“Pussy Is God”

It’s not every day you hear the word “pussy” in pop music, and when you do, it’s not often in the way King Princess sings it: soft and crooning, cushioned in drums. In the 19-year-old emerging singer’s latest single, “Pussy Is God,” anatomy isn’t really the focus; it’s just an entry point to gushing about her girlfriend. This is the first track King Princess has released since her June debut EP, Make My Bed; that collection of songs was sparkling, polished, and unabashedly gay, centering not only on queer relationships but also on the rougher edges of romance. Her new song is textbook pop, a catchy ode to a lover who’s “extra special” and “number one.” It’s mostly a celebration of sex and the feeling of finding the right partner, though King Princess takes the concept a little further, skipping through the haze of infatuation. “It gets hard when you give a fuck,” she sighs.

The track is a labor of real-life love, too; it was co-written by King Princess’ girlfriend, the actress Amandla Stenberg. King Princess produced the track and it gleams with guitar, the occasional growling synth, and random punctuations of a pitch-shifted voice announcing, “New release! New release!” Joyously, the song doesn’t shy away from its title. “Queer love was only allowed to exist privately for a long time,” King Princess has said about her breakout single “1950.” Her new track continues to bring the once-private into the public, euphorically.