Maya Hawke has learned what love really is

"“Every other album cycle I've done, by the time I got to the point where the album came out, I hated it,” says the 27-year-old singer and actor. “I was just exhausted by the internet and by being public, and I wouldn't want to post about it. So I kind of tried to build this rollout where it could be enjoyable. And it seems to be working.”"

"On this recent morning, she's about a week and a half from releasing “Maitreya Corso,” a set of deep-thinking folk-pop songs about love and art and how the two intersect; to help drum up interest in the LP, Hawke's fourth, she's on tour playing intimate live gigs like the one she did last night at the Troubadour, where she was accompanied by Christian Lee Hutson, with whom she made the record."

"Hutson, who's known for his work with Phoebe Bridgers, is also Hawke's husband: After collaborating on her 2022 album “Moss” and 2024's “Chaos Angel,” the two were married this past Valentine's Day in Hawke's hometown of New York. (You may have seen the pictures in People magazine of the couple on the street with Hawke's parents, Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, and her castmates from “Stranger Things.”)"

"I was struck last night by the intense eye contact between you and your husband.I've never played guitar before onstage, and so I think a lot of that is me being nervous and wanting to keep rhythm. I'm looking at his eyes but also at his hands. His chordal shapes are different than mine but I'm following the rhythm to make sure I'm staying in the pocket."

Maya Hawke describes enjoying her new record after previously feeling exhausted and disliking albums by release time. She is preparing to release “Maitreya Corso,” a collection of folk-pop songs focused on love and art and their overlap. To build interest, she tours with intimate live gigs, including a recent performance at the Troubadour with Christian Lee Hutson, who co-created the record. Hutson is also her husband; they collaborated on Hawke’s earlier albums and married in New York on Valentine’s Day. During the performance, Hawke emphasizes staying in rhythm by watching Hutson’s eyes and hands, noting differences in chord shapes while following the pocket.

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