The Brooklyn-born artist talks to VICE about her but album, 'Cheap Queen': "This is my gay sob."
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- KG PRCS: MEET THE GAY IN--WAG WHO’S E TO WREAK GLOR HAVOC ON POP
- PA: KG PRCS DROPS GAY MIC VIO SHE WISHED FOR AS A KID
- KG PRCS IS 'BORED OF HETERONORMATIVE NARRATIVE' — BUT DON'T PUT HER MIC INTO A BOXTHE SGER OPENS UP ABOUT THE TERM 'QUEER POP' AND WHY 'S NOT HER {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY JORDYN TILCHENOCTOBER 31, 2019/1:04 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2284PX;WIDTH:3425PX;}(ERIKA GOLDRG/FILMMAGIC)AUSTIN, TEXAS - OCTOBER 04: KG PRCS PERFORMS DURG AT CY LIMS FTIVAL AT ZILKER PARK ON OCTOBER 04, 2019 AT, TEXAS. (PHOTO BY ERIKA GOLDRG/FILMMAGIC)BY JORDYN TILCHENOCTOBER 31, 2019 / 1:04 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"KG PRCS IS 'BORED OF HETERONORMATIVE NARRATIVE' — BUT DON'T PUT HER MIC INTO A BOX","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-31T17:04:11.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-31T17:04:11.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JORDYN TILCHEN","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S ALMOST BEEN A FULL WEEK SCE MIKAELA STRS, A.K.A. KG PRCS, RELEASED HER BUT ALBUM, CHEAP QUEEN, AND NOW, THE SGER HAS OPENED UP TO ROLLG STONE ALL ABOUT THE PROJECT — CLUDG WHO 'S FOR, WHAT SPIRED , AND WHAT GENRE SHE THKS SHOULD BE NSIRED. SPOILER ALERT: SHE'S NOT SOLD ON THE TERM "QUEER POP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH SHE INTIFI AS A GENRQUEER LBIAN, KG PRCS DON'T NECSARILY WANT HER MIC TO BE PLACED THE "QUEER POP" BOX. INSTEAD, SHE WOULD PREFER HER SUCCS BE REGARD AS PROOF THAT ARTISTS THE LGBTQ+ MUNY N RISE TO THE TOP WH SONGS ABOUT QUEER RELATNSHIPS. "I THK I REPRENT THE ABILY TO GET HERE," SHE SAID. "PEOPLE ARE REALIZG THAT WE'RE BORED OF HETERONORMATIVE NARRATIVE."(ERIKA GOLDRG/FILMMAGIC)ACL MIC FTIVAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, THE SGER ACKNOWLEDG THAT THERE ARE NOT "A LOT OF GAY PEOPLE" HER POSN. AT LEAST NOT YET. AND WHILE SHE'S HAPPY TO BE CREATG MIC THAT MAK THE LISTENG EXPERIENCE MORE CLIVE FOR EVERYONE, WE N ALL AGREE THAT THIS TYPE OF REPRENTATN IS LONG OVERDUE. "IT’S CHANGG," SHE SAID. "BUT 'S ONLY BEE PROFABLE AND TRENDY TO BE GAY THE LAST UPLE OF YEARS. NOW 'S TIME FOR PEOPLE TO BE OUT AND GAY AND MAKE MIC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE. NOT WANTG HER MIC TO BE CLASSIFIED AS "QUEER POP" DON'T MEAN SHE WANTS TO DISTANCE HERSELF OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. IN FACT, THAT'S WHO HER CHEAP QUEEN ALBUM IS TLY FOR. "IT'S REALLY FOR THE GAYS," SHE SAID. "IT IS FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I FEEL PECIALLY THE GAYS WILL BE LIKE, 'DAMN, THE EMOTNS ARE THERE AND I LOVE THAT!'