By The Music Editorial Team
New York based artist, Majorlilkween (“Poison Ivy,” “Party in LA,” “No Plastic”) releases her latest single and music video, “Princess Die.” Dismantling the fairytale from within, the track traverses the infectious pop sound of NYC’s underground Sexy Drill scene. What remains of a reclaimed princess fantasy when chivalry has become untamed?
A scene from Majorlilkween’s latest music video, 'Princess Die.' (Courtesy of the artist)
“That boy like a crown stays on my mind,” the singer delivers on the single as a metaphor for recognition and vulnerability or ornamentation and ceremony. With the relationship on the fritz, the fairytale collapses; the soon-to-be prince instead transforms back into a frog as only a performer fluent in the gestures of devotion. “[He] Left me at the ball,” she confesses later on the single, not as a damsel in distress but as the protagonist disenchanted. By the final verse, the princess has shed the role entirely, no longer an object to be displayed or contained but a destabilizing figure now questioning the fragile systems around her.
Majorlilkween in 'Princess Die' (Courtesy of the artist)
Taken from her coming EP, Club Andra, the new single hints at tales of gritty club culture, heartbreak, and desire – all anchored by themes of lasting friendships over romance. Produced in collaboration with actor, writer, and creative director, Meghann Herlihy, Club Andra promises to thrill with newfound clarity from the dance floor. Cinematic in its narrative excursions and exhilarating with its sonic laden textures, Majorlilkween suggests that the princess is no longer the fantasy, but the force that persists after the narrative collapses.
Available to stream. Watch the accompanying music video here.