1. Hayley Nichole Williams was born on December 27,1988 and is an American singer and songwriter.
35 Facts About Hayley Williams
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Hayley Williams is the lead vocalist and only constant member of the rock band Paramore, which she co-founded in 2004.
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Hayley Williams's parents divorced when she was 13 and she moved with her mother to Franklin, Tennessee, where she later formed Paramore alongside Josh Farro, Zac Farro, and Jeremy Davis.
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Hayley Nichole Williams was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on December 27,1988, the daughter of Cristi and Joey Williams.
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Hayley Williams was discovered in 2003 by managers Dave Steunebrink and Richard Hayley Williams, who signed the 14-year-old to a two-year production deal.
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The label's original plan for their new artist was to make her a solo pop artist, but Hayley Williams objected to this, saying that she wanted to be part of a band and play pop punk music.
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The band's debut album, All We Know Is Falling, was released in 2005 when Hayley Williams was only 16 years old.
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Hayley Williams appears as a playable character in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour after completing "Misery Business" in the vocalist campaign.
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Hayley Williams was honored with the "Trailblazer Award" in the 2014 Billboard's Women in Music Awards for making a unique mark in music and paving the way for other artists.
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In 2015, Hayley Williams starred as the 'Crimson Curse' in Taylor Swift's music video for her single, "Bad Blood", alongside sixteen other celebrities.
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In July 2015, Hayley Williams won the APMA for Best Vocalist.
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Hayley Williams wrote and recorded the song "Teenagers", which was featured in the soundtrack for the feature film Jennifer's Body.
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EDM producer Zedd and Hayley Williams collaborated on the track "Stay the Night", from his debut studio album, Clarity, which was released in 2013.
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In December 2019, on her 31st birthday, Hayley Williams announced she would be releasing solo music in 2020, with a "taste" of it to come in January.
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That same day Hayley Williams announced that her debut studio album, Petals for Armor, would be released on May 8,2020.
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In December 2024, Hayley Williams announced plans to play the cancelled shows in 2025.
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Hayley Williams unofficially released the single "My Limb" by giving a CD with the track on it to a dedicated fan.
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On June 5,2023, it was announced that Hayley Williams would be featured on Taylor Swift's re-recorded album, Speak Now, on the song "Castles Crumbling".
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In March 2013, Hayley Williams announced she was partnering with MAC Cosmetics for the release of a new makeup collection on April 9,2013.
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Hayley Williams appeared on the April 2013 cover of Nylon magazine to promote Paramore's self-titled album.
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In November 2020, Hayley Williams released a candle in collaboration with home fragrance brand Apothekeco.
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In March 2021, Hayley Williams announced her collaboration with Tea Huntress, a tea manufacturer in Nashville.
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In 2016, after over four years of planning, Hayley Williams launched the hair dye company Good Dye Young alongside her hair and makeup artist Brian O'Connor.
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Hayley Williams cites a wide range of musical acts as her influences including Debbie Harry, the Shangri-Las, Siouxsie Sioux, Gwen Stefani, Beyonce, and Brody Dalle of the Distillers.
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Hayley Williams has identified as Christian and regularly discusses her faith in relation to her music, but has often criticized the judgmental nature of some Christians.
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In late 2007, Hayley Williams began dating New Found Glory lead guitarist Chad Gilbert, though he was already married to Sherri DuPree, the lead singer of the rock band Eisley.
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In September 2022, Hayley Williams confirmed she was in a relationship with her Paramore bandmate Taylor York.
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Hayley Williams previously publicized her decisions not to smoke, drink alcohol, or use recreational drugs, though she now drinks alcohol.
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Hayley Williams has been vocal about her experiences with depression, which caused her to briefly leave Paramore in mid-2015.
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In 2015, Hayley Williams responded to feminist criticism of Paramore's breakout song "Misery Business", citing her youth and inexperience as a contributing factor to the song's allegedly misogynistic lyrics.
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In 2021, Hayley Williams announced that she would be abandoning her personal social media accounts due to her need for boundaries between her public and private life and her desire to "spend more time looking up and out, rather than down".
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Hayley Williams directed her fans to instead follow Paramore's official accounts, which remain highly active.
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Hayley Williams later returned to using Instagram, but disabled the ability to leave comments on her posts.
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In 2020, following the George Floyd protests, Hayley Williams temporarily handed control of her Instagram account to Nashville-based activist group Teens4Equality to highlight their work in relation to the Black Lives Matter movement.
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In 2022, Hayley Williams endorsed Democratic nominee Beto O'Rourke in the Texas gubernatorial election.