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-->--'''"Girls Like Girls"'''

Hayley Kiyoko Alcroft (born April 3, 1991 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Born in Los Angeles, she got her start in 2007 with the ''Music/TheStunners'', an all-girl singing and dancing group. The group released a couple singles before splitting in 2011.

In 2009, she began playing Velma Dinkley in ''Film/ScoobyDooTheMysteryBegins'' and its sequel ''Film/ScoobyDooCurseOfTheLakeMonster''. She then began working for Disney, starting with guest starring in four episodes of ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', before starring in the television film ''Film/LemonadeMouth''. In 2015, Hayley landed a leading role on the short-lived series ''Series/CSICyber''.

Since then, Hayley has been focusing on her music. Her first EP, ''A Belle To Remember'' was released in 2013, followed by her second EP, ''This Side of Paradise'' in 2015. The latter EP contained the song "Girls Like Girls", the music video for which currently has over 89 million views on Website/YouTube. Her third EP, ''Citrine'' was released in 2016. Her debut album, ''Expectations'', was released in March 2018.

Hayley is a lesbian, while her tendency to sing about loving women and to make music videos featuring girls falling in love has gained her a large LGBTFanbase. Her fans affectionately refer to her as the "Queen of the Gays", though [[http://www.newnownext.com/hayley-kiyoko-expectations-curious/01/2018/ "Lesbian Jesus" is catching on]]. In May 2023 she published a young adult fiction book, ''Girls Love Girls'' (after her own song of the same name), about a teenage lesbian girl (you guessed it) falling in love with another girl in a small town.

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Hayley Kiyoko Alcroft (born April 3, 1991 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Born in Los Angeles, she got her start in 2007 with the ''Music/TheStunners'', an all-girl singing and dancing group. The group released a couple singles before splitting in 2011.

Hayley began acting at a young age, appearing in commercials for various brands, and also took an immediate liking to music, picking up drum lessons at age six. Her first major career opportunity came in 2007, when she became a founding member of Music/TheStunners, an all-girl singing and dancing group. The group released a handful of singles and an EP before splitting in 2011. She also appeared in her first TV role in 2007, playing a bit part in several episodes of ''Series/{{Unfabulous}}''.

In 2009, she began playing Hayley starred as Velma Dinkley in ''Film/ScoobyDooTheMysteryBegins'' and its ''Film/ScoobyDooTheMysteryBegins'', a role she reprised for the film's 2010 sequel ''Film/ScoobyDooCurseOfTheLakeMonster''. She then began working for Disney, acting in various Creator/{{Disney}} works, starting with a guest starring appearance in four episodes of ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' before starring in the television film Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie ''Film/LemonadeMouth''. In 2015, Hayley she landed a leading role on the short-lived series ''Series/CSICyber''.

''Series/CSICyber''.

Since then, Hayley has been focusing on her music. Her first EP, ''A Belle To Remember'' was She released in 2013, followed by her several [=EPs=] around the mid-2010s, the second EP, ''This of which (''This Side of Paradise'' in 2015. The latter EP contained Paradise'') contains the song hit single "Girls Like Girls", the music whose video for which currently has over 89 152 million views on Website/YouTube. Her third EP, ''Citrine'' was released in 2016. Her debut album, ''Expectations'', was released in March 2018.

2018 and reached the top 20 in the United States, Canada and Australia. Her fourth EP, ''I'm Too Sensitive For This Shit'', was released in 2020; her second album, ''Panorama'', came in 2022.

Hayley is also a lesbian, while and her tendency tendencies to sing about loving women and to women, make music videos featuring girls falling in love love, and publicly advocate for queer rights has gained her a large LGBTFanbase. Her Several {{Affectionate Nickname}}s her fans affectionately refer to have given her as the "Queen of the Gays", though include [[http://www.newnownext.com/hayley-kiyoko-expectations-curious/01/2018/ "Lesbian Jesus" is catching on]]. Jesus"]] and "the Queen of the Gays". Since 2018, she has been dating former ''[[Series/TheBachelor Bachelor]]'' contestant Becca Tilley.

In May 2023 she 2023, Hayley published a young adult fiction book, book titled ''Girls Love Girls'' (after her own song of the same name), about a teenage lesbian girl (you guessed it) falling in love with another girl in a small town.
town. Within a week of release, it debuted at #1 on ''The New York Times'' bestseller list for hardcover young adult books.




