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Paramore (Music)

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Paramore are an American Alternative Rock band currently comprised of vocalist, guitarist, and keyboardist Hayley Williams; guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist Taylor York; and drummer Zac Farro. Former guitarist Josh Farro and his brother Zac left the band in 2010, only for Zac to return in 2017; bassist Jeremy Davis left in 2015.Williams, the Farros, and Davis formed in the band in 2004 when they were teenagers (in Zac's case, a preteen) living in Franklin, Tennessee (just south of Nashville). Davis left for five months just after the band was signed to Fueled by Ramen, and his departure formed the basis for much of their first album All We Know Is Falling, including the cover artwork and the album title. While none of the album's three singles charted upon release, a constant stream of touring, including the renowned Warped Tour, brought the band a devoted fanbase. York, a high school friend, joined around the release of their second album Riot! in 2007. This was the album that propelled them to mainstream success via numerous charting singles, most prominently its lead single "Misery Business", and helped to make Williams a prominent face of late 2000s American pop rock.A year after the release of their third album, brand new eyes, the Farros quit the band, and the future of the group was in doubt until Williams announced that she, York (now playing all the guitars and drums in the studio), and Davis would continue as a trio, augmented with touring members. Their next album Paramore — so titled since it felt like a re-introduction of the band to the world and themselves — was released in 2013 and became their biggest critical and commercial success, spawning further hit singles like "Still Into You" and "Ain't It Fun".The band underwent further internal turmoil in 2015, which culminated in Davis' second departure. In 2016, Paramore returned to the studio to develop new material with their original drummer Zac Farro; he returned to the main line-up as their full-time drummer the following year in time for the release of their fifth album, After Laughter.In 2020, Hayley released her first solo album Petals for Armor, a pop album with serious and personal lyrics centered around her struggles with depression and her divorce. In 2021, she followed it up with a companion album called Flowers for Vases, which continues the self-reflective lyrics of the previous album but goes for a more folk-influenced music style.After several years without performing or releasing new material, it was confirmed at the start of 2022 that the band had reassembled and entered the studio to work on their sixth album. The album, titled This Is Why, was released in 2023.Paramore discography:Albums All We Know Is Falling (2005)Singles"Pressure", "Emergency", "All We Know" The Summer Tic EP (2006) Riot! (2007)Singles"Misery Business", "Hallelujah", "Crushcrushcrush", "That's What You Get" The Final Riot! (2008) Brand New Eyes (2009)Singles "Ignorance", "Brick By Boring Brick", "The Only Exception", "Careful", "Playing God" Singles Club EP (2011) Paramore (2013)Singles "Now", "Still Into You", "Daydreaming", "Ain't It Fun" After Laughter (2017)Singles "Hard Times", "Told You So", "Fake Happy", "Rose-Colored Boy", "Caught in the Middle" This Is Why (2023)Singles"This Is Why", "The News", "C'est Comme Ça", "Running Out of Time"Non-album singles "Decode" (2009) "Monster" (2011)Hayley's discography:Albums Petals for Armor (2020)Singles "Simmer", "Leave It Alone", "Dead Horse" Flowers for Vases / Descansos (2021)Non-album singles "Airplanes" (vocal feature for B.o.B (Rapper)) (2010) "Stay the Night" (vocal feature for Zedd) (2013) "Vicious Love" (vocal feature for New Found Glory) (2015) "Bury It" (vocal feature for CHVRCHES) (2016) "Uncomfortably Numb" (vocal feature for American Football) (2019) "Teardrop" (Massive Attack cover) (2021) "Colour Me In" (2021)
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Don't be fooled by the vibrant catchiness of "Hard Times"; it's about someone who is teetering on the edge of a full breakdown. In fact, most of After Laughter is this, as it's both about Hayley's strained relationships with her previous bandmates as well as having many songs about dangerous or broken relationshipsnote largely inspired by Hayley's troubled marriage to Chad.
