- 6/30/2025
Iconic LGBTQ singer/songwriter King Princess sits down with Billboard at Julius, where she opens up about kicking off her “slutty gay summer” by dropping “RIP KP” as the “slutty anthem for lesbians,” her new album, ‘Girl Violence,’ her acting debut alongside Nicole Kidman in ‘Perfect Strangers,’ working with Hugh Jackman on ‘Song Sung Blue,’ her opinions on Donald Trump’s administration cutting funding for LGBTQ suicide prevention, her thoughts on ‘Love Island,’ and more!
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00:00I tried to save a rat.
00:01Did you really?
00:02Yeah, I did.
00:03I took it inside.
00:04It was a baby.
00:05She did bite me, though, and I was like,
00:07do I have to go to the hospital?
00:11And then I was like, I'm going to wing it.
00:13What is really surprising to me and drives me crazy
00:16is that we, as a community,
00:19I think we are really disillusioned and upset and hurt,
00:23as we should be, and so we're infighting.
00:26Well, so you do, like, 30 takes, you know,
00:28and it's like, you know, and some of them,
00:30they're just like, no, you know,
00:32which I kind of, I respect that.
00:34I'm like, that's cool.
00:35Like, I, but more art all the time.
00:43Hi, everyone.
00:44I am Billboard Stephen Dahl,
00:46and I am joined today by the icon,
00:48the legend herself, King Princess.
00:51Hi, babe, how are you?
00:52Hi.
00:53And we are here today at Julius's
00:55in the West Village, the oldest gay bar in New York City.
00:58How's life?
00:58How's things?
01:00It's been pretty good.
01:00We're at the beginning of summer.
01:02Hell yeah.
01:02Kind of feels like the beginning.
01:04We went to the, we went to a quarry the other day.
01:07A quarry?
01:08Yeah, we swam.
01:09Ooh, okay.
01:10So we're just diving off cliffs at this point.
01:12I think it's nice because it's like,
01:13we got out of the city on the first day
01:15that it was super, super hot,
01:17and we just smoked bunts by the natural water source.
01:21Love that for you.
01:21Which was great,
01:22and it really got me in the mood
01:24to now traverse the slutty, slutty gay summer.
01:28Naturally.
01:28I love that.
01:29It got me ready.
01:30I have to tell you,
01:30the start of my slutty gay summer
01:32was at your market hotel show.
01:35Oh, wow.
01:36Wow.
01:36That was one of the hottest events,
01:39both literally and figuratively,
01:41that I've been to in a minute.
01:42Did you believe the temperature?
01:44It was truly wild.
01:45I always think of my fans
01:47is producing a lot of body heat
01:49in general, too.
01:50And you're correct to think that.
01:51The lesbians,
01:52it's what is Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaid?
01:54She's like,
01:55feel that steam heat
01:56coming from my undercarriage.
01:58I'm like,
01:58that is literally my show's.
02:00The steam heat from the undercarriage.
02:02We loved it.
02:03Yeah, it was a great show.
02:04That was a great show.
02:05So you just announced Girl Violence.
02:07Yeah.
02:08How are you feeling about the album?
02:09I feel amazing about this album.
02:11I really do.
02:12I mean, RIP KP is immediately,
02:14as soon as it came out,
02:15I was like,
02:16oh, thank God
02:17we have a gay anthem
02:18for Pride Month.
02:19Thank God.
02:20I hope to deliver.
02:27I believe you literally described it.
02:29I have it here as a, quote,
02:32slutty anthem for lesbians.
02:33Yes.
02:34And that we need debauchery this summer.
02:36Care to explain?
02:37Well, I think that it's easy for us
02:39to fall into the trap
02:40of our addiction to sadness.
02:43Girl.
02:44Lesbians specifically.
02:45We love to be tragic.
02:47For sure.
02:48And I agree.
02:49You know,
02:49I am also a tragic lesbian,
02:51but I do think that we should be
02:53sucking and fucking.
02:54I love that.
02:55This summer.
02:55Absolutely.
02:56And I think that it was important
02:57that I could, you know,
02:59I could bring that to the people.
03:00And I think that's the right song
03:02to do it.
03:02100%.
03:03Guys, you heard it here first.
03:04Everyone needs to be sucking
03:05and fucking this summer.
03:07Oh, my God.
03:07Why was this the song
03:10that you wanted to, like,
03:11kick off the Girl Violence era?
03:12What was it about the song?
03:13I think from the beginning
03:14of writing this album,
03:16I kind of was like,
03:16this song to me is just,
03:18it's so fun
03:19and it feels like a continuation
03:22of, like,
03:23Hit the Back,
03:24Pussy is God.
03:25Like, I always drop
03:26Slutty One
03:27in the mix.
03:29Yeah.
03:29In the Sadness movie.
03:31This one really,
03:32even when we wrote it,
03:33I was like,
03:34I hope that this is
03:35the first single.
