-Welcome to "The Tonight Show."
-Oh, my God. -I'm very happy you're here.
-Me too. -Yeah.
-Yeah! -I -- You know, I --
I'm so excited that you're here, because I will tell you this.
I held you as a baby. -You -- You held me?
-Yeah, I held you. -As a baby?
-As a baby, I held you like this.
-Crazy!
-I met you with your parents -- Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke.
-Yeah, those are them. -Yeah, and I --
And I held you --
I think it was in Rhinebeck at someone's house,
and I was holding you.
I think my mother even held you, as well.
-Wow. See? That's just so crazy.
It's like -- I feel like most people come here
on the first time, and they get to, like, tell you their life story.
-I raised you. -Yeah.
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You raised me, yeah.
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-Second time we're meeting. "Tell me about your life." Yeah.
But I do remember your par-- You were reading "Ferdinand."
-"Ferdinand the Bull." -Was the book you were reading.
-I love that book. -And I go,
"Oh, I don't know that book," and your parents were like --
Your mom was like, "You don't know 'Ferdinand'?"
-I mean, it's a classic. -I know, but I was 20-something.
I didn't read kids' books.
-That's not what you read on your day-to-day...?
-No, I was reading Judy Blume at the time.
But I was like, "Okay." And they were so nice.
And I was like, "What a cute baby."
And then just to watch your career just rise right now.
It's just awesome. Congratulations on everything.
I'm so proud of you. -Aww. Thank you so much.
-You put the work in, bud. -Thank you so much.
I mean, I don't know about that. -Yeah, you did.
-But, um, no, I mean, it's -- it's so awesome.
I was -- I called my mom to ask for advice today
about coming in to talk to you. -Yeah.
-Because that's what I do. I get to ask for advice.
It's a big luxury of mine. -Yeah.
-And we just got into talking about, um,
like the Supreme Court ruling... -Yeah.
-...and this essay that my mom wrote, like,
a couple months ago when they were putting these
further restrictions on abortion access,
and it was sort of preceding this whole thing.
And my mom wrote this really beautiful essay about,
uh, her abortion that she got when she was really young
and about how if she hadn't have had it,
she wouldn't have become the person that she'd become
and I wouldn't exist and how both of my parents' lives
would've been totally derailed if she hadn't had access to safe
and legal healthcare -- fundamental healthcare.
And I -- Of course, like, wealthy people
will always be able to get abortions,
but so many people, because of this ruling this, like, week
will not only not be able to pursue their dreams,
but actually lose their lives and be unsafe, and, um --
I just wanted to say that, like, you know,
[Bleep] the Supreme Court. -Yeah, okay, yeah.
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You can absolutely say that.
-Yeah, but we're going to keep fighting this.
I can say "[Bleep] the Supreme Court"?
-Yeah. -[Bleep] the Supreme Court.
Yeah. Rock on.
And we're gonna keep -- But we're gonna keep fighting.
And we're gonna win like our grandmothers did.
So I think that's good.
-Yeah. I'm happy you said that message.
I appreciate you. Thank you for saying that.
Thank you for saying that message.
Thank you. -Thank you.
-I wanted to talk about --
I know your parents are very proud of you.
-I hope so. -Every time they're on the show,
they talk about you. -You always bring me up. They're annoyed about it.
They're like, "I want to talk about me."
-No, they don't. No.
But I thought it was funny. I looked at your Instagram bio.
This is @maya-hawke.
And under here it says "Tony Hawk's daughter."
So your dad must really love that.
-I don't know why it's funny, but it makes me laugh.
-No, it made me laugh, too. I got it.
'Cause you're not Tony Hawk's daughter.
-No. I know!
-But you're a great actor, and I talked to your --
I think it was your dad or your mom
last time they were on, and I was talking about how proud they were.
It was your dad. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Your dad saw you perform. -Oh.
Oh, as a backup singer for my brother?
-Yes.
-Yeah, that was his favorite moment.
-He got weepy. He got weepy.
And he goes, "I'm just so proud of my kids."
-I think he likes seeing my ego settle in, you know?
Stand behind my brothers a little bit.
-Exactly. But you have a song that's released right now
out at midnight, tonight.
-Yeah! -Congratulations. It's out.
-Thank you. -You can --
Now, I'm gonna -- Hopefully --
"Thérèse" I think is how it's pronounced.
-Yeah. -But it's spelled T-H-E-R-E-S-E.
-Yeah, it has two little guys on it, too, little French guys.
-Yes. "Thérèse." -"Thérèse."
-"Thérèse." -Yeah.
-And what does -- What does that mean?
-It's the name of a -- There's a painting at the Met,
and it's called "Thérèse Dreaming."