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Darker and Edgier
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Darker and Edgier: The music video for "Brick by Boring Brick" becomes this starting at the bridge. "Part II" is described as more hopeless compared to "Let the Flames Begin" and is probably the darkest song on Paramore. The lyrics in After Laughter are generally more cynical and downbeat (despite the more upbeat music) compared to the overall more optimistic Paramore. Hayley's two solo albums (Petals For Armor and Flowers for Vases) are VERY dark compared to her work with Paramore. Like After Laughter, they were heavily inspired by the hard times she faced over the mid-2010s, due to her struggles with depression, her divorce, etc. She even uses full-blown F-bombs in a couple songs. This Is Why isn't quite AS dark as After Laughter but still shows more cynicism and world weariness than the band's first four albums.
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Male Band, Female Singer
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Male Band, Female Singer: One of the most known examples in this genre (and the current page image).
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Those Two Guys
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Those Two Guys: The group is often known as Hayley Williams and those two guys (with who those guys are often changing).
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Overly Narrow Superlative
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Overly Narrow Superlative: "Ain't It Fun" proudly presents itself as the music video with the most records broken, all of which also enter the trope.
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Alice Allusion
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Alice Allusion: The video for "Brick By Boring Brick" features a young blonde girl getting lost in an increasingly nightmarish fantasy world brimming with Wonderland imagery, right down to a tea party with strangely dressed characters.
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Cool Shades
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Cool Shades: Hayley sports black-and-white-rimmed pair in the video for "Playing God" and round yellow-tinted ones in "Told You So" (both very cool).
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Psycho Ex-Girlfriend
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Psycho Ex-Girlfriend: "(One Of Those) Crazy Girls" is sung from the perspective of one of these who breaks into her ex's home to smell the clothes in his closet.
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New Sound Album
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New Sound Album: Paramore started out as Post-Hardcore-influenced emo pop punk on All We Know is Falling, but every album since has had their own distinct sound: Riot largely removed the post-hardcore influences in favor of a more alternative rock and Power Pop-oriented sound while still being emo pop punk at its core. Brand New Eyes is basically a mixture of the sounds on their first two albums. Paramore removes the pop punk sound almost entirely in favor of a more straightforward pop rock sound with elements of power pop, new wave, Folk Rock and even Post-Rock, among others. After Laughter is a Synth-Pop-influenced new wave album, being their biggest departure to date. This Is Why has an unambiguous Post-Punk revival style, though the new wave constituent on their past two records is still present.
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Alpha Bitch
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Alpha Bitch: The girl in the music video for "Misery Business". She "gets hers" in the end when her cups get plucked out of her dress.
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Alliterative Title
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Alliterative Title: "Brick by Boring Brick".
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Bilingual Bonus
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Bilingual Bonus: "C'est Comme Ca" is French for "It Is What It Is."
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Two Guys and a Girl
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Two Guys and a Girl: The Self-Titled era set up. You have Taylor and Jeremy as the two guys, and Hayley as the girl. They've had various touring members for live shows, including Ilan Rubin - who did drums on the self-titled album - and Aaron Gillespie. The After Laughter era continues this, with Taylor and Hayley accompanied by returning Paramore drummer Zac Farro, rather than Jeremy (who left). They're still backed by touring members for live shows.
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Miniscule Rocking
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Miniscule Rocking: The self-titled album contains three "Interlude" songs played on ukulele, each under two minutes ("I'm Not Angry Anymore" is under one).
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Vocal Evolution
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Vocal Evolution: Hayley, in the band's pop punk days, had a harsher and even slightly British-sounding vocal style (no doubt, paying hommage to bands like Ramones). She almost completely dropped it on the band's self-titled album in favor of more natural and melodic (but still harsh in parts) vocals.
