It's the only thing that numbs the pain

Vitor, he. BR

[highly-emotional-people]

[hayleyikiyoko]

I have been working on finding my voice for years. As an artist, I always want everything I create to represent what my soul feels and sounds like – whether it’s a video concept or a lyric or melody. Two years ago on a rare rainy day in Los Angeles, in a songwriting session with Owen Thomas and Lily May Young, I was venting my frustration about my music not connecting the way I wanted it to. Lily looked me in the eye and asked, “Tell me something nobody knows about you, something you are afraid to sing about?“ I immediately thought, well I like girls and that’s what I want to sing about, but even then I struggled to say it out loud. Finally, I told Lily that I always say “you” and “them" and never the pronoun “her" in all my songs because I was afraid it wouldn’t connect. We talked more about concepts and my experiences, and how I loved the idea of stealing another guy’s girl because that was always a fantasy of mine. Growing up, everything I did was always about girls. I took dance because of girls. I got involved in student council because of girls. Not that I ever expected any of them to like me back, but I just felt comforted being around them, even if I could never date them. So there we were. The song “Girls like Girls" was born.

[hayleyikiyoko]

curious // hayley kiyoko

[highly-emotional-people]

I just love storytelling. I write music to tell stories. So when I’m done writing a song, I take it and go, ‘Okay. How can I interpret these lyrics differently?’ I love taking lyrics that were so close to me at a certain point in my life and then revamping them. I always want to take things to the next level.

[shrekfiona]

Chloe x Halle photographed by Robin Harper for Flaunt Magazine (2018)

[hayleyikiyoko]

On a very small scale, I kind of understand why the directors that I work with do certain things. I don't consider myself an incredible director. I'm not ready to do movies by any means. But, I feel like I can be a better actress now that I've been on the other side and kind of understand the process and more of the technical aspects of it.

[glamoroussource]

Keira Knightley photographed for Flaunt Magazine.

[glamoroussource]

nicola peltz photographed by miguel reveriego for vogue spain.

[bwbeautyqueens]

Michaela Coel photographed by Christina Ebenezer for British GQ

[hayleyikiyoko]

Dua Lipa - Hallucinate (Official Music Video)

[yourfavouritecelebrity-source]

It’s tough as an artist to have such a specific vision for your video in mind when you write a song. Reaching out to directors is like going on blind dates and trying to find someone who sees the exact vision behind your music, which can be really difficult.

[opsbritney]

Britney Spears — Mark Liddell, 2001

[glamoroussource]

“I definitely believe that you are drawn to certain things for inexplicable reasons, but in a very powerful way. I don’t know what it is exactly, but I know that things happen kind of miraculously sometimes, and so I’m willing to believe that there’s something pretty magical out there.”

[enidsinclair]

i constantly do that thing that’s on tumblr, where it’s alan rickman as snape where it’s like, “my body is ready”…

[dailysapphiclyrics]

Hayley Kiyoko- HNLY

[yourfavouritecelebrity-source]

No, I like normal life but I will go crazy if I’m not working. I’ll say to my mom, “I’m going crazy! I’m going stir crazy!” I love my house. I love my family. I love my animals. Sometimes, I just want to work whether its on location here in Michigan or back in LA. I just want to work, work, work. It’s what I want to do with the rest of my life so, yes, I do go a little bit crazy when I’m not working.

[hayleyikiyoko]