Paramore’s Hayley Williams says the ‘Eras’ tour “completely changed” her relationship with ‘The Only Exception’

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Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams has explained how the ‘Eras’ tour “completely changed” her relationship with the band’s 2009 hit ‘The Only Exception’.Taken from their third album ‘Brand New Eyes’, ‘The Only Exception’ is one of Paramore’s most well-known songs and is believed to have been written about Williams’ then-boyfriend Chad Gilbert.

They married in 2016 and separated 16 months later.In a new interview with Dork, Williams admitted to feeling a sense of discomfort performing it live in the past, but her vocal coach helped to alter her perception of it.

He encouraged her to draw from her current relationship with Paramore guitarist Taylor York, who she confirmed she was dating in 2022.“He said ‘You’re in a band with your partner.

Just look at him and pretend nothing else ever existed’,” Williams recalled.“You know what is so dumb about me? I felt so stupid doing that at first.