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Guinness Episode
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Guinness Episode: The "Ain't It Fun" music video breaks 10 world records: Fastest Time to Break 30 Clocks with Guitars: 31.33 seconds Most Feathers Caught in 30 Seconds: 18 by Jeremy Most Vinyl Records Broken in 1 Minute: 58 Longest (recorded) Time Spent Spinning a Record on a Finger: 32.81 seconds by Taylor Fastest Time to Run Through 10 Banners: 9.19 seconds Most Cartwheels Done While Wearing Boots in 30 Seconds: 7 by Hayley Fastest Time to Walk Backwards 30 Feet While Blindfolded and Holding Stuffed Animals: 6.14 seconds by Taylor Fastest Time to Unwrap a "Mummy" (Hayley wrapped in toilet paper): 9.75 seconds by Jeremy and Taylor Longest Scream While Riding in a Convertible: 8.48 seconds by Hayley Most World Records Broken in a Music Video: 10 by Paramore
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Fantasy-Forbidding Father
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Fantasy-Forbidding Father: "Brick by Boring Brick" is from the perspective of one of these (or at least a concern-troll friend), portrayed positively. The speaker insists that the subject's romantic views and love of fairy tales are keeping her deluded and prone to being taken advantage of.
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Rock-Star Song
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Rock Star Song: "Fences" is a decidedly bitter one about dealing with paparazzi and public perception.
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Traumatic Haircut
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Traumatic Haircut: The mean girl in the "Misery Business" video scissors the braid off one of her unfortunate classmates, to the classmate's dismay.
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Pop Punk
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Pop Punk: Gradually became one of pop punk's preeminent bands in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
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Band of Relatives
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Band of Relatives: Three sets: The Farro brothers, who were co-founders, left in 2010, and saw only Zac return in 2016. The York brothers, current guitarist Taylor and touring member Justin. The Howard Brothers, albeit briefly, touring third guitarist and keyboard player Jonnote Joined in 2010 at the same time as Justin, left after the 2016 tour to focus on his family and was replaced by Logan Mackenzie and touring bassist Joey, who replaced Jeremy Davis.
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Messy Hair
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Messy Hair: Taylor has the curly variety when he lets his hair grow out.
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Synth-Pop
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After Laughter is a Synth-Pop-influenced new wave album, being their biggest departure to date.
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Genre Roulette
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Genre Roulette: They have done everything from Emo to Punk to pop to New Jack Swing to New Wave to Post-Punk.
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Attempted Homewrecker
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Attempted Homewrecker: In the music video for "Misery Business," when the Alpha Bitch sees a couple happily talking in the hallway, she shoves the girl out of the way and plants a Forceful Kiss on the boy.
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Early-Installment Weirdness
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Early-Installment Weirdness: All We Know is Falling has harsh vocals on a couple tracks, something the band hasn't done since (especially after Josh Farro's departure). Before Paramore, Hayley was part of a group called Mammoth City Messengers. Their only album consists of Christian pop, electronic, hip-hop, and even rap elements.
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Huge Guy, Tiny Girl
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Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Hayley stands at about 5'2; every guy that's been in the band is a giant compared to her.
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Revolving Door Band
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Revolving Door Band: Hayley Williams is the only member of Paramore who is actually signed to a record contract, which has contributed to tremendous turnover. The band didn't release two albums with the same official lineup until 2023 with This Is Why, six full albums and nearly two decades into the band's life.
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Pint-Sized Powerhouse
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Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Five foot two and a hundred pounds soaking wet? Hayley checks those boxes. High kicking acrobatics? Checks the other box.
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Pants-Free
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She spent some of the later tours of the After Laughter era performing without pants. Instead she wore see-through tights and short shorts combined with oversized shirts or jackets, thus looking like she wasn't wearing anything below the waist some nights.
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Metal Scream
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Metal Scream: The end of "My Heart" features a pretty strong one. A frequent occurrence in live shows too.
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Fake-Out Fade-Out
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Fake-Out Fade-Out: "Future" features one during its ending minutes of Epic Rocking.
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X-Ray Sparks
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X-Ray Sparks: Hayley's cartoonish skeleton is revealed when she gets struck by equally cartoonish lightning in the "Hard Times" music video.
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Sequel Song
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Sequel Song: "Part II" is meant as one to "Let the Flames Begin", down to starting with the same lyrics. For a time, the band played the songs back-to-back in concerts.
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Ugly All Along
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Ugly All Along: The music video for "Misery Business" features an archetypal Alpha Bitch going around bullying people, making other girls jealous, and the like, until Hayley Williams confronts her, and wipes all her makeup away with toilet roll, and also removes the pads from her top for good measure, exposing her for what kind of person she really is.
