‘To be able to process the things we spend as people, it takes the time it takes between the albums,’ said the musician
THE Paramore It has existed for over two decades, and at that time several changes have completely altered the band’s course. Even so, Hayley Williams and your companions Zac Farro and Taylor York They always found a way to meet again. In recent years, they have enjoyed a really good phase. In 2023, they launched This is whythe first album of Paramore with exactly the same formation as the previous disc. The history is getting better, but fans are still afraid that they would decide to stop overnight.
Newly outdated from the release of his new solo album, Ego death at the bachelorette party, Williams is calming everyone: the Paramore It won’t end. “Do we know where it is?!”, Said the singer to the magazine The face. “We always take giant breaks. In order to digest the things we live as people, it takes the time that takes time between one album and another.” The publication confirms that Williams He said the band is in a break, but did not split up.
Since 2009, at least four years have spent between albums Paramorereaching five years in the interval between After Laughter and This is why. Only two and a half years ago This is why He left, and they still made a very long tour.
“There is no better musician in the world than Zac and Taylor“, continued Williams.
It is a great satisfaction to know that no one can discard the Paramore. But it is also super important for me to exercise other muscles and these parts of me that I kind of put it aside because I was afraid to draw too much attention.
Ego death at the bachelorette party It first appeared as a mysterious upload on a password protected site on July 28, before the official release on August 1. Less than two weeks before, Ferrus had released his new solo album, Operator. Even so, it was the album of Williams who was dissected looking for clues that the Paramore had separated again. Did not matter much that the first song on the official list, “Ice in My Oj”brings the singer repeating “I’m in a band, I’m in a band” (“I’m in a band, I’m in a band”), and the last one is called “I WON’T QUIT ON YOU” (“I won’t give up on you”).
Williams told the The face That “writing this album gave voice to the 15 -year -old girl I was, who felt that she had lost much of her power when she signed with a great label. This released her, so I no longer need to be locked at this stage.” In 2024, the Paramore It reached the end of the 20 -year contract with Atlantic Records.
“After all we have passed, it seems that the moment the Zac He returned to the band – after six years away – not only did we recover our guy, but we recover to ourselves, “he said Williams to the Rolling Stone in 2023.
We recover a piece of our childhood. This thing that made us be who we are, we got it back. And it becomes a superpower when we are together.
In this conversation, Williams He also said that the band was “getting very excited to make new music”, but added: “There is one thing we are all finally suing about the band’s last years, and also about just existing. Many lessons have been on the surface. But now there are things that are really coming in, that I can’t get excited because we can move on, being more than we were. I’m ready and feel it.”
This article was originally published by Rolling Stone USA by Larisha Paul on September 4, 2025, and can be checked here.
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