03:36And then obviously, like,
03:37my label's so lovely,
03:38like, we just sat down
03:40and we're like,
03:40what's the first single?
03:41And I was like,
03:41I think it's got to be
03:42the whore one.
03:46Honestly,
03:47and it worked out
03:48because Hit the Back
03:48is my favorite song.
03:50That's a fabulous song.
03:51It's a perfect song.
03:52Like, let's do
03:53gay dance moves
03:54but for lesbians
03:55right now.
03:57And it's perfect.
03:57Well, we deserve it,
03:58you know?
03:58I think that there's,
03:59and especially, like,
04:00expert-level lesbian,
04:02like, not like
04:02the type of lesbian
04:03where it's like,
04:04I don't know if she's gay.
04:06Like, it's not,
04:06that's not really my,
04:07like, I'm too gay
04:09for that,
04:09you know what I mean?
04:09I absolutely understand
04:11that you mean.
04:11I'm advanced stages.
04:12Advanced stages gay.
04:13Like, I'm stage four gay.
04:15Stage four gay,
04:15absolutely.
04:15Like, it's not, like,
04:16it's not fun anymore.
04:18Like, it's not like
04:19a will they, won't they?
04:20That's 100%
04:21how we need to be
04:22describing homosexuality
04:23in the year of our Lord 2025.
04:25Yeah, it's like,
04:25if you've been,
04:26I've been gay
04:26since I was five years old.
04:28Like, it's like,
04:28at this point,
04:29it's just like,
04:29I don't know,
04:30I'm not like a will they,
04:31won't they dating,
04:32like, a confused girl
04:33type of energy.
04:34Like, I'm, like,
04:35talking about, like,
04:36how are we getting down?
04:37This is more of a,
04:38it's inoperable
04:39and there's nothing
04:39that we can do type situation.
04:40There's nothing we can do.
04:41Do you want it on the floor,
04:42against the door?
04:44Oh my God.
04:45And I have to say,
04:46your performance of that
04:47at the Market Hotel
04:48has stayed in my head
04:51because even as a,
04:53let's be very clear,
04:54camera, homosexual man.
04:56I thought you were questioning.
04:57Thank you for putting that out
04:58in the public.
05:00But it's like,
05:01even watching it that way,
05:02I was just like,
05:03oh no,
05:04there's something going on.
05:05And that's how you know
05:06that, like,
05:06no one's 100%
05:07except some people are.
05:08I like to give everyone boners.
05:10Just a little something,
05:11you know?
05:11I think it's only fair.
05:13Yeah, it was a full moment
05:14of you, like,
05:15writhing around
05:15on the floor of the stage
05:16and I was like,
05:17I get it.
05:18I do in fact get it.
05:19I, you know,
05:20somebody said to me,
05:21you know,
05:21everybody's got their,
05:22their dance moves.
05:24Unfortunately,
05:25the only one I can do
05:26is a body roll.
05:27So that's what I've just
05:27been working with.
05:28Same.
05:29Yeah.
05:29I can give hips.
05:30Yeah, exactly.
05:31I can move them forward
05:32and back.
05:33Forward and back,
05:33side to side.
05:34Exactly.
05:35But I won't be giving
05:36step, step and,
05:37step and five, six, seven.
05:39Yeah, exactly.
05:40Right, yeah.
05:41You say choreography,
05:42I say no, no.
05:43Yeah, no,
05:43I can do body roll.
05:45Yeah.
05:45Over here,
05:46over there,
05:46front of the stage,
05:47side of the stage.
05:48That's what I give.
05:49That's what I bring to the table.
05:51Exactly.
05:51I love it.
05:52I also wanted to ask you,
05:54you just made your acting debut.
05:55I did, yeah.
05:56Nine Perfect Strangers.
05:57Yes.
05:58Tell me a little bit about
05:59why you wanted to get into acting.
06:01I think I was just going
06:02through a period of time
06:02where like,
06:03I just have been doing music
06:04my entire life
06:05and I think for a minute
06:07I was like,
06:08whoa,
06:08am I doing this
06:10because it's what I do
06:12or because it's what
06:13I love to do?
06:14And I knew the answer
06:15really in my heart
06:16is like,
06:16it is what I love to do.
06:18But sometimes
06:18when those things happen
06:19I think it's best
06:20to just take a step away
06:22and I'm lucky enough
06:23to be able to like,
06:24you know,
06:25I said I want to
06:26start auditioning
06:27and you know,
06:28I had agents
06:29who stepped up
06:29and wanted to help me with it
06:31and I started auditioning
06:33and I got this role
06:34and I was kind of like,
06:35what a perfect excuse
06:36to like do a little bit
06:37of like self work,
06:39like go live in Germany
06:41and do something
06:42completely out of my comfort zone
06:43for six months
06:44and kind of be a student again.
06:46Yeah.
06:47And see how that
06:48betters me
06:50as an artist
06:51and as a musician
06:52and it really did,
06:53like it got me actually
06:54up my music game.