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Epic Rocking
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Epic Rocking: "Future" clocks in at 7:51; only the first three minutes or so feature any lyrics, with the back half entirely comprised of heavy guitars.
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech: "Ignorance" and "Playing God" are both rock song diss tracks listing all of the things the singer despises about the other person (from their ignorance to their God complex).
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Pun
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Hayley's two solo albums (Petals For Armor and Flowers for Vases) are VERY dark compared to her work with Paramore. Like After Laughter, they were heavily inspired by the hard times she faced over the mid-2010s, due to her struggles with depression, her divorce, etc. She even uses full-blown F-bombs in a couple songs.
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Paramore (Music) / int_83445b04
 Paramore (Music) / int_83a903f6
type
Stepford Smiler
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comment
Stepford Smiler: "Fake Happy" is all about Hayley "drawing her lipstick wider than her mouth" and putting on a happy face for the public.
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1.0
 Paramore (Music) / int_83a903f6
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_83a903f6
 Paramore (Music) / int_868409c
type
Broken Pedestal
 Paramore (Music) / int_868409c
comment
Broken Pedestal: Discussed in "Idle Worship" — the lyrics alluding to "stan" culture and the inevitability of fans being let down if they continue to worship a celebrity (specifically, Hayley herself) and treating them as if they can do no wrong.
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_868409c
 Paramore (Music) / int_87ae7730
type
Dramatic Choir Number
 Paramore (Music) / int_87ae7730
comment
Dramatic Choir Number: "Ain't It Fun" has a gospel choir the repeating bridge of the song.
 Paramore (Music) / int_87ae7730
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1.0
 Paramore (Music) / int_87ae7730
featureConfidence
1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_87ae7730
 Paramore (Music) / int_8a24c94e
type
Studio Chatter
 Paramore (Music) / int_8a24c94e
comment
Studio Chatter: Some is featured at the end of "Anklebiters", at the beginning of "Future", and before the third chorus of "Still Into You".
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1.0
 Paramore (Music) / int_8a24c94e
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_8a24c94e
 Paramore (Music) / int_8b68d9a7
type
Stalker with a Crush
 Paramore (Music) / int_8b68d9a7
comment
Stalker with a Crush: "(One of Those) Crazy Girls" has Hayley insisting that she's not this... but she did copy her ex's keys, so why not break into their house and go smell the clothes in their closet?
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_8b68d9a7
 Paramore (Music) / int_8b6e8d7
type
Anachronic Order
 Paramore (Music) / int_8b6e8d7
comment
Anachronic Order: "crushcrushcrush", to an extreme. The song has a narrative, but it's completely shattered.
 Paramore (Music) / int_8b6e8d7
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1.0
 Paramore (Music) / int_8b6e8d7
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_8b6e8d7
 Paramore (Music) / int_8bb8827
type
Post-Punk
 Paramore (Music) / int_8bb8827
comment
This Is Why has an unambiguous Post-Punk revival style, though the new wave constituent on their past two records is still present.
 Paramore (Music) / int_8bb8827
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_8bb8827
 Paramore (Music) / int_8bc451a1
type
Cruise Episode
 Paramore (Music) / int_8bc451a1
comment
Cruise Episode: The band has hosted three themed cruise events called "Parahoy" featuring multiple performances from Paramore and friendly bands.
