King Princess, St. Panther, Karma Zavich

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Collier Schorr

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King Princess

Since the platinum debut single “1950,” it is no secret that King Princess belongs with the queer pop icons. In her honest, sometimes poetically blunt lyricism, she touches on her experiences with outer and inner love, concepts that her growing fanbase can’t get enough of. Following the Make My Bed EP and Cheap Queen LP, King Princess’ new album, Hold On Baby, is out now, and this Sylvee tour stop has created a buzz across Madison’s vibrant queer community. LA breakout musician St. Panther joins as her adept opener. Read Veronica Kuffel's show preview here.

$37.50 ($32.50 adv.). Plus a drag performance from Karma Zavich

media release: King Princess performed a new track, “Let Us Die” on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Aug. 2 —watch here. The track, which features drumming by the late Taylor Hawkins, is taken from her new sophomore album, Hold on Baby, out now via Zelig Records/Columbia Records.

To celebrate the album’s release, King Princess performed at Lollapalooza last week following a special album release show at Chicago’s House of Blues the night before. Later this year, she will embark on The Hold On Baby Tour, a North American run of headline dates with stops at several historic venues—see full routing below and visit kingprincessmusic.com for more information.

King Princess produced Hold On Baby alongside Mark Ronson, Ethan Gruska, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Dave Hamelin, Shawn Everett and Tobias Jesso Jr., with further contributions from Zach Fogarty, Amy Allen and Fousheé.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, King Princess is a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer whose debut single, an ode to untold queer histories titled “1950,” became an overnight smash hit with over 600 million streams to date and eventually achieving Platinum status in the United States and Australia. Her debut album Cheap Queen was released in 2019 via Mark Ronson’s Zelig Records/Columbia Records to widespread critical acclaim from The New York Times, Pitchfork, NPR, Rolling Stone and others, and she has performed on “Saturday Night Live” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Her sold-out tours have taken her across the world with festival sets at Coachella, Glastonbury, Governors Ball and Bonnaroo and landed her on the cover of V Magazine, GQ Style UK, Highsnobiety and more.

Hold On Baby is already receiving critical acclaim…

“indie-pop visionary” who “exudes a rock-star persona as purely savage as anyone in her generation”—Rolling Stone

“really really exciting”—NPR Music

“Hold On Baby is urbane and self-possessed, the work of a keen-eared musician coming into their own as a producer and stylist. She sounds even more like herself: More flexible as a vocalist, more cutting as a lyricist, more confident in her own power to bridge gaps between disparate styles."—Pitchfork

“her boldest art yet”—Daily Beast

“a modern indie-pop tour de force”—Entertainment Weekly

“King Princess turned inward throughout the writing process, peeling back layers in a more intimate way than ever before.”—Consequence

“King Princess’ striking sophomore record Hold On Baby is not an attempt at self-discovery as much as it's a practice in self-marination.”—INSIDER