And it's the name of the girl in the painting,
and it's a song about the girl in the painting
who, in my head, is me. So, yeah.
-I love that you made it. You were explaining it to me.
You were like, "Well, I'm lucky I'm acting, which is awesome."
But when you're acting, there's also a lot of time that you're
just kind of waiting around for lights or something to happen.
You're like, "I'm not gonna waste any time, man.
I'm Maya Hawke. I'm ready to go."
-Where's a napkin? Where's the back of my sides?
-"Let's write something."
And you have an album...
-Yeah. --...coming out. I'm gonna --
-I've never seen that.
-I know I'm about to show you for the first time.
This is your real -- This is your vinyl.
-We got it made especially for you -- an early release.
Oh, it's so cool! It's see-through?!
-Oh, yeah. -Oh! Look at that.
I can see you through it.
-Is that rad? Is that the coolest?
-Aah! That's so rad! -"Moss."
"Moss" is the name of the album. -Be careful. I'm --
-Yeah, be careful. Yeah, of course.
-But that's the first time I've -- That's the first one.
We got it pressed for you.
-You -- You -- This is it. -Yeah.
-Are you excited? -Yeah!
-Yeah, alright, good. When does this come out?
Do we know? -Uh, it comes out in September.
-September.
-Yeah, back-to-school record is kind of the premise.
-It's a back-to-school record. It's called "Moss."
It's Maya Hawke.
I want to talk to you about "Stranger Things."
-That's what I want to talk about.
-It's the biggest show in the world.
-Yeah. It's big. -It's giant. It is.
It's number one on Netflix in over 80 countries, by the way.
-That's crazy.
-Yeah, isn't that wild? -Yeah.
-It's the biggest thing ever.
You're fantastic in it. -Thank you!
-Volume 2 comes out July 1st.
-Yeah. -This Friday.
-Yeah! -Yeah, exactly.
Now, what can you say about these episodes?
Anything -- No spoilers, right?
-Well, the thing is, we filmed them a long time ago now.
It takes a long time to -- put it together.
-Sure. -And so, I know --
I know that I know what happens. -Mm-hmm.
-But can I tell -- I don't remember exactly.
[ Laughter ] I -- I haven't seen them yet.
And I don't remember exactly, but that's why I'm excited
'cause I'm so excited to just see how it all wraps up.
-Those guys are pretty amazing, those Duffer brothers.
-They're so smart. They're such good writers.
I don't know if you've noticed
that I'm talking like Phoebe Buffay on Adderall.
Like, I do this really fast-talking thing.
But they noticed when I come on set --
I don't do it all the time with my friends,
but when I get nervous, it, like, all --
And so they noticed that I do that 'cause I was nervous on set
and then they wrote me so much dialogue this season.
I know if you noticed, but I have these giant page-long
monologues, and they're like, "No, do, don't worry.
You'll just do it in 2 minutes. You'll do it real fast."
-But a normal actor would read this,
it'll take them 30 minutes.
Maya's gonna nail this in 2 seconds, yeah.
-One breath. Brrr! -Brrr! Yeah.
You're so fun and so good. I love your character.
And you just -- You fit right in because --
Was it last season was the first season you debuted, right?
-Yeah. -And I was like,
"Oh, my gosh. It's Maya. I love you."
-"I held that baby!" "I held that baby!"
-"I held that baby!" -"That's my girl." Yeah.
-She likes "Ferdinand the Bull"!
-Yes! Of course! And you just nailed it.
Alright. So get ready. July 1st.
This is volume 2, season 4. I want to show everyone a clip.
Here's Maya Hawke in season 4 of "Stranger Things." Take a look.
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-And then Vickie laughed.
And it wasn't like a cheap fake laugh, either.
It was like -- It was a real, genuine laugh.
-Of course she laughed, Robin.
It's my Muppet joke. It's hilarious.
-My point is that Vickie laughed
and everything was just, like -- it was perfect.
-But? -But I'm having this problem,
where it's like I should stop talking.
I have said everything I need to say.
But then I guess I get nervous, and the words,
they just -- they keep spilling out.
And it's like my -- my brain is moving faster than my mouth,
or -- or rather m-my mouth is moving faster than my brain,
and it's like I'm digging this hole for myself,
and I want to stop digging and I'm trying to stop digging,
but I can't -- and I'm doing it right now, aren't I?
-Yeah, you are. -[ Sighs ]
-Yeah, that's how you do it.
Maya Hawke, everybody!
Season 4, volume 2 of "Stranger Things"
premiers July 1st on Netflix.
And Maya's new album, "Moss," is out September 23rd!
You can preorder it now.