 Paramore (Music) / int_8bc451a1
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_8bc451a1
 Paramore (Music) / int_919c59b6
type
I Am the Band
 Paramore (Music) / int_919c59b6
comment
I Am the Band: Hayley is the only signed member of Paramore, but she has expressed her distaste for this setup, as it has played a role in much of the group's Revolving Door Band status. The trope itself has come up in different ways in their band (and Williams') output. In a 2020 interview, Williams explained that she was signed as a solo artist by Atlantic in 2003, but she didn't want to be one and had to convince the label to promote the band she had formed with her high school friends instead of making her into the next Avril Lavigne. She also noted that Atlantic was the only label that wanted to sign her who would even entertain the idea of releasing music by Paramore, and having her as the only signed member of the band was a compromise that she now regrets. Williams wrote the lyrics to "Conspiracy" about the notion that the band only existed to be a launchpad for her solo career when that wasn't the case at all. In 2013, at a private gig in London. She brought up a review of the then-latest album that stated "it feels like a solo debut". She then tore said reviewer a new one by claiming, "I wouldn't be here, and I wouldn't want to be here, if it weren't for the two people standing to my left and right". When Williams finally released solo albums in 2020 and 2021, they were an arty synthpop record (Petals for Armor) and a quiet acoustic folk album (Flowers for Vases) that, while not inaccessible, were much less pop-friendly than anything Paramore had released up to that point.
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_919c59b6
 Paramore (Music) / int_927b2f11
type
The Bus Came Back
 Paramore (Music) / int_927b2f11
comment
The Bus Came Back: Zac Farro's return to the band in advance of After Laughter came as a surprise to many observers.
 Paramore (Music) / int_927b2f11
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_927b2f11
 Paramore (Music) / int_97926168
type
Rewatch Bonus
 Paramore (Music) / int_97926168
comment
She spends the whole video for "Fake Happy" running around in a tight catsuit while facing away from the camera, essentially giving the audience a 3 and a half minute look at her butt, though given the ending of the video, this may cross over into Fan Disservice.
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1.0
 Paramore (Music) / int_97926168
featureConfidence
1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_97926168
 Paramore (Music) / int_a040ed2e
type
Silly Love Songs
 Paramore (Music) / int_a040ed2e
comment
Silly Love Songs: "Still Into You" is an upbeat, happy, straight-forward, "I love you" song, with an idealism not present in earlier songs.
 Paramore (Music) / int_a040ed2e
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_a040ed2e
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type
Improv
 Paramore (Music) / int_a33b90b2
comment
Improv: They had a live performance in 2023 in Melbourne, Australia that, throughout the show, had been experiencing several pyrotechnic misfires. During the performance of "Hard Times" the pyrotechnics once again misfired and, instead of singing the chorus, Hayley responded by adlibbing a verse about firing the person responsible, complete with cussing the person out, while the band still played.
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_a33b90b2
 Paramore (Music) / int_a536f3a3
type
Gender-Blender Name
 Paramore (Music) / int_a536f3a3
comment
Gender-Blender Name: Both Hayley and Taylor have names that can be applied to the other gender.
 Paramore (Music) / int_a536f3a3
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_a536f3a3
 Paramore (Music) / int_a65288e2
type
Ascended Extra
 Paramore (Music) / int_a65288e2
comment
Ascended Extra: Taylor York. A childhood friend with Josh and Zac, he was close to being an original member of the band and even helped write a song for All We Know is Falling and recorded some guitar for Riot!. Hunter's departure Taylor to become a full member for their first live album and "Decode" (although he was not listed as one yet as the band was wary of becoming known as a Revolving Door Band). When Taylor proved popular with fans, he was officially announced as a full member as of the recording of brandneweyes and has been the only consistent member of the band (besides Hayley) since.
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_a65288e2
 Paramore (Music) / int_b01abe4f
type
Catchphrase
 Paramore (Music) / int_b01abe4f
comment
Catchphrase: Hayley always peppers in at least one "We. Are. PARAAAMOOOOOORRRE!" into each show.
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_b01abe4f
 Paramore (Music) / int_b032e4ed
type
Ms. Fanservice
 Paramore (Music) / int_b032e4ed
comment
Ms. Fanservice: Hayley's not afraid to bare her midriff and show some skin sometimes. She spends the whole video for "Fake Happy" running around in a tight catsuit while facing away from the camera, essentially giving the audience a 3 and a half minute look at her butt, though given the ending of the video, this may cross over into Fan Disservice. She spent some of the later tours of the After Laughter era performing without pants. Instead she wore see-through tights and short shorts combined with oversized shirts or jackets, thus looking like she wasn't wearing anything below the waist some nights.
