Caroline Kingsbury Shares New Single + Video "Pain + Pleasure", Plays Co-Headline Tour + ATG Festival | 'Shock Treatment' EP Out 9/26 via Music Is Fun

Caroline Kingsbury Shares "Pain + Pleasure" Single + Video, Plays Co-Headline Tour with MARIS, All Things Go Festival Read Reverie Online, FAME, and FEMMUSIC Features Shock Treatment EP Out September 26th via Music Is Fun

Photo Credit: Jen Sanchez  PRE-SAVE: Caroline Kingsbury - Shock Treatment EP Pre-Save LISTEN & SHARE: Caroline Kingsbury - "Pain + Pleasure" Stream | Watch LISTEN & SHARE: Caroline Kingsbury - "Chocolate" Stream | Watch LISTEN & SHARE: Caroline Kingsbury - "Shock Treatment" Stream | Watch "She recalls the naked vulnerability of Karen O or Kate Bush, conjuring a sense of danger with her vocal slipperiness." - Pitchfork "Incredibly emotional and personal" - Gay Times "Drawing references from Prince, Madonna and Cyndi Lauper, the rising star infuses her infectiously danceable tracks with a sharp and fresh social commentary" -The Luna Collective "For those who are clamoring to know who’s the next Chappell Roan poised for a breakout year, look no further than Kingsbury" -Beats Per Minute "Right from the opening synth pulse, “Shock Treatment” locks you in. The song plays like the soundtrack to a neon-lit catharsis on the dance floor—equal parts Robyn’s “Dancing on My Own” and Cyndi Lauper circa "She’s So Unusual." -Blurred Culture "Rooted in her signature fearlessness, Kingsbury draws us into a thought-provoking and emotionally resonant world, where she brings us together to experience hope and joy led by pulsing beats and poignant storytelling" -Earmilk "There’s something deliciously defiant about Caroline Kingsbury’s approach to pop music. From 80s pop synths to maximalist make-up looks, Kingsbury is creating the kind of representation she never had growing up. In indulging her inner-child she’s carving out space for the next generation to grow up in a world of full-spectrum colour – embracing all that they are." - Dazed "Serious vintage new-wave meets power-pop vibes" - mxdwn "an explosive bit of synthwave straddling the line between vintage glow and boundary-pushing contemporary songwriting" -FLOOD "It’s evident from her raw lyrics and refreshingly vintage sound that the likes of The Killers and Bruce Springsteen have infused Kingsbury’s compositions with a modern queer sensibility." -Nonchalant Magazine "widescreen dreampop with an emphasis on pop" - BrooklynVegan "Throughout the album, the voice of the artist is roaring, strong and energetic. As in her previous works “In my Brain” and “Breaking Apart”, Caroline’s personality and timbre remain the absolute protagonists of her music. " - Atwood   Earlier this summer, Florida native and Los Angeles-based queer indie pop star Caroline Kingsbury announced her electric and daring new EP, Shock Treatment, due for release September 26th via Music Is Fun.  Inspired by the 1981 musical comedy film of the same name—a cult follow-up to The Rocky Horror Picture Show— Shock Treatment draws on the film’s themes of societal pressure and the blurred lines between reality and fantasy. With her signature fearless style, Kingsbury imagines a world of reverse conversion therapy, where queerness is not only normalized but celebrated, and heterosexuality is marginalized—flipping the script in that’s both thought-provoking and emotionally resonant. Today, Kingsbury shares the EP’s third single, “Pain + Pleasure”—a stripped-down piano ballad that channels all the raw emotion, catharsis, and flashes of synth magic signature to a Kingsbury track. This time, however, the track is delivered with a quieter intensity that highlights Kingsbury’s vulnerability and emotional depth and confirms her artistry is as expansive as it is fearless. While on tour with Pom Pom Squad this past March, Kingsbury waved the Transgender Pride Flag and reminded audiences: “It’s now more important than ever for us to be together, experiencing queer joy.” That spirit pulses through Shock Treatment, and it's a message she carried across the country this summer—from her debut performance at Lollapalooza to Capitol Hill Block Party. Later this month, Kingsbury kicks off her co-headlining Give Me a Tour! with MARIS and will take the stage at All Things Go. 2024 was a breakout year for Kingsbury, highlighted by her viral hit “Kissing Someone Else”—a collaboration with Math Bishop (Taylor Swift, The Killers)—which led to a tenfold increase in her streaming numbers and online following. She also made waves with “Give Me A Sign,” a glittering glam-pop anthem created with fellow retro-pop artist MARIS, which racked up over a million streams in a month and landed on Spotify’s global New Music Friday playlist. Most recently, Kingsbury's "Blurry Now," a fittingly cinematic and ethereal post-breakup ballad was featured in Netflix's Forever, now the No. 1 show on the platform. With the release of Shock Treatment, Kingsbury stands poised to convert the masses. "Pain + Pleasure" is out September 12th. Shock Treatment follows on September 26th via Music Is Fun.  Caroline Kingsbury - Pain & Pleasure (Official Music Video) Caroline is playing All Things Go this fall, followed by her co-headling tour with MARIS. Tickets are on sale now and more information is available here. CAROLINE KINGSBURY LIVE Sept 26 - Columbia, MD - All Things Go with MARIS: 9/13 - San Diego, CA, House of Blues Tickets RSVP 9/14 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar Tickets RSVP 9/16 Dallas, TX - Dada Dallas Tickets RSVP 9/17 Austin, TX - 3TEN Austin City Limits Live Tickets RSVP 9/19 - Nashville, TN - Cannery Hall  Tickets RSVP 9/20 - Atlanta, GA - Aisle 5  Tickets RSVP 9/21 - Tampa, FL - Crowbar  Tickets RSVP 9/23 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle  RSVP 9/25 - New York, New York, Racket NYC Tickets RSVP 9/27 - Philadelphia, PA - MilkBoy Tickets RSVP 9/28 Allston, MA - Brighton Music Hall Tickets RSVP 9/30 Celeveland, OH - Grog Shop Tickets RSVP 10/1 - Columbus, OH - Skullys Music Diner Tickets RSVP 10/3 - Chicago, IL - Chop Shop Tickets RSVP 10/4 - Minneapolis, MN - Green Room Tickets RSVP 10/5 - Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck Tickets RSVP 10/7 Denver, CO - Marquis Theater Tickets RSVP 10/9 Portland, OR - McMenamins Mission Theater Tickets RSVP 10/10 Seattle, WA - Barboza Tickets RSVP 10/11 Vancouver, BC, Canada - Biltmore Cabaret Tickets RSVP 10/14 - Berkeley, CA - Cornerstore Craft Beer & Live Music Tickets RSVP 10/15 - Los, Angeles, CA - Echoplex Tickets RSVP