Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams has quietly dropped a digital treasure chest of unreleased music — 17 songs in whole — by an unique vault on her Good Dye Younger web site.
Accessed by an unique electronic mail code, listeners have been greeted with a surprise assortment of tracks like “True Believer,” “Mirtazapine,” “Laborious,” “Destructive Self Speak,” “Discovery Channel,” and “Zissou.”
On the stripped-down web page, a folder labeled “Misc” results in much more gems: a reside efficiency from 2017 in Phoenix, a handwritten lyric e book, and a cheeky t-shirt studying:
“Hayley Williams is my favorite band.”
But it surely’s not simply the music. The visible format additionally drips Y2K nostalgia, full with clickable folders, retro-style fonts, and a traditional MP3 participant interface.
Whereas it’s unclear whether or not these tracks are a part of a future album or just archival treasures, followers have shortly embraced the sudden drop.
It follows Hayley Williams’ current collaboration with Moses Sumney on “I Like It I Like It,” and provides to her increasing solo oeuvre that features Petals for Armor (2020) and Flowers for Vases / Descansos (2021).
“No promo, no warning, simply ache and poetry”: Followers hold forth on-line as Hayley Williams unleashes surprise 17 tracks
Social media shortly lit up with reactions as quickly as Hayley Williams unleashed 17 songs made it out of the vault.
A fan gushed on X (previously Twitter):
“Hayley simply dropped 17 songs outta nowhere?? no promo, no warning, simply ache and poetry is this actual or am I dreaming in Paramore lyrics once more”
One other one wrote:
“Seventeen. New. Songs. Hayley Williams actually mentioned ‘right here, feast.’”
A web-based person said:
“proper when cct ended she knew we would have liked a choose me up thank u mom”
One other fan tweeted:
“i really like this new pattern the place they’re releasing music on their websites”
One additionally quote-retweeted:
“I feel it is a nostalgic and actually good thought, as a result of we grew up with the MP3 format — that’s how we used to take heed to music — and regardless of the trade’s lack of information, it seems like she’s making an attempt to convey issues again to how they was once
An web person then stated:
“That’s not a surprise drop, that’s an emotional ambush. Followers sentenced to a weekend of crying in excessive constancy.”
In the meantime, one fan gave a spoiler on the tracks:
“idk how one can really feel about these lyrics they’re too f***ing unhappy”
The digital breadcrumb path arrives simply after Paramore celebrated a milestone: the band’s twentieth anniversary.
The celebration got here with a reissue of their debut album All We Know Is Falling, a deluxe digital version that options 4 new extra tracks — “O Star,” “This Circle,” “Caught on You,” and an earlier model of “Emergency.”
Coming off their exit from longtime label Atlantic Information final December, Paramore is at present navigating life as an impartial band. On the time of their departure, the band teased:
“We’ve already obtained new music in the works.”
Edited by Sohini Biswas