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Birth name | Hayley Nichole Williams |
Born | Meridian, Mississippi, U.S. | December 27, 1988
Origin | Franklin, Tennessee, U.S. |
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Years active | 2003–present |
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Member of | Paramore |
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Website | hayleywilliams |
Hayley Nichole Williams (born December 27, 1988) is an American singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist and only constant member of the rock band Paramore, which she co-founded in 2004.
Williams was born and raised in Meridian, Mississippi. Her parents divorced when she was 13 and she moved with her mother to Franklin, Tennessee, where she later formed Paramore alongside Josh Farro, Zac Farro, and Jeremy Davis. Paramore has released six studio albums: All We Know Is Falling (2005), Riot! (2007), Brand New Eyes (2009), Paramore (2013), After Laughter (2017), and This Is Why (2023). It has featured a continuously changing line-up (currently consisting of Williams, Zac Farro, and Taylor York) with Williams being the only member to appear on all six albums.
Williams' non-Paramore musical work includes the song "Teenagers" for the soundtrack of the film Jennifer's Body (2009) and collaborations with The Chariot, October Fall, New Found Glory, Set Your Goals, and Zedd. In 2010, she was featured on the single "Airplanes" by B.o.B, which peaked at No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The sequel to the song, "Airplanes, Part II", featured new verses from B.o.B. and a guest verse from Eminem with Williams' vocals remaining. This gained a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. In 2023, she featured on Taylor Swift's re-recording of her 2010 album Speak Now on the track "Castles Crumbling". She has also released the solo EPs Petals for Armor I (2020) and Petals for Armor II (2020), the subsequent full-length solo album Petals for Armor (2020), and her second solo album Flowers for Vases / Descansos (2021).
Williams' other ventures include the music series Kiss-Off and the hair dye company Good Dye Young.
Hayley Nichole Williams [10] [11] was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on December 27, 1988, the daughter of Cristi and Joey Williams. [3] She has two younger half-sisters. [12] [13] Her childhood neighbor was future NBA player Rodney Hood. [14] After her parents' divorce in 2002, when she was 13, she moved with her mother to Franklin, Tennessee. [15] [16] [17] It was here that she met future Paramore bandmates Josh and Zac Farro at her new school. [18] [19] Shortly after settling in Franklin, she began taking vocal lessons with Brett Manning. [20] [21] [22] While still at school, she tried out for a local funk cover band called The Factory, where she met future Paramore bandmate Jeremy Davis. [19] [22] [23]
Williams was discovered in 2003 by managers Dave Steunebrink and Richard Williams, who signed the 14-year-old to a two-year production deal. [24] [25] At the time she was writing pop songs with songwriters in Nashville. [25] Williams was introduced to Atlantic Records A&R Tom Storms through Richard Williams' attorneys Jim Zumwalt and Kent Marcus, and then signed to the label by Jason Flom. [22] The label's original plan for their new artist was to make her a solo pop artist, but Williams objected to this, saying that she wanted to be part of a band and play pop punk music. [4] [22] [26]
Atlantic decided to go along with her wishes, and she then formed Paramore with Josh Farro, Zac Farro, and Jeremy Davis. [25] The music of Paramore was originally supposed to come out on Atlantic Records, but the label's marketing department decided it would be better for the image of the band to not have them attached to a huge label. They instead released their music through a "cooler" niche label, Fueled by Ramen. [25] According to Williams, the name "Paramore" came from the maiden name of the mother of one of their first bass players. [27] Once the group learned the meaning of the homophone "paramour" ("secret lover"), they decided to adopt the name, using the Paramore spelling. [22] [28] The band's debut album, All We Know Is Falling , was released in 2005 when Hayley was only 16 years old. Paramore has since released five more studio albums, Riot! (2007), Brand New Eyes (2009), the self-titled Paramore (2013), After Laughter (2017) and This Is Why (2023). In June 2009, the band welcomed Taylor York (rhythm guitar) as an official member, although he had already been playing as a touring member with the band since 2007. In December 2010, Josh and Zac Farro left the band. The news was posted by Williams on Paramore's website, with Josh later posting a blog post confirming their departure, calling the group "a manufactured product of a major label, riding on the coattails of 'Hayley's dream'". [29] [30]
