Singer-songwriter, actress, novelist, screenwriter, and director Hayley Kiyoko laughs when I compare Girls Like Girls to Russian nesting dolls and agrees the description fits. First, there was her song and accompanying music video that Kiyoko co-directed but didn’t appear in as the short illustrated the story of blossoming love between two teenage girls. Next, was her 2023 young adult novel in which 17-year-old newcomer Coley falls hard for vivacious popular girl Sonya.