06:56Really?
06:57How so?
06:57Well,
06:57because it's another form
06:59of performance
06:59but it's an interesting
07:01form of performance
07:02because you really
07:03can't be embarrassed.
07:05You have to try stuff.
07:06You have to try stuff
07:07and you have to kind of,
07:08you're using your body
07:09as a tool in a way
07:11that's really precise
07:12and on camera
07:13and I think it just dialed me
07:16and allowed me
07:17to be more silly
07:18and more clown-like
07:19and feel less precious.
07:22Yeah, everything's all of a sudden
07:23not so serious.
07:25Well, so you do like 30 takes,
07:27you know,
07:27and it's like,
07:28you know,
07:28and some of them
07:28they're just like,
07:29no, you know,
07:30which I kind of,
07:31I respect that.
07:32I'm like,
07:33that's cool.
07:33Like I,
07:34but more art all the time.
07:35We just need art constantly.
07:37Very that.
07:38I am loving the image
07:39of you on set
07:40doing something
07:41and them going,
07:41cut,
07:42no.
07:43Yeah,
07:43that's,
07:44most of my critique
07:45was just no.
07:46I mean,
07:46and obviously you got to hang out
07:47with fucking Nicole Kidman
07:48on set.
07:49The Bob.
07:51The severity of it.
07:52Did she give you
07:53any like cool advice
07:54when you were on set
07:55about acting?
07:56When we were like
07:57filming the scene
07:58where I'm like
07:58having a Menti B.
08:00Natch.
08:01She was in character
08:03on set.
08:04Oh.
08:05So it was giving very like,
08:06she was like walking
08:07around me in circles.
08:08Oh no.
08:09Which was like
08:10so hot.
08:11You know?
08:12So I was just like
08:13living.
08:14And then at one point,
08:15because she was giving
08:16Masha accent too.
08:17At one point she was just like,
08:20save it for home camera.
08:22Oh.
08:22Don't waste your performance.
08:24Because I was like,
08:25You were giving.
08:26I give.
08:27Natch.
08:28I give during the rehearsal.
08:29I give at rehearsal.
08:30I give full throttle
08:32a whole way through.
08:33And she was like,
08:33100% at all times.
08:34Save it for the performance.
08:36Oh my God.
08:37And I was like,
08:37okay.
08:38And then I did.
08:40That's a fever dream to me.
08:41It was.
08:42In a castle in Austria.
08:44Just having Nicole Kidman
08:45in a full-blown Russian accent
08:47be like,
08:47save it for the camera
08:48is wild.
08:49It was mage.
08:50I was really,
08:52I was vibing.
08:53I mean,
08:53I had a really good time.
08:55Absolutely.
08:56It's a gay girl's dream.
08:58And I know that you were also
08:59cast in the upcoming
09:00Hugh Jackman movie.
09:02That movie is fabulous.
09:03I just watched it.
09:04Did you watch it?
09:05How did it look?
09:06It looked really good.
09:07Amazing.
09:08Can you tell us
09:09anything about this movie?
09:10Yes.
09:11So it's Kate Hudson
09:12and Hugh Jackman
09:13and they're
09:13a couple from Wisconsin.
09:16Love.
09:17They get together
09:17because they're
09:18both impersonators
09:20in like the local
09:21like state fair,
09:23you know,
09:24touring musician,
09:26working class musician crowd,
09:27but they're impersonators.
09:28She's a Patsy Kline impersonator.
09:30He's kind of figuring out
09:32who he's going to impersonate
09:33and he turns out
09:34he loves Neil Diamond
09:35and he looks kind of like
09:36Neil Diamond.
09:37So they end up
09:38joining together
09:39and creating a duo.
09:41It's really cute
09:42and I play his daughter.
09:44He's got two daughters.
09:45Me and Ella
09:46play his daughters
09:48and it's really,
09:49it was fabulous.
09:50Just working with two
09:51wonderful people
09:53who are like
09:55just incredible collaborators
09:58and just so charming
10:00and like with it.
10:02And the fact that
10:03your first two
10:04like major co-stars
10:06are Hugh Jackman
10:07and Kate Winslet
10:07and Nicole Kidman.
10:09Or Kate Hudson.
10:10Oh, did I say Kate Winslet?
10:11Which I love Kate Winslet,
10:13obviously,
10:14but Kate Hudson
10:14I'm also just gagged.
10:16No, that's gagged.
10:17Yeah, absolutely.
10:18I can't think of better co-stars
10:19for you to be having
10:20with your first two projects.
10:22Yeah, that was
10:23That's crazy.
10:24Really, really lucky.
10:26Did you ever notice
10:28a difference between
10:29like filming for TV
10:30and filming for a film?
10:31Well, TV's longer.
10:34You're so right.
10:35Yeah, physically,
10:36actually it is longer.
10:37Literally, like I lived
10:38I lived in Germany
10:39for six months
10:40filming this show.