In 2006, Paramore toured outside of the US for the first time, which included a headline tour of the UK and supporting post-hardcore rock band The Blackout on the Give It A Name Festival in Europe. [31] The following year, she and the rest of Paramore made an appearance in the music video for "Kiss Me" by New Found Glory. [32] In the 2007 Kerrang! Readers' Poll, she finished second to Evanescence's Amy Lee in the "Sexiest Female" category, [33] going on to win the first place spot for "Sexiest Female" a year later in the 2008 poll, [34] and again in the 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 poll. She also appears as a playable character in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour after completing "Misery Business" in the vocalist campaign. [35] [36] [37]
Williams was honored with the "Trailblazer Award" in the 2014 Billboard's Women in Music Awards for making a unique mark in music and paving the way for other artists. [38] In 2015, Williams starred as the 'Crimson Curse' in Taylor Swift's music video for her single, "Bad Blood", alongside sixteen other celebrities. [39] Along with band member and co-writer Taylor York, Williams was nominated for and won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song at the 2015 ceremony for the song "Ain't It Fun". [40] [41] [42] In July 2015, Williams won the APMA for Best Vocalist. [43] [44]
In a 2019 interview with l'Odet , Williams was asked if she would "stay in Paramore for a long time" and answered, "In moving forward, if the three of us are happy, then we will just do whatever we want to do. If that means collaborating with each other, bringing other friends in to collaborate—there are seven band members when we tour. We're all friends and we all make music in different parts, together. So I feel like, yes, I want to be in Paramore... I've been in a band with them since I was 12. I don't think the band is going anywhere. As long as we're friends, the band just is. It's just in us." [45]
Williams wrote and recorded the song "Teenagers", which was featured in the soundtrack for the feature film Jennifer's Body . After the release of "Teenagers", Williams stated that she had no plans to establish herself as a solo artist. [46] In 2010, she appeared on the tracks "Airplanes" and "Airplanes, Part II" from alternative rapper B.o.B's debut album, B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray . [47] [48] [49] When it was released as a single, "Airplanes" peaked within the top ten in nineteen countries, including the number one position in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. [50] [51] EDM producer Zedd and Williams collaborated on the track "Stay the Night", from his debut studio album, Clarity , [43] [52] which was released in 2013. In 2019, she collaborated with American Football on the song Uncomfortably Numb , which appeared on the band's third self-titled studio album. [53]
In December 2019, on her 31st birthday, Williams announced she would be releasing solo music in 2020, with a "taste" of it to come in January. Flyers consisting of a picture of Williams under the title Petals for Armor began appearing in several US cities and abroad. Her debut solo single "Simmer" was released on January 22, 2020, with its accompanying music video. [54] [55] [56] That same day Williams announced that her debut studio album, Petals for Armor , would be released on May 8, 2020. [57] It was later revealed that she would release an EP, Petals for Armor I , on February 6, 2020, in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music. On March 19, she announced that she was postponing the release of the second half of the EP, and instead released the song "Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris" featuring Boygenius. [58] A solo tour in promotion of the album was postponed from May 2020 then canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [59] In December 2024, Williams announced plans to play the cancelled shows in 2025. [60]
In January 2021, Williams started teasing a project titled Flowers for Vases / Descansos . [61] [62] She unofficially released the single "My Limb" by giving a CD with the track on it to a dedicated fan. [63] Williams released the album on February 5, 2021. [64] On June 5, 2023, it was announced that Williams would be featured on Taylor Swift's re-recorded album, Speak Now (Taylor's Version) , on the song "Castles Crumbling". [65] [66]