 Paramore (Music) / int_b032e4ed
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_b032e4ed
 Paramore (Music) / int_b2f26025
type
Genki Girl
 Paramore (Music) / int_b2f26025
comment
Genki Girl: Hayley, energy, bright hair, diminutive stature and all.
 Paramore (Music) / int_b2f26025
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_b2f26025
 Paramore (Music) / int_bb0c0a4d
type
Fiery Redhead
 Paramore (Music) / int_bb0c0a4d
comment
Fiery Redhead: Hayley is best known for coloring her hair some form of red or orange, from tangerine all the way down to crimson, and her energy cements the "fiery" part. She's joked that she has trouble remembering what color her hair really is anymore.
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_bb0c0a4d
 Paramore (Music) / int_bfc4b943
type
Video Full of Film Clips
 Paramore (Music) / int_bfc4b943
comment
Video Full of Film Clips: "Decode" is this with clips of Twilight, although there is also a band-only version available.
 Paramore (Music) / int_bfc4b943
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_bfc4b943
 Paramore (Music) / int_c2e2a445
type
Jade-Colored Glasses
 Paramore (Music) / int_c2e2a445
comment
Jade-Colored Glasses: "Rose-Colored Boy" is from the perspective of someone wearing these, who is sick of a guy she knows who has an overly optimistic view of an increasingly terrible world.
 Paramore (Music) / int_c2e2a445
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_c2e2a445
 Paramore (Music) / int_c313d43a
type
True Companions
 Paramore (Music) / int_c313d43a
comment
True Companions: Hayley and Taylor, in particular. She often cites him as the reason she hasn't given up and Paramore hasn't broken up after everything they've been through, and they acknowledge their close bond very often (most notably at this Parahoy performance). This eventually culminated in them entering a romantic relationship sometime after Hayley's divorce.
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_c313d43a
 Paramore (Music) / int_c75df49a
type
Shout-Out
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comment
Shout-Out: Paramore are, as with most '90s and '00s emo bands, big fans of Hardcore Punk, to the point where "Born For This" is built around a big reference to "Liberation Frequency" by Refused.
 Paramore (Music) / int_c75df49a
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1.0
 Paramore (Music) / int_c75df49a
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_c75df49a
 Paramore (Music) / int_ca834552
type
Self-Titled Album
 Paramore (Music) / int_ca834552
comment
Self-Titled Album: Their fourth studio album is one.
 Paramore (Music) / int_ca834552
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_ca834552
 Paramore (Music) / int_ce6555f0
type
Lighter and Softer
 Paramore (Music) / int_ce6555f0
comment
Lighter and Softer: Their third album could arguably be this, especially with songs such as "The Only Exception" and "Misguided Ghosts". The fourth album definitely qualifies, as it's a fair bit poppier than the other three. The fifth album is by far the lightest and softest in the band's discography... instrumentally, at least.
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_ce6555f0
 Paramore (Music) / int_d46ddfa2
type
CloudCuckooLander
 Paramore (Music) / int_d46ddfa2
comment
Cloud Cuckoolander / Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Hayley is downright odd at times in videos, and her Twitter posts sometimes became inane ramblings. Taylor isn't further behind, with cryptically endearing Instagram posts and tweets that are right in the middle of nonsenseland.
 Paramore (Music) / int_d46ddfa2
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1.0
 Paramore (Music) / int_d46ddfa2
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_d46ddfa2
 Paramore (Music) / int_dabc7a46
type
Sixth Ranger
 Paramore (Music) / int_dabc7a46
comment
Sixth Ranger: Taylor. He co-wrote Paramore's very first song "Conspiracy" featured on their debut album, but didn't start playing with the band live until the Riot! era, became an official member with brand new eyes, and briefly was the only official member of the band aside from Hayley before Zac's return.
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_dabc7a46
 Paramore (Music) / int_dbc664dd
type
Album Title Drop
 Paramore (Music) / int_dbc664dd
comment
Album Title Drop: "That's What You Get" is the only song on Riot! to contain the word "riot".
