This Side of Paradise (EP)

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This Side of Paradise
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EP by
ReleasedFebruary 3, 2015 [1]
Genre
Length18:16
Label
  • Self-released
  • Steel Wool
Producer James Flannigan
Hayley Kiyoko chronology
A Belle to Remember
(2013)
This Side of Paradise
(2015)
Citrine
(2016)
Singles from This Side of Paradise
  1. "This Side of Paradise"
    Released: September 29, 2014 [2]
  2. "Girls Like Girls"
    Released: June 24, 2015
  3. "Cliff's Edge"
    Released: November 4, 2015

This Side of Paradise is the second extended play (EP) by American singer and actress Hayley Kiyoko, co-released by herself and Steel Wool Records on February 3, 2015. [1] The entire album was written and recorded by Kiyoko along with producer and multi-instrumentalist James Flannigan and is described as a pop record. [3] The EP was preceded by the release of the single "This Side of Paradise" on September 29, 2014. [2]

Contents

Composition

Each song on the EP is "'80s pop and inject[ed] with modern flavor." [4] The total duration of the album is 18 minutes and 16 seconds. During an interview to Billboard, Kiyoko said: "I think every track of the EP is really a piece of me, of what I have felt growing up, from a child to a young adult," and also "The outcome of this EP is worth so much more to me because it was really built from the ground up." [4]

Singles

"This Side of Paradise" was released on September 29, 2014 as the EP's lead single. [2] Its music video was released on November 12, 2014 and was directed by RJ Sanchez. [5] "Girls Like Girls" was released with a music video as the second single on June 24, 2015, directed by Kiyoko and Austin S. Winchell. Currently, the video already has more than 100 million views. [6] The EP's third and final single, "Cliff's Edge", was released on November 4, 2015 alongside a music video.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Given It All"3:50
2."Cliffs Edge"3:33
3."This Side of Paradise"
  • Kiyoko
  • Ramos
3:32
4."Girls Like Girls"
3:49
5."Feeding The Fire"
  • Kiyoko
  • Flannigan
  • Grahn
3:30
Total length:18:16

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