“I loved seeing these queer teens live out their love stories on screen. But at the same time, I also felt so sad that I never got to do the same. That time in my life is gone. *POOF.* It’s disappeared, it’s over, and I’ll never get it back. So it also makes me deeply glad that we have shows like Heartstopper to show the beauty of the queer experience.”
– Hanna Smith, “Sounding Out with Izzy”
In the latest episode of “Sounding Out with Izzy,” Izzy is joined by special guest Hanna Smith, a journalist and child psychology expert, to discuss the beloved webcomic-turned-Netflix-teen-romance Heartstopper, and why it’s the perfect representation that they never got to have as teenagers.
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Izzy’s Favorite Songs from the Heartstopper Soundtrack:
- Baby Queen – Want Me
- Wolf Alice – Don’t Delete the Kisses
- Frankie Cosmos – Sappho
- Orla Gartland – Why Am I Like This
- Smoothboi Ezra – My Own Person
- Rina Sawayama – LUCID
- CHVRCHES – Clearest Blue
- Shura – What’s It Gonna Be
- Matilda Mann – Paper Mache World
- chloe moriondo – I Want to Be with You
- Sir Babygirl – Flirting with Her
- Sunflower Bean – Moment in the Sun
- Chairlift – I Belong in Your Arms