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Paramore – This Is Why
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“This Is Why" is Paramore’s first release in over five years. Taken from their sixth studio album of the same name, it is the first-ever title track for the Nashville trio.
The
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Paramore – Last Hope
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“Last Hope” was inspired by the pain Hayley Williams felt following the departure of the Farro brothers from the band. The Buffalo News wrote in its concert review that Hayley “
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Paramore – Hard Times
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“Hard Times” describes the depression that lead singer Hayley Williams had in 2016 due to personal issues in the band as well as confronting themes of growing up. She told The New
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Paramore – Decode
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Paramore had already had their breakthrough with RIOT! and Misery Business, but Decode put the band on a complete new level of superstardom. The song, written for the soundtrack to
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Paramore – The News
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The band released a snippet of a song from their new album This Is Why on their discord on September 9th. A second snippet was posted on TikTok by the account @isthiswhyisthisiswhy
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Paramore – Passionfruit
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Paramore covered Drake for Radio 1’s Live Lounge. While on tour in the UK, they stopped by Live Lounge to cover the Canadian rapper’s More Life’s highlight “Passionfruit”, with
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Paramore – Future
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“Future” in a way it sounds as if it’s almost two different songs, turning entirely instrumental after about the 3:00 mark. The song came together almost by accident – Hayley had
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Paramore – Brick by Boring Brick
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Track 4 in Paramore’s third album Brand New Eyes. In an interview with Alternative Press, Hayley Williams called the song “a story about a girl who escaped reality through pictures
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Paramore – Running Out Of Time
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In “Running Out of Time,” Hayley Williams pokes fun at her poor time management skills. The song shares sonic and lyrical similarities with the following track, “C’est Comme Ça
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Paramore – Proof
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“Proof” was the first song Paramore recorded for the album, and it intentionally had nothing to do with the band’s breakup. It sees Hayley commenting on how, regardless of how hard
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Paramore – Hallelujah
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“Hallelujah” is the third song off Paramore’s sophomore album Riot!.
It is a generally ‘good feeling’ song showing the band’s strong faith in themselves and their hope of pushing
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Paramore – Fences
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This song appears to explore the themes of public figures being followed by the media constantly.
In some ways the most appropriate case would be Princess Diana who was constantly
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Paramore – Anklebiters
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“Anklebiters” addresses people who can’t think for themselves. Although the song was not released as a single, the band released a video for the song on June 26, 2013. The band
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Paramore – Fake Happy
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“Fake Happy” is Hayley Williams' confession about her true emotions. In the song, we see that under her bright, bubbly personality she is deeply unhappy. It also serves as a kind
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Paramore – Now
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“Now” is the first single off Paramore’s self-titled album. The single was meant to announce the band’s return with authority. After the breakup and all of the time off, Hayley
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Paramore – Forgiveness
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Throughout “Forgiveness” Hayley talks about forgiveness and redemption between her and the other band members; she also discusses troublesome moments with her partner at the time.
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Paramore – Daydreaming
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Hayley talked about the meaning behind the song and how it came to be in an interview with Music Mix:
It came together after six months of listening to Blondie’s Greatest Hits on
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Paramore – Be Alone
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“Be Alone” is about Hayley spending much of 2012 as a loner, getting to know herself better. A lot of it can be summed up by this image, which she posted to her Tumblr in May 2012:
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Paramore – (One of Those) Crazy Girls
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“(One of Those) Crazy Girls” debuted as part of Paramore’s ‘4 sides/4 nights’ release, Hayley said it had some “tongue-in-cheek vibes.” In future interviews, she’s said the song is
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Paramore – Miracle
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The seventh song of Paramore’s second album Riot! is a conversation of Hayley with herself and with God; she talks about her depression, getting through self-hate, and self-injury.
