Read this: The rise, resilience and evolution of Hayley Williams
Before Petals For Armor's release in May, Hayley revealed her nerves about going ‘solo’: “This is the first time that I am seeing my name everywhere, and it kind of gives me heebie-jeebies a little bit,” she told Rolling Stone. “My name doesn’t look like a name, to me, that you would see on a marquee. I also feel like Paramore is half, if not more, of who I am.”
She also said of the often dark lyrical subject matter that makes up the record: “I don’t think you can get to the good shit without digging through the bad first. It’s like you are trying to find the centre of the Earth – how can you find that without cracking through limestone and heavy, hard things?”