Mikaela Strauss’ third album as King Princess is the product of a tumultuous period — the 26-year-old broke up with her relationship, her label, and her residence in Los Angeles in a short period of time, resettling in Brooklyn before diving in to process what she’d been through and prepare for whatever might be next. Girl Violence , the result of that introspection, announces Strauss’ new chapter with songs that bloom and twist around themselves, echoing the fear and delight and increasing clear-eyedness that came along with each fresh experience.

“Nobody mentions that girls could be violent,” Strauss murmurs on the opening title track, digging in her heels as a relationship is clearly falling apart, its synth-borne ghosts already coming to life. When its beat does finally kick in, s

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