Hayley Mae writes songs for the beautifully chaotic in-between

- the spiral at 1 a.m., the tiny victories no one sees, the moments where healing feels like progress and relapse in the same breath. With a voice that’s warm, expressive, and quietly commanding, she blends soulful pop with jazz-tinted harmony, acoustic intimacy, and the emotional honesty of someone who knows the “messy middle” a little too well.

Her sound lives somewhere between Sara Bareilles, Yebba, and Lizzy McAlpine - conversational songwriting with unexpected chords, a wink of humor, and vocals that slide effortlessly from tender confessions to powerful resonance.

Her lyrics walk the tightrope between vulnerable and clever - anxious but grounded, self-deprecating but hopeful, emotional with a wink of self-aware melodrama. Whether she’s belting or barely whispering, her voice always serves the story.

Hayley’s music has been featured on the SyFy series Helix, where her song “Tonight” landed on network television - fitting for an artist whose writing feels cinematic in scope yet deeply personal in delivery.

Now based in Los Angeles, Hayley is building The Messy Middle - a soul-pop project about the space between breakdown and breakthrough. The songs explore anxiety, self-worth, perfectionism, and the days when your brain is doing its absolute most. It’s not about hitting rock bottom or being fully healed - it’s about living honestly in the version-1.3 era of becoming.