Princess Goes (To The Butterfly Museum) “Stranger” Single Review, Released May 13th

May 22, 2026 Melinoe Macaria Mourningstar

Waning Crescent Aries

Introspection From Melinoe:

Welcome My Ghouls, My Demons, and My Fellow Wyrd Ones! I have a teary-eyed article written up for you. Teary-Eyed in the most Heartfelt of Soulful ways. I simply cannot contain my Bliss. Anyone who knows me, knows I am quite the Dexter and Six Feet Under fan. I am quite the Michael C. Hall Fan Girl. However, that bias is not the only reason for the mist coming from my eyes. My emotion also stems from the Beauty that is the Divine, Astrology and Magick. My Joy comes from the Love that is undeniable from this Melodic Masterpiece. Princess Goes (To The Butterfly Museum) has done it once again. They have created yet another song that tickles my inner child pink with feverish enthusiasm. I don’t know a more accurate way to describe what their music does to me. I am fulfilled with the same Ecstasy a Child experiences when they Witness the world for the first time. When everything is shiny and new. When every moment is met with the highest of expressions of the human spectrum. I suppose I could summarize the sensation by stating I am an Aficionada or a Devotee to the band and their sound. Internally I feel as if I am the loudest and giddiest of screaming fans. However, not in a cringey, parasocial way. Without sounding too mad? This music speaks to me on a deeper level than most. This art has tapped into something lost and forgotten within me. A soul retrieval if you will. Not simply this song, but the works of the group as a whole.

Princess Goes is an avant-indie supergroup whose sound has been self-described as “kaleidoscopic sound weather.” They can be related to the theatrical and experimental works of David Bowie. Their music blends dark synth-pop, glam rock, and electronic elements, drawing direct comparisons to artists like Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, and Gary Numan. Personally I went to war with my husband and compared them to Radiohead. My elitist hubby thought he won, and killed me through the debate. However, I will peacefully die upon the hill that Radiohead “could never” reach the intrinsic sound of Princess Goes. Is my Bias showing its Ass again? Good, now kiss it. I will argue the Aquarian Power of Princess Goes is much higher than the Libran Magicks of Radiohead. (An Air Sign War I will Lead with Pleasure). For me, Radiohead has been an acquired taste. Princess Goes won me over from the beginning. Scratching every music itch I could ever desire. In other words that are less offensive to the preferences of others? Princess Goes? Michael C. Hall? Peter Yanowitz? Matt Katz-Bohen? I see you lovely bitches. I hear you. I feel you. Perhaps it is the Aquarius in me that is directly tapped into the Aquarius within your frontman and lyricist. If David Bowie is my mutual Leo Moon? Michael C Hall is my mutual Aquarius Sun. (Sorry Boys, I haven’t dove into all of your Astrology yet.

I simply know that I was born February 4th, and Michael was born February 1st. I didn’t need to investigate much further.) Harmonizing my Sun-Moon axis and creating music that makes me feel seen, loved and heard. How wonderful I have been Healed by such Strangers. I want to credit the Trio for being an inspiring and talented bunch. It would seem that within the industry there aren’t many bands that have equal credit in their efforts. As an Aquarian Poet, I could easily make this all about your frontman like most folks would tend to do. To be honest, I have had to fight that urge. Why? Well, to take you all back to the beginning when I discovered Princess Goes? I was obsessively analyzing Dexter for the 3rd or 4th time. Dexter has been my comfort show and character for a variety of reasons. I could have a whole series dedicated to my personal relational insights and astrological correlations as to why that is the case. As I said, anyone who knows me, knows how much this character/essence/artist has meant to me throughout my life. And so, as someone who knows me better than most?

My beloved Taurus, Paul, informed me that “Dexter” had a band. Paul and I have bonded over our Gothic Vibes, Love of Everything Horror, David Bowie, Depche Mode and the likes of it all. I often refer to him as the “Gay Male Version of Me.” I could trust his recommendation that I would fall in Love with Princess Goes just as much as I had fallen in love with Dexter Morgan and David Fischer. Needless to say, Paul was not wrong. From the first song I knew I would become a Super Fan. The entrancing psychedelic initiations within the instrumentals are to Live for! A top choice when I want to dance it out in front of the altar, or drift into a lulling flow to create my next masterpiece myself. Lyrically I am Inspired. I hope the world can feel into the influences that inspire my poetry/songs and other art forms.