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OVERALL, SHE JT WANTS HER MIC TO BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD AS STRAIGHT ARTISTS. "'QUEER POP' IS LERALLY SAYG SEXUALY IS A GENRE," SHE SAID. "I DON'T WANT TO BE GROUPED WH ONLY GAY PEOPLE. THAT'S RIDICULO. I WANT TO BATTLE EVERYONE. IF YOU'RE GOG TO PARE ME, PARE ME TO STRAIGHT PEOPLE, TOO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHECK OUT KG PRCS'S FULL ROLLG STONE FEATURE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- KG PRCS IS POP MIC’S NEWT CROWN JEWELTHE RISG STAR IS REFG POP MIC—BUT SHE’S NEVER LET OTHERS FE HER. WH A BUT ALBUM AND NEW RELATNSHIP, THE BROOKLYN-BORN MICIAN REVEALS HOW HER QUEER INTY GAVE HER A PLACE THE RERDG STUD—AND HER NAME.BY LISA ROBSONSEPTEMBER 9, 2019BY MEREDH WOHL.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVE“BEG GAY GAVE ME MORE RPECT THAN I SAW GIVEN TO A LOT OF STRAIGHT WOMEN SIAR SUATNS,” SAYS KG PRCS ABOUT GROWG UP AROUND HER FATHER’S BROOKLYN RERDG STUD. “IT ELIMATED THAT SEXUAL NATURE WORKG WH MEN,” ADDS THE 20-YEAR-OLD SGER/SONGWRER/PRODUCER. HER ACCLAIMED DIE EP ON MARK RONSON’S ZELIG LABEL LED TO THIS MONTH’S RELEASE OF HER BUT STUD ALBUM, CHEAP QUEEN, AND A CURRENT U.S. HEADLG TOUR. HERE, SHE DISCS STUDS, SEXUALY, AND SAD SONGS.L.R.: YOU’RE A NATIVE NEW YORKER. WHY ARE YOU LIVG LOS ANGEL?K.P.: NEW YORK IS TOUGH. GROWG UP THERE AND TAKG THE SUBWAY, I FEEL LIKE I GOT ALL MY TOUGH SH OUT. NOW I’M LIVG AND ENJOYG THE SUN.WHAT DID YOU LEARN OM BEG AROUND YOUR FATHER’S STUD?TEN YEARS AGO, NOT A LOT OF WOMEN WERE PRODUCG THEMSELV. THEY’D RERD A WHOLE ALBUM, THEN E BACK WH THE EDS OM THE LABEL, AND RE-RERD EVERYTHG ALL OVER AGA. IT WAS STARTLG TO WATCH MIC GET MUTILATED.IS TE YOUR GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER ISIDOR STRS WAS A U.S. NGRSMAN WHO WAS NSIRED A HERO WHEN HE DIED ON THE TANIC?Y, MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS WERE WEALTHY JEWISH PHILANTHROPISTS WHO OWNED MACY’S, AND THEY CID TO TAKE A LUXURY TRIP ON THE TANIC. THEY GAVE UP THEIR SPOTS ON THE LIFEBOATS TO DIE TOGETHER—SO ROMANTIC.HOW HARD IS TO MATA A PERSONAL LIFE WHILE YOU’RE ON TOUR? YOU ED TO DATE [ACTRS] AMANDLA STENBERG—ARE YOU SEEG ANYONE NOW?I AM DATG SOMEONE NOW. THE HARST PART OF JUGGLG A RELATNSHIP IS ALLOWG YOURSELF TO MISS SOMEONE, AND TO KNOW THAT MISSG SOMEONE IS HEALTHY. BUT I’VE FOUND THAT TYPE OF PA RMS MY WORK. I’M GETTG BETTER AT ACCEPTG THE REALY THAT MY LIFE, MANY WAYS, IS TRANSIENT.YOUR REAL NAME IS MIKAELA STRS. HOW DID YOU GET TO BE KG PRCS?A IEND OF ME ED TO LL ME THAT, AND JT FELT RIGHT. I WASN’T FULLY FORMED TO MY GENRQUEER SELF AT THE TIME AND ULDN’T PREHEND ALL THE LEVELS—BUT I AM A KG PRCS. IT’S VERY -BETWEEN AND FLUID.WHAT WERE YOUR GOALS FOR THIS NEW ALBUM?I WROTE ABOUT 30 TO 40 SONGS BETWEEN MY EP AND THIS NEW RERD. WHAT I WAS GOG FOR WAS SOMETHG MORE EVOLVED. I WANTED SOMETHG A STEP UP, PRODUCTN-WISE.DO YOU EVER JT TURN SONGWRG OFF?I GO THROUGH MONTHS WHERE I’LL WRE SO MANY SONGS, THEN GET BORED WH MYSELF AND HAVE NOTHG TO SAY. SO I’LL DO ANYTHG OUTSI OF MIC—LIKE EDY. PART OF ME JT WANTS TO BE FUNNY BEE MY MIC IS SAD. I PLAY SONGS FOR PEOPLE, THEY TELL ME MAK THEM REALLY SAD, AND I SAY, “YEAH, I WAS REALLY SAD WHEN I WROTE .”YOU ED TO BE NERVO TO PLAY LIVE. ARE YOU MORE FORTABLE NOW?I KD OF AM, BEE I’M UALLY STONED.MORE GREAT STORI OM VANY FAIR— OUR VER STORY: LUPA NYONG’O ON US, BLACK PANTHER, AND MUCH MORE— THE 2019 VANY FAIR BT-DRSED LIST IS HERE— THE NE-FIGURE BILL FOR TMP’S “VERY EXPENSIVE” GOLF HAB— LORI LOUGHL FALLY GETS A W— THE HAMPTONS CHOSE S PRINTIAL NDIDATELOOKG FOR MORE? SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER AND NEVER MISS A STORY.MOST POPULARDONALD TMP’S PLAN TO GET REELECTED AND PARDON HIMSELF WAS JT DEALT A SER SETBACKBY BS LEVJOE MANGANIELLO DEBUTS DIVORCE INKBY KASE WICKMANMSNBC IS HAVG ITS SUPER BOWL WH DONALD TMP’S INDICTMENTSBY CHARLOTTE KLELISA ROBSON
