This Side of Paradise (EP)

This Side of Paradise
EP by
Hayley Kiyoko
ReleasedFebruary 3, 2015
Genre
Length18:16
Label
  • Self-released
  • Steel Wool
ProducerJames Flannigan
Hayley Kiyoko chronology
A Belle to Remember
(2013) 		This Side of Paradise
(2015) 		Citrine
(2016)
Singles from This Side of Paradise
  1. "This Side of Paradise"
    Released: September 29, 2014
  2. "Girls Like Girls"
    Released: June 24, 2015
  3. "Cliff's Edge"
    Released: November 4, 2015

This Side of Paradise is the second extended play (EP) by American singer and actress Hayley Kiyoko, co-released by herself and Steel Wool Records on February 3, 2015.[1] The entire album was written and recorded by Kiyoko along with producer and multi-instrumentalist James Flannigan and is described as a pop record.[2] The EP was preceded by the release of the single "This Side of Paradise" on September 29, 2014.[3]

Composition

Each song on the EP is "'80s pop and inject[ed] with modern flavor."[4] The total duration of the album is 18 minutes and 16 seconds. During an interview to Billboard, Kiyoko said: "I think every track of the EP is really a piece of me, of what I have felt growing up, from a child to a young adult," and also "The outcome of this EP is worth so much more to me because it was really built from the ground up."[4]

Singles

"This Side of Paradise" was released on September 29, 2014 as the EP's lead single.[3] Its music video was released on November 12, 2014 and was directed by RJ Sanchez.[5] "Girls Like Girls" was released with a music video as the second single on June 24, 2015, directed by Kiyoko and Austin S. Winchell. Currently, the video already has more than 100 million views.[6] The EP's third and final single, "Cliff's Edge", was released on November 4, 2015 alongside a music video.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Given It All"
3:50
2."Cliffs Edge"
3:33
3."This Side of Paradise"
  • Kiyoko
  • Ramos
3:32
4."Girls Like Girls"
3:49
5."Feeding the Fire"
  • Kiyoko
  • Flannigan
  • Grahn
3:30
Total length:18:16

References

  1. ^ "iTunes - Music - This Side of Paradise - EP by Hayley Kiyoko". iTunes Store US. Apple Inc. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  2. ^ Elias Leight (February 2, 2015). "Exclusive Premiere: Hayley Kiyoko, 'This Side of Paradise' EP". Billboard.
  3. ^ a b "iTunes - Music - This Side of Paradise - Single by Hayley Kiyoko". iTunes Store US. Apple Inc. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Leight, Elias (February 2, 2015). "Exclusive Premiere: Hayley Kiyoko, 'This Side of Paradise' EP". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  5. ^ Kiyoko, Hayley. "Hayley Kiyoko - This Side of Paradise - Vevo". Vevo. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  6. ^ Kiyoko, Hayley. "Girls Like Girls - Hayley Kiyoko". Vevo. Retrieved July 14, 2015.