Hayley Nichole Williams was born on December 27,1988 and is an American singer and songwriter, who is best known as the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the rock band Paramore.
31 Facts About Hayley Williams
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Hayley Williams released her debut solo single, "Simmer", on January 22,2020, and announced on the same day that her debut studio album, Petals for Armor, would be released on May 8,2020.
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Hayley Nichole Williams was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on December 27,1988, the daughter of Joey and Cristi Williams.
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Hayley Williams met future bandmates Josh and Zac Farro at her new school.
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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 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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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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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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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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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 2016, after over four years of planning, Hayley Williams launched her own hair dye company, Good Dye Young, alongside her hair and makeup artist, Brian O'Connor.
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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 late 2007, Hayley Williams began dating Chad Gilbert, lead guitarist of New Found Glory.
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In September 2022, Hayley Williams confirmed she and Paramore bandmate Taylor York are dating.
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Hayley Williams had publicized her decisions against such practices as smoking, drinking, or use of recreational drugs when she was younger; she has revealed that 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 June 2020, 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 October 2021, Hayley Williams announced that she would be discontinuing her use of personal social media accounts, citing the 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 follow Paramore's social media accounts instead.
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In November 2022, Hayley Williams endorsed Beto O'Rourke in the 2022 Texas gubernatorial election.
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Hayley Williams cites artists and band as main influences such as Bjork, NSYNC, Jimmy Eat World, Saves the Day, mewithoutYou, Radiohead, The Cure, Talking Heads, Fleetwood Mac, No Doubt, Slick Shoes, The Chariot, Now, Now, New Found Glory, Fireworks, Set Your Goals, Tegan and Sara, H2O, Lemuria and The Swellers.
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Hayley Williams has noted her admiration for such female singers as Christina Aguilera, Debbie Harry, Emily Haines, Siouxsie Sioux, Gwen Stefani, Beyonce, and Brody Dalle of The Distillers.