Cheap Queen is an Alt/Indie album by King Princess, originally released in 2019. On Gatefold: 4 pressings tracked.
About
More than a year after her breakout hit “1950,” King Princess delivers <i>Cheap Queen</i>, her soulful and reflective debut album. Balancing husky, vintage-sounding vocals with subtle flourishes (a vibraphone here, a chiming synth there), the project loosely traces a young relationship’s hopeful beginning and wounded end. Throughout, we get to see the emerging queer-pop icon, a 20-year-old Brooklyn native named Mikaela Straus, evolve: Meandering mind games (“Useless Phrases”) and self-deprecations (“Cheap Queen”) become earnest observations ("Watching My Phone") and confident tell-offs (“You Destroyed My Heart”). The final number—a breathtaking, pensive ballad that unfolds delicately—feels fragile and guarded: “And it might take a sec/My world’s become a mess/I’m second-guessing all the things I used to want to be,” she sings, a bit more measured than she was at the start. But she’s stronger, too, armed with the self-assurance of someone who has had their heart ripped apart and, to their own surprise, survived.
via Apple Music
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Tracklist
- 1Tough on Myself3:43
- 2Useless Phrases1:16
- 3Cheap Queen2:41
- 4Ain't Together3:22
- 5Do You Wanna See Me Crying?1:45
- 6Homegirl3:01
- 7Prophet4:09
- 8Isabel's Moment (feat. Tobias Jesso Jr.)2:13
- 9Trust Nobody3:15
- 10Watching My Phone3:00
- 11You Destroyed My Heart3:40
- 12Hit the Back3:23
- 13If You Think It's Love3:23
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- lush
- bittersweet
- romantic
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Antoine FadaviDRUMS
- Edgar SandovalVIOLIN
- Homer SteinweissDRUMS
- J. TillmanDRUMS
- Jonah FeingoldGUITAR
- Kid HarpoonSYNTH, DRUMS, VOCODER, EFFECTS
- King PrincessBASS, PROGRAMMED BY, SYNTH, KEYBOARDS, DRUMS, VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS BASS, PROGRAMMED BY, SYNTH, KEYBOARDS, VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS BASS, PROGRAMMED BY, VOCALS
- Leon MichelsELECTRIC PIANO KEYBOARDS
- Logan McQuadeBASS
- Mike MalchicoffKEYBOARDS
- Nicholas LongGUITAR GUITAR, WRITTEN-BY
- Teo HalmPIANO
- Tim AndersonPROGRAMMED BY
- Tobias Jesso Jr.BACKING VOCALS FEATURING
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 4 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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