Hayley Williams
In extremely on brand, Hayley Williams news, she has surprise-dropped a new album today. She did give us a quick heads up a few hours out from its release, at around 5am AEST. The queen of pop punk, and now indie alternative, released FLOWERS For VASES / Descansos. It’s a 14-track album that she says […]
Hayley Williams has had a hugely prolific year with the release of her debut solo album, and she’s ready to cap it off with a stirring and understated cover of Massive Attack‘s ‘Teardrop’. Williams performed the cover as part of The Ally Coalition’s 7th Annual Talent Show, which also saw performances from the likes of […]
Hayley Williams has shared an acoustic rendition of Petals For Armor lead single ‘Simmer’. It’s a stunningly simplistic take on the original. The new ‘Simmer’, which you can listen to down below, comes as part of Petals For Armor: Self-Serenades. It’s an EP that’s set to feature an acoustic version of ‘Why We Ever’ and […]
Hayley Williams is the latest act to take on NPR’s newly home-based Tiny Desk concert series, performing a series of cuts from her debut solo album Petals For Armor. The performance is notable as it marks Williams’ first time performing with a band that isn’t Paramore, something she makes note of. PB = PB || {}; PB.gptStandAlone = […]
With the many weird and wonderful videos currently circulating on TikTok, naturally one exists that centres around the merits of a long-overlooked Paramore song. The tune ‘All I Wanted’ off the pop-punk trailblazers’ 2009 album Brand New Eyes is finally getting its moment in the sun thanks to the viral clip, which has been viewed […]
Hayley Williams has taken to Instagram today to share a moving cover of seminal Radiohead track, ‘Fake Plastic Trees’, after fans have consistently asked her to cover a song by the band. Williams wrote in the caption of the cover that it “seemed sacrilegious at first” to try and rework the song, until she “realized […]
In the midst of promoting her new solo record Petals For Armour and advocating for the Black Lives Matter movement, Hayley Williams has taken some time out on social media to reveal her top 5 Paramore songs. And * SPOILER ALERT * you may not see eye to eye. Or Brand New Eyes to Brand […]
Paramore’s Hayley Williams has once again commented on the band’s 2007 Riot! fan favourite ‘Misery Business’, speaking out against the song for its controversial lyrics. The band announced they were retiring the song from live performances back in 2018 due to its lyrics – in particular, the line “Once a whore, you’re nothing more / I’m sorry, […]
We’re still two months away from hearing Hayley Williams‘ debut solo album Petals For Armor, yet a recent profile of Williams for The New York Times has revealed that there is a particularly exciting group of collaborators on the record: Boygenius. Boygenius haven’t released any music since their self-titled debut EP, and all three members – Lucy […]
Pessimistic pop-punks fearful that Hayley Williams‘ burgeoning solo career will mean the death of Paramore can officially ~simmer down~, with the singer reassuring us that “there will be more Paramore shows” in the future. Fans’ concerns were understandable given that Hayls previously stated that she “didn’t know what was next” for Paramore, who released their […]
