#for real tswift having had her as a surprise guest is fucking fantastic

[purplespacecats]

that is a /fantastic/ quote oh my god i love her 😭and also i had really wondered how she felt now having had the fear that being out would mean she'd only be known for being gay--and god that's such a great and accurate way of understanding it, that she /is/ known for her art--we call her lesbian jesus /because/ of her art and how we connect with it

.....but tbh the author of this article. should not have been assigned to this story

like throughout i had qualms bc they led by describing curious as an "ode to a complicated crush on a woman," which is ????? like, did they listen to the wrong song ???

because the song is certainly about a complicated relationship, but def not a "crush" it amounts to "my ex needs to get over me bc i sure tf ain't gonna be her side chick"--so mis-describing that as a ~complicated crush on a woman~ seems like just not being able to conceptialize what hayley is so adamant about expressing: women having feelings for other women and /not/ being conflicted about it

so then i already had qualms when i got to them describing her fans as mostly middle schoolers and high schoolers, which. wouldn't be a bad thing if it were true, but i mean. when i saw her perform she said it was the biggest show she'd headlined, & it was sold out, so i feel like that's a decent representation of her fanbase, and it was like 90% millennials. i'm sure that's partly because obv adults have an easier time going to concerts than teens (and the fact that younger queer girls have her to look up to during middle and high school fills my heart with boundless joy!!!) but just given its inaccuracy, that description of her fanbase... kinda seems like shade, tbh???

then they ran with that and said hayley's fans put her into the role of "elder statesman" of the queer community ???????

-deep sigh- god anyways like i don't mean to derail; the fact that tswift invited hayley to perform is wonderful and i'm so happy for her

@VanityFair: “I wanted to be known for my art,“ says @HayleyKiyoko. "And what happened was that I am known for my art, and the art is gay”