1999–2013: Career beginnings In 1999, she debuted as an actress in her father's film
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. Her debut single "Good To Be A Man", was released on March 13, 2012, as a
digital download and also as a 7" vinyl single. and made television appearances on
VH1 Big Morning Buzz Live and the
Late Show with David Letterman. King has played
Austin, Texas, at the
South by Southwest Festival, as well as the
Hammersmith Apollo. She toured with
Of Monsters and Men,
Train and
Michael Kiwanuka and has opened for
Dashboard Confessional,
Dropkick Murphys,
Dry the River,
James Bay and
Ed Sheeran.
2014–present: Love Stuff, Shake the Spirit and Come Get Your Wife In September 2014, King released "
Ex's & Oh's", which serves as the lead single off her debut album. She released the album,
Love Stuff on February 17, 2015. The song reached number 10 on the
Billboard Hot 100, becoming King's first top ten single in the United States. "Ex's & Oh's" received two nominations at the
58th Grammy Awards:
Best Rock Performance and
Best Rock Song. In July 2015, King supported
Modest Mouse on their UK tour. "
Under the Influence" and "
America's Sweetheart" were later released as singles for rock radio and mainstream radio, respectively. In 2016, her single "Good Girls" featured on the
Ghostbusters soundtrack and played over the movie's credits. In 2016, she teamed up with country singer
Dierks Bentley for the song "
Different for Girls". They performed this song at the
50th CMA Awards on November 2, 2016, when she and Bentley won the award for Musical Event of the Year. On March 6, 2017, she premiered a new single "Wild Love" featuring a sparse electronic production, marking a slight departure from her previous style in music. King released her second studio album,
Shake the Spirit, on October 19, 2018, which she made with her band the Brethren. On August 3, 2019, she was featured singing on a version of
Lindsey Stirling's "The Upside". Throughout 2019, King served as a guest co-host on the MTV series
Catfish: The TV Show opposite lead host
Nev Schulman. In 2022, she featured on a remix of Canadian singer
Dax's single "
Dear Alcohol". In March 2022, King contributed a cover of "
Feelin' Alright" (originally by
Traffic and popularized by
Joe Cocker, based on the arrangement of the latter version) to the
soundtrack of the 2022
DreamWorks Animation crime comedy film
The Bad Guys. King's third album,
Come Get Your Wife, was released on January 27, 2023, and displays a move into country music. On January 19, 2024, an intoxicated King performed at the
Grand Ole Opry to honor
Dolly Parton's 78th birthday. The Grand Ole Opry later issued an apology. ==Musical style and influences==