King Princess has delivered a powerful cover of Geese‘s ‘Au Pays Du Cocaine’, and described the song as a “lesbian anthem”.
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The track was originally shared by the New York rock group as part of their critically acclaimed latest album ‘Getting Killed’, and became an instant fan-favourite thanks to the melancholic, yearning vocal melody from frontman Cameron Winter and the haunting instrumentation behind.
Now, King Princess has shared a hypnotic new cover of the song, and put their distinctive spin on the hit single.
The singer shared the new version as part of a recent appearance on the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, and takes a slightly more upbeat approach with the cover, leaning into the sombre bassline and introducing a lightly hopeful undertone.
King Princess also spoke to BBC Radio 1 host Jack Saunders about the decision to take on the Geese track, and said that the inspiration to cover the song partly came as they saw it as “a lesbian anthem”.
“That geese song is such a lesbian anthem. I don’t know if he [Winter] meant to write such a lesbian song, but it really is quite d***-centric,” the artist said.
When asked what makes it stand out in that way, King Princess responded by quoting some of the lyrics. “‘You can change and still choose me’… Ask some of your lesbian friends what that means.
“It’s such a beautiful song. It really represents what it’s like to be in love right now. A song about two people wanting freedom and wanting to be individuals, and yet are actively choosing to stay together. That feels extremely present, but also extremely queer.”
This isn’t the first time that King Princess has covered a huge rock song either. Back in 2023, the singer – real name Mikaela Straus – performed the 1994 grunge classic, ‘Black Hole Sun’ by Soundgarden, for the Australian radio show Triple J’s Like A Version series.
“I’m a huge Chris Cornell fan,” they said at the time. “He’s always just had such an amazing compelling voice. Really interesting chords. Really interesting instrumentation in the original. Such a universal chorus that anybody could sing. I feel like it was just a lot to play off of.”
As for Geese, the NYC band performed ‘Au Pays Du Cocaine’ during their Saturday Night Live debut this past weekend, and also broke out a live rendition of ‘Trinidad’ for the show.
The former NME Cover stars are still keeping up the momentum after a mammoth 2025 – which also saw their new album ‘Getting Killed’ given a five-star review from NME, and later land at the Number One spot on our 50 best albums of the year list.
Their track ‘Taxes’ from the record also came in at Number Two in NME‘s round-up of the 50 best songs of 2025, and among the huge names sharing praise for the band are Nick Cave and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
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