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Paramore – Franklin
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Track 9 on Paramore’s debut album All We Know Is Falling, “Franklin” is a song about how it is like to come back to their hometown Franklin, Tennessee after they began touring as a
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Paramore – Let the Flames Begin
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The sixth track on Riot! is about keeping the faith while in tough times.
In a note to her fans on the LiveJournal Community, lead singer Hayley Williams explained that this song
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Paramore – Careful
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“Careful” is a song about finding one’s place in the world. It was one of the first demos for Brand New Eyes and Hayley discusses that one should search for one’s purpose rather
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Paramore – Interlude: Holiday
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“Holiday” is the second of three interludes on the record, each of which features only Hayley Williams' vocals and guitarist Taylor York on the ukulele. The three interludes were
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Paramore – Grow Up
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“Grow Up”, as the title implies, is a song where Hayley asks people to grow up and open their minds. She calls out for people to open up to others and accept everyone for who they
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Paramore – Emergency
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The second single from Paramore’s debut album is a song about abusing love. Hayley lays out her views on love and how events like her parents' divorce affected her life. She
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Paramore – Ignorance
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The second track from Paramore’s third album Brand New Eyes and one of their biggest hits. Released as a single on July 7, 2009, it hit #7 on the US Alternative Songs, #1 on UK
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Paramore – Pressure
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Released in 2005, “Pressure” is the second song and first single of Paramore’s debut studio album All We Know Is Falling.
Directed by Shane Drake, its music video features
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Paramore – Tell Me How
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“Tell Me How” is a slow-moving, laden track that discusses losing friends, including previous members of the band. Lead singer Hayley Williams finds herself at a crossroads with
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Paramore – Grudges
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The “Grudges” instrumental was created by Taylor York and Zac Farro. Williams said in an interview that she automatically knew it had to contain nostalgic lyrics and decided to
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Paramore – In The Mourning
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This is the third and final song released as a part of Paramore’s Singles Club series. It was released on December 5, 2011.
“In The Mourning” was the first Paramore song that came
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Paramore – Fast in My Car
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The 1st song of their fourth studio album, Paramore, released April 5th 2013.
Paramore felt this song was a fitting choice to lead off their self-titled album, as it is about their
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Paramore – We Are Broken
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Riot!’s ninth track is a prayer to God, where Hayley asks to be made whole again. Being broken is common Christian imagery for being dirtied by sin and Jesus comes to make people
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Paramore – Conspiracy
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“Conspiracy” is the first song ever written by Paramore. This song is all about where people’s loyalties lie. Hayley was 13 when she wrote the song.
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Paramore – Pool
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“Pool” is Hayley’s dark take on a love song. The song’s melody was one of the first written for this album, started by Taylor York and finished by both him and Zac Farro.
In the
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Paramore – Liar
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This song is about Hayley’s denial for falling in love with band member and partner Taylor York, and fighting her feelings because she thought she was wrong to feel them.
During
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Paramore – Looking Up
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“Looking Up” is an upbeat and hopeful track, lyrically about how the band feels like it has become an overnight success. This album was released in 2009, only 5 years after their
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Paramore – Caught in the Middle
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“Caught In The Middle” sees Hayley Williams confronted with the concept of getting older (she has been in Paramore since she was 15 and is now approaching her 30s). Combined with a
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Paramore – Interlude: Moving On
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“Moving On” is the first of three interludes on the record, each of which features only Hayley Williams' vocals and guitarist Taylor York on the ukulele. The three interludes were
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Paramore – Feeling Sorry
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“Feeling Sorry” is about people who want good things to happen to them while they don’t work to get it. It critiques people with potential who waste their lives waiting for things
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Paramore – When It Rains
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The fifth track on the album explores the mindstate of someone who committed suicide due to depression.
We see the subject had lost all hope with the narrator in disbelief as to
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Paramore – Misery Business
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The lead single from Paramore’s second album Riot!. It’s been featured in numerous video games and also nominated for the Best Video award from 2007’s Kerrang! Awards.
Hayley went
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