Latest posts ‘Hayley’

Hayley joins What’s Eating Gilbert on stage

Hayley’s boyfriend, Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory, is now on tour with his own band “What’s Eating Gilbert”, and had a show at the SXSW Fest today. Hayley surprisingly joined him on stage and we have pictures to prove it!

Hayley on the cover of the Nylon magazine

Hayley can be found on the cover of the Nylon magazine. There are also a few new pictures of her in the magazine which have been uploaded into our gallery. You can find them below.

Teen Vogue interview with Hayley

This week, Paramore is busy gearing up to play a handful of shows at indie-music paradise South by Southwest—their first time performing at the fest since 2008—but Hayley Williams took time away from promoting their upcoming album to talk about leaving Nashville for Los Angeles, finding a signature style, and growing up—musically and personally.

How does your new album compare to the others?
“It’s different in every possible way, which at first was a little concerning for us. Then we realized that it’s so important to grow as a band and as people. It’s been a year since we started this whole journey and everything has fallen where it’s supposed to fall. It’s the first album I’ve listened to by us that I feel like we’ve sound like we’ve grown up a lot. Now I really know what it means to grow up as a band.”

You have a hand in writing all of the songs. Have your lyrics changed a lot, too?
“As far as lyrics go, we’ve been through a ton as a band and I’ve been through a ton as a woman. I’ve accepted my womanhood and I’m very empowered by it in a really positive way. And as a band, we’ve changed a lot and what’s most exciting is that we’ve been able to explore our artistry.”

Who inspires you within the music industry?
“We’re friends with the guys in Fun. and to see where they’ve come from and where they are now, it’s inspiring to see how they’ve done a great job staying true to themselves. No matter what comes at them, they deal with it in the best way possible. They use their success in ways that are so positive.”

What’s one of the coolest moments you’ve had in your career?
“One of the coolest shows that we’ve done was playing with The Cure, which is one of my all-time favorite bands. So to not only be making the record of our lives but also to be playing with our favorite band of all time, at the same time, was incredible.”

It’s been three years since your last album. What have you been up to?
“I sort of moved to LA to get away from Nashville. Being alone at such a crucial time and not having the comforts of home and my family to lean on was the closest I’ll ever get to moving away for college. Now I can cook a meal every night if I need to. Those are the simple things that everyone my age knows how to do, and I’d never had a chance to learn them.”

You have a very loyal fan base of young girls. How does that feel?
“It’s really amazing and very flattering. I feel like when I was a teenager, I didn’t have a lot of girls to look up to that I really, really admired. I was a guy’s girl and didn’t have great experiences with girl friends, which is such a shame. I look back now and think about how much more confident I might have been if I had had more girl friends or if I had a strong female role model. From thirteen to nineteen, those teenage years are so crucial and it’s such an important time for girls. I look at my young sister and see such a huge future for her, and as long as she has someone backing her up and as long as she still supported, she can do that.”

What makes you feel empowered?
There’s nothing more empowering than playing a live show. We just got done with a festival in Australia, and us and Garbage were the only female-fronted bands there. It shouldn’t be like that, but being one of the few and being able to hold our own is an honor. Seeing big tough guys come to the show and say, ‘This rules!’ is so great.”

You’re quite the style icon. Are you interested in fashion?
“It’s so funny, I don’t feel stylish and I wear sweatpants any change I get. I try to be really honest in dressing how I feel. It’s about expressing myself and not about following the trends. I don’t consider myself a fashion girl, but I am often interested in what Miu Miu is doing. I mostly shop at thrift stores and vintage, plus Topshop and H&M. When we tour, I shop. We were just in Sydney, and I went into this random store called JayJays and picked up 10 pairs of leggings.”

Is there a story behind your signature orange hair?
“I always had my hair red as a younger teenager, and when we were writing songs for Riot I had this urge to look like an anime character. It’s been like that ever since. I like how light I feel with orange. Orange is my absolute favorite.”

You just signed on to do a collection with MAC. Are you into makeup?
“As a teenager, I wasn’t. Photographers used to hate me, all they wanted was to put chapstick on my lips to make me look not dead and I’d refuse. I’ve always tried to be no-fuss. After we went to Japan for the first time, I saw all of these girls who really expressed themselves through makeup and started to do more. I use MAC on my eyes, but I use drugstores brands too. I’m not a makeup elitist.”

“M.A.C Hayley Williams” Launch Party

As you might already know, Hayley Williams teamed up with M.A.C Cosmetics and is launching a new make up line on April 9th. The M.A.C Hayley Williams Launch Party was held yesterday and we now have some pictures from the event. Hopefully we’ll have more soon!

We have also added some pictures to the “At SXSW” and “mtvU Woodie Awards 2013″ albums, check them out.

Edgefest 23 Interview with Hayley

Hayley did another phone interview, this time it’s with 102.1 The Edge Radio. She talks about the upcoming listening party in Dallas and their new music.