Hayley Kiyoko makes her directorial debut with the film “Girls Like Girls”.

Hayley Kiyoko will make her Hollywood debut with the film Girls like girlsin which she will act as director and co-writer.

deadline reported yesterday (December 4) that the pop star will be moving on to film with the project, which is based on both her 2015 hit single and the 2023 novel of the same name. The film’s script was co-written by Kiyoko and Stefanie Scott, who starred in the song’s music video.

About the book, Kiyoko said this before Girls like girls is “a love letter to anyone who doesn’t believe they’re worth loving or that they can have a happy ending.”

Girls like girls is supported by Focus Features and Evil Producer Marc Platt. In a statement shared on Instagram, Kiyoko said she had “dreamed of this moment for 9 years.”

She revealed how her priorities have changed and evolved over the “past almost ten years” and that making the film Girls Like Girls involved a “tremendous struggle.”

“Since releasing ‘Girls Like Girls’ in 2015, I have vowed to myself and to all of you that I would do everything in my power to create hopeful queer content on the largest scale possible,” she wrote. “The roadmap was never clear, I just always believed that one day a road could be paved if I kept trying. We made it. It’s here.”

“From a song to a music video to a book to a feature film. “We did it,” she continued.

“We will continue to create space and inspire hope. Thank you to all the collaborators and friends who have helped me since the creation of this music video and beyond.”

“I thank you Kiyokians from the bottom of my heart. For showing up for me and reminding me that I am not alone. I’m so overwhelmed to finally be able to share this news with you and bring this film to life.”

Kiyoko will also publish her second novel Where there is room for us in 2025. Her last album “Panorama” was released in 2022 – the following year she released two singles, “Greenlight” and “somewhere between the sand and the stardust”.