In 2015 while Alia was living in New York City pursuing a career in acting, Hannah moved up after college graduation to pursue a career in journalism. On a whim, they both downloaded the dating app, Tinder, where they "matched" and began messaging each other immediately. They instantly hit it off and that made Hannah so nervous that she blew Alia off the first time they made plans to meet up. They eventually met up for drinks at a place called Mess Hall in Harlem, where they stayed there until the place closed. They were each other's first-ever dating app experience, and the two were pretty much inseparable since that day in September.