It is one thing to see a person that you had a connection with turn cold and Julia Kate has managed to nail that pain down in the song be nice princess. Here the Los Angeles singer-songwriter has presented something truly refreshing, a pop song, and one that is fun and angry at the same time, a production that knows when to shine and when to hurt.
The point that makes this song so powerful is that it does not languish. The vocals performed by Julia possess a lightness that is below the emotional scope of her voice, and the way she moves between the condition of dejection and defiant power is very smooth. She is not only singing about a friendship that has gone sour, she is living it in a real-time, discovering her voice with having to face the expectations of another person.
Instrumentation is a perfect balance – while the song is pushed forward by percussion that is hard-hitting and very purposeful, soft, shimmering guitar chords are an almost dreamy contrast. This oppositional play is what makes be nice princess more than a standard pop fare. The arrangement is clever in a way that it helps the song shift its emotions without being too upfront, but slightly augmenting each revelation.
The impact of the chorus is a memorable one, tongue-in-cheek but really touching. There is humor here, but there is also the real pain behind it all, that bitter sweet feeling when you have grown beyond what some other person favored. Jointly composed with Nick Rosen and inspired by a meme produced at random on Instagram, the song is able to be both spontaneous and carefully constructed.
After her heartfelt solo release about the keys to grief and relationship, Julia Kate keeps making the point that she is not afraid of being emotional, and be nice princess is a song that feels vulnerable and biting at the same time, as the artist talks about demarcation, selfworth, and the liberating fact that being nice does not make one remain small.
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