 Paramore (Music) / int_dbc664dd
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_dbc664dd
 Paramore (Music) / int_dbfd6b8
type
Lyrical Dissonance
 Paramore (Music) / int_dbfd6b8
comment
Lyrical Dissonance: All over the place. "Ain't It Fun" isn't about having fun, it's about a sad loner whom alienated their friends and can't deal with the real world... Don't be fooled by the vibrant catchiness of "Hard Times"; it's about someone who is teetering on the edge of a full breakdown. In fact, most of After Laughter is this, as it's both about Hayley's strained relationships with her previous bandmates as well as having many songs about dangerous or broken relationshipsnote largely inspired by Hayley's troubled marriage to Chad.
 Paramore (Music) / int_dbfd6b8
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_dbfd6b8
 Paramore (Music) / int_dd91f8d8
type
Audience Participation
 Paramore (Music) / int_dd91f8d8
comment
Audience Participation: In live performances of "Misery Business", Hayley would usually pick 1-3 fans to either sing, play guitar, or both.
 Paramore (Music) / int_dd91f8d8
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_dd91f8d8
 Paramore (Music) / int_e0e8cce6
type
Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids!
 Paramore (Music) / int_e0e8cce6
comment
Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids!: "Rose-Colored Boy" is all about the singer being extremely annoyed with another person for their incessant optimism.
 Paramore (Music) / int_e0e8cce6
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_e0e8cce6
 Paramore (Music) / int_e0fecb51
type
New Wave Music
 Paramore (Music) / int_e0fecb51
comment
New Wave Music: Where the band's sound has been slowly trending: it started getting a bit more electronically based in their self-titled album, and After Laughter goes fully into the genre.
 Paramore (Music) / int_e0fecb51
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1.0
 Paramore (Music) / int_e0fecb51
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_e0fecb51
 Paramore (Music) / int_ea454c4a
type
Surprisingly Gentle Song
 Paramore (Music) / int_ea454c4a
comment
Surprisingly Gentle Song: "Misguided Ghosts", "The Only Exception", and "Hate to See Your Heart Break" all are quiet and reflective reprieves on louder and more emotional albums.
 Paramore (Music) / int_ea454c4a
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_ea454c4a
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type
Kaleidoscope Hair
 Paramore (Music) / int_ead7e2d6
comment
Kaleidoscope Hair: Hayley, who has cycled through almost every conceivable hair color at some point during their music career (in part because it's promotion for her hair dye company, Good Dye Young).
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_ead7e2d6
 Paramore (Music) / int_eca73f1
type
Power Pop
 Paramore (Music) / int_eca73f1
comment
Riot largely removed the post-hardcore influences in favor of a more alternative rock and Power Pop-oriented sound while still being emo pop punk at its core.
 Paramore (Music) / int_eca73f1
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1.0
 Paramore (Music) / int_eca73f1
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_eca73f1
 Paramore (Music) / int_ecf2949f
type
Surreal Music Video
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comment
Surreal Music Video: "Still Into You" has a whimsical, mildly surreal feel to it, with the strangest scenes being Hayley waking up in a bedroom full of birthday cakes, and later, the whole band rowing a rowboat indoors on top of blue balloons. The director commented that, instead of just telling the love story suggested by the lyrics, the video is meant to be a series of metaphors for what falling in love feels like. "Running Out of Time" starts with Hayley alone in a rehearsal space, before a guitar and a pile of drums come to life and attack her and she climbs into a guitar case and enters a surreal landscape. Turns out she was just daydreaming while waiting for the rest of the band.
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_ecf2949f
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type
FolkRock
 Paramore (Music) / int_ed7fd872
comment
Paramore removes the pop punk sound almost entirely in favor of a more straightforward pop rock sound with elements of power pop, new wave, Folk Rock and even Post-Rock, among others.
 Paramore (Music) / int_ed7fd872
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1.0
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1.0
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Paramore (Music) / int_ed7fd872
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type
Rose-Haired Sweetie
 Paramore (Music) / int_fc3e4477
comment
Rose-Haired Sweetie: Hayley, sometimes (most notably in the video for "Playing God").
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1.0
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