10:42So it was kind of like
10:43bye, you know?
10:46And then for the movie
10:46I was just going to New Jersey,
10:48which is also honestly
10:49did not realize
10:50how far New Jersey
10:52was from Brooklyn.
10:53No one told me.
10:54Yeah, no, that's brutal.
10:55That Manhattan sits
10:56directly between
10:57Brooklyn and New Jersey.
10:59Never thought about that
11:00once or not.
11:00Especially if she's taking
11:01public transit,
11:01like, oh girl,
11:02it's going to take you
11:03minimum two hours.
11:04No, it was insane.
11:05Awful.
11:06I do think with movies
11:07it's just a shorter amount
11:09of time to get into something.
11:10When you're shooting
11:11like a six month show,
11:12you have like months
11:13to think about the character
11:14and months to prep for it.
11:16Like movies are just
11:17a faster turnaround, I think.
11:18To get back a little bit
11:20to the music,
11:20first of all,
11:21thank you so much
11:21for moving back to New York.
11:23Oh, of course.
11:23We missed you so much.
11:25I don't know what
11:26you were doing in LA.
11:27No, it was actually
11:27so awful.
11:29Like I just can't,
11:30just, oh God.
11:32Yeah, LA was not it for you?
11:34No one should go there.
11:36I don't disagree.
11:38I mean, honestly,
11:38that's rude.
11:39No, there's parts of it.
11:40There's parts of it
11:41that are fine.
11:42No, I was actually
11:42just thinking
11:43if I thought of any parts,
11:44there's no parts.
11:45New York, New York or bust.
11:48Truly, truly.
11:50What has the experience
11:51been like coming back
11:52and how do you think
11:53that sort of impacted
11:54your creative process?
11:56It's interesting
11:56because when you grow up
11:57like 18 years in a place,
11:59like I went to school
12:00for nine years of my life
12:02in this neighborhood
12:03and you know,
12:05you like graduate high school
12:07and you're,
12:07everybody kind of wants
12:08to leave their hometown
12:09for a minute.
12:10Yeah.
12:10Mine is New York,
12:11unfortunately.
12:11So it's like,
12:13I wanted to.
12:13Not unfortunately.
12:14It's great.
12:14No, fortunately,
12:15but unfortunately
12:15because then you leave
12:16and then you go,
12:16wait a second.
12:17My home,
12:18I have to go back
12:19to my hometown.
12:19Yeah.
12:20You know,
12:21I took those years
12:22to kind of be a young adult
12:23in a city that was
12:24like foreign to me.
12:25But the minute I moved back,
12:26I just felt embraced
12:27by my city
12:28and by the people,
12:31the queer community.
12:32Like I found my queer community
12:34here as an adult
12:35in a way that's really,
12:38really beautiful
12:38and really fun.
12:40I love that.
12:40I love my girls
12:41and yeah,
12:43I don't know.
12:44I just,
12:44this is my favorite city
12:45in the world,
12:46my stinky poopy rat city.
12:48That's right.
12:48And anyone who's trying
12:49to get rid of the rats
12:50in New York City,
12:51don't.
12:52What are we doing?
12:52Why would you ever do that?
12:53I tried to save a rat.
12:56Did you really?
12:56Yeah, I did.
12:58I took it inside.
12:59It was a baby
13:00and I was like,
13:02we got a kid,
13:03we like did a whole thing.
13:04Unfortunately,
13:05she did pass.
13:06So sorry to hear it.
13:07But it was a big day for me.
13:09That's huge for you.
13:10I love that.
13:10It was a big day.
13:11She did bite me though
13:12and I was like,
13:13do I have to go
13:14to the hospital?
13:17And then I was like,
13:18I'm going to wing it.
13:18It'll be fine.
13:19Yeah,
13:19it'll be totally.
13:20She's a baby.
13:21Who cares?
13:22She's a baby.
13:23She's a baby.
13:24Well,
13:24things are a little spicy
13:26for us right now
13:27in the queer community.
13:28I'm sorry,
13:29let me just.
13:30Yeah,
13:30no,
13:31let's both.
13:31Let's both just take a moment.
13:33Oh,
13:33God.
13:34It's not the best.
13:36I think the most recent example
13:37was the Trump administration
13:39decided it would be a good idea
13:41to cut funding
13:42for LGBTQ youth
13:44suicide prevention.
13:45What was your reaction
13:46when you heard about that?
13:47I mean,
13:47none of this is surprising.
13:49Nope.
13:49I mean,
13:49these people have literally
13:51been detailing this
13:52in their plans,
13:54in their plans
13:55that they weirdly deny
13:56being their plans.
13:57If you read through
13:58Project 2025,
13:59a lot of this shit
14:00is in there.
14:00It's like,
14:01and they're also like 50%
14:02of the way through
14:03Project 2025 at this point.
14:04Yeah,
14:05I mean,
14:05the thing that I find
14:06really interesting is
14:08because we knew
14:08this was going to happen.
