King Princess Gets Cozy With A Replacement Love In 'Talia' Video

In late February, young songwriter King Princess dropped her aching debut single "1950," which speedily caught a persons vision of Harry Styles (and plenty of others). About a month ago, we heard her follow-up, a moody and lovesick cut called "Talia" that utilized the same massive, pulsating low end.


On Wednesday (May 16), the "Talia" video arrived, and prepare yourself: It's an emotional ride through heartbreak and the perpetual fear of being without someone, all conveyed with the aid of one important prop — a sex doll.


One could argue that the doll question here's, case in point, not a prop however its own character in the loose narrative. Immediately considering that, as King Princess (real name: Mikaela Straus) gnaws and smokes her way through losing someone special, the doll acts as an emotional stand-in. In this video, which her pal Amandla Stenberg edited and was colorist for, the pair roll around just like they're lovers and even find an evening romantic evening with each other on the beach.


In her first big interview as an artist, Straus broke down one very key songwriting decision she made early on for i-D.


"I reached a point in my life where I was like, well, am I gonna gender my songs?" She instructed them magazine. "And I determined, yeah, I'm gonna put fucking female pronouns in my songs. It doesn't make any sense for me to hide that piece of myself."


On "Talia," she sings, "I can taste your lipstick, I can lay down next to you / However it's all in my head / If I drink enough swear that I plan to wake up next to you." Watch that heartbreaking line, and the whole song, come alive in the mesmerizing video above.