PRINS Enters a Bolder New Era with New EP ‘Messy, Young & Able’
Today, New Zealand pop artist PRINS releases her highly anticipated new EP, Messy, Young & Able, a five-track project that marks her boldest, darkest and most unapologetic artistic evolution to date.
But the timing of this release makes it particularly significant.
In the final weeks leading up to the EP, PRINS saw her upcoming tour cancelled, her long-term manager step away and the end of a five-and-a-half-year relationship. After years of building towards an international music career, everything seemed to unravel at once. For the first time, she questioned whether she could continue pursuing music professionally.
She decided to release the EP anyway.
Messy, Young & Able is about refusing to wait until you’re perfectly put together to go after everything you want. It’s about ambition, femininity, sexuality, self-expression and embracing the parts of yourself that don’t always fit neatly into other people’s expectations.
Sonically, PRINS pushes into darker, sexier territory, blending pop and electronic influences with provocative songwriting, unexpected production switches and an attitude that feels entirely her own. Across five tracks, she explores different sides of herself, from sensuality and confidence to obsession, ambition and the chaos of wanting more.
Having spent considerable time writing and recording in Los Angeles, PRINS has also been building relationships with producers and writers behind records by some of her favourite international artists, further shaping the global direction of her sound.
The title says it all. She’s messy, she’s young, she’s able, and she’s not waiting for permission.
Messy, Young & Able is out now.
