new post from Hayley on Substack in 2026, Trump, our president once more, still shits his suits and lies through his teeth about everything. in 2026, Project 2025 is 51% complete and we’re now talking about a Project 2026. ICE (fuck em), Epstein (fuck em), cities who mismanage and put profits over people (fuck em) , multiple genocides (FUCKKKK em)— only a few of the huge issues dominating the news cycle and our collective minds. it’s an exhausting time to just be human, especially if you are a human on the side of liberty and justice for ALL. the career i’ve chosen allows me to engage with a lot of people directly, through art and through live events. this year, i’ll be even more outside than i was last year, seeing the world over, up close. i still feel very lucky that, as someone who struggles dearly with my mind and a hyper-vigilant nervous system, i get to spend a lot of time together with the people in some capacity. i get to partake in the much needed catharsis live music offers us and to connect with other humans. it’s kind of the only way i see myself staying remotely hopeful in the face of… everything. on a more personal note, since This Is Why was wrapped up, i feel like my relationship to the memory of that album suffered greatly. it has only been recently that i’ve heard a song or watched a video and realized it was indeed our best work (it took the crown and the cake from After Laughter, which i thought would be my favorite of our albums forever and always). everyone did their personal best work as Paramore for that album, we played many shows that were career best. there was a lot to celebrate all the time actually, whether we did or not. i was able to live up to the personal mission of using our platform to speak to issues that were most pressing in that time. i’m so grateful for everything i learned about the band, myself, and what i do and don’t believe in just in that brief period. it feels like 3 years on, i finally have new perspective on what the album - and all it entailed - actually meant to me as a person and not merely a performer. might as well add here that i believe “Thick Skull” is the most important song we ever made.
Really interesting podcast. Her talking about the church putting so much weight on kids in youth groups, especially when it comes to sex, really spoke to me growing up. Also, she calls out Absolutepunk and how she wanted to respond to people that talked shit.
Love a good absolute punk Easter egg. Comes up more than you would think. Artist with rogue accts keeping tabs lol.
Hahaha. All she said was there have been times when she’s wanted to respond to trolls and she held back. She specifically says “Remember Absolutepunk?” But that’s about where it ends.
Exactly, cause Toby kinda drifted away naming other stuff that used to be relevant, and I'm pretty sure she shad some bit to tell about it hahh, but at the same wouldn't have been anything that important and they moved on with the conversation - which btw - I'm pretty sure we can listen to its 2nd part now (can't wait to get some time to sit down with that)
Ummm. Holy shit. Hayley's team selected the non profit I work for to table at one of her Boston dates. I get to be our representative at the show. We get to shut down before she hits the stage. So I'm actually going to be at one of the shows! I'm literally shaking at work, lol.
We didn't! We've actually worked with the Ally Coalition for years now, and they put in a good word for us.
There's a new This Is Lorelai cover by Power Snatch; excited for the re-release with some more bonus covers (that MJ Lenderman version was one of my favorite songs of the year)
Wish this was like one of those Converse collabs because it would be insane to get Hayley, SZA and Travis Barker on the same song.
Checked the TM link for tickets to the second Boston show, and it now has a countdown for an onsale that starts this Friday. Guessing there will be a limited amount of tickets. May try to snag one, would love to be at both shows if possible.
Huh? I already got a ticket for LA on May 12, I even double checked just now. I assumed they were sold out, I wonder if they got tickets back from scalpers or something
Yeah, looks like there's just one for Saturday in Boston and it says "Hold for Ricky and Ricky only" so I guess no one else should log on at 10am tomorrow.
did anyone else order the vinyl last month or in january and not receive it yet? i'm pretty sure it said it was shipping in march but i never got any emails about it.
3,000 people ahead of me, lol. Burned again. At least I'll be at one of them! EDIT: JUST KIDDING. Snagged a floor seat for the Saturday Boston show!