14:09We know these people
14:10hate gays.
14:12They hate immigrants.
14:13They don't care about,
14:16you know,
14:17any form of equity
14:18in this country.
14:18They are hateful.
14:21But what is really surprising
14:23to me
14:23and drives me crazy
14:25is that we,
14:26as a community,
14:28I think we are
14:29really disillusioned
14:30and upset
14:31and hurt
14:32as we should be.
14:33And so we're infighting.
14:35Yes.
14:36And I am a big proponent
14:38of there is a clear
14:40common enemy here.
14:42And we are,
14:44the minutiae
14:45of whatever we're
14:46having discourse about
14:47within our own community
14:48at the moment.
14:50It'd be amazing
14:51if as a group
14:52we all just decided
14:53that it's better
14:55that we are out
14:56and proud
14:57and living
14:58in this country
14:59and dealing
15:00with what's really important,
15:02which is that
15:03they are coming for us.
15:05Literally.
15:05It's every time
15:06I see people...
15:07We don't need to come
15:08for each other.
15:08They are literally
15:09doing that work.
15:11Exactly.
15:11It's every time
15:12I see people
15:13starting to like
15:14remove letters
15:15from the acronym.
15:17I'm like,
15:17guys,
15:17what are we doing?
15:19Well,
15:19I see all that stuff
15:20and I'm like,
15:21you know,
15:21because I'm on
15:22gay talk
15:23and stuff
15:23and like,
15:24and dyke talk
15:25and all that shit.
15:26And I'm like,
15:26part of me understands it
15:28because it's like,
15:29of course we're,
15:30we're infighting.
15:31Of course we're picking
15:32each other apart
15:33because we're fucking mad.
15:35Yeah.
15:35We're mad
15:36and we're upset
15:36and I get it,
15:38but I mean,
15:40I just,
15:41there's so much
15:41to get into.
15:42I mean,
15:42this whole,
15:43this bill he's trying
15:43to pass,
15:44the great,
15:44big,
15:45beautiful bill,
15:47which is like
15:47literally destroyed.
15:49I'm like,
15:49you're just going
15:50to destroy everything
15:51with this.
15:51And this,
15:52we just,
15:53you know,
15:54bombed her on
15:55and it's like,
15:56but this bill
15:57is getting passed.
15:58It's all,
15:59it's all distraction tactics
16:00to stop us
16:01from recognizing
16:02what's happening
16:03in this country right now.
16:04And that doesn't even
16:05speak to the fact
16:06that like,
16:06you know,
16:06you look at what
16:07the Supreme Court
16:08just did
16:08in the Scrimetti case
16:10with the trans community
16:11and it's just like,
16:13yeah,
16:13of course they're going
16:14to be target number one
16:15because they are
16:15the most vulnerable group
16:17amongst queer people.
16:19If you're feeling
16:21disillusioned
16:22and upset
16:23and angry,
16:23I think one way
16:24that I've found
16:25like a,
16:26a solve for that
16:27is find your local
16:29LGBT center
16:30and donate.
16:32There's a lot
16:33of different ways
16:33you can help.
16:34You can donate clothing.
16:35You can help facilitate,
16:38you know,
16:39programs within
16:40the community.
16:41You can,
16:42you can sign up
16:43to just be somebody
16:44who helps work
16:45on the space
16:46and organize the space.
16:47Yeah.
16:47And there's,
16:48there's millions
16:48of ways
16:49that you can help
16:50and find that
16:51local LGBT center
16:52because that's
16:53your immediate community.
16:55Absolutely.
16:55And that's the place
16:56that kids go
16:57when they need help.
16:57A hundred percent.
16:58I mean,
16:59especially like
17:00in places that aren't
17:02like New York,
17:03Los Angeles,
17:04if you have an LGBT center
17:05in your hometown,
17:07go volunteer.
17:08I guarantee you
17:09they need help.
17:10Yes.
17:10And it's,
17:11it feels small,
17:13but it's not
17:13because to have
17:15a place in your city
17:16for,
17:17for kids
17:17who are displaced
17:18and feel lost
17:20is,
17:21it's few and far between
17:23and it's getting fewer.
17:24And a lot of these places
17:25are relying
17:26on volunteer help.
17:27So I would suggest
17:29that there's some
17:29amazing ones in New York
17:31that have been around forever.
17:33Completely.
17:33But yeah,
17:34and in LA as well.
17:35I used to go there a lot.
17:36The one in Hollywood.
17:37Absolutely.
17:38The New York LGBT center
17:39I've used multiple times.
17:41It's great.
17:42It's an excellent resource
17:43for everybody
17:43who's living there.
17:44So that's kind of
17:44where I'm at
17:45is like local.
17:46How do we just like
17:47make sure that kids
17:48are closed,
17:49that they have people
17:50to talk to?
17:51Yes.
