Hayley Williams reveals new album is her last solo work: “The last record I’ll do under my name”
Hayley Williams has announced that her recent solo album, Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party, will likely be the last she releases under her own name.
In a new interview with Rolling Stone, the Paramore vocalist looked back at the project as a whole. Williams shared, “I made this record, and it kind of feels like it just exploded out. It does feel right to put it out under my name. But I think I have to exercise saying that I feel like it’s the last record I’ll do under my name, and I feel proud of that.”
She added earnestly, “I want to be in 100 bands before I die. I like that feeling of being in a room with people and something that didn’t exist becomes a thing that you’re all holding.”
The ‘Misery Business’ singer also revealed how often she relies on collaboration and community to write music, even if that music is considered “solo”. She shared, “I’ve loved tapping into the creativity of friends that I trust. If they said, “I don’t know, have you thought about it this way?” it wouldn’t suck the oxygen out. It would just refine something. That’s also the importance of community. It’s like the vulnerability part we talked about. The trust …”
This year, the Paramore frontwoman has taken part in a whole host of musical collaborations, with the likes of Turnstile, David Byrne, and Jay Som. She nodded towards these new projects in the interview, sharing, ” I’m 36 — 20 years or so into my career — and I’m realising I don’t actually have much experience collaborating outside of this world. There’s a hungry part of me that I’m definitely willing to feed and try, but it comes with so much self-doubt.”
In the same interview, Williams expressed dismay over feeling as if she had been unfairly “blamed for all the shit that would go on in our band, and I never knew if it was [because] I’m the singer. But also at the time, I’m a young girl, and people don’t understand young girls.” Paramore are currently on a break after supporting Taylor Swift on the Eras Tour last year.
Williams will physically release Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party on November 7th. It will include two additional songs, making for a 20-track album.
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