Before I begin my Ted Talk about “Stranger” I want to express my Love for “Come Talk to Me,” “Cruel World,” “Airhead,” “Armageddon Suite,” “Too Cool to Care,” “Nevertheless,” “Eat An Eraser,” “Blur,” “Let It Go,” and (my #1) “Come of Age.” You could say there isn’t a song I don’t like. Between the music, the lyrics, the music videos and all the promotional artwork I am brought to my knees in awe. I love myself creative beings that are true to themselves. One could say that Princess Goes is not for everyone, and you wouldn’t want them to be. They are too Unique for this Mainstream-Pop-Culture Realm of this World. However, I would also argue that every soul requires a droplet of time with Princess Goes for their evolution. It is on my bucket list to attend a show, enjoy myself some substances and dance the night away. It is one of my greatest regrets of economic hardship that I missed out on their show at the Magic Bag in Ferndale, and their appearance at Small’s in Hammtrack. It seems I also missed them in the midst of my move to Nashville as well. I am not entirely too worried though. Where there’s a Will there’s a Way, and baby do I have a lot of Will in Me. So Catch Me at the next Tour! Rain or Shine. Life or Death.

Now to gush about my Love for “Stranger.” It is a Poetic and Cinematic Ode to the merging of Souls through the growing pains of Human Evolution and Connection. Often times the endings of cycles leave us feeling as if we interrupted one another, held each other back or wasted one another’s time. I have frequently stated, “You could’ve just left me alone.” Processing loss can be cumbersome. More times than not, the Silver Lining seems impossible to find. I have found myself struggling to embrace the seasons of relationships and human connection in the past. I would beg and plead for those I loved to stay forever. Long after their time with me had passed. Transforming myself to fit into whatever mold they need me to be, all in order for them to stay with me. Not the healthiest of behaviors to embody. However, the loneliness in life can be debilitating. Which is why we send out radio singles to strangers. Strangers we subconsciously wish to come heal us, to feel us as we are, and love us anyways-only for the cycle to end and begin once more. I do believe it is Love, and only Love, that can mend a Broken Heart. That can Free a Lost Soul. One Cycle Ends, and we call out for another Cycle to Begin. Another Heart to Hold. Another Step that carries us up the Stairway to Heaven. I felt into the lyrics on a more spiritual level for myself. As an Aquarius, it seems I always disrupt people’s lives. I Ruin their Buzz with an innocent Spear of truth that strikes from my tongue, almost unknowingly Subconscious at best, Intuitive at worst. I would say at the time of my life when I was the most heartbroken, my soul was crying out the Bridge and singing for a Stranger to Find Me, Feel Me and Heal Me. Magickally, my beloved Husband appeared before me. Two desolated beings that emerged from the darkness together, hand in hand. Expansively, I can see how that voice could be crying out to the Gods/The Universe, to society and the overall collective. In a world that is Cruel, damaged and lost? All it would take to shift our global perspective would be a kind stranger. A Stranger who pled a Case for Mutual Restoration. As I shift from a steady sway into a hypnotic dance within the build up of the song?

I can feel into a calling being cast out to the void of consciousness. A call we must all find within ourselves to answer for the spiritual benefit of all beings. I found it within myself to answer the call to be one of those Strangers. A Stranger who Feels you. A Stranger who Heals you. I feel like all Artists and Creatives alike are those very Strangers We are all calling out for. I would boldly exclaim that “Princess Goes” are those very Strangers to me. And with that, I want to thank them for Feeling Me, and for Healing Me. As the Oracle of Rock Oracle, if you have not listened to “Stranger” by Princess Goes? I want to command you all to take a chance on a Strange song, from a Strange Band. I wish to encourage you all to take a Leap of Faith on Someone or Something that may Disrupt your Pathway in Life, and Shift your Directory. I want you all to Discover the Silver Lining behind all endings and carry with you the Wisdom that was Granted through such an experience. May we all reach our Personal Evolutions through Kindness and Curiosity. May we all be the Fellow Stranger that Heals, and Feels, in this Cruel, Cruel World. May we all Come of Age.

Live Deliciously. Love Authentically. And Always, Stay Wyrd!
–Melinoe Macaria Mourningstar