17:52That there are programs
17:53that they can go to
17:54and hang out
17:54and find community.
17:56Bingo.
17:56Without those little things
17:58it becomes really bleak.
18:00Yeah.
18:00I think.
18:01Well and that's the other thing
18:02that I've been trying to do
18:03is just like checking in
18:04on like the people
18:06in your immediate community.
18:08Yeah.
18:08Like I've been trying
18:09to take everybody's temperature
18:10about how they're doing
18:12in all of this.
18:13And I did want to ask
18:14how have the people around you
18:15as all of this
18:15has been happening,
18:16how have they been like
18:17coping and dealing
18:18with all of this?
18:19It's interesting
18:19because I do think
18:20like in Brooklyn
18:22like we just be partying.
18:24I mean 100%.
18:25That is largely
18:27how my community
18:27has been doing too.
18:28I think that's the vibe.
18:29Yeah.
18:29It's hedonism.
18:30It's like everybody's just like
18:31it becomes hedonistic
18:33in the face of World War III.
18:34Yeah, exactly.
18:35I live in a very privileged
18:36position of living
18:39in Brooklyn
18:39with my friends
18:41and family
18:41who are safe
18:42and living
18:43in a liberal city.
18:44But again
18:45like we have a
18:45this will come out
18:46after the election
18:47and hope it turns out well
18:48but tomorrow's voting day.
18:50I know all my friends
18:51are registered.
18:53It was a big conversation
18:54in my friend group
18:55of like making sure
18:56everybody could find
18:57their polling place
18:58that we all had
18:59each other's cheat sheets
19:00because this shit
19:01gets confusing
19:02when you walk in there
19:03sometimes
19:03especially if you're stoned
19:05all the time
19:06like me.
19:07Fair.
19:07Filling in bubbles
19:08is hard.
19:10So you know
19:11stuff like that
19:12like you know
19:13hey guys
19:13just checking in
19:14do you need help
19:15finding your polling place
19:16to you
19:17you know
19:18that type of stuff
19:19but you know
19:20I think the temperature
19:21is really sad
19:23and confused
19:24and also want to be horny
19:26and drunk
19:27this summer.
19:27Yeah absolutely
19:28100%.
19:29If that
19:29does that kind of cover?
19:31No everyone should
19:32want to be horny
19:33and drunk this summer
19:34to take their minds
19:35off of all of the
19:36bad shit happening.
19:37100%.
19:37Absolutely.
19:38We're always trying
19:39to like keep on track
19:40of what's trending up
19:42at Billboard
19:43the things that are
19:43going viral
19:44so we're going to show
19:45you a couple videos
19:45okay absolutely.
19:47Let us know
19:47what you think of them
19:48if you've seen them
19:49already
19:49things like that.
19:50Okay.
19:50Ready to do it?
19:51Yes.
19:51Let's do it.
19:52I'm ready.
19:59He's got audience
20:00for this.
20:01Which we love.
20:04He takes balls.
20:06Yeah.
20:06He's a diva.
20:07He's a diva.
20:08We love to see it.
20:09He came in
20:10with a fan favorite
20:11you know
20:11he knew what the crowd
20:12was going to react to
20:14he handled it.
20:15We love it.
20:16We love it.
20:17Had you seen this
20:17before we showed it to you?
20:18I've never seen it
20:19in my life.
20:19Is that a straight man?
20:21Is it a straight man?
20:22I don't know.
20:23What is he doing?
20:24That was all about
20:25Carnival Cruise.
20:26Is he just got up
20:27for fun?
20:28He did like a karaoke.
20:29Yeah.
20:30Lovingly nicknamed
20:30Carnival Cruise Tyler
20:32and now Keith Sweats
20:34Nobody is going viral
20:35because of it.
20:36I'm really happy for him
20:37I guess.
20:38So now we have
20:39the Black Eyed Peas
20:40Rock Your Body
20:40is going viral.
20:41Fabulous song.
20:42Here's the video
20:43we're going to show you.
20:44Rock Your Body
20:45Come on
20:46Come on
20:46Rock Your Body
20:47Rock Your Body
20:48Rock Your Body
20:49So this doesn't
20:50resonate with me.
20:51Yeah see
20:52viral TikTok dances
20:53are not it for me.
20:54As we've discussed
20:55only body rolls.
20:56I like the AI
20:57country songs
20:58that are like
20:59that would lag me in.
21:01Yes.
21:01And I like Cupcake.
21:03I mean of course.
21:04Of course.
21:04If you had to pick
21:05one song of yours
21:06to get like
21:07one random song
21:09from your discography
21:09to get the sudden
21:10viral treatment
21:11what would you
21:12want it to be?
21:13Any of them.
21:14Truly.
21:15Absolutely.
21:16Absolutely.
21:17I'm like any
21:18Give us the streams
21:18babe.
21:19Anyone.
21:20No I mean honestly
21:20like I would
21:21I guess looking back
21:23I guess it would
21:23make sense
21:24for like a
21:25Hit the Back.