In March 2013, Williams announced she was partnering with MAC Cosmetics for the release of a new makeup collection on April 9, 2013. [67] [68] The four-piece collection included a bright orange lipstick, an orange nail polish, a shimmery coral eye shadow and a beauty powder. [69] Hayley appeared on the April 2013 cover of Nylon magazine to promote Paramore's self-titled album. [70] [71] In October, she partnered with the Hard Rock Café's PINKTOBER charity campaign to raise awareness and funding for breast cancer and its research. [72] [73]
In 2015, she launched the online beauty and music series Kiss-Off on Popular TV. [74] [75]
In 2019, Williams posted an Instagram story about the 2018 Pool Kids album Music to Practice Safe Sex to, saying that Paramore had wished they sounded like that 15 years earlier. The widely seen post brought more attention to the new and relatively unknown Pool Kids. [76]
In November 2020, Williams released a candle in collaboration with home fragrance brand Apothekeco. [77]
In March 2021, Williams announced her collaboration with Tea Huntress, a tea manufacturer in Nashville. Two new blends are available as part of the collaboration, called Bloom and Alibi. A portion of each sale will be donated to Thistle Farms, an organization that helps women survivors of trafficking, abuse, and addiction. [78]
In 2016, after over four years of planning, Williams launched the hair dye company Good Dye Young alongside her hair and makeup artist Brian O'Connor. [79] [80] [81] [82] The colors offered by the company included an orange called Riot, a pink called Ex-Girl, a blue called Blue Ruin, a yellow called Steal My Sunshine, a red called Rock Lobster, a purple called PPL Eater, a green called Kowabunga, a teal called Narwhal, and a black called None More Black. [83] [84] The dyes are vegan and cruelty-free. [85] In 2017, Good Dye Young launched a temporary hair dye line that disappears after one wash called Poser Paste, [80] [86] [87] and in May 2020, they released Lighter Daze, a range of five semi-permanent pastel colors. [88]
Williams cites a wide range of musical acts as her influences including Debbie Harry, the Shangri-Las, Siouxsie Sioux, Gwen Stefani, Beyoncé, and Brody Dalle of the Distillers. [89]
Williams is a soprano with a four-octave range. [90] Emilee Lindner of MTV News has noted her ability to sing in the whistle register, [91] and Maura Johnston of Rolling Stone her "acrobatic" singing style. [92] Alternative Press wrote that Williams "has more charisma than singers twice her age, and her band aren't far behind in their chops, either." [93] Singer-songwriter John Mayer praised Williams's voice in an October 2007 blog post, calling her "The great orange hope" (her hair being orange at the time). [94] [95]
Williams has identified as Christian and regularly discusses her faith in relation to her music, but has often criticized the judgmental nature of some Christians. [96] The Farro brothers cited differing attitudes to faith as contributing to their exit from Paramore, with Josh Farro citing the lyrics of some songs in Brand New Eyes in particular, saying that they "contradicts [their] faith". [97] [98] [99]
In late 2007, Williams began dating New Found Glory lead guitarist Chad Gilbert, [100] though he was already married to Sherri DuPree, the lead singer of the rock band Eisley. [101] [102] They became engaged on Christmas Day in 2014, [103] [104] and were married on February 20, 2016. [105] They formally announced that they had separated on July 1, 2017, with Gilbert's infidelity later being revealed as the reason, [106] and their divorce was finalized by the end of the year. [107] [108] Williams's song, "Dead Horse", was inspired by their relationship and what she did to DuPree. [101] [102] [109] In September 2022, Williams confirmed she was in a relationship with her Paramore bandmate Taylor York. [110]
Williams previously publicized her decisions not to smoke, drink alcohol, or use recreational drugs, though she now drinks alcohol. [111] [112] She has been vocal about her experiences with depression, which caused her to briefly leave Paramore in mid-2015. [113] In a 2019 interview, she discussed depression, mental health, and her divorce. [114] In a 2020 interview, she revealed she had suicidal thoughts but did not act on them. [115] In a 2021 interview, she discussed how she had been impacted by generational trauma and revealed that she has been seeing a therapist since 2018. [116] In a 2023 interview, she revealed that she had been diagnosed with PTSD in 2018. [117]
In 2015, Williams responded to feminist criticism of Paramore's breakout song "Misery Business", citing her youth and inexperience as a contributing factor to the song's allegedly misogynistic lyrics. In a blog post, she described herself as "a proud feminist [...] just maybe not a perfect one". [118]
