Thania Garcia The next Paramore era has officially commenced with the Nashville-based band releasing “This Is Why,” their first new single (and music) since 2017.
The band also revealed their long-awaited sixth studio album of the same name will be released on Feb. 10 of next year, via Atlantic Records. “Entering back into a world — and cultural landscape — very different from the one they last participated in, Paramore have returned with a song about exactly that,” reads the single’s press release. “’This Is Why’ was the very last song we wrote for the album.
To be honest, I was so tired of writing lyrics but Taylor convinced Zac and I both that we should work on this last idea. What came out of it was the title track for the whole album,” comments frontwoman Hayley Williams. “It summarizes the plethora of ridiculous emotions, the rollercoaster of being alive in 2022, having survived even just the last 3 or 4 years.
You’d think after a global pandemic of fucking biblical proportions and the impending doom of a dying planet, that humans would have found it deep within themselves to be kinder or more empathetic or something.” Williams posted a long statement about the album on the group’s Discord. “This Is Why” begins with Williams declaring: “If you have an opinion, maybe you should shove it,” while a bouncing bassline drives the beat. “This Is Why” also received its visual counterpart today.
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