KG PRCS: MEET THE GAY IN--WAG WHO’S E TO WREAK GLOR HAVOC ON POP
Fans have said that Kg Prcs’ ‘Gay Energy’ uld power an entire untry. * king princess is she gay *
Strs seems to fd passn everythg she lends her heart to: schmaltzy gay novels, 70’s rock, and more notably, her spic but EP, Make My Bed, which drops June 15 on Mark Ronson’s brand-new label, Zelig Rerdgs.
“Art is jt gay as fuck, ” she trifl, suckg on an iced ffee, the ghost of somethg cholate gracg the rner of her lip. Had we not been squeezed to a narrow, Harry Potter’s bedroom-que hallway behd a ffee unter, onlookers might have grown trated at our loud and proud banter about growg up gay.
PA: KG PRCS DROPS GAY MIC VIO SHE WISHED FOR AS A KID
"I’d rather put out good art and allow my gayns to be an add bon.” * king princess is she gay *
Her ey light up when she speaks of gay pop culture monolhs — Buffy, The L Word, Sks — they were there for her when she need them.
KG PRCS IS 'BORED OF HETERONORMATIVE NARRATIVE' — BUT DON'T PUT HER MIC INTO A BOXTHE SGER OPENS UP ABOUT THE TERM 'QUEER POP' AND WHY 'S NOT HER {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY JORDYN TILCHENOCTOBER 31, 2019/1:04 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2284PX;WIDTH:3425PX;}(ERIKA GOLDRG/FILMMAGIC)AUSTIN, TEXAS - OCTOBER 04: KG PRCS PERFORMS DURG AT CY LIMS FTIVAL AT ZILKER PARK ON OCTOBER 04, 2019 AT, TEXAS. (PHOTO BY ERIKA GOLDRG/FILMMAGIC)BY JORDYN TILCHENOCTOBER 31, 2019 / 1:04 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"KG PRCS IS 'BORED OF HETERONORMATIVE NARRATIVE' — BUT DON'T PUT HER MIC INTO A BOX","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-31T17:04:11.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-31T17:04:11.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JORDYN TILCHEN","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S ALMOST BEEN A FULL WEEK SCE MIKAELA STRS, A.K.A. KG PRCS, RELEASED HER BUT ALBUM, CHEAP QUEEN, AND NOW, THE SGER HAS OPENED UP TO ROLLG STONE ALL ABOUT THE PROJECT — CLUDG WHO 'S FOR, WHAT SPIRED , AND WHAT GENRE SHE THKS SHOULD BE NSIRED. SPOILER ALERT: SHE'S NOT SOLD ON THE TERM "QUEER POP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH SHE INTIFI AS A GENRQUEER LBIAN, KG PRCS DON'T NECSARILY WANT HER MIC TO BE PLACED THE "QUEER POP" BOX. INSTEAD, SHE WOULD PREFER HER SUCCS BE REGARD AS PROOF THAT ARTISTS THE LGBTQ+ MUNY N RISE TO THE TOP WH SONGS ABOUT QUEER RELATNSHIPS. "I THK I REPRENT THE ABILY TO GET HERE," SHE SAID. "PEOPLE ARE REALIZG THAT WE'RE BORED OF HETERONORMATIVE NARRATIVE."