The 35-year-old has already established herself as a queer music icon, but now she's making her grand entrance into Hollywood, helming her first feature film centered on a story that she holds near and dear to her heart.
[This story contains spoilers for Girls Like Girls.]
Hayley Kiyoko has accomplished something very unique. She took her 2015 hit song “Girls Like Girls” and turned it into an expansive universe featuring a music video, novel and now a feature film.
Though the 35-year-old got her start with roles in Disney Channel’s Lemonade Mouth and the Scooby-Doo! live-action films, she didn’t wait long before turning her full attention to music. She used her lyrics as a tool for self-expression and healing, leading to her personal coming-out anthem “Girls Like Girls,” which established her as a major force in the music industry.
Fast forward, and she has continued to share her revolutionary story across multiple mediums to reach as many people as possible. While the long journey has seen plenty of hurdles, it’s also been extremely rewarding for Kiyoko. “I’m not religious, but there was something in my body that was propelling me forward. And every time I wanted to give up and every time I was like, ‘I don’t think this is going to happen or come to fruition,’ my body was like, ‘But you have to do this,'” she tells The Hollywood Reporter. “It was just like, ‘If it’s not you, then who?'”
