Maya Hawke on Marriage, Stranger Things, and Learning How to “Give Up and Be Loved”

About this episode

Maya Hawke discusses her new album, relationship with Christian Lee Hudson, and experiences with acting and mental health.

Maya Hawke tells Kyle Meredith that her new album MAITREYA CORSO accidentally became a love record after falling deeper into her relationship and eventually marrying songwriting partner Christian Lee Hudson, and the conversation gets pretty fascinating from there. They talk about writing songs together while navigating a real relationship, the fear of being fully seen by another person, and how tracks like “Dreamhouse” and “Bring Home My Man” became about learning to stop hiding parts of yourself. Hawke also opens up about finishing Stranger Things 5 while making the record, the depression that followed the end of the series, and how being more selective with acting roles finally changed her confidence on the film side too. Listen to Maya Hawke chat about all this and more or watch it on YouTube . Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network . Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com…

People in this episode

Host: Kyle Meredith

Guest: Maya Hawke

Topics covered

• music
• relationships
• personal growth
• acting
• mental health

Keywords

• Maya Hawke
• Christian Lee Hudson
• MAITREYA CORSO
• Stranger Things
• music
• relationships
• mental health

Sponsors

BetterHelp, MyBookie

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Consequence Podcast Network

Books & works: MAITREYA CORSO, Stranger Things, Dreamhouse, Bring Home My Man

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