Princess Chelsea

Princess Chelsea is the project of Auckland musician Chelsea Nikkel, long associated with the Lil' Chief Records label. Her music sets cool, understated vocals against glockenspiels, strings, keyboards and drum machines, with lyrics that tend toward dry humour and bleak little observations about everyday life.

She is best known for "The Cigarette Duet", a song sung with Jonathan Bree whose video spread far beyond New Zealand and gathered tens of millions of views online. Her albums include Lil' Golden Book, The Great Cybernetic Depression and Aftertouch, each moving between ornate chamber arrangements and more electronic pop.