21:25I have one
21:33where I say
21:34it's called
21:35Back of a Cab
21:36and there's a line
21:37that's like
21:37you like gay shit
21:38which I always
21:40felt like that was
21:41it was pre-TikTok
21:42but I do think
21:43It's built for that moment.
21:44It was built for that moment
21:45so that's another one
21:46but honestly
21:47I'll take whatever.
21:48Absolutely.
21:50What's been trending up
21:51for you?
21:51Okay so I've been getting
21:52a lot of these people
21:53on TikTok
21:54who are like
21:54coming out as like
21:56Jesus
21:56like reformed gay people.
21:58Yeah.
21:58It's unfortunately
21:59a trend right now.
22:00I'm getting a lot of them
22:01and I'm loving it.
22:03It's kind of iconic.
22:04They're all so gay.
22:06It's like
22:07a bull dyke
22:09being like
22:10not anymore.
22:12Jesus saves.
22:13I was like
22:13Tussie.
22:15Truly just like
22:16the skinniest twink
22:18that you have ever seen
22:19clearly still high on poppers
22:21just being like
22:22I love God
22:23and it's just kind of like
22:24okay babe.
22:24I love pussy.
22:26I've become like
22:27I do think that
22:28my Instagram reels
22:30algorithm
22:31is more dialed
22:32than my TikTok algorithm.
22:34Interesting.
22:35Because I've really
22:35worked on it.
22:37Okay work.
22:38Because I like
22:38I like the like
22:39really scary shit.
22:41Yeah absolutely.
22:41And reels has that.
22:43Give me an example
22:44of the really scary shit.
22:45Like a woman like
22:46pouring like
22:47wine through her toes
22:48or like
22:49there's like this woman
22:50like this woman
22:51who wears like
22:51Are you okay?
22:53Are you good?
22:54Like full body latex
22:55like all day
22:56and there's no music
22:57and it's just the sound
22:58of her latex
22:59like rubbing.
23:00That's nightmarish
23:01and I love this for you.
23:01Okay yeah
23:02that's kind of
23:03where I'm at
23:03or like the woman
23:04who prays for like
23:05IBS
23:05like she does prayers
23:07for like people's
23:08like stomach issues.
23:09I'm gonna ask again
23:10are you okay?
23:11No.
23:12Perfect.
23:13Sick in the head.
23:14Just praying for IBS.
23:16Yeah most of my like
23:17TikTok algorithm
23:18is just
23:19just lesbians
23:20just
23:21Just doing crazy shit.
23:23Just like yelling
23:23about something
23:24or doing something
23:26of the sort.
23:26Honestly I'm obsessed
23:26with that.
23:27Well because I
23:27you know
23:28it's who I like
23:29it's my fans
23:30like I'll like interact
23:31and then like
23:32my algorithms
23:32just like
23:33full that.
23:35Unbelievable.
23:36But I'm learning.
23:37I'm learning.
23:38Absolutely.
23:38Every day I'm learning.
23:39Is there anything
23:40in particular
23:40that you're like
23:41watching a lot right now?
23:42Any like shows?
23:43I'm watching Love Island.
23:44Love that for you.
23:45Wish I was into it.
23:46I just
23:47for some reason
23:47I have not been drawn in.
23:49My favorite is
23:49Love is Blind
23:50because I like
23:51that the stakes
23:52are so high.
23:52Like I like that
23:53it's destroying
23:54people's lives.
23:55Love is Blind
23:56is giving high camp.
23:57I like when the reality TV
23:58destroys people's lives.
24:00Like I don't want
24:01the stakes to be that low
24:02because it's
24:03For sure.
24:03Like Love Island
24:04is like what you leave.
24:05Yeah exactly.
24:06It's like Love is Blind
24:07like you're married.
24:08For sure.
24:10You're fully married
24:10to a stranger.
24:11Like I
24:12Wild.
24:12So I like stuff like that.
24:14For sure.
24:15I am watching
24:16and just like that
24:17it's really hard
24:18Yeah.
24:19to get through
24:20each episode
24:21but I
24:22am doing it.
24:23It's almost like
24:24you know
24:25gay homework.
24:25It's just kind of like
24:26we have to.
24:27I have to
24:27because I'm just
24:28Sex and the City
24:29is biblical for me.
24:31We've invested
24:31this much time
24:32so it's just kind of
24:33like you have to get in.
24:34It is like
24:35I'm like
24:36okay there's
24:36a new episode.
24:39Real.
24:40But
24:40yeah what else
24:42am I watching?
24:43I don't know
24:43I kind of
24:44I've watched such trash
24:45and I'm about to watch
24:46Coop Cruise
24:47you know about this?
24:48I do know about this.
24:49Did you see this?
24:49I haven't seen it yet.
24:50It's coming out tomorrow
24:51I'm so excited
24:53I got some friends
24:53coming over
24:54we're gonna watch
24:54Just gonna do a
24:55Poop Cruise marathon
24:56I love that.
