King Princess came back to Philly and provided a beautiful queer safe space to frolic and slow dance in.
On Nov. 1, 2025, the Union Transfer was filled with lesbians, people dressed as cherries, and also the night before’s Halloween costumes — all because the singer King Princess came to town with her “Girl Violence” tour.
Opener Sasami hyped up the crowd with a carefully curated setlist, ending in her pop banger “Slugger,” which had everyone dancing and ready for the main act.
Before King Princess came out on stage, a massive wall featuring graffiti appeared on stage, which would later be used to spray the city’s name on it, like she has done on every stop on this tour so far.
Her band came out before her, encouraging the crowd to cheer, and then she took the stage with her most recent single “Cherry,” the namesake of the costume so many concert-goers wore that night. The song is clearly a fan favorite and served as a great introduction.
Then, she played the songs “Jaime” and “I Feel Pretty,” bringing out the electric guitar for the first time that night.
For the next song, “The Bend,” she really put on an amazing vocal performance with the outro, singing the last chorus slower and almost acapella.
The song “Girls” was played next, King Princess shredding the guitar once again and being her true, gay self with lyrics like “Girls bring me to my knees.”
There were a couple of fun bits she did during the show, one of them right before the song “Pussy Is God.” Her drummer — who also controls the sound pads — has one that makes the ad-lib “pussy” and King Princess asked us to beg him to “please give us the pussy” before she started the song. It also featured some choreography, with her pretending to christen herself and then sliding her hands down her body during the line “I’ve been praying for hours.”
After that, she played the title track “Girl Violence” and the song “Cheap Queen,” which had a lot of people yelling the line “I can make grown men cry” with their full chest.
During “Alone Again,” she asked the audience to slow dance, creating a calm, wholesome atmosphere.
Then it was time for a round of “Spin the dice,” a game where the spin of a massive dice with song titles on it decides the next song in the setlist: basically, a surprise song section.
The dice landed on “the crowd chooses,” and most people screamed for the song “Prophet.”
Another fan favorite was “Fantastic,” which King Princess wrote for the hit show “Arcane: League of Legends.” She said on stage that the show was one of the favorite things she has ever been a part of. That sentiment was definitely reciprocated by her fans; they cheered so loud when she played the song. Even online, every video someone posts about her concert has comments that ask if she played the song.
King Princess then went into “Origin,” “Cry Cry Cry,” and “Homegirl,” which have a jazzy, soft rock sound and are a bit slower, before going into more up-tempo songs like “Hit The Back.”
She ended the regular set with her famous hit singles “Talia” and fan-favorite deep cuts like “Rip KP” before taking her final bow and then coming back out again after everyone screamed her name and sang the song that started it all, “1950.”
It was a notably gay show, and such a lovely, safe space where everyone was welcomed with open arms.
King Princess is an amazing, skilled performer who puts on a fun, flirty show — getting up close to the audience numerous times and singing in people’s faces — and The Triangle definitely recommends her shows.
Note: King Princess is non-binary but does not care about what pronouns are used.