Singer-songwriter King Princess earned a loyal fan following for baring her soul about her love life in songs comparable to “Talia” and “Ain't Collectively.”
In actual fact, the GLAAD Media Award-nominated musician burst onto the music scene along with her debut pop single, “1950,” an ode to queer love that was closely impressed by Patricia Highsmith's depiction of a lesbian couple's “icy” relationship within the groundbreaking novel The Worth of Salt.
“What I cherished about [The Price of Salt] was that it befell within the ‘50s and the best way that queer individuals have been allowed to be public was so censored that it was all about physique language and this icy interplay since you needed to conceal your self,” she defined in a 2018 interview. “I used to be so within the metaphor of ‘1950' being how queer love appears to be like in public, and the way it's much like having a very chilly relationship, actually distant.”
As her star rose within the music world, King Princess (actual title Mikaela Mullaney Straus) had high-profile romances with The Starvation Video games actress Amandla Stenberg and Lizzo's artistic director Quinn Whitney Wilson. In August 2025, she held fingers with 9 Excellent Strangers costar Christine Baranski on a Broadway pink carpet, although a rep for the actress later instructed Page Six they “are strictly buddies and nothing extra.”
Preserve scrolling for a take a look at King Princess' relationship historical past:
King Princess Opened Up About Gender Identification
King Princess got here out as nonbinary in 2023. Talking to Rolling Stone, the singer recalled recognizing that she was “homosexual” from a younger age, although she resisted defining her sexuality and gender.
“I knew I used to be homosexual, however I believe earlier than I knew I used to be homosexual … I didn't match into the physique I used to be assigned.” She stated, earlier than joking: “And so far as pronouns, I've by no means felt offended [by] the pronoun scenario in my life. He. She. It. They. Xenu.”
King Princess and Christine Baranski in August 2025. Bruce Glikas/WireImage
Like many singer-songwriters, King Princess's relationships are sometimes fodder for her music. King Princess instructed AfterEllen in 2018 that her second single, “Talia” — which included aching remembrances of an ex-girlfriend who “walked out 100 instances” — was impressed by a “savage breakup” along with her old flame.
“I believe old flame is tough to speak about for all of us as a result of [it's] your younger and you may't differentiate between simply being a loopy, younger, hormonal individual with what's really happening,” she defined. “It's about savage heartbreak and recovering from it. However that's what all my songs are about.”
Amandla Stenberg
The Our bodies Our bodies Our bodies actress recognized as homosexual publicly for the primary time throughout a shifting 2018 interview with King Princess for Wonderland Magazine. Stenberg had beforehand recognized as each bisexual and queer.
“What I didn't inform [Amandla] was that I distinctly bear in mind strolling out of my junior 12 months English class studying: ‘Amandla Stenberg comes out as a queer,'” King Princess wrote. “She unknowingly set a precedent in my life, a gold commonplace of the right way to be proud and exist within the intersectionality of a number of identities that have been as soon as regarded as being conflicting. Now I do know her. I do know the nuances of her character and the uncontrollable ardour that she carries in her being.”
The couple have been all smiles once they attended the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards collectively in August 2018, although they ultimately break up earlier than the tip of that 12 months.
King Princess and Amandla Stenberg in June 2018. Emma McIntyre/Getty Photos for MTV
King Princess hinted to London's The Times in 2019 that she wrote the breakup observe “Prophet” about separating from Stenberg.
“‘Prophet' is about being in love with somebody who's a commodity, who's commodifying themselves, whereas concurrently doing it to your self as nicely,” she stated. “It's about watching somebody monetize their worth and wrestle with the best way the business is treating them. It's fairly darkish.”
Quinn Whitney Wilson
King Princess confirmed in a 2021 GQ profile that she reached out to Wilson through an Instagram DM to disclose she was a fan of the rapper. The longer term couple met in individual in Los Angeles a number of days later and shortly have been inseparable.
Because the couple mirrored on the early days of their relationship, King Princess remembered being significantly drawn to Wilson's nonconformist aesthetic.
“[Quinn's] type is the rationale I fell in love along with her,” King Princess stated. “My type is a lot better now, and everybody in my life has observed it.”
The 2 began working collectively professionally, with King Princess describing their romantic and work dynamic as “symbiotic.”
“It's a real partnership,” she added.
Quinn Wilson and King Princess in December 2021. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Photos for Ralph Lauren
In the identical profile, Wilson acknowledged that, though their relationship was continuously tumultuous, they cherished each other deeply.
“We battle on a regular basis,” Wilson admitted. “There have been some large highs and lows in our relationship, and we're nonetheless functioning on the similar baseline of affection and respect for one another.”
She added, “I really feel like we've got an emotion, we're actually intense and get it out, after which it dissolves … I like Mikaela a lot it's painful. She's my greatest pal.”
The couple reportedly break up in December 2023 after 4 years collectively.
