King Princess was solely 11 the primary time they have been supplied a recording contract, however their household opted towards it.
They informed Rolling Stone, “My dad was actually a protector and mentor. Individuals have been fucking fearful of him. I labored with individuals who have been like, ‘Oh man, I really 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 trade as effectively. 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 go away with out one another and died collectively onboard the ship in James Cameron’s Titanic.