I’m Hayls.

I’ve been going to live shows for most of my life (my first one being when I was 5 to see the British boyband, Blue, in an underground venue in London.) I’ve watched a variety of artists perform, from boybands to deathcore bands, in all venue sizes, and it’s always been somewhere that I’ve never been able to find the feeling I get when experiencing live music elsewhere.

My love for music comes from my Dad (shout out Dave) introducing me to bands at at the age of 3. Bands such as, Skunk Anansie, The Prodigy, Nirvana, and Slipknot to name a few. I developed my own taste in music around the age of 11, where I started with bands like deathcore era Bring Me The Horizon, Her Words Kill, Oceana, Deaf Havana, and Emarosa. That period of discovery substantially shaped my taste today because despite having a dubstep and pop-heavy stage when I was a teenager, I always gravitated towards alternative music.

Now my listening rotation consists of bands like, Withpaperwings, Killing of a Sacred Deer, Moodring, Sleep Token, Blessthefall, Bad Omens, Heavensgate, and a lot more. But don’t get it twisted, once a fangirl, always a fangirl, and you will find me in a pile of ashes before I stop listening to Justin Bieber. I’m also from South London so best believe I switch it up and go full grime/drill mode every now and then.

I’m not musically inclined, couldn’t play an instrument to save my life (but I’ll smoke anyone on Guitar Hero), and I don’t know the correct terminology, or tunings, or drum kit names, or even how to correctly identify a genre sometimes, I just live a life where I feel music beyond the surface level and listen a bit deeper than the average person. Each day I’m learning and educating myself to better understand the world of music and use that to my advantage when articulating my thoughts and feelings.

I’ve always had a knack for creative writing, since I was 2 I would write short stories I’d made up in my head, or typed out almost an entire novel on the family computer. This interest followed me throughout childhood and adolescence but I never sought out opportunities to write articles of text unless it was for work - and that’s just not the same.

I decided my 2026 venture would be to create a space where I could put my love of music and love of writing together, and here we are. So, welcome to Haylsucks, where music meets the uneducated and opinionated.