“But that resonates. And it is wonderful to be able to stick around long enough to be given that chance.”
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Hayley Williams
Hayley Nichole Williams is an American singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist and a founding member of the rock band Paramore and has released several solo albums. In 2023, Billboard ranked her as the 13th greatest rock lead singer of all time; that same year, Alternative Press readers voted her as the second greatest pop-punk vocalist of all time.
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entertainment · American singer (born 1988) · singer-songwriter · singer · songwriter · pianist · composer · also Hayley Williams, Hayley Nichole Williams, Williams
Born 27 December 1988 · Q201562
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2026· 32 entries
“More than ever we were a support system to each other that we desperately needed.”
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“It felt really important for us to be home while so much crazy shit was happening.”
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“stay as strong as you can and during the times you can't, let other people be strong for you.”
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“i have the ability to build myself up or break myself down. i stay positive. strength comes from within.”
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“not been connected to any religion nor particular figure”
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Rolling Stone: Turnstile Enlist Elton John, Hayley Williams, Slayyyter for ‘Never Enough: Versions’ LP
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Published video “Hayley Williams & This Is Lorelei - I'm All Fucked Up (Snippet - Live from Newport Folk Festival)”.
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Published video “Hayley Williams & Joy Oladokun - I'd Miss The Birds (Snippet 2 - Live from Newport Folk Festival)”.
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Published video “Hayley Williams & Joy Oladokun - I'd Miss The Birds (Snippet 1 - Live from Newport Folk Festival)”.
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Published video “Hayley Williams, Kelsey Lu & Madi Diaz - Find Me Here (Snippet - Live from Newport Folk Festival)”.
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Published video “Hayley Williams & Lucy Dacus - Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris (Snippet 2 - Live from Newport Folk Festival)”.
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Published video “Hayley Williams & Lucy Dacus - Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris (Snippet 1 - Live from Newport Folk Festival)”.
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Published video “Hayley Williams & Jack Antonoff - I Wanna Get Better (Snippet - Live from Newport Folk Festival)”.
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Published video “Hayley Williams & Karly Hartzman - Mirtazapine (Snippet - Live from Newport Folk Festival)”.
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Published video “Hayley Williams - Kill Me (Snippet - Live from Newport Folk Festival)”.
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Published video “Hayley Williams & Friends - Lean on Me (Snippet - Live from Newport Folk Festival)”.
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The Guardian: Hayley Williams review – punk and R&B expertly intertwine on first solo tour for Paramore star
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Williams and Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party producer Daniel James appeared on Apple Music 1 to launch their band Power Snatch, also premiering their debut track "Assignment"
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“Sobre ter sofrido bullying na escola.”
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Began the musical project Power Snatch with producer Daniel James
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Featured on Failure's album Location Lost and the Linda Lindas' album Gotta Get Out
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And 2027 featuring songs from all of her past work
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“Sobre receber o Trailblazer Award (Prêmio de Pioneira) no Billboard Women in Music, que homenageia as mulheres mais importantes da música a cada ano.”
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“Sobre a possibilidade da música “Steal My Girl”, da boy band One Direction, ser plágio de canção “It's Not Your Fault”, da banda New Found Glory.”
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“Sobre ter reencontrado uma das garotas que praticava bullying contra ela na escola.”
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“Acho fantásticas as artistas femininas que escrevem o seu próprio material e investem tudo nele. Estou obcecada pela Lady GaGa”
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“Sobre a saída dos irmãos Farro da banda.”
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“No boy is worth your teenage years!." "For me to be in love with someone means that I have to accept who I am, and not allow another person to define me. And if someone loves me in spite of all that, then that's a start.”
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“Após a saída dos irmãos Farro da banda.”
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“Em resposta à pergunta “Ao sair, o baterista Zac Farro disse que a banda é um produto pré-fabricado. Como acha que os fãs vão receber o grupo nesta turnê da América do Sul, com dois substitutos?”
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2025· 5 entries
Williams officially announced a tour in support of Ego Death, entitled Hayley Williams at a Bachelorette Party, and set it for the following year
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Released album “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party”.
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Williams shared the single "Mirtazapine" exclusively on Nashville radio station WNXP, two days later performing the song at the Newport Folk Festival with Bleachers
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Released her third album Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party under her own independent label named Post Atlantic; the album earned her three Grammy Award nominations
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After the cancellation of the Petals for Armor Tour in 2020
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2023· 2 entries
Featured on "Castles Crumbling", a song on Taylor Swift's re-recorded album Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
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Billboard ranked her as the 13th greatest rock lead singer of all time; that same year, Alternative Press readers voted her as the second greatest pop-punk vocalist of all time
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2022· 2 entries
Released album “FLOWERS for VASES / descansos & PETALS for ARMOR”.
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Williams endorsed Democratic nominee Beto O'Rourke in the Texas gubernatorial election
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2021· 3 entries
Released album “FLOWERS for VASES / descansos”.
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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".
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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 dow
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2020· 7 entries
Released ep “Petals for Armor: Self‐Serenades”.
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Awarded MTV Europe Music Award for Best Alternative (2020).
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Released album “Petals for Armor”.
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Released ep “Petals for Armor II”.
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Released ep “Petals for Armor I”.
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Their relationship, particularly its genesis as part of an affair, inspired Williams's 2020 song "Dead Horse." In September 2022, Williams confirmed she was in a relationship with her Paramore bandmate Taylor York.
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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
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2019· 1 entry
Collaborated with American Football on the song "Uncomfortably Numb", which appeared on the band's third self-titled studio album
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2017· 2 entries
With Gilbert's infidelity later being revealed as the reason, and their divorce was finalized by the end of the year
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Good Dye Young launched a temporary hair dye line that disappears after one wash called Poser Paste, and in May 2020, they released Lighter Daze, a range of five semi-permanent pastel colors
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2016· 2 entries
After over four years of planning, Williams launched the hair dye company Good Dye Young alongside her hair and makeup artist Brian O'Connor
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Featured on a remix of Chvrches' song "Bury It", after having performed it live with the band the previous year
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2015· 5 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for Ain't It Fun (2015).
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Featured on a new version of the song "Vicious Love" for her then-fiancée Chad Gilbert's band New Found Glory, also appearing in its music video
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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
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Launched the online beauty and music series Kiss-Off on Popular TV
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Williams starred as the 'Crimson Curse' in Taylor Swift's music video for her single, "Bad Blood", alongside sixteen other celebrities
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2013· 1 entry
Williams appeared on the April 2013 cover of Nylon magazine to promote Paramore's self-titled album.
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2011· 1 entry
“Sobre concorrer ao Grammy 2011 na categoria de Melhor Colaboração Pop ao lado de B.o.B. e Eminem com a música Airplanes.”
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2010· 3 entries
Appeared on the tracks "Airplanes" and "Airplanes, Part II" from alternative rapper B
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Was featured on the single "Airplanes" by B
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“This is what I've learned, in my life: Headbanging is crucial. Growing up is hard to do. There's nothing wrong with wearing a dress.”
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2007· 1 entry
That Williams "has more charisma than singers twice her age, and her band aren't far behind in their chops, either
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2006· 1 entry
Paramore toured outside of the United States 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
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2003· 1 entry
By managers Dave Steunebrink and Richard Williams, who signed the 14-year-old to a two-year production deal
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2002· 1 entry
When she was 13, she moved with her mother to Franklin, Tennessee
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1988· 2 entries
Born 1988-12-27.
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In Meridian, Mississippi, the daughter of Cristi and Joey Williams
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