Hayley Williams (born December 27, 1988) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and keyboardist of the rock band Paramore. She is also one half of the indie rock duo Power Snatch, alongside Daniel James. Born and raised in Mississippi, Williams moved to Tennessee at the age of 15 when her parents divorced in 2002. In 2004, she formed Paramore alongside Josh Farro, Zac Farro, and Jeremy Davis. The band currently consists of Hayley Williams, Zac Farro and Taylor York. The band has released six studio albums: All We Know Is Falling (2005), Riot! (2007), Brand New Eyes (2009), Paramore (2013), After Laughter (2017) and This Is Why (2023). Aside from Paramore, Williams recorded the song "Teenagers" for the soundtrack of Jennifer's Body (2009) and has collaborated with artists such as October Fall, The Chariot, Set Your Goals, Zedd and New Found Glory. In 2010, she was featured on the single "Airplanes" by B.o.B. It peaked at number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. A sequel to the song, "Airplanes, Part II", features new verses from B.o.B. and a verse from Eminem, while Williams' vocals remain the same. This collaboration led to a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. Williams released her debut solo single "Simmer" on January 22nd 2020 and announced on the same day that her debut solo album Petals for Armor would be released on May 8th 2020. Her second studio album, Flowers for Vases/descansos, was released on February 5th 2021, taking a more intimate and folk-ish approach in comparison to her previous effort. On July 28th 2025, Hayley quietly released seventeen of twenty songs from her latest and third studio album, Ego Death At a Bachelorette Party—a.k.a. EDAABP—to her official website, hayleywilliams.net. The tracks could be listened by entering a 16-digit code available on the packaging of any product from her hair dye company, Good Dye Young. On the 1st of August, each track was self-released as singles under her newfound label, Post Atlantic, marking her departure from Atlantic Records. They are now available as the aforementioned album since August 28th in all streaming services alongside "Parachute", which premiered on the same day through BBC Radio 1. Post-release, Williams hinted at two additional tracks with blank spaces on both CD prints and tracklist announcements, available on streaming services on the 24th of October: "Showbiz", the album closer, and "Good Ol' Days". Other ventures in which Williams has explored include online beauty and music series Kiss-Off on Popular TV which launched in 2015, and the hair-dye company Good Dye Young, which launched in 2016. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.