The PARAMORE and More brings exclusively the scans of material from Paramore, which is the cover of the British magazine Rock Sound of October. In the magazine interview, Hayley Williams speaks mainly grown and how the changes in your life, and the band-an interview a little more personal than we see daily.
Hayley Williams , Jeremy Davis and Taylor York began the year on a roller coaster with the release of their fourth album " Paramore " . But as Hayley tells the Rock Sound , the biggest changes happened behind the scenes .
Change is a sound
"I used to feel guilty about who I was " - Hayley Williams
In the six months since the release of their fourth album , " Paramore " Hayley Williams Jeremy Davis and Taylor York traveled 50,000 miles and played 53 shows in 25 countries , which is more than most people will travel during the lifetime .
And while they have lived in the boarding area of the airport , anonymous hotels , dressing rooms with white walls uninteresting , " Paramore " topped the charts in 13 countries ( including the first number one album on the Billboard charts in the United States ) , and shows depleted worldwide . Nevertheless , the most important is that the aged Paramore : mentally, physically and emotionally .
Four months before the album was released, Hayley turned 24 , Taylor , 23 years , two months later , Jeremy had 28 years. The cliché is that you grow up and stop being a teenager , when it comes to 21 or 22 years , you know what life is, but this is absolutely a lie .
And this is a slow process. Growing up takes time, and when you consider that Hayley spent nine years of his life on the road in the public eye , the most important years when it comes to development as a person - as a woman - their ability to grow was stunted . It's almost as if once she , Taylor and Jeremy had a chance to get away from everything , that his adolescence was finally brought to her .
" Oh , this is totally what ' Ain't It Fun' is about ," she chirps . "I realized very quickly that I 've been touring since I was 15, I moved away from my parents when I was 18, and I had a house when I was 21 . I had done all those things I just me felt taking the right steps to becoming an adult , but there were many emotional feelings that I had never experienced . slowly I began to realize that I could not force it, but I really wanted - not only for me but for all three of us . "
" When you 're a teenager , there are so many things that matter so much and feel like the most detrimental thing that ever happened in the world , and then you grow up a bit and you realize , ' wow , I really needed to get through it . Or , in actually, it was not altogether bad, but that does not mean that these things are not important . Teenagers are crazy , but so are people 24 years of age . much less I sing about being in a band ( the new album ) and more about being a woman who is 24 years old and living in the real world , trying to navigate through it all. I do not want people to feel like they're listening to a girl who is in a band that plays at the O2 Arena . Yeah, one side is absolutely who I am , but that's not really my essence . still I 'm just a person , and this is what I came across . I want people to listen to three people making music ( where) we're really talking about our lives , and we're really talking about what matters to us. "
But the hardest part for her, and the band as a whole, was to stifle the voices of critics , whether on the internet or in magazines or in real life encounters . Hayley could face one of the biggest rock bands in the world , but she still harbors insecurities we all feel . Put them in front of a world opponents , and you can only imagine what it does to self-esteem .
" Last month , we were sitting at home for the holidays , no one was really working , it was terrible , it was like torture ," Hayley begins . " We started to get used to the music and then they were no longer ' new ' to us and then we were like ' will they like ? Will never going to look for someone new ? " We did some listening parties and I have feeling that I was doing very well with our fans , so for me , since this happened , I felt much better . " that was a big relief. Such are the people who really want to make you happy . We definitely want win new fans - which is always great fun , but if people who follow us for years were not satisfied , or do not feel like they could get something out of the album, then it would feel like it was good for nothing "
[ One of those ] Crazy Girls
They may have spent a few years out of the public eye , but Paramore , Hayley and especially , remain on the list of most important celebrities . Of course , this year has been around them in concert schedule of the awards , which recently played " Still Into You " at the Teen Choice Awards. So , now that they are older and wiser , they agreed to be part of the celebrity culture ?
" Oh , absolutely not! " Hayley admits . " I do not know how well the UK , but the celebrity culture in the United States ? I hate , I do not think anything cool. Pretend I agree that if we go to a red carpet - and obviously we are no better than anyone - then we have our moment and we had fun , but I prefer to enter, play the music and say ' We are Paramore , even more ' "
" I used to feel very guilty about who I was all the time ." If it were just me, or if it was because they did not accept me for who I was , I felt bad . When your mind adopts a standard , it is difficult to abandon . The biggest thing I learned is to discern a little more voices you hear this , and reviews which give this value . Now I feel closer to some of the dreams you had when you were a little girl , before I knew what was to let other people's opinions to matter to me . "
So , " Paramore " showed a shift in musical focus and writing Hayley and the band , but as priorities in her personal life changed since launch ? She was never shy about showing how faith and family are the most important things in your life , but how it has developed over the years ? Things that were important to Hayley Williams who wrote " Brand New Eyes " or " RIOT ! " , Or even " All We Know Is Falling " continue with the same importance for Hayley 2013 ?
" These things have always been important to me , but I think now I live it more than before , " she explains . "I 've never been so close to my family , I 've never been so close to my boyfriend. I think friends I have in my life the first time , people in general , is my family , Chad , the boys and all my friends at home, I have no friends that are difficult to handle. all people who are now in my life care each other , and love each other , and there is no trace of problem. mean, no problem, but there is not a little ... "
She pauses . Hard work?
" How can I explain this ? There were many relationships they charged me a lot , and it made me ill . I felt down , and felt that it was my fault . I think it's nice not having to push myself both in relationships that have now with my friends . We all know where we came from , and support each other . faith came when there were many questions in my life . no matter how successful Paramore has been, and no matter how good some things have been in my life , I always had plenty of room for doubt , and I always felt no confidence where I should have a lot of faith , especially if I believe in what I say believe. guess I worry too much . I think all these things are starting walking together at the same pace lately , I'm realizing that I never had much to worry about and I should relax! "
While Hayley is seeing the changes in herself today , it is only when the people who matter most reflect about how she and the band changed as we got home . " With our families , we hear it all the time , but fans tell us how different they feel when they go into our shows . We have many fans of 2005 or 2006 seem more our friends now . We talked with some of them almost always and they went through high school with us, they went through college and now some of them are starting businesses , buying their first homes , starting families , and this is insane . we are all becoming adults . I think this album is a chance for us really hang out with our fans , and listening to the album they know us , they come to the shows , we celebrate and that's it. 's really the first time I feel that way about anything we've done before . "
Being in Paramore and watching is fun again , and so they are in a stronger position than ever . And while the future is , as always , uncertain , all three are ready to attack him with both hands . After all, they are no longer children . " The hardest thing was realizing that I 'm not just another teenager. Was like I woke up and I had 22 or 23 and it was shocking ," Hayley says. " But then I had to live and be myself . I feel like a stronger person and a stronger woman , and there is not much else I need to learn and I want to learn . Not just about knowing how to cook and make your house feel like a home . much more has to do with the emotional strength and this is what I think I'm more excited , feeling emotionally - at least somewhat - stronger as a person to feel as if I could take and be excited about what comes next . Whatever it is ... "
*The Brazilian fan club translated it to Portuguese so I had to translated back to English.
WIll have to read the interview later but I'm sure it's great!
