Singer-songwriter Mikaela Straus , who performs as King Princess , wants you to know it’s not you, Los Angeles. It’s her.

Straus went home to Brooklyn recently after eight or nine years in Southern California. After breakups with both her girlfriend and her record label, she felt restless for change. Los Angeles had to go.

“I had this breakup with the city where I was like, I cannot live in Los Angeles anymore,” says Straus, now 26. “No offense. We love her, but I spent basically all of my adult years so far in L.A., and I hadn’t spent adult time in my hometown, which is New York City.

King Princess performs onstage during the 2023 LA Pride in the Park Festival at Los Angeles Historical Park on June 10, 2023. She comes to the House of Blues in Anaheim on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025 and th

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