“I Know” is King Princess’s second release from her Spotify RISE collaboration. This one is a duet and cover of Fiona Apple’s 1999 “I Know,” featuring Apple herself. Mikaela says of the song:
It feels like this beautiful gifting of her music to me. I produced the new version, and she’s playing keys...
[Verse 1]
So be it, I’m your crowbar
If that’s what I am so far
Until you get out of this mess
And I will pretend
That I don’t know of your sins
Until you are ready to confess
But all the time, all the time
I’ll know, I’ll know
[Verse 2]
And you can use my skin
To bury secrets in
And I will settle you down
And at my own suggestion
I will ask no questions
While I do my thing in the background
But all the time, all the time
I’ll know, I’ll know
[Breakdown]
Baby
I can't help you out
While she is still around
[Verse 3]
So for the time being, I'm being patient
And amidst this bitterness
If you'll just consider this
Even if it don’t make sense all the time
Give it time
And when the crowd becomes your burden
And you've early closed your curtain
I'll wait by the backstage door
[Verse 4]
While you try to find
The lines to speak your mind
And pry it open, hoping for an encore
And if it gets too late, for me to wait
For you to find you love me, and tell me so
It’s ok, don’t need to say it
I Know was written by Fiona Apple.
I Know was produced by Mike Malchicoff & King Princess.
King Princess released I Know on Fri Jan 25 2019.
On a Radio interview with SiriusXM, King Princes told how the colab happens:
Mikaela told Sirius XM:
I had this spotify thing and they wanted me to do a duet and at first we were just thinking about who to do. My A&R was just like, “I sent your number over to Fiona Apple’s manager. You know, see what happens.” I was like, “What? No, you can’t just be sending my number....