Hayley Williams Says Paramore Isn’t Going Anywhere. It’s In Her “DNA”

Paramore's Zac Farro, Hayley Williams, and Taylor York. Photo by Kristin Callahan/ACE Pictures/REX/Shutterstock (9026896g)
Paramore's Zac Farro, Hayley Williams, and Taylor York. Photo by Kristin Callahan/ACE Pictures/REX/Shutterstock (9026896g)

Hayley Williams has said that Paramore isn’t going anywhere and that she never wants to put out a press release that says “we’re over.”

Paramore have became a staple part of our generation. Whether you like it or not, they’ve become one of the faces of alternative culture and the remainder of your cringy emo stage when you were 13. Fans will be pleased to hear that as far as Hayley is concerned, the band will never be over.

“When we were kids it was like, we’d never even seen or heard of some of the opportunities before,” Williams recalled. “Half of it was curiosity and half of it was just wide-eyed ‘let’s see what this experience feels like.’ Obviously, we wanted the band to succeed. But I don’t even know if we really grasped the concept of succeeding.

“It was more like we just went through the motions every day, and if the shows are really magical, then that’s why you do it, you know? Now — especially after this album cycle, too — I would never do things the way we did before ‘After Laughter’. With ‘After Laughter’, we kind of said no to everything.”

Paramore put out their first album in 2007 when Hayley was just 18. ‘After Laughter’ is the name of their latest album which was released in 2017.

Hayley continued: “I never want to have to put out a press release that says we’re over or that I quit or that we’re taking a hiatus, which is essentially a marketing ploy these days. I would rather it just be. It just is a part of each of our DNA. If we choose to move into it as a brand and put a name on these songs and make a new t-shirt, then awesome. But I’ve been in a band with them since I was 12; I don’t think the band is going anywhere. “

She added: “As long as we’re friends, the band just is. It’s just in us.”