24:56We're gonna do a
24:57Poop Cruise viewing party.
24:59I'm gonna get
24:59hors d'oeuvres.
25:02I'm gonna serve
25:03little
25:03Serve little turds?
25:04I'm gonna serve
25:05little doodos
25:06to all my friends.
25:07Just like chocolate mousse
25:08but in the shape of
25:09like a little poop emoji
25:10I'm obsessed.
25:10Yeah on a little boat.
25:11Yeah I love to do
25:12a viewing party.
25:13I love that.
25:15Who doesn't love
25:15a theme you know?
25:16I love a theme.
25:18I love a theme
25:19I like when I'm told
25:20like this is the boundaries
25:21that we're working with
25:23for tonight
25:23come in
25:25bring what you've got.
25:26Now I have to watch
25:27Poop Cruise tomorrow
25:28like I just have to watch it.
25:29I'm sorry does that not
25:29sound interesting to you?
25:30No that sounds fascinating.
25:32Because if we're being honest
25:33there is nothing
25:34that I want less
25:35than to be on a cruise ship.
25:37Oh absolutely
25:37yeah no
25:38the middle of the ocean
25:39You could not
25:39pay me.
25:41Can we get into the fact
25:42that the deep ocean
25:43is like
25:44the most nightmarish place
25:45on the planet?
25:46Oh that's where the aliens are.
25:47I mean yeah
25:48no we're both on track
25:49with that.
25:49No they're in there.
25:50They're doing there.
25:51Remember when the guy
25:51went on TV
25:52and he was like
25:53they did like
25:53a four hour press conference
25:55about aliens
25:55and at the end
25:56he's like
25:57they're in the ocean.
25:58They're in the ocean
25:58and you know what?
25:59I believe in.
26:00No they're in the ocean
26:01but also I don't fucks
26:02with the sea.
26:03Same.
26:03See and that's
26:04that's why we're right here.
26:05I don't fucks with
26:06I like lakes.
26:06Absolutely not.
26:07I like to know
26:07the bounds of my water source.
26:09As someone from Chicago
26:11I'm like
26:12Lake Michigan
26:12let's fucking go.
26:13That's great.
26:13Honestly that's too big.
26:15Too big for you?
26:16I famously once
26:17was playing Lollapalooza
26:18and I woke up
26:18in this beautiful hotel
26:19and I called my manager
26:20and I was like
26:21God
26:22I love this hotel.
26:24What a beautiful view
26:25of the ocean.
26:26I mean
26:26that's Lake Michigan
26:29you dumb bitch.
26:30I have literally
26:31watched TikToks
26:32of people just being like
26:33there is some
26:34conspiracy theory going on
26:35because like
26:36why are y'all telling me
26:37Chicago is in the middle
26:38of the country
26:39when there is an ocean
26:40right there?
26:41I'm confused by that.
26:42That's too big a lake
26:43for me.
26:43I fully get it
26:45but I love it.
26:46But you're from there
26:47so it's
26:47You know what
26:48you're right
26:48I'm tinged
26:49Did you find like
26:50did you have like
26:51a little cove
26:52you went swimming in
26:52or something?
26:53I mean
26:54you know what
26:54for the sake of this interview
26:56yes absolutely I did.
26:58Yeah because I feel like
26:59when the lake's that big
27:00you have to go to
27:01a specific zone
27:02in the lake.
27:02Once you lose sight
27:04of the horizon
27:04over the lake
27:05it's like
27:05is this really a lake anymore?
27:07The lake I go to
27:08is tiny.
27:09It's a little small lake
27:09I love that for you.
27:10So for me it's really
27:11you know
27:11I can see
27:12all four points
27:14of ending.
27:15Love it.
27:16It's good.
27:17So King Princess
27:17what are you listening to
27:18right now?
27:19I really love
27:19Lola Young.
27:20Oh
27:21I'm obsessed with her.
27:23Yeah she's awesome.
27:24The other day
27:24driving to the Quarry
27:25we listened to all
27:26of Slut Pop Miami.
27:28Natch of course.
27:29Yeah.
27:29I've been listening
27:30I've been listening
27:30personally to a lot
27:32of like Lou Reed
27:34like just 180.
27:36That tracks for you
27:36absolutely.
27:37Yeah a lot of
27:38Neil Young.
27:39Oh love okay.
27:40But that's kind of
27:41when I get into my
27:42like rock and roll
27:43daddy bag.
27:44For sure.
27:44When I'm just sitting
27:45at home.
27:46You got the rock and roll
27:47daddy bag I love it.
27:48Yeah.
27:49Incredible.
27:49I can't think of a
27:50better place to wrap
27:51up the interview.
27:52King Princess
27:52thank you so much
27:53for coming in
27:54and doing this
27:54this was so much fun.
27:55Thank you guys.
27:57Yeah we did it.
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