(ERIKA GOLDRG/FILMMAGIC)ACL MIC FTIVAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, THE SGER ACKNOWLEDG THAT THERE ARE NOT "A LOT OF GAY PEOPLE" HER POSN. AT LEAST NOT YET. AND WHILE SHE'S HAPPY TO BE CREATG MIC THAT MAK THE LISTENG EXPERIENCE MORE CLIVE FOR EVERYONE, WE N ALL AGREE THAT THIS TYPE OF REPRENTATN IS LONG OVERDUE. "IT’S CHANGG," SHE SAID. "BUT 'S ONLY BEE PROFABLE AND TRENDY TO BE GAY THE LAST UPLE OF YEARS. NOW 'S TIME FOR PEOPLE TO BE OUT AND GAY AND MAKE MIC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE. NOT WANTG HER MIC TO BE CLASSIFIED AS "QUEER POP" DON'T MEAN SHE WANTS TO DISTANCE HERSELF OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. IN FACT, THAT'S WHO HER CHEAP QUEEN ALBUM IS TLY FOR. "IT'S REALLY FOR THE GAYS," SHE SAID. "IT IS FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I FEEL PECIALLY THE GAYS WILL BE LIKE, 'DAMN, THE EMOTNS ARE THERE AND I LOVE THAT!'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OVERALL, SHE JT WANTS HER MIC TO BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD AS STRAIGHT ARTISTS. "'QUEER POP' IS LERALLY SAYG SEXUALY IS A GENRE," SHE SAID. "I DON'T WANT TO BE GROUPED WH ONLY GAY PEOPLE. THAT'S RIDICULO. I WANT TO BATTLE EVERYONE. IF YOU'RE GOG TO PARE ME, PARE ME TO STRAIGHT PEOPLE, TOO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHECK OUT KG PRCS'S FULL ROLLG STONE FEATURE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
* king princess is she gay *
“I found out how to be fortable through film and televisn and watchg gay sh and figurg out on my own and beg loud about , ” she explas.
” After all, pop mic is herently gay — and wh great gayns great rponsibily. “Pop mic is a lot more tertg when you got gay people. Fans have said that Kg Prcs’ ‘Gay Energy’ uld power an entire untry.
I was readg a lot of gay lerature and there was one book, The Price of Salt [which was later turned to the movie Carol], that really stuck wh me bee ’s jt a betiful story, and I thk what I loved about was took place the ’50s and the way queer people were allowed to be public was so censored and was all about body language and this kd of icy teractn bee you had to hi yourself. Kg Prcs is lighted to be hailed as a ‘gay in’ this early on her reer – but she is wary of receivg too much cred. I wish I had a gay in.
KG PRCS IS POP MIC’S NEWT CROWN JEWELTHE RISG STAR IS REFG POP MIC—BUT SHE’S NEVER LET OTHERS FE HER. WH A BUT ALBUM AND NEW RELATNSHIP, THE BROOKLYN-BORN MICIAN REVEALS HOW HER QUEER INTY GAVE HER A PLACE THE RERDG STUD—AND HER NAME.BY LISA ROBSONSEPTEMBER 9, 2019BY MEREDH WOHL.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVE“BEG GAY GAVE ME MORE RPECT THAN I SAW GIVEN TO A LOT OF STRAIGHT WOMEN SIAR SUATNS,” SAYS KG PRCS ABOUT GROWG UP AROUND HER FATHER’S BROOKLYN RERDG STUD. “IT ELIMATED THAT SEXUAL NATURE WORKG WH MEN,” ADDS THE 20-YEAR-OLD SGER/SONGWRER/PRODUCER. HER ACCLAIMED DIE EP ON MARK RONSON’S ZELIG LABEL LED TO THIS MONTH’S RELEASE OF HER BUT STUD ALBUM, CHEAP QUEEN, AND A CURRENT U.S. HEADLG TOUR. HERE, SHE DISCS STUDS, SEXUALY, AND SAD SONGS.L.R.: YOU’RE A NATIVE NEW YORKER. WHY ARE YOU LIVG LOS ANGEL?K.P.: NEW YORK IS TOUGH. GROWG UP THERE AND TAKG THE SUBWAY, I FEEL LIKE I GOT ALL MY TOUGH SH OUT. NOW I’M LIVG AND ENJOYG THE SUN.WHAT DID YOU LEARN OM BEG AROUND YOUR FATHER’S STUD?TEN YEARS AGO, NOT A LOT OF WOMEN WERE PRODUCG THEMSELV. THEY’D RERD A WHOLE ALBUM, THEN E BACK