!!Selected Filmography:

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Hayley is a lesbian, while her tendency to sing about loving women and to make music videos featuring girls falling in love has gained her a large LGBTFanbase. Her fans affectionately refer to her as the "Queen of the Gays", though [[http://www.newnownext.com/hayley-kiyoko-expectations-curious/01/2018/ "Lesbian Jesus" is catching on]].

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Hayley is a lesbian, while her tendency to sing about loving women and to make music videos featuring girls falling in love has gained her a large LGBTFanbase. Her fans affectionately refer to her as the "Queen of the Gays", though [[http://www.newnownext.com/hayley-kiyoko-expectations-curious/01/2018/ "Lesbian Jesus" is catching on]].
on]]. In May 2023 she published a young adult fiction book, ''Girls Love Girls'' (after her own song of the same name), about a teenage lesbian girl (you guessed it) falling in love with another girl in a small town.

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* TheBigDamnKiss:
** Sonya and Coley in the "Girls Like Girls" music video after Coley beats the crap out of Sonya's abusive boyfriend.

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TheBigDamnKiss: Sonya and Coley in the "Girls Like Girls" music video after Coley beats the crap out of Sonya's abusive boyfriend.



** In "Curious", Kiyoko calls out her ex-girlfriend for ignoring her and dating a man to avoid dealing with LGBT+.

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** In "Curious", Kiyoko calls out her ex-girlfriend for ignoring her and dating a man to avoid dealing with being LGBT+.



* HotterAndSexier: The release of ''Expectations'' coincided with a more adult image.

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The release of ''Expectations'' coincided with a more adult image.



** "Curious". The video ends with Hayley's love interest giving into temptation and cheating on her boyfriend with Hayley. Hayley leaves the girl alone looking conflicted, and we never see what happens afterwards.

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** "Curious". The video ends with Hayley's love interest giving into in to temptation and cheating on her boyfriend with Hayley. Hayley leaves the girl alone looking conflicted, and we never see what happens afterwards.



* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Coley in "Girls Like Girls". When Sonya's abusive boyfriend grabs her and yells at her, Coley just ''beats the living shit out of him''. And that was right after the dick hit Coley.

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* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Coley in "Girls Like Girls". When Sonya's abusive boyfriend grabs her and yells at her, Coley just ''beats the living shit out of him''. And that That was right after the dick hit Coley.
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->''Saw your face, heard your name, gotta get with you\\
Girls like girls like boys do, nothing new\\
Isn't this why we came? Gotta get with you\\
Girls like girls, like boys do, nothing new''
-->--'''"Girls Like Girls"'''
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* BastardBoyfriend: Sonya's abusive boyfriend in "Girls Like Girls".
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Hayel is a lesbian, while her tendency to sing about loving women and to make music videos featuring girls falling in love has gained her a large LGBTFanbase. Her fans affectionately refer to her as the "Queen of the Gays", though [[http://www.newnownext.com/hayley-kiyoko-expectations-curious/01/2018/ "Lesbian Jesus" is catching on]].

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Hayel Hayley is a lesbian, while her tendency to sing about loving women and to make music videos featuring girls falling in love has gained her a large LGBTFanbase. Her fans affectionately refer to her as the "Queen of the Gays", though [[http://www.newnownext.com/hayley-kiyoko-expectations-curious/01/2018/ "Lesbian Jesus" is catching on]].

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Her tendency to sing about loving women and to make music videos featuring girls falling in love has gained her a large LGBTFanbase. Her fans affectionately refer to her as the "Queen of the Gays", though [[http://www.newnownext.com/hayley-kiyoko-expectations-curious/01/2018/ "Lesbian Jesus" is catching on]].

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Her Hayel is a lesbian, while her tendency to sing about loving women and to make music videos featuring girls falling in love has gained her a large LGBTFanbase. Her fans affectionately refer to her as the "Queen of the Gays", though [[http://www.newnownext.com/hayley-kiyoko-expectations-curious/01/2018/ "Lesbian Jesus" is catching on]].




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* TheNineties: Some of the aesthetics of her music videos are reminiscent of the 90s, particularly her outfit in the "Gravel to Tempo" video.



* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Has said that "Gravel to Tempo" is about feeling out of place around the girls she had crushes on in high school.

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Has She has said that "Gravel to Tempo" is about feeling out of place around the girls she had crushes on in high school.



