The title of this song (“You First”), as expressed in the chorus, is premised on the vocalist noting that “everyone is a bad guy”. That is to say, more simply put, that we all have...
Paramore’s “Crave” has a nostalgic quality to it. But as explained by Hayley Williams, what it actually speaks to is relishing the moment – so much so that while in it, a person is concurrently fearing...
What’s being inferred throughout “Figure 8” is that the addressee is having toxic influence on the vocalist’s wellbeing. The nature of the relationship between them is never specified, but logically it would be a very-close...
On “Thick Skull”, Hayley Williams is intentionally taking on the role of the villain. However, she is not doing so for sinister reasons. Rather, according to the songstress, she has unjustifiably been dealing with a bad...
Premise-wise, Paramore’s “Running Out of Time” is based on the tendency many of us have to beat up on ourselves for not fulfilling personal objectives in a timely fashion. Sometimes, as inferred in the first...
The title of this song (“C’est Comme Ca”) is in French. In English, it translates directly to the phrase “it’s like that”. And its sentimental basis, as expounded on by Hayley Williams, revolves around the...
Perhaps it’s safe to say that we all know at least one person who has at least attempted to stop watching the news. As these people see it, mainstream news agencies are such that...
Hayley Williams has described this “This is Why” as a song that had been inspired by “the last three of four years”, which of course was highlighted by COVID-19. She described the said period as “a...