In 2020, following the George Floyd protests, Williams temporarily handed control of her Instagram account to Nashville-based activist group Teens4Equality to highlight their work in relation to the Black Lives Matter movement. [119]
In 2021, Williams announced that she would be abandoning her personal social media accounts due to her need for boundaries between her public and private life and her desire to "spend more time looking up and out, rather than down". She directed her fans to instead follow Paramore's official accounts, which remain highly active. [120] She later returned to using Instagram, but disabled the ability to leave comments on her posts. [121]
In 2022, Williams endorsed Democratic nominee Beto O'Rourke in the Texas gubernatorial election. [122]
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
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US [123] | AUS [124] | AUT [125] | BEL (FL) [126] | GER [127] | IRE [128] | NZ [129] | POR [130] | SCO [131] | UK [132] | ||
Petals for Armor | 18 | 6 | 51 | 117 | 24 | 38 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 4 | |
Flowers for Vases / Descansos |
| 189 [134] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 92 |
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
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US Heat. [135] | UK DL [132] | |||||||
Petals for Armor I |
| 19 | — | |||||
Petals for Armor II |
| — | 91 | |||||
Petals for Armor: Self-Serenades |
| — | — | |||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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US Alt. [139] | US Rock [140] | SCO [141] | UK Sales [142] | ||||||||||
"Simmer" | 2020 | 21 | 10 | 54 | 1 | Petals for Armor | |||||||
"Leave It Alone" | — | 39 | — | — | |||||||||
"Dead Horse" [143] [144] | — | 36 | — | — | |||||||||
"Teardrop" [145] | 2021 | — | — | — | — | non-album singles | |||||||
"Colour Me In" [146] | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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US [147] | AUS [124] | AUT [125] | CAN [148] | GER [127] | IRE [128] | ITA [149] | NZ [129] | SWI [150] | UK [132] | ||||
"Airplanes" (B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams) | 2010 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray | |
"Stay the Night" (Zedd featuring Hayley Williams) | 2013 | 18 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 56 | 2 | Clarity | |
"Vicious Love" (New Found Glory featuring Hayley Williams) | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Resurrection: Ascension | |
"Bury It" (Chvrches featuring Hayley Williams) | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Every Open Eye | |
"Uncomfortably Numb" [161] (American Football featuring Hayley Williams) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | American Football | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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US [147] | US Alt. Dig. [162] | US Rock Dig. [163] | AUS [164] | CAN [148] | GRE [165] | NZ [166] | UK Stream [167] | WW [168] | |||||
"Rainbow Connection" [169] (with Weezer) | 2011 | — | 13 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Muppets: The Green Album | ||
"My Limb" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [A] | — | — | Flowers for Vases / Descansos | ||
"Castles Crumbling" (Taylor Swift featuring Hayley Williams) | 2023 | 31 | — | — | 33 | 42 | 87 | 30 | 54 | 30 | Speak Now (Taylor's Version) | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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"Keep Dreaming Upside Down" [171] | 2006 | October Fall | A Season in Hell |
"Then Came to Kill" [172] | 2007 | The Chariot | The Fiancée |
"The Church Channel" [173] | Say Anything | In Defense of the Genre | |
"Plea" [174] | Say Anything, Kenny Vasoli | ||
"Fallen" [175] | 2008 | Death in the Park | Death in the Park EP |
"Tangled Up" [176] | 2009 | New Found Glory | Not Without a Fight |
"The Few That Remain" [177] | Set Your Goals | This Will Be the Death of Us | |
"Teenagers" [178] | — | Jennifer's Body: Music from the Motion Picture | |
"Airplanes, Part II" [47] | 2010 | B.o.B, Eminem | B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray |
"Fallen" [179] | Death in the Park | Death in the Park | |
"Rainbow Connection" [169] | 2011 | Weezer | Muppets: The Green Album |
"Fox's Dream of the Log Flume" [180] | 2012 | MewithoutYou | Ten Stories |
"All Circles" [180] | MewithoutYou, Daniel Smith | ||
"Babe" [181] | What's Eating Gilbert | Nashville Session | |
"What's His Name" [182] | Domestikated | Five Minutes in Timeout! | |
