KFOG Radio Interview with King Princess by Danica Lopez, San Francisco, July 24th, 2018
Since the recovery of the KP Reddit, a vast collection of over 450 topics has displayed interviews, images, concert footage, and fan art dating back to around mid 2018. We found this interview with KFOG radio buried deep inside the reddit and decided to bring it to you here. This one shows just how youthful and talented KP was and is to this day.
Interestingly it was recorded the day after her sold out Rickshaw Stop performance and the day of her performance at Great American Music Hall.
“When you’re young and you’re straight and you’re dealing with heartbreak you need that song that gets you through it and makes you cry and puts you back together. Gay people need that too! And it seems obvious but it’s really necessary – you need people who look like you and sound like you, on radio and in television, film, writing.”
"I don't understand how you can live in 2018 and allow someone else make your music sound a certain way. that's just some crazy sh*t to me."
It's the I-know-myself-and-that's-everything attitude that allowed Mikaela Straus, aka King Princess, to release a debut EP that is entirely her own. Not bad for a nineteen-year-old. But Straus isn't any teenager. With an eloquence and knowing beyond her years, Straus is taking her place in mainstream alt-pop as a queer artist who knows what she wants. "I didn't have anybody who was gay who was making music the way that I needed them to," King Princess tells KFOG. "It's not their fault. It's a systematic issue. But it's also really possible to be gay in this industry because everybody is really hungry for authenticity. I think the system that is in place grants very little authenticity. I think there is space to be made." King Princess talks signing with Mark Ronson, the importance of representation in music, Netflix's "Glow," and more with host Danica in this interview at KFOG.
Listen to the whole interview here:
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