King Princess shares release date and manifesto for new album Hold On Baby

02 June 2022, 11:39 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

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King Princess has announced the release date for Hold On Baby, and has also shared a manifesto "to let you guys into my head, what’s been going on, and how this record has helped me."

Following the release of "For My Friends" in March, King Princess has returned with a release date and manifesto for Hold On Baby, King Princess' second album.

King Princess revealed in an Instagram post that it'll arrive on 29 July, and is "the most proud I’ve ever felt of a piece of art."

In the accompanying manifesto, King Princess wrote, "I've only ever written about heartbreak. It felt easier to talk about myself through other people. To write about situations that caused me pain and to use them to justify my own anxieties and depression."

"It finally reached a point where I had to turn the barrel on myself," King Princess continued. "I'm silly, I'm anxious, I'm sad, I'm sexy. I didn't want to be scared to talk about those things anymore. The infinite dichotomy of things that make me up. I'm not a girl, not quite a boy. A lesbian, but also gay as the day is long. I'm not one thing."

King Princess went on to write that "Hold On Baby is a search for a new heartbreak. It's a love letter to my girlfriend. It's a firm read of myself. And it's a reminder of the totems in my life that give me hope."

In the final slide, King Princess added, "I want this album to give us all some strength in accepting ourselves as chaotic as we can be. It's not easy being alive and I feel indebted to you all for providing me air to breathe in this insane world. That's what King Princess has always been about at its core; making a home for us to feel safe and weird and messy and imperfect. You are not alone in your feelings."

King Princess concluded, "I bet you and I feel and have felt the same. This album is for anyone who needs a sanctuary to be vulnerable. I'm here with you and I love you."