Paramore's Hayley Williams 'doesn't need to sing about sex and drugs'
Singer says there's no need to try and be cool
- PJ Harvey
Paramore’s Hayley Williams claims she doesn't feel the need to write songs about sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll.
The frontwoman said she doesn’t feel the need to try and be cool by swearing in songs or attempting to appeal to older audiences with drug and sex references, saying instead she prefers to sing about normal life problems.
Speaking with NPR, she said: “I don’t really feel like i need to say anything about sex, drugs and rock ‘n; roll. I don’t need to swear. And I’m not saying that I’m a perfect angel, but i think it would feel very disingenuous - like, ‘This is me trying to be cool. Maybe we’ll grab a couple of older fans if I just put this swear word in’. I want to talk about normal life problems.”
The singer also spoke about Paramore’s recent troubles, but insisted that when she felt like calling it a day with the band she thought about what others would would feel if they were in her position.
'There's probably a million kids wishing they were doing what I do'
“There are definitely days that I am like, ‘Am I doing the right thing?’,” she conceded.
“But then you kind of look over at your friends and realise there’s probably a million kids that are sitting at school, wishing they were doing what you’re doing.”
The band release their fourth, self-titled studio album tomorrow (April 8).
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