“Everybody needs water.
I’d rather be whiskey.
At age 5, she began taking singing lessons, and then added piano lessons to the mix.
That strong connection to music not only shaped her as a person, but was a critical outlet.
As Fletcher toldABC Newsin 2022, “I felt really misunderstood as a kid.
… And [songwriting] was a way for me to share and to feel understood.”
“It was really hard when I was younger.
Fletcher was also told that she did not have what it takes to make it as a solo artist.
We all know now that prediction did not come true.
If anything, it lit a fire within the singer.
Speaking withDorkin 2020, she explained that she no longer lets that pop in of criticism bother her.
And I’ve let go of a lot of pressure.
Honestly, I think we have to to be happier,” she said.
But to be able to put out music at the same time was my lifeline.”
“I’m so humbled that 5 million sets of ears have streamed ‘War Paint.’
… Visibility and feeling seen is empowering.
Lifting up other women is empowering.”
She dated Shannon Beveridge until 2020
Fletcher dated YouTuber Shannon Beveridge between 2017 and 2020.
But yeah, it’s emotional.
And I couldn’t get that out of my head," Fletcher said in a December 2021Elleinterview.
“We went into the studio and we just made it 10 times better.
We wrote a verse and Hayley had a bridge idea and it just all came to life.”
But Kiyoko isn’t the onlyformer Disney Channel starwith whom Fletcher has teamed up.
And in 2019, “The L Word: Generation Q” arrived.
The scripted series is a sequel to the original show, and even featured some of the original characters.
By all accounts, she couldn’t have been happier to participate.
“Honored to have been a part of this season,” she wrote in the caption.
“What a dream cast and crew.”
The lyrics detail two points of view around a breakup.
While there’s little hope for a romance blossoming between Fletcher and Ballerini, their friendship is incredibly wholesome.
“I have recently been diagnosed with Lyme Disease,” she wrote.
