King Princess Tweaked Lady Gaga's 'Speechless' To Make It Even More Emotional

Ahh, King Princess… the inexpensive) queen of putting us deep in our feelings. Fresh off the release of her stellar debut album, the "1950" singer appeared on BBC Radio 1's Chillest Show with Phil Taggart, where she took a seat at the piano bench for a pair of intimate performances. First, she gorgeously pared back the Cheap Queen cut "Ain't With each other although it was her cover efficiency that has really abandoned us speechless.


The 20-year-old determined to put her own spin on Lady Gaga's "Speechless," from 2009's The Fame Monster. Gaga's original version was written about her dad soon after he had undergone heart surgery, however KP's softer, more shattered rendition zeroes in on the feeling of loving a person who turns out to be someone you never really knew. She repeatedly tweaks the lyric "I'll never talk again" to "I'll never love again," and notably changes the song's pronouns; where Gaga normally sings, "Oh boy, you've abandoned me speechless," KP changes the object of the song to "girl."


The cover is heartbreaking in its quietness, along with a total stunner; just four-plus minutes of King Princess and her piano. Check it out below, and visualize her efficiency of "Ain't With each other here.


King Princess's "Speechless" cover comes immediately after proving her status as A little bit Monster on more than one occasion. Last year, she covered "Joanne" alongside her label boss and frequent collaborator, Mark Ronson, who's also worked with Gaga a few times. And last fall, KP discussed up her love of the pop icon in a Interview Magazine conversation with Ronson.


"She's the initial pop star that I had really witnessed in that way," King Princess mentioned of Gaga. Whenever I was younger, I would stay up and wait for her videos to drop. She was different — not afraid to be gross and funny and sexy, all at the same time. She championed the queers, like an extension of Madonna and Tina Turner and all these people who support the gay community without being a direct segment of it. For me, she was the closest thing to having a gay icon."