Hayley Williams‘ new music has officially been shared on streaming platforms – find out more below.
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Earlier this week (July 28), Williams surprise-released an album ‘Ego’ on her website, with the new solo record containing 17 tracks, including the single ‘Mirtazapine’ which was premiered on a Nashville radio station last week.
Less than two full days after releasing the surprise album, she pulled the record from her website, newly updated to read: “Hello, there. Thank you for listening.”
Now, all 17 tracks have been officially shared across major streaming platforms – though they’re curiously not packaged as the ‘Ego’ album, and are instead listed as individual and separate singles.
Check out a number of singles below.
The releases mark the Paramore front woman’s first new music she became an independent artist when her record deal with Warner/Atlantic ended.
Following the limited-time preview of the project on her website, fans dissected the songs and lyrics and have sparked fears of a Paramore split. Laced throughout the project are cryptic lyrics hinting at a potential breakup between her and Paramore guitarist Taylor York, who she confirmed she was dating in 2022.
It’s worth noting that neither York or Williams has addressed rumours of a split.
This isn’t not the first time Williams has released solo music in a way that departs from the usual album rollout timeline. Her previous solo album, ‘Flowers for Vases / descansos’, was released in February 2021 with only a day’s notice.
Since then, Williams has shared solo material in the forms of a collaboration with Turnstile in late April, and a sensual Moses Sumney joint ‘I Like It I Like It’ in May. In June, Hayley Williams was announced as a guest feature on David Byrne’s new album ‘Everybody Laughs’.
2021’s ‘Flowers for Vases / descansos’ scored a four-star review, with El Hunt writing for NME: “As if tugging up grubby fistfuls of dead weeds to make room for living things to flourish, ‘Flowers for Vases/descansos’ rakes back the debris and leaves Hayley Williams exposed. Sowing new seeds, it’s an approach that reaps rewards.”
