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PARAMORE

Our Album of the Year is the sound of an artist stepping off the ledge not for spectacle, but for survival, and discovering, mid-air, what she’s really capable of.

by Ali Shutler12 Dec 2025

Dork's album of the year: Hayley Williams and making peace with ego death

DORK'S ALBUM OF THE YEAR: HAYLEY WILLIAMS AND MAKING PEACE WITH EGO DEATH

Our Album of the Year is the sound of an artist stepping off the ledge not for spectacle, but for survival, and discovering, mid-air, what she’s really capable of.

12 Dec 2025•By Ali Shutler

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News21 Oct 2026

Hayley Williams isn't having any daft nonsense said about Fontaines D.C.’s ‘Dopamine Chamber’

Primavera Sound Barcelona has announced its 2027 anniversary line-up

News29 Oct 2026

Primavera Sound Porto has announced Fontaines D.C., Hayley Williams and FKA twigs for 2027

Fontaines D.C., Hayley Williams, FKA twigs and The Chemical Brothers are among the first names announced for Primavera Sound Porto 2027.

News30 Sept 2026

Laneway Festival have unveiled their 2027 lineup

News24 Sept 2026

Hayley Williams has shared a tribute to Chad Gilbert following his death

News18 Sept 2026

Hayley Williams has brought out Rico Nasty for ‘Airplanes’ at Forest Hills Stadium

News18 Sept 2026

beabadoobee has released her fourth album, ‘Pylon’

News18 Sept 2026

Hayley Williams has announced her first solo Australian headline shows

Features & interviews

Features8 Feb 2023

Inside Paramore's London 'This Is Why' listening party

Features25 Nov 2016

Hayley Williams to donate a portion of each goodDYEyoung sale to charity

Features9 Oct 2024

Paramore: "The creativity is about to get cranked up"

Dork catches up with HAYLEY WILLIAMS to discuss what’s next for a band who, after all these years, can be anything they want.

Features16 Jul 2015

Hayley Williams has 'no idea' what's next for Paramore, but can't wait to find out

Features2 Jun 2015

Hayley Williams: I’m “a proud feminist. Just maybe not a perfect one?”

Paramore: "The creativity is about to get cranked up"

Dork catches up with HAYLEY WILLIAMS to discuss what’s next for a band who, after all these years, can be anything they want.

by Ali Shutler9 Oct 2024

Paramore: "The creativity is about to get cranked up"

PARAMORE: "THE CREATIVITY IS ABOUT TO GET CRANKED UP"

Dork catches up with HAYLEY WILLIAMS to discuss what’s next for a band who, after all these years, can be anything they want.

9 Oct 2024•By Ali Shutler

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Reviews22 Jun 2026

Hayley Williams’ ‘Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party’ tour is a reclamation of visceral joy

Reviews12 Sept 2025

Hayley Williams - Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party

Live20 Jun 2024

The Eras tour feels like the start of something new for Paramore

Live21 Apr 2023

Paramore bring catharsis, collective mourning and giddy joy to London's O2

Reviews10 Feb 2023

Paramore - This Is Why

News

News21 Oct 2026

Hayley Williams isn't having any daft nonsense said about Fontaines D.C.’s ‘Dopamine Chamber’

Primavera Sound Barcelona has announced its 2027 anniversary line-up

News29 Oct 2026

Primavera Sound Porto has announced Fontaines D.C., Hayley Williams and FKA twigs for 2027

Fontaines D.C., Hayley Williams, FKA twigs and The Chemical Brothers are among the first names announced for Primavera Sound Porto 2027.

News30 Sept 2026

Laneway Festival have unveiled their 2027 lineup

News24 Sept 2026

Hayley Williams has shared a tribute to Chad Gilbert following his death

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It looks very much like we're getting a new album from Hayley Williams tomorrow

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News17 Apr 2020

Hayley Williams has dropped a new Petals For Armor track, 'Why We Ever'

Hayley Williams has shared another new track, 'Why We Ever'.

