Girlhood Magenta

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For me, Girlhood is the album I wanted and needed to hear when I was younger, Brisbane-based, alt-country singer-songwriter Hayley Marsten says of her eagerly anticipated second album. Everything from the songs down to the way the album looks was really inspired by who I so badly wanted to be when I was a teenager and Im really proud of what I made for that younger self.

Although Hayley admits her debut record Spectacular Heartbreak (2019) a self-described breakup album was very vulnerable, Girlhood delves even deeper. I honestly feel like going to therapy really informed a lot of the songs on this record, she reveals. I was doing a lot of reflection on who I was, and the way that I treat myself. I think Girlhood is my entire personality and all the things that had I listened to it when I was 15 wouldve made me think, Wow, what a cool album! Even the cover art is pink and purple and glittery!

Hayleys very autobiographical Girlhood album most closely represents where shes at right now, both as an artist and a person: sometimes sassy, always heartfelt. And something tells us Baby Hayley would wholeheartedly approve of Girlhood, which is, unquestionably, her adult counterparts most honest and accomplished set of songs to date.