King Princess Announces Australian Headline Shows

King Princess, AKA Mikaela Straus, will perform two headline shows in Melbourne and Sydney and open for Florence + The Machine across the country in March 2023.

The vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer will hit the Croxton Bandroom, Melbourne, on Saturday, 11 March, followed by Metro Theatre, Sydney, on Wednesday, 15 March. 

Her previous Australian headline shows in 2019 sold out immediately, so don't miss out! Tickets go on sale next Wednesday, 30 November, at noon AEDT. Frontier Members can access pre-sale tickets on Monday, 28 November, at noon AEDT - look here for more details.

King Princess will be supporting her new album, Hold On Baby, released in July this year. The singer co-produced the album with the biggest names in pop and alternative music, including Mark Ronson, Ethan Gruska, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Dave Hamelin, Shawn Everett and Tobias Jesso Jr.

The introspective effort was led by the single Let Us Die, which King Princess dedicated to the late Foo Fighters drummer, Taylor Hawkins. He also played on the song. 

King Princess broke out in 2018 with her smash hit, 1950, a love letter to untold queer stories. The track has over 600 million streams to date and achieved Platinum status in the United States and Australia.

In our review of her debut album, Cheap Queen, we wrote: "On Watching My Phone, Straus displays The Carpenters' penchant for melancholy. She even echoes Rainy Days And Mondays. She teases a drop in the track's chorus but unafraid to preserve a slow jam; she beautifully sidesteps modern pop tropes.

"Most remarkable of all is that voice. Both sultry and sweet, King Princess ascends beyond her influences and above all expectations."

The singer insisted that "you don't have to conform to be a pop star" in our interview with her. Pop music, to King Princess, isn’t a genre so much as a “generational phenomenon," she said. “Every generation has pop music. I think that pop music has nothing to do with what the music sounds like – it has everything to do with who relates to it, you know?”

While she’s reluctant to restrict a perceived audience for her music, the Pussy Is God singer knows that young queer people definitely relate to her work. 

“I would say that young queer people find themselves at home in this music, and that makes me so proud and happy. Then, at the same time, I’m really interested in everyone just fucking with it.” 

KING PRINCESS

HEADLINE DATES

Saturday 11 March - The Croxton Bandroom, Melbourne 18+  

Wednesday 15 March - Metro Theatre, Sydney 18+