Hayley Kiyoko Says She Never Thought She Could Be 'Lesbian Jesus' on Billboard's Pridecast

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Hayley Kiyoko knew that coming into the music industry as a queer woman wasn't going to be easy, but she did it anyway. "A lot of it was performing for men, and being attractive to men, and if you attract them, then they'll sign you," she says of starting out. "But I never compromised myself." Today, Kiyoko joins host and singer-songwriter Shea Diamond as the latest guest on Billboard's Pridecast, the new podcast from Billboard Pride where the most influential LGBTQ names in music talk about how they got to where they are today, and what it means to be out in this industry.

For Kiyoko, the star says her breakthrough moment came with her 2015 video for "Girls Like Girls." The video, which today boasts a whopping 122 million views on YouTube,