with the album being praised for its unabashed queerness, its celebration of female desire, and for Hayley's very out, very proud presence in pop music. While her tracks that have already been released made it clear that Hayley wasn't going to hide her sexuality or keep it out of her songs, the entirety ofExpectations "Little steak dinner last night with @Simone_Biles to celebrate her ESPYs." is about to impact a whole new generation of fans with the spinoff, Ashley acknowledges that many of her own fans still associate her with Sharpay, the iconic character she played for years. "They love you for Sharpay and they know me as that," she says. "But they haven’t really gotten to know me as myself because also I haven’t really let them in as much. I’m very private. I’ve had to keep up this perspective people have about me and what they know of." was on the streaming service and waiting for the world to listen, popped up on a digital billboard.