"We don’t need to include it on playlists in 2020" Hayley Williams has reiterated her stance on the controversial lyrics of Paramore‘s breakout hit, ‘Misery Business’. Read More: Yeah, Paramore’s ‘Misery Business’ is a banger – but it’s healthy for artists to reevaluate troublesome works Back in 2018, Williams announced that the track had been axed from her band’s live shows amid the ongoing debate over whether its message was “anti-feminist”.
This was due to one particular line in the second verse: “Once a whore, you’re nothing more, I’m sorry that’ll never change.” Before playing ‘Misery Business’ one last time, Williams explained: “This is a choice that we’ve made because we feel that we should.
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