- Hey it's Hayley Kiyoko and today I am here at Buzzfeed
talking about my firsts.
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Okay here we go, a little LOL bucket.
First celebrity crush.
Mila Kunis?
Rachel McAdams in the Notebook.
Honestly if I met Rachel McAdams, I'd be like shaking,
if I saw her I'd probably hide.
I probably wouldn't even say hi.
'Cause you know when you idolize someone so much
but it's like they will never know?
Like Rachel has always been my future wife
so she will never know that
she has been my wife for 28 years.
And so it's like, how do you explain that to someone
in just a moment of time?
First kiss.
My first boyfriend was in fourth grade.
He was very pretty, so that should
have been sign number one.
We had our first kiss, we planned it
in this cul-de-sac and it was like,
tomorrow at 4:00 after school.
And we hid behind a bush.
So I feel like I should have been offended by that
but whatever, I thought it was romantic at the time.
First album you ever bought.
It's hard to remember your very first album
but an album that I feel like
is one of my firsts was NSYNC album.
It was just called NSYNC.
I went to Tower Records and I waited in line
and I remember trying to get tickets
and I didn't get them.
First time you heard one of your songs in public.
All my friends will send me Insta stories
of hearing 'em in malls or different things.
And I'm like, I never get to hear them.
I remember one day traveling and I was in the airport.
We were walking and I heard a remix
of one of my songs in the MAC store.
And I ran into the store and they were looking at me weird
and I was just like, oh hey.
And I was just like oh my gosh!
And then you're looking around to share
it with other people but no one's there.
So it's just a moment for yourself.
First musical inspiration.
I don't know, I had a lot of musical inspirations.
I love Stevie Wonder, Blondie, the Cranberries.
Basically the music that my parents would play in the house.
As I got a little older, Avril Lavigne was like.
I was like oh my gosh, I can't wait to have my moment
like Avril Lavigne, like she is so cool and herself.
And then I would write music in my bedroom
feeling like I was Avril Lavigne.
First song you wrote.
It was a song called Notice.
Basically the lyrics don't make any sense.
I was like seven.
I thought it made sense but it was about
being noticed by the person that you love at age seven.
(laughing)
But my dad thinks it's a hit
and he bugs me every year to release it
and it's just not gonna happen.
First celebrity friend was Kaylani.
She commented on my Instagram and then we DM'd
and then we ended up writing a song together
and then I directed a music video with her in it.
When she was first in contact with me,
she was like, I'm very picky with artists
that I actually listen to and that I love
from beginning to end and I'm such a huge fan of hers.
And so it was a really cool moment.
I was like wow, she likes me.
Like respect, this is so cool.
First concert you went to.
NSYNC.
Love NSYNC, No Strings Attached.
Money was falling from the sky, fake money.
And I was like, this is what I wanna do.
This is the coolest thing.
I want fake money falling from the sky.
First time someone recognized you in public.
It's all kind of blurry because for a while
I was just the girl from Lemonade Mouth.
But now I've advanced to, Hayley Kiyoko, which is my name.
And it's like, I think that is the biggest memory I have.
When people started being like, Hayley!
And I was like (gasping), you know my name!
I am a person, yes, hi!
Okay.
This is the last one!
First Hayley Kiyoko performance/concert.
Like the first one was probably in my living room
for like all my parent's friends.
But my first public performance,
I did open nights at The Pig and Whistle
on Hollywood boulevard.
It was like, smokey and late at night
and my dad drove me out and I would sing two songs.
I would put my name on the list and hope
that I had an opportunity to perform
and that's kind of how I started
getting used to performing for strangers and people.
Good times, good moments.
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