"Wearing Your Ring" [183] | 2015 | What's Eating Gilbert | That New Sound You're Looking For |
"As U Wave" [184] | 2017 | HalfNoise | The Velvet Face EP |
"Nineteen" [185] | Tegan and Sara | Tegan and Sara Present The Con X: Covers | |
"Castles Crumbling (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)" [65] [66] | 2023 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor's Version) |
Year | Title | Role |
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2022 | Everything Is Emo | Host [186] |
Year | Association | Category | Work | Result |
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2007 | Kerrang Readers' Poll 2007 | Sexiest Female [33] | Herself | Nominated |
2008 | Kerrang Readers' Poll 2008 | Won | ||
Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | Premio Fashionista 2008 [187] | Won | ||
MTV Video Music Brazil | Best International Act 2008 [188] [189] | Won | ||
2009 | Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | Premio Fashionista 2009 [190] | Won | |
Shockwaves NME Awards 2009 | Sexiest Female [24] | Won | ||
Kerrang Readers' Poll 2009 | Won | |||
2010 | Kerrang Readers' Poll 2010 | Won | ||
2010 MTV Video Music Awards | Video of the Year [191] | "Airplanes" (featuring Hayley Williams) – B.o.B | Nominated | |
Best Hip-Hop Video [191] | Nominated | |||
Best Collaboration [192] | Nominated | |||
Teen Choice Awards 2010 | Hook Up Song [193] | Won | ||
52nd Annual Grammy Awards | Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media [194] | "Decode" – Williams, Josh Farro and Taylor York | Nominated | |
2011 | Kerrang Readers' Poll 2011 | Sexiest Female [24] | Herself | Won |
37th People's Choice Awards | Favorite Song [195] | "Airplanes" (featuring Hayley Williams) – B.o.B | Nominated | |
BET Awards 2011 | Video of the Year [192] | Nominated | ||
Best Collaboration [192] | Nominated | |||
53rd Annual Grammy Awards | Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals [51] | "Airplanes, Part II" (featuring Hayley Williams and Eminem) – B.o.B | Nominated | |
2012 | Kerrang Readers' Poll 2012 | Sexiest Female [196] | Herself | Won |
NME Awards 2012 | Hottest Female [196] | Nominated | ||
Kerrang! Awards 2012 | Nominated | |||
Tweeter of the Year [196] | Won | |||
2013 | Kerrang! Awards 2013 | Hottest Female [197] | Nominated | |
2014 | Alternative Press Music Awards 2014 | Best Singer [198] | ||
iHeartRadio Music Awards | EDM Song of the Year [199] | "Stay the Night" (featuring Hayley Williams) – Zedd | ||
MTV Video Music Awards 2014 | Best Editing [200] | |||
MTV Clubland Award [201] | Won | |||
Billboard Women in Music | Trailblazer Award [38] | Herself | ||
2015 | 57th Annual Grammy Awards | Best Rock Song [202] | "Ain't It Fun" – Williams and Taylor York | |
Kerrang! Awards 2015 | Best Tweeter [203] | Herself | ||
Alternative Press Music Awards 2015 | Best Vocalist [204] | |||
2020 | 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards | Best Alternative [205] |
Paramore is an American rock band formed in Franklin, Tennessee, in 2004. Since 2017, the band's lineup includes lead vocalist Hayley Williams, lead guitarist Taylor York, and drummer Zac Farro. Williams and Farro are founding members of the group, while York, a high school friend of the original lineup, joined in 2007. Williams is the only member to appear on all six of Paramore's studio albums.
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Riot! is the second studio album by the American rock band Paramore. It was released in the United States on June 12, 2007, through Fueled by Ramen as a follow-up to the band's debut album, All We Know Is Falling (2005). The album was produced by David Bendeth and written primarily by band members Hayley Williams and Josh Farro, with Bendeth. The album explores a "diverse range of styles," while not straying far from the "signature sound" of their debut album, with several critics comparing it to the music of Kelly Clarkson and Avril Lavigne. The cover of the album also resembles the cover artwork of No Doubt's 2001 album Rock Steady.
"Misery Business" is a song by American rock band Paramore from their second studio album, Riot! (2007) and serves as the lead single from the album. The song was written about a past experience of the band's lead singer, Hayley Williams, which involved a male friend who she felt was being exploited by a girl; when Williams and her friend dated afterwards, she wrote the track in order to "finally explain my side of the story and feel freed of it all". The accompanying music video for "Misery Business" was the third to be directed by Shane Drake for the band, and Alternative Press named "Misery Business" the Video of the Year in 2007.