WH THE EDS OM THE LABEL, AND RE-RERD EVERYTHG ALL OVER AGA. IT WAS STARTLG TO WATCH MIC GET MUTILATED.IS TE YOUR GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER ISIDOR STRS WAS A U.S. NGRSMAN WHO WAS NSIRED A HERO WHEN HE DIED ON THE TANIC?Y, MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS WERE WEALTHY JEWISH PHILANTHROPISTS WHO OWNED MACY’S, AND THEY CID TO TAKE A LUXURY TRIP ON THE TANIC. THEY GAVE UP THEIR SPOTS ON THE LIFEBOATS TO DIE TOGETHER—SO ROMANTIC.HOW HARD IS TO MATA A PERSONAL LIFE WHILE YOU’RE ON TOUR? YOU ED TO DATE [ACTRS] AMANDLA STENBERG—ARE YOU SEEG ANYONE NOW?I AM DATG SOMEONE NOW. THE HARST PART OF JUGGLG A RELATNSHIP IS ALLOWG YOURSELF TO MISS SOMEONE, AND TO KNOW THAT MISSG SOMEONE IS HEALTHY. BUT I’VE FOUND THAT TYPE OF PA RMS MY WORK. I’M GETTG BETTER AT ACCEPTG THE REALY THAT MY LIFE, MANY WAYS, IS TRANSIENT.YOUR REAL NAME IS MIKAELA STRS. HOW DID YOU GET TO BE KG PRCS?A IEND OF ME ED TO LL ME THAT, AND JT FELT RIGHT. I WASN’T FULLY FORMED TO MY GENRQUEER SELF AT THE TIME AND ULDN’T PREHEND ALL THE LEVELS—BUT I AM A KG PRCS. IT’S VERY -BETWEEN AND FLUID.WHAT WERE YOUR GOALS FOR THIS NEW ALBUM?I WROTE ABOUT 30 TO 40 SONGS BETWEEN MY EP AND THIS NEW RERD. WHAT I WAS GOG FOR WAS SOMETHG MORE EVOLVED. I WANTED SOMETHG A STEP UP, PRODUCTN-WISE.DO YOU EVER JT TURN SONGWRG OFF?I GO THROUGH MONTHS WHERE I’LL WRE SO MANY SONGS, THEN GET BORED WH MYSELF AND HAVE NOTHG TO SAY. SO I’LL DO ANYTHG OUTSI OF MIC—LIKE EDY. PART OF ME JT WANTS TO BE FUNNY BEE MY MIC IS SAD. I PLAY SONGS FOR PEOPLE, THEY TELL ME MAK THEM REALLY SAD, AND I SAY, “YEAH, I WAS REALLY SAD WHEN I WROTE .”YOU ED TO BE NERVO TO PLAY LIVE. ARE YOU MORE FORTABLE NOW?I KD OF AM, BEE I’M UALLY STONED.MORE GREAT STORI OM VANY FAIR— OUR VER STORY: LUPA NYONG’O ON US, BLACK PANTHER, AND MUCH MORE— THE 2019 VANY FAIR BT-DRSED LIST IS HERE— THE NE-FIGURE BILL FOR TMP’S “VERY EXPENSIVE” GOLF HAB— LORI LOUGHL FALLY GETS A W— THE HAMPTONS CHOSE S PRINTIAL NDIDATELOOKG FOR MORE? SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER AND NEVER MISS A STORY.MOST POPULARDONALD TMP’S PLAN TO GET REELECTED AND PARDON HIMSELF WAS JT DEALT A SER SETBACKBY BS LEVJOE MANGANIELLO DEBUTS DIVORCE INKBY KASE WICKMANMSNBC IS HAVG ITS SUPER BOWL WH DONALD TMP’S INDICTMENTSBY CHARLOTTE KLELISA ROBSON
At 20, Kg Prcs has released a milly sophistited, emotnally direct album that "provis this gay solace that queer people jt haven’t had." * king princess is she gay *
” We had straight people who were our gay ins, and we adored them, but there weren’t a lot of gay people who were hot, out, and loud. While speakg to NME last summer, she explaed that “It’s about time that we had some game-changers hoisted up 2018 om the gay, trans, black, immigrant muni.
” In short orr, Strs found herself wh the requise six-figure follower unt on Instagram as well as a passnate base of young fans hungry for an openly gay, genr-fluid mician to Prcs wears a Max Mara shirt; Effy Jewelry earrgs; her own pants, necklace, and rg. “I don’t need to be that person the dtry who’s layg out how to be gay for you, ” she says. “I’d rather put out good art and allow my gayns to be an add bon of that art.