This Is Why Paramore

“This Is Why” was the very last song we wrote for the album. To be honest, I was so tired of writing lyrics but [guitarist] Taylor [York] convinced [drummer] ...

“This Is Why” was the very last song we wrote for the album. Check out the video for the new song—directed by Turnstile’s Brendan Yates and filmed in Malibu, California—below. What came out of it was the title track for the whole album.

As a band who set the tone for what it was like growing up in the 2010s for many of us, Paramore returning to set the record straight on the emerging 2020s only ...

“One step beyond your door/ It might as well have been a free fall,” expands the song’s bridge on the topic. “Built to have conviction/ Because we were crimes of passion/ Survival of the fittest/ You’re either with us or/ You can keep it/ To yourself.” As Williams explains in a press statement, “This Is Why” is their response to a world that’s seemingly only grown more cruel and selfish in recent times. “‘This Is Why’ was the very last song we wrote for the album,” Williams wrote. For many of us, the last few years have been a practice of learning to tune some of it out to preserve our own inner peace — including for Paramore, who has released its first song in five years about this exact topic. Through straightforward but none-the-less emphatic lyrics, “This Is Why” presents a scathing critique and bitterly fatalistic outlook at the turmoil the last few years have wrought.

Paramore's Hayley Williams shared a message thanking fans for their support just prior to the release of 'This Is Why'.

Williams then says that it feels like “the perfect time to take advantage of every opportunity we are given to leverage our platform and all of that for good causes”. The follow-up to 2017’s [‘After Laughter’](https://www.nme.com/reviews/paramore-after-laughter-review-2070852) was produced in Los Angeles by Carlos de la Garza, will feature ten tracks, and will be released on February 10, 2023 via Atlantic. “For so many reasons I don’t even have words for, I think we are about to experience our happiest, most fulfilling moments as Paramore,” Williams concludes the note. Looking at our calendar for the next couple of years, I know that I would not be ready to give myself back to the band and the music and the life that I love so much had we not voluntarily given it up for a season.” The music industry is not a human-first industry. Williams goes on to emphasise the importance that the band’s retreat from the spotlight has played in her life.

Plus, they're going on tour starting next month. Now, Zac Farro, Hayley Williams, and Taylor York have officially announced their follow-up to 2017's After ...

The idea of getting out there and doing what we do at a time like this feels heavy and futile and necessary all at once. It also feels like the perfect time to take advantage of every opportunity we are given to leverage our platform and all of that for good causes. Looking at our calendar for the next couple of years, I know that I would not be ready to give myself back to the band and the music and the life that I love so much had we not voluntarily given it up for a season. The lessons have been endless and they’ve been so different than any of the lessons I learned from living on the road, doing Paramore 24/7/365. The music industry is not a human-first industry. Watching and reading the news is like having the wind knocked out of you on a daily basis. Not only since we’ve put music out into the world but even longer since I’ve sat down with my computer to type out a note meant just for you to read. It may sound silly but none of us can actually believe that we’re still here and that somehow, people still seem to care. “I’ve known the Turnstile guys for a little while and was so psyched to have our worlds collide in this way. “‘This Is Why’ was the very last song we wrote for the album,” describes Williams. The “This Is Why” video is directed by Turnstile’s Brendan Yates and was filmed in Malibu last month. “To be honest, I was so tired of writing lyrics but Taylor convinced Zac and I both that we should work on this last idea.

Paramore is back with a new era! The trio of Hayley Williams, Taylor York, and Zac Farro dropped their song “This is Why,” their first release in five years ...

The rock band opened this new chapter with an accompanying music video. The trio of Hayley Williams, Taylor York, and Zac Farro dropped their song “This is Why,” their first release in five years after the album “After Laughter.” Paramore is back with a new era!

One of the most influential bands of their generation, the pop-punk pioneers were nearly torn apart by infighting and industry sexism.

“After 15 to 20 years of fighting like a bunch of brats in front of the world, you eventually learn some coping skills and communication methods,” says Williams. This Is Why is the last album they’re contracted to deliver on the deal that Williams signed as a teenager. “Only now that we’ve felt lighter about the band, it’s like I don’t feel defined by that song,” says Williams. Sometimes the first day back can be demoralising, says York, but yesterday felt like “flipping on the switches in the cockpit”. “We all went through this crazy shit and people are still not kind out there in the world,” she laments. “It was more in the air we grew up in.” “Zac and I are still learning a lot about this,” says York. “I don’t want to do the work to think about people as nuanced figures. A lot of people feel conviction; they aren’t speaking out because they’re trying to do the wrong thing.” “It felt really important for us to be home while so much crazy shit was happening.” They were able to add a community dimension to their lives, too – speaking up, marching and working with local organisations. Zac and Hayley both needed to know that I wanted to do this.” “I wanted to explore some deeper parts of myself and figure out why we do this, how it happened,” he says.