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Hayley Williams has shared another new solo track, give 'Why We Ever' a listen

It's the latest teaser from her upcoming album.

Live17 Jan 2018

Paramore unite the O2 with raw emotion and excitement on Tour Three

Live20 Jun 2017

Paramore belong at a technicolour Royal Albert Hall

Reviews15 May 2017

Paramore - After Laughter

News18 Sept 2026

Hayley Williams has brought out Rico Nasty for ‘Airplanes’ at Forest Hills Stadium

News18 Sept 2026

beabadoobee has released her fourth album, ‘Pylon’

News18 Sept 2026

Hayley Williams has announced her first solo Australian headline shows

News9 Apr 2020

Hayley Williams has dropped another new track, 'My Friend'

It's the latest taster of 'PETALS FOR ARMOR'.

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Hayley Williams has dropped a new Petals For Armor song, 'Over Yet'

Her debut solo album is coming in just over a month.

Hayley Williams has dropped a new Petals For Armor song - check out 'Over Yet'

Hayley Williams has dropped a new Petals For Armor song.

News19 Mar 2020

Hayley Williams has dropped a new Petals For Armor song: "Happy q-tine to us all"

Give 'Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris' a listen, it features boygenius.

Hayley Williams is bringing Petals For Armor to the UK for a set at The Great Escape, and a London show

"I am going on tour."

News22 Jan 2020

Hayley Williams has dropped her brand new solo single, 'Simmer'

Her debut album 'Petals For Armor' is due this May.

News21 Jan 2020

Hayley Williams' new solo single is called 'Simmer'

It'll be with us tomorrow (22nd January).

News13 Jan 2020

Hayley Williams has posted a new video teaser for her solo project

Whatever Petals For Armor is, it's coming next week.

Hayley Williams is teasing a date for something from her new solo project

Petals For Armor is coming before the end of the month.

Hayley Williams from Paramore has a new project, and there's teasing happening 'online' now

What is Petals For Armor? When will we hear stuff? Is it possible to be too excited?

Live17 Jan 2018

Paramore unite the O2 with raw emotion and excitement on Tour Three

Tour One was a hard reset for Paramore. Carried with a sense of learning to walk again and asking questions about where, and if, they still fit into peoples lives against a backdrop of venues normally off-limits to rock bands, it took the discovery and doubt…

News14 Sept 2017

Hayley Williams and PVRIS are both on Tegan & Sara's new covers album

Tegan & Sara have announced the tracklisting for their upcoming all-covers version of ‘The Con’, put together to celebrate the album's tenth anniversary...

Live20 Jun 2017

Paramore belong at a technicolour Royal Albert Hall

The last time Paramore were in the UK, they were headlining Reading & Leeds Festival. At Reading, the power went out halfway through their set. For most bands it would have killed the atmosphere stone dead. For Paramore, they simply sat down together at the…

Reviews15 May 2017

Paramore - After Laughter

‘After Laughter’ is ok with not being ok.

Hayley Williams: "Our pasts can be a great comforter or a horror movie"

Paramore's new album is one of the most anticipated albums of 2017 and it feels like '5more' is getting closer by the day. After virtual radio silence,...

Features25 Nov 2016

Hayley Williams to donate a portion of each goodDYEyoung sale to charity

For the next month, Hayley Williams is going to donate $1 from every goodDYEyoung product sold towards a non-profit organisation, with differing causes...

Features16 Jul 2015

Hayley Williams has 'no idea' what's next for Paramore, but can't wait to find out

So Paramore are awesome. Everyone knows that. One thing that’s especially awesome about Paramore is how the band - especially Hayley Williams - interact...

Features2 Jun 2015

Hayley Williams: I’m “a proud feminist. Just maybe not a perfect one?”

Hayley Williams of Paramore has taken to her blog to address comments made about her stance as a feminist.

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