as an announcement of US & UK/EU tour dates. 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. ''RIP KP' 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 King Princess will preview the brilliance of Girl Violence in full for an intimate, sold-out crowd of lucky fans at Market Hotel in Brooklyn and will take it on the road for a proper tour later this year including Austin City Limits. 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, 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. About King Princess… 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.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jimmy Barnes Drops ‘DEFIANT' Album Ahead of Australian Tour: Stream It Now
Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes has released his 21st solo studio album DEFIANT, just one day before launching a national tour across Australia. Out now via Mushroom Music, DEFIANT arrives after a difficult period for Barnes, who has undergone multiple surgeries in recent years, including a life-threatening heart operation. Despite the challenges, the Cold Chisel frontman says the new 10-track set carries a message of resilience. More from Billboard Queens of the Stone Age Couldn't 'Over-Rehearse' for Paris Catacombs Concert Film: 'You Go Down There & All the Plans Are Off' Billboard & Global Venture Partners Launch Billboard Africa Here's What Fans Think of SiR Claiming Drake Had His 2024 Toronto Show Canceled 'Nobody lives this long without copping some knocks and I've taken my fair share, particularly lately,' he said in a press statement. 'But none of us can control what life throws at us. We can only control how we respond — and for better or worse, I've never liked to take a backward step.' While he didn't intend for the album to take on a particular theme, Barnes says that in hindsight, DEFIANT reflects a consistent message. 'I didn't set out to do it deliberately but now that the album is finished, I can see there's a recurring theme about the satisfaction you can get from fighting back. That's why it's called DEFIANT.' The album marks his first new project since 2022's Blue Christmas and follows a career that includes a record-breaking 15 solo No. 1 albums on Australia's ARIA Albums Chart — more than any other artist in ARIA history. He's also notched five more chart-toppers with Cold Chisel, making him a singular force in Australian rock. 'I'm ready to rock!' Barnes said. 'All of the songs on DEFIANT are made to play live and I can't wait to blow the roofs off with them in my live set.' 'I'm really looking forward to getting back on stage with my band again. I'm so proud of this new record – all the songs mean a lot to me and I can't wait to share them with you. It's going to be some serious fun!' The Defiant Tour kicks off June 7 at Adelaide Entertainment Centre and will continue through major cities including Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, wrapping in Canberra later this month. In addition to the album and tour, Barnes will appear on the debut season of That Blackfella Show, billed as Australia's first national First Nations variety show. The series is filmed in front of a live studio audience and features a lineup that includes rapper BARKAA, comedians Steph Tisdell and Dane Simpson, and broadcaster Abbie Chatfield. DEFIANT is available now on all streaming platforms. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
