Hayley posted an announcement from the band on Paramore.net, head over to .net to read the original note.

It’s April… Honestly, I don’t believe how fast the months go by anymore. The older I get the faster time flies. The other day I was looking at my calendar from last year (which was, admittedly, a lot less full than I had hoped it would be…) and thinking of how I was dreading how slowly it might go by. I’ve never known what it’s like to be home for more than a few weeks at a time that absolutely nothing is going on. The only thing I could think about was if we could snap our fingers and make the 4th album happen so that the next time I looked up, we’d be back on a stage somewhere and not sitting around at home. But you can’t just make things like that happen. For something to be great, there has to be some kind of trial or some type of struggle that actually makes it special or valuable to you. Otherwise, anything could be easily taken for granted.

There’s no reason to lie about it, the first few months of writing were ridiculously draining and a lot more of a pain than a pleasure. It was supposed to be fun right? We made it all the way to this point to just struggle some more. So, you can probably imagine that when the flood gates burst this past January and inspiration started filling us up again, we were more than willing to let it take us wherever it wanted. We’ve written a lot of songs I never thought we would write. And we aren’t done yet! The writing will continue even as we enter the studio… Which, of course, is what I’m writing you about right now.

The guys and I went in to record a song for our 4th album about a week and a half ago. Except that we weren’t exactly sure how it was going to go or that the end result would be something we actually wanted to use, it was all very exciting. At the end of our time in the studio, it was clear to us that this was definitely right! So without delaying any longer, we would like to announce that our 4th album’s producer is Justin Meldal-Johnsen. And what the heck, we might as well tell you that the one song we recorded will be called “Daydreaming”. (It’s the one we “tweeted” about writing in a hotel room in LA back in Feb).

In case you can’t tell, we’re working on a pretty strange schedule, by our standards. There has never been so much time and care put into a Paramore album. Usually, we are rushing to make a very strict deadline which so far has just not been right for this record. We cannot assure you it will be out this year. What we can tell you is that from now on, when we go in to create this thing, whether for a day at a time or for a month, you will be kept more informed. It is a total joy to make our fans/family a part of what we do because we couldn’t do it without you anyway.
Phew! It feels so good to get all that out there… Felt like I was going to word vomit on twitter or something if I didn’t write this soon.

The guys and I have been constantly amazed at the enthusiasm and excitement we’ve seen on fansites/blogs/in handwritten letters/and elsewhere. Again, we just want to say thank you for your patience and the way you’ve kept us hungry to make music and to play shows. This is a very incredible life to live and you have all been the best reminder of that.

See you around the internet, surfing Tumblr and Twitter and all that mess… But not Facebook. I don’t know how to use it.

Dispatching for Paramore,
Hayley

ROSE COLORED WORLD – Hayley

Hayley recently updated the cellstream on Paramore.net. Her mom gave her a book of old family recipes.

Late bday gift from my mom. Recipe book full of old family recipes!

A new video of the band exploring Los Angeles was posted on Paramore.net. Check it out by clicking the image below!

Make sure to check out the following pictures of the band meeting with potential producers.

Hayley posted a new blog entry on Paramore.net, read it below!

A Week In Los Angeles
Posted by Hayley
February 3, 2012
This week is the busiest week we’ve had in quite a long time. I’m writing this through half-open eyes*. My body hasn’t quite caught up with the work schedule yet… ever since we came home after the FBR15 show it’s been all Hunger Games, holiday meals, and Sega Genesis for me. Not a very active type of business to be running. Anyways, I think I much prefer this tiresome route. At least we’re getting somewhere now!

We’ve met a good 6 or 7 guys this week who are all well-qualified for the job of producing our 4th album. It’s a scary/exciting/and extremely inspiring process to meet and try to get to know someone who will carry out a vision with us and bring together all the music we create. As you know from the video we posted yesterday, one of the men we met with was Justin Meldal-Johnson. What an amazing guy. So talented too. We really should thank him for actually being the only guy who was really up for being filmed and okay with sort of having his space invaded by a little pink camera. Originally, our plan was to film literally any little thing, every meeting that happened on this trip. We wanted to make some kind of “video list” of all the folks we were meeting with. Unfortunately, we’ve got to respect the fact that not every guy wants his mug posted up on blog sites/fan sites/forums nor do they really want to disclose information about potential projects. The truth is, we were sort of going with the whole notion that “it’s easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission” … but again, at this point it’s really clear to us that it was a little too ambitious of an assignment and we have to respect people’s wishes to not be on exhibit all over the internet. Basically, there are still going to be video clips and pics from the trip and we’re still going to keep you guys in the loop… we hope you’re still down!

The great news is that so far we’ve gotten a lot of incredible feedback on the batch of songs we’ve been showing to producers. It’s a new day for our band. If we didn’t know that before, this trip has most certainly been the confirmation we needed.

Thanks for sticking around to support us and being in this whole thing with us. We’ve only got two meetings left on this trip. You have all been with us for every thing we’ve done thus far and you’ll be there tomorrow as well. Not through a camera or by any physical means… but in our thoughts and hearts. You’re a big part of us wanting to make this whole experience just plain fun. Thank you guys again. Keep an eye out on the site cause we’ll still be posting plenty of things from our time here in LA.

Love,
Hayley

* Note: not half-closed.Glass half-full > glass half-empty.

Hayley uploaded the following images to cellstream on the main
Paramore website:

Beautiful day in the neighborhood

Why is your name so long?

Me and T hanging out.