Hayley Williams admits she can't believe Paramore still exists and that people "still care" about their music. The now-rock trio - completed by Zac Farro ...

Paramore have reflected on the enforced break they took after touring 2017's' After Laughter': "Nothing is worth risking our health"

[The three-piece are currently gearing up to release ‘This Is Why’](https://www.nme.com/news/music/paramore-announce-new-album-this-is-why-and-share-title-track-3318905), their first album since ‘After Laughter’, on February 10, 2023. “When it came back to doing [Paramore] again, I was able to say confidently, let’s do it. Recalling how he learned of the death of a family friend during a video shoot for a single from the album, guitarist Taylor York said: “I just started bawling. “I’m a very introverted person and I have a passion and career that’s at odds with that,” he added. I didn’t know I had this capacity until that moment. [Paramore](https://www.nme.com/artists/paramore) have reflected on the enforced break they took after touring their 2017 album [‘After Laughter’](https://www.nme.com/reviews/paramore-after-laughter-review-2070852), saying that they “realised nothing is worth risking our health”.

After four years away, Paramore are back with a new song and album, both called This Is Why. It's a title inspired by world events, according to singer ...

"We were really digging up our oldest influences from across the pond. "We just have such a cool relationship with our fans around the world. "We already have the plan," she says. I thought about the fans, the shows, the whole time we were writing the entire album." "I was glad we were home because we were part of our own community in Nashville, and we got to be a part of it as citizens, as friends, a daughter, a sister and it wasn't really about Paramore." "We all really needed it to find our identity apart from Paramore and all the public projection we get in our life," she told Radio 1's

Paramore's Hayley Williams, Taylor York and Zac Farro opened up about the reason behind the band's hiatus.

[This Is Why](https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/paramore-new-album-this-is-why-title-track-1235146354/)” was officially out, along with the announcement of their new album This Is Why, which arrives on Feb. [Paramore](https://www.billboard.com/artist/paramore/) is finally releasing new music after a five-year break, and just as their upcoming sixth studio album This Is Why‘s title suggests, they’re now ready to explain their decision. “I’m a very introverted person and I have a passion and career that’s at odds with that,” he continued. “I wanted to explore some deeper parts of myself and figure out why we do this, how it happened.” “Let’s see what it’s like to not hang our identities on Paramore all the time,” said Williams of their thought process. That’s why, among other things, band members Hayley Williams, Taylor York and Zac Farro opened up about the real reasons behind their hiatus in a revealing interview with [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/29/paramore-hayley-williams-this-is-why-interview) published Thursday, Sept.

Hayley Williams and Taylor York of the band Paramore confirmed they are dating in a recent interview with The Guardian.

“i have yet to get over the sweetness of that full circle moment in my life. “one day, i walked into the studio where Taylor was working on a love song of my own (‘Crystal Clear’), he pressed play and i heard my Grandat’s voice, singing his song over mine,” she continued. Rumors of their romance have been circulating for a while.

A longtime friend of Williams and drummer Zac Farro, York joined Paramore in 2007, shortly after the recording of Riot! Since then, Williams has often said he's ...

A longtime friend of Williams and drummer Zac Farro, York joined Paramore in 2007, shortly after the recording of Riot! York worked closely with Williams on [her 2020 solo album, Petals for Armor](https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/hayley-williams-petals-for-armor-album-review.html); he even helped Williams make the song “Crystal Clear,” which ends with her grandfather singing a song and asking, “Friends or lovers, which will it be?” Before that, Williams said she wrote Paramore’s 2009 song “Hate to See Your Heart Break” about York. [Hayley Williams](https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/in-conversation-hayley-williams.html) and guitarist Taylor York are dating, they [told The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/29/paramore-hayley-williams-this-is-why-interview) (declining to comment further), in case new music wasn’t enough of a boost to the scene kids.

Hayley Williams and Taylor York confirm they are dating in a new interview with 'The Guardian.' Learn more here.

One of the biggest questions in the Paramore fandom has finally been answered. [what led to their hiatus](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/paramore-explains-band-hiatus-1235146907/) in The Guardian interview. [Paramore](https://www.billboard.com/artist/paramore/) fandom has finally been answered.

The band just released their first new music in five years.

@ St. 16 – St. Oct. [ first concert tour](https://loudwire.com/paramore-tour-dates-2022-first-us-tour-in-4-years/) in four years. It's good to be challenged — like Taylor reminds me all the time, you can't generalize. [This Is Why](https://loudwire.com/paramore-this-is-why-new-song-video-new-album/), the group's long-awaited sixth studio album, was announced this week. It is Paramore's first new music in the five years since their last album in 2017. The title track, the first single, emerged the same day (Sept. 29). The admission came in a new interview with the band. This Is Why arrives Feb. The confirmation ends years of speculation about the pair's relationship, according to [Billboard](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/paramore-hayley-williams-taylor-york-are-dating-1235146964/).