{"id":307554,"date":"2025-07-31T21:24:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/307554\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T21:24:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:24:12","slug":"hayley-williams-new-album-ego-sparks-fears-of-paramore-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/307554\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayley Williams&#8217; new album &#8216;Ego&#8217; sparks fears of Paramore split"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/hayley-williams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hayley Williams<\/a>\u2018 new album has been massively well-received by fans, it\u2019s also sparked fears of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/paramore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paramore<\/a> split.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/big-reads\/hayley-williams-cover-interview-2020-paramore-womens-rage-has-been-such-a-catalyst-for-beautiful-things-2662041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On The Cover \u2013 Hayley Williams: \u201cWomen\u2019s rage has been such a catalyst for beautiful things\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Earlier this week (July 28), Williams <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/hayley-williams-has-just-surprise-released-a-new-17-song-album-ego-3881334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">surprise-released \u2018Ego\u2019 on her website<\/a>, with the new solo record containing 17 tracks, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/social-media-reacts-to-hayley-williams-debuting-new-music-on-nashville-radio-station-one-of-the-best-songs-ive-ever-heard-3880331\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">single \u2018Mirtazapine\u2019 which was premiered on a Nashville radio station last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The album wasn\u2019t made available on digital streaming platforms, and was only accessible to fans with a 16-digit code after buying something from her hair dye company Good Dye Young.\u00a0Less than two full days after releasing the surprise album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/hayley-williams-surprise-album-ego-has-been-removed-from-her-website-3881597\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she pulled the record from her website<\/a>, newly updated to read: \u201cHello, there. Thank you for listening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, fans made use of the brief window it was up, poring over lyrics that have left many speculating about a potential breakup between her and Paramore guitarist Taylor York, who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/paramores-hayley-williams-and-taylor-york-confirm-relationship-3320543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she confirmed she was dating in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many honed in on lines from \u2018Disappearing Man\u2019, which appear to allude to a breakup with the lines: \u201cJust like I said, had to come up for air \/ \u2018Cause I know b\u0435tter than to hold my breath for too long \/ Now, love, you\u2019re not the only one who\u2019s lonely \/ My final act of love was surrender.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7N6ek3CVUj\">pic.twitter.com\/7N6ek3CVUj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 shi (@afterlauqhter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/afterlauqhter\/status\/1950272255729995957?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hayley Williams just released 17 songs about breaking up Taylor York.  Hopefully unrelated, she also is selling a shirt that says \u201cHW is my favorite band\u201d.  Please say sike. I cannot handle another Paramore breakup rn \ud83d\ude2d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Camille Denise \u2696\ufe0f (@_Ellimac__) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_Ellimac__\/status\/1949896220253765655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">good morning <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nJ2xQXlnJu\">pic.twitter.com\/nJ2xQXlnJu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 shi (@afterlauqhter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/afterlauqhter\/status\/1950451403559714921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">listening to new hayley williams album that\u2019s clearly about a breakup with taylor york <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xuUv3CL7gW\">pic.twitter.com\/xuUv3CL7gW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 brenna \ud83e\udea9 (@goodlarkcharm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/goodlarkcharm\/status\/1949943040321163729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">streets are saying hayley williams and taylor york brokeup <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cZz0PIc252\">pic.twitter.com\/cZz0PIc252<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 lackluster (@chall3ngers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chall3ngers\/status\/1949999969177333797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">not now sweetie, hayley williams might&#8217;ve just confirmed she and taylor york broke up <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J0cRJ9vdC3\">https:\/\/t.co\/J0cRJ9vdC3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 leo! (@eleanorigbyyyyy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eleanorigbyyyyy\/status\/1950180172851823012?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">look man i hate parasocial relationships and keeping up with celebs but if hayley williams and taylor york really broke up i\u2019m gonna end it all \ud83d\ude2d current paramore lineup was them at their best<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 erik (@resetreflectt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/resetreflectt\/status\/1949997365634445468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">you can never survive a hayley williams album drop without paramore disbandment allegations <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rkxJQonxtN\">pic.twitter.com\/rkxJQonxtN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 H | HAYLEY WILLIAMS LOVES ME (@decodethemonstr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/decodethemonstr\/status\/1949872689025265954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Likewise, on \u2018Love Me Different\u2019, Williams laments: \u201cNothing could compare to the potential greatest love of all time \/ The pleasure and the agony\u2019s all mine,\u201d with some convinced it spells the end of Paramore.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that neither York or Williams has addressed rumours of a split. It\u2019s also unclear if the removal of \u2018Ego\u2019 from Williams\u2019 website marks the album\u2019s impending release on digital streaming platforms, or if it was meant to serve as an exclusive, limited-time experience for fans.<\/p>\n<p>Should it get an official release, it will mark the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/paramore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paramore<\/a> front woman\u2019s first since she became an independent artist when her record deal with Warner\/Atlantic ended.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time Williams has released solo music in a way that departs from the usual album rollout timeline. Her previous solo album,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/hayley-williams-flowers-for-vases-descansos-2873869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Flowers for Vases \/ descansos\u2019,<\/a>\u00a0was released in February 2021 with only a day\u2019s notice.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Williams has shared solo material in the forms of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/turnstile-share-two-new-songs-featuring-devonte-hynes-and-paramores-hayley-williams-3859760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a collaboration with Turnstile in late April<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/listen-to-moses-sumney-and-hayley-williams-seductive-new-single-i-like-it-i-like-it-3861612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a sensual Moses Sumney joint \u2018I Like It I Like It\u2019 in May<\/a>. In June, Hayley Williams was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/david-byrne-shares-everybody-laughs-and-announces-new-album-who-is-the-sky-featuring-hayley-williams-st-vincent-and-more-3868584\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced as a guest feature on David Byrne\u2019s new album \u2018Everybody Laughs\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Hayley Williams\u2018 new album has been massively well-received by fans, it\u2019s also sparked fears of a Paramore&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,112779,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-307554","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-pop-punk","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114949958926807112","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}