Singer-songwriter King Princess earned a devoted fan following for baring her soul about her love life in songs such as “Talia” and “Ain’t Together.”

In fact, the GLAAD Media Award-nominated musician burst onto the music scene with her debut pop single, “1950,” an ode to queer love that was heavily inspired by Patricia Highsmith’s depiction of a lesbian couple’s “icy” relationship in the groundbreaking novel The Price of Salt.

“What I loved about [The Price of Salt] was that it took place in the ‘50s and the way that queer people were allowed to be public was so censored that it was all about body language and this icy interaction because you had to hide yourself,” she explained in a 2018 interview. “I was so interested in the metaphor of ‘1950’ being how queer love looks in public, and

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