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Genderqueer pop sensation King Princess: 'The tea is we've always been the tea'

Several days before the release of her debut album, the 20-year-old pop singer known as King Princess sat in a recording studio in Hollywood freaking out a little bit.

"The experience last time was so insular," she said, referring to the creation of "1950," the homemade love song that got her signed to producer Mark Ronson's Zelig label and went on to become a viral streaming hit last year with more than 300 million plays on YouTube and Spotify. "Now there's a fan base that knows my music and has seen me perform - real-ass people waiting to hear what I have to say."

As she spoke, members of her team were readying Ronson's studio for a listening party at which King Princess planned to play her debut album, "Cheap Queen," for a

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