116 - Hayley Kiyoko: Girls Like Girls, Disney Channel Original Movies & A Musical?!

We're joined by a very special guest on this episode of The Final FronTia... as singer, songwriter, actress, author and director Hayley Kiyoko joins Tia in the studio!

Hayley Kiyoko is a celebrated pop artist, actress, director, author, and LGBTQ+ advocate. Known for roles in Lemonade Mouth and Insecure, she has gained millions of streams as an artist, won an MTV VMA, sold out tours worldwide, and became a New York Times Best-selling author with her YA novel, Girls Like Girls - which has now been turned into a feature film.

On this episode of The Final FronTia, Tia and Hayley talk about the rejection, redirection and sheer stubbornness it took to bring a story so close to Hayley's heart to the big screen. She talks about growing up without seeing her own experiences reflected in cinema, why representation still matters, and her mission to create stories filled with queer joy, celebration and hope.

Hayley also takes Tia behind the scenes of making her directorial debut, how all the different skills she has picked up throughout her career became part of her director’s toolkit PLUS there's some vacting advice for anyone currently suffering through the nightmare of the self-tape.

And because this is The Final FronTia, naturally the conversation takes a wonderfully chaotic turn. Hayley looks back at her Disney Channel era before joining Tia for a very serious game...!

There’s also talk of a potential Girls Like Girls musical, Broadway versus the West End, Hayley’s dream role and why sometimes you just have to keep dreaming big even when everyone else is telling you no.

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