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Stranger Things star Maya Hawke has been dating Christian Lee Hutson for almost four years and they worked together on two of Hawke’s albums, but the couple is very cautious about their relationship.
Actress Maya Hawke has been dating musician Christian Lee Hutson for the past four years, but they’ve been very private about their relationship. They haven’t made many official public appearances, but they were photographed cheering on Hawke’s Stranger Things co-star Sadie Sink in April 2025. Sink had made his debut in John Proctor is the Villain at the Booth Theater in New York City.
It seems like the two are still going strong as Hawke’s famous Netflix show enters its final season. Here’s everything you need to know about Hutson’s relationship with Hawk so far.
Who is Christian Lee Hutson?
Hutson is a musician and songwriter who grew up in Santa Monica, according to his bio on All Music, but he told The Line of Best Fit in 2024 that his first love was writing novels.
“When I was a kid, I was an old man,” he said. “My parents asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up, and I said, ‘I want to write novels and short stories.’ When I was 12, my parents gave me a guitar. At that time, the most popular thing in the world was pop-punk. It was all very accessible music. The night I got my first guitar, I learned how to play a Blink-182 song and thought, ‘Wow, this is amazing.’ All you have to do is play this song you heard on the radio. ”
He continued, “By the time I was 13, I thought, ‘I don’t know if I can be a novelist now, but I like music.'”
Hutson dropped out of college and a conservatory program in California.
“At this point, all I wanted to do was drop out of school,” he jokes, adding that he spent his 20s touring. He met Phoebe Bridgers in 2018, which changed the trajectory of his career. They began working together, and he continued to collaborate with Bridgers and her band, Voygenius, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker, writing several songs for their debuts.
Bridgers helped produce Hutson’s 2020 album Beginners, followed by 2022’s Quitters and 2024’s Paradise Pop. 10. Hawke actually appears in Paradise Pop. 10.
In a 2021 conversation with Margaret Qualley for Interview Magazine, she talked about the making of her first album, Moth, and her collaboration with Hutson.
“Christian Leigh Hutson, who is an incredible author, joined us,” she said. “And I sent him some poems, and he sent me back some incredible songs.”
how did they meet?
In February 2022, the Daily Mail reported that the two were spotted in Manhattan, making their first public romantic relationship. They began collaborating on Hawke’s album Moth several years ago. In December 2023, a photo of the two kissing was also published in the Daily Mail, seemingly confirming their romance. They also sometimes share each other’s photos on Instagram.
They collaborated again on Hawke’s 2024 album Chaos Angel.
In July 2024, Hawke spoke about co-starring on The Zach Sun Show.
“That’s amazing,” she exclaimed. “I mean, I can’t recommend dating your friends enough. That’s the best. They know you as a human being who has dated other people. They really know you as a human being with feelings…not just a piece of paper to project the image of the perfect girlfriend.”