* ArmouredClosetGay:
** The song "Curious" details Kiyoko confronting an ex-girlfriend she believes is dating a man to mask her true feelings for Kiyoko



* TheBeard:
** Sonya's abusive boyfriend in "Girls Like Girls".
** Possibly Kiyoko's ex's new boyfriend in "Curious".

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* %%* TheBeard:
** %%** Sonya's abusive boyfriend in "Girls Like Girls".
** %%** Possibly Kiyoko's ex's new boyfriend in "Curious".



** Hayley and Kehlani at the end of "What I Need".
** Hayley and Tereza's characters share a passionate kiss in the bathroom at a party in "Curious"

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** %%** Hayley and Kehlani at the end of "What I Need".
** %%** Hayley and Tereza's characters share a passionate kiss in the bathroom at a party in "Curious"



** Several songs on ''Expectations'' deal with Hayley falling for a girl with a boyfriend, most notably "Curious" and "He'll Never Love You (HNLY)".



* ClosetKey: Hayley for Kehlani in "What I Need".

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* ClosetGay: The song "Curious" details Kiyoko confronting an ex-girlfriend she believes is dating a man to mask her true feelings for Kiyoko.
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ClosetKey: Hayley for Kehlani in "What I Need".



* ConceptVideo: All of them so far.
* TheCutie: Hayley herself, particularly in Q&As.

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* %%* ConceptVideo: All of them so far.
* %%* TheCutie: Hayley herself, particularly in Q&As.



* TheDogBitesBack: Coley in "Girls Like Girls". She's mostly passive and shy, until [[BerserkButton Sonya's unwanted beau decides to take it a step farther]].

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* %%* TheDogBitesBack: Coley in "Girls Like Girls". She's mostly passive and shy, until [[BerserkButton Sonya's unwanted beau decides to take it a step farther]].



** Kehlani's character suffers this from her aunt in the opening of "What I Need".

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** %%** Kehlani's character suffers this from her aunt in the opening of "What I Need".



* GriefSong: Unusually upbeat for the trope, but "Palace" is about losing a loved one and finding comfort in knowing they will live on forever in your memories.

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Unusually upbeat for the trope, but "Palace" is about losing a loved one and finding comfort in knowing they will live on forever in your memories.



* HeldGaze: Between the protagonists in "Girls Like Girls".

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* HeldGaze: HeldGaze:
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Between the protagonists in "Girls Like Girls".



* IncompatibleOrientation: Implied in "Pretty Girl", as Hayley says the girl doesn't "like [her] type".

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Implied in "Pretty Girl", as Hayley says the girl doesn't "like [her] type".



* LoveIsADrug: In "Feelings"

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In "Feelings"



* LoveTriangle: Several songs on ''Expectations'' deal with Hayley falling for a girl with a boyfriend, most notably "Curious" and "He'll Never Love You (HNLY)"



* TheNineties: Some of the aesthetics of her music videos are reminiscent of the 90s, particularly her outfit in the "Gravel to Tempo" video.



* PrecisionFStrike: The "One Bad Night" music video opens with someone yelling "You're always ''fucking'' late!" at one of the main characters. It's even more jarring when you consider that this is the first time ''any'' swearing has been featured in any of her videos.

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* PrecisionFStrike: PrecisionFStrike:
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The "One Bad Night" music video opens with someone yelling "You're always ''fucking'' late!" at one of the main characters. It's even more jarring when you consider that this is the first time ''any'' swearing has been featured in any of her videos.



* RelationshipUpgrade: Sonya and Coley in the "Girls Like Girls" music video.

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Sonya and Coley in the "Girls Like Girls" music video.



* SelfEmpowermentAnthem: "Gravel to Tempo".
* SillyLoveSongs: "Girls Like Girls", most prominently, but "Pretty Girl" and "Ease My Mind" from her Citrine EP also qualify.

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* %%* SelfEmpowermentAnthem: "Gravel to Tempo".
* %%* SillyLoveSongs: "Girls Like Girls", most prominently, but "Pretty Girl" and "Ease My Mind" from her Citrine EP also qualify.
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* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: The relationship between Hayley and Kehlani in the video for "What I Need" has this, at first.
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* ''I'm Too Sensitive For This Shit'' EP (2020)
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* SchoolgirlLesbians: Sonya and Coley.

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