Kayla Silverman Is “Stuck Between” Lovers

New York City’s glam-pop princess Kayla Silverman is back, and this time she’s taking late-night desperation and turning it into a high-camp spectacle. Her latest single, “Stuck Between,” is a tongue-in-cheek ode to every 20-something who’s ever broken their own “no contact” rule, firing off that reckless midnight text while secretly hoping it stays unread.

Silverman, trained as an opera singer but raised on glam rock maximalism, is a master at dressing up messy emotions in glitter, drama, and wit. With a sound that merges Kate Bush’s theatricality, Queen’s grandiosity, and Chappell Roan’s unapologetic pop flair, “Stuck Between” finds her leaning into disco-drenched grooves and ’80s synth shimmer. It’s heartbreak you can dance to, a song that lets you laugh at the manic lows of singledom while flirting your way through the chaos.

Part confessional, part satire, the track recounts Silverman’s own unhinged single nights, where the line between cute and flirty, desperate and downright delusional, gets obliterated. As she puts it, the “I’m just a girl” excuse doesn’t hold up in court, and her sentence is waking up to unanswered messages with nothing but regret and mascara-stained pillowcases. Yet, like much of her work, the song radiates a sense of solidarity: if you’ve ever done something messy for love, you’re not alone, and at least you can laugh about it now.

But “Stuck Between” isn’t just a song, it’s a whole spectacle. The accompanying music video, directed by Eli Eisenstein, cranks Kayla’s absurdist side into overdrive. In it, she plays a chaotic ex-girlfriend character with unhinged devotion, terrorizing her ex’s doorstep while chasing paper boys, seducing missionaries, and even murdering a pizza delivery guy. It’s dark comedy with rhinestones and eyeliner, a campy reminder that love and obsession can be equally ridiculous.

Kayla sums it up best: “Sometimes, the ‘I’m just a girl’ excuse doesn’t hold up in court, and that’s okay.” With “Stuck Between,” Kayla Silverman cements her place as one of NYC’s most compelling rising voices, bold, theatrical, and unafraid to make a fool of herself if it means turning heartbreak into art you can dance to.

“Stuck Between” is about those messy late-night texts we all regret. What’s the wildest or funniest “post-breakup mania” moment that inspired this track?

About three years ago, I was hopelessly single and about to fall asleep when I thought, “I’m not single, I’m just stuck between lovers right now.” I literally shocked myself. I was in so much denial that I tried to redefine being single. I wrote it in my notes app and it just lived there until I finally pulled it out in a session with my producer, Dean Gray. At the time, I was completely indulging in heartbreak, making bad decisions left and right, worrying my friends, and somehow finding freedom in the chaos because it felt like something I could control. That period inspired the lyric “stuck between cute and pathetic” because honestly, where’s the line between doing it for the plot and being self-destructive? Now that I’m a few years removed and in a new stage of singleness, I can look back at that mess with gratitude. Even though it cost me a lot of tears, sleep, and time, it also taught me a lot about myself.

Your music mixes opera training with glam-pop maximalism. Wow, do you balance the regal, Renaissance-painting aesthetic with the absurd, chaotic comedy in your videos?

I love the juxtaposition of classy and raunchy, put-together and total mess. My music leans lush and beautiful, with some pretty cheeky one-liners. I want my cover art to look as if it could belong in a fine art collection, while my videos are where I let my absurdist side run wild. They give me space to poke fun at myself, lean into camp, and balance out all the drama with a little chaos. I think that tension between elegance and silliness, polish and imperfection, is what excites me about my music. It’s not just about looking or sounding perfect but about creating a world that’s immersive, emotional, and a little unpredictable. That mix of beauty and absurdity allows me to fully express all sides of myself as an artist and invite listeners to both laugh and feel along the way.

The video for “Stuck Between” is pure camp, pizza boy murder, seducing missionaries, full chaos. What made you lean into satire as the visual for this song?

The original plan had way less murder. I was obsessed with those viral iRing doorbell clips and thought what if we followed a completely unhinged ex-girlfriend on her mission to win back her “soulmate?” When I hopped on a call with my director, Eli Eisenstein, we started mapping out the unlucky characters she’d run into. After the failed missionary seduction, Eli just threw out, “and then he dies” as a joke, but of course, we kept it. From there, it turned into a full camp, pizza girls, chaos, and fake blood everywhere. Honestly, I’ve never had more fun dying (and resurrecting) on set.

Glam-pop isn’t exactly a crowded lane right now. What do you want people to understand about this genre, and why have you claimed it as your own?

Under my definition of “glam pop,” I would consider Chappell Roan, The Last Dinner Party, and Conan Gray members of this genre. During my first few years releasing music, I had a really hard time defining exactly what genre I was. I lived under the identities of baroque pop, indie pop, and alternative pop, and while all of them to some degree worked, I found that what truly resonated with me was “glam pop,” inspired by the glam rock legends like Queen, David Bowie, and T. Rex. For me, glam pop is about marrying the theatrical with the emotional, creating songs that feel as regal and dreamlike as they are relatable. I’ve claimed it as my own because it gives me the freedom to fully embody my artistry while still keeping the heart of pop that connects with people on a universal level.

If your listeners take one thing away from “Stuck Between,” what do you hope it is: the humor, the heartbreak, or the catharsis of dancing through the mess?

I want listeners to take away that being single isn’t just a waiting room between one relationship and the next. It’s a time of self-discovery, heartbreak, experimentation, and yes, a lot of fun. The mistakes I made during that period actually helped me understand myself better, both in and out of relationships. Stuck Between is about that constant dance on the line between “cute and pathetic” and realizing that even the messy moments have their merits.