King Princess was solely 11 the primary time they have been provided a recording contract, however their household opted towards it.
They advised Rolling Stone, “My dad was actually a protector and mentor. Individuals have been fucking terrified of him. I labored with individuals who have been like, ‘Oh man, I like your dad’s drum sounds.’ And I am like, ‘Oh yeah? Don’t fuck with me’…I attempt to suppress it and say I had a chill childhood, however actually I used to be brainstorming this entire factor.”
The Straus household’s final identify is well-known outdoors of the music business as nicely. Isidor Straus, King Princess’s great-great-grandfather, co-owned Macy’s, and he and his spouse, Ida, have been the Titanic passengers who impressed the couple who refused to depart with out one another and died collectively onboard the ship in James Cameron’s Titanic.
