Album Info

Cheap Queen (Deluxe)

Pop - 2020

More than a year after her breakout hit “1950,” King Princess delivers Cheap Queen, her soulful and reflective debut album.... more

Tracklist

1

Tough On Myself

3:43 min
2

Useless Phrases

1:16 min
3

Cheap Queen

2:41 min
4

Ain't Together

3:22 min
5

Do You Wanna See Me Crying?

1:45 min
6

Homegirl

3:01 min
7

Prophet

4:09 min
8

Isabel's Moment (feat. Tobias Jesso Jr.)

2:13 min
9

Trust Nobody

3:15 min
10

Watching My Phone

3:00 min
11

You Destroyed My Heart

3:40 min
12

Hit the Back

3:23 min
13

If You Think It's Love

3:23 min
1

Back of a Cab

3:07 min
2

All Dressed In White

2:00 min
3

Forget About It (feat. Banoffee)

2:59 min
4

Best Friend

3:25 min
5

Ohio

4:53 min

About Cheap Queen (Deluxe)

More than a year after her breakout hit “1950,” King Princess delivers Cheap Queen, 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.