Paramore’s Hayley Williams has teased the potential for a string of solo exhibits in 2025, 5 years after she had initially deliberate them.
The singer’s first solo studio album ‘Petals For Armor’ was launched in Might 2020 and Williams had supposed to play the file reside on a UK and European tour that month, earlier than plans needed to be shelved amid the primary wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
She has since launched her second solo file ‘Flowers For Vases / Descansos’ in 2021, however has but to play a sustained run on solo exhibits to assist both launch.
Now, in a message on her Instagram Tales on her thirty sixth birthday, Williams has prompt that she might search to place that proper in 2025, writing: “I’m going to attempt to lastly play some exhibits subsequent yr that might’ve occurred practically 5 years in the past now. That’s, if the world doesn’t fucking cease earlier than then.”
She additionally thanked followers for his or her birthday needs, saying “It’s stunning to really feel seen and celebrated”.
Reflecting on the previous 12 months, she added: “35 felt like tilling soil and throwing little seeds down. Ready, ready, ready to see. 36 is thrilling and a bit of scary, already. A lot to hope for. I’m nonetheless within the dust, prepared for no matter would possibly develop. Fruit?”
In a four-star assessment of ‘Petals For Armor’, NME wrote: “The underlying message of Hayley Williams’ gorgeous solo album is that this: put on your flaws like a coat of gleaming armour and discover energy in being open and susceptible. This is able to be a prescient message at any time, however appears much more so in right now’s unsure local weather. We might all do with a bit of kindness.”
The 2021 follow-up additionally scored 4 stars, with NME noting: “Maybe partly because of the way it was created, ‘Flowers for Vases / Descansos’ is much less spiny and biting than her debut solo album. Whereas that file dropped at thoughts the intricacies of Thom Yorke and Warpaint, and burned with a simmering anger, this comes from a softer, extra uncovered place with Williams’ voice as its centrepiece.”
“As if tugging up grubby fistfuls of lifeless weeds to make room for residing issues to flourish, ‘Flowers for Vases / Descansos’ rakes again the particles and leaves Hayley Williams uncovered. Sowing new seeds, it’s an strategy that reaps rewards.”
Elsewhere, Williams lately reacted to Doechii citing Paramore as an affect, declaring that the ‘Denial Is A River’ rapper “higher win each Grammy”.
She additionally confirmed up at a Cyndi Lauper live performance in Nashville final month to carry out ‘Women Simply Wanna Have Enjoyable’.
