Hayley Kiyoko's 'Runaway' Tackles A Toxic Relationship Head-On

Hayley Kiyoko is gearing up for the release of I'm Also Sensitive For This Shit, and from what we've heard for now, it sounds like her new music deals with a spurned, lovesick psyche. Continuing that trend is Kiyoko's latest release, "Runaway," which arrived on Friday (December 13), a day immediately after she hosted Billboard's Girls in Music.


On the new song — which Kiyoko called "a personalized preference of hers — she confronts a "toxic" partner, venting about the highs and lows of their relationship and searching for reasons to stick around. "If you’'e not afraid, let me hear you mention / Something that won't make, make me runaway," she asks.


In a statement, Kiyoko explained that "Runaway" is all about learning to confront her own issues alternatively opposed to taking it out on someone else.


"I don't aspire to be let down and if am, I plan to spiral," she mentioned. "I noticed myself waiting and searching for my partner to mention something to prepare me angry, to prepare me runaway. This song is about daring yourself to find someone who won't trigger you, and to not trigger yourself. So several times we only listen to what we hope hear due to the baggage we carry. We're often also quick to overreact before realizing that in case you recognize and confront your own issues, you just might give someone a chance to love you and to create you stay."


"Runaway" follows "I Wish," "Demons," and "L.O.V.E. Me" because the latest release off I'm Also Sensitive For This Shit. The next and final single, "She," is due in early January ahead of the singer's North American tour. Based on what we've heard for now, you can mention we have high, ahem, expectations.