The American rock band Paramore has released six studio albums, five extended plays, two live albums, one remix album, twenty-eight singles, one video album, and thirty music videos. The band was formed in Franklin, Tennessee, in 2004 by lead vocalist Hayley Williams with guitarists Josh Farro and Taylor York, bassist Jeremy Davis, and drummer Zac Farro. In 2005, Paramore signed with the New York City-based Fueled by Ramen and released their debut album entitled All We Know Is Falling. Three singles were released from the album, but none of them charted. The album did not chart in the Billboard 200 either, although it peaked at number thirty in the Billboard Top Heatseekers. All We Know Is Falling received gold certification in the United Kingdom and in July 2014 the RIAA certified the album gold in the United States.
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"Monster" is a song by American rock band Paramore. It was released on June 7, 2011 for digital download. It is also the second single from the Transformers: Dark of the Moon OST, which was released on June 14, 2011. It is the first song to not feature former band members Josh and Zac Farro, who separated from the band in 2010. A sneak peek of the song surfaced when lead singer Hayley Williams posted lyrics on the band's Official Fan Club. An audio video for the song was posted on YouTube on June 2, 2011. The video itself achieved over 1 million views in the first three days of posting. The song won Choice Rock Track at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards. On March 24, 2016, the song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for sales exceeding 500,000.
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"Now" is a song by American rock band Paramore. It was released on January 22, 2013, as the first single from their self-titled fourth album. The song impacted radio on January 29, 2013. It is their first single in an album to not feature former band members Josh and Zac Farro since their departure in 2010. "Now" received acclaim from music critics, with reviewers praising its production, lyrical content, and Hayley Williams' vocal delivery on the track. The single achieved moderate commercial success, ranking within the top 20 of Billboard's Hot Rock Songs and Alternative Songs. It is a playable song in the video game Rocksmith 2014. "Now" is written in the key of C major.
"Told You So" is a song by American rock band Paramore. It was released on May 3, 2017 through Fueled by Ramen as the second single off their fifth studio album After Laughter. It was written by lead vocalist Hayley Williams and guitarist Taylor York and was recorded in the band's hometown, Nashville, Tennessee. A music video for the song, directed by drummer Zac Farro and Aaron Joseph, was uploaded to their record label Fueled by Ramen's YouTube channel along with the release of the song.
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"Simmer" is the debut solo single by American singer-songwriter and Paramore front-woman Hayley Williams. It was released for digital download and to streaming platforms on January 22, 2020 by Atlantic Records, as the lead single from Williams' debut album Petals for Armor. The song was written by Williams, Paramore touring musician Joseph Howard, and guitarist Taylor York.
Petals for Armor is the debut solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Hayley Williams. It was released on May 8, 2020, by Atlantic Records. The album was preceded by two extended plays (EPs), Petals for Armor I and Petals for Armor II, which make up the album's first ten songs.
Flowers for Vases / Descansos is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter and Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams. It was released through Atlantic Records on February 5, 2021. Departing from the rock and pop sounds more in line with the singer's past work, Flowers for Vases is an intimate and more stripped-down folk album. Williams is the sole writer and performer on the album.
This Is Why is the sixth studio album by the American rock band Paramore, released on February 10, 2023 through Atlantic Records, their final studio album for the label. It is their first album since 2017, following After Laughter, and the second recorded by the lineup of Hayley Williams, Taylor York, and Zac Farro. The album was supported by four singles: "This Is Why", "The News", "C'est Comme Ça", and "Running Out of Time".
The This Is Why Tour was the fifth concert tour by American rock band Paramore, in support of their sixth studio album This Is Why (2023). The tour began on October 2, 2022 in Bakersfield, California, before the release of the album, with several shows throughout North America, Europe, and Latin America. Elke, Bloc Party, Rozi Plain, Foals, The Linda Lindas, Genesis Owusu and Claud served as supporting acts on the tour. It concluded on November 30, 2023.