King Princess

Make My Bed

King Princess opens her debut EP by inviting you to watch as she makes her bed. With this gesture of trust and intimacy, the artist born Mikaela Straus ushers in her world of shimmering pop sketches, a collection that beautifully reveals the emotional depth to be unearthed in the day-to-day. Sonically, Make My Bed does not chart much new territory, building on the meticulous, glossy pop confections by the likes of Lorde and Troye Sivan. What distinguishes Straus, however, is the emotional depth her songs exude. As the second chorus nears in “Talia,” for instance, the echoing backing