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On her sophomore solo album, Hayley Williams gets personal and invites listeners to embrace the often sad unknown.

Flowers for Vases / descansos recalls folk tales from Clarissa Pinkola Estés 1992 book Women Who Run With the Wolves. Lindsey Byrnes / Courtesy of the artist Originally published on February 11, 2021 2:49 pm "Myth is the threshold of history." Saidiya Hartman stakes this claim in Lose Your Mother, a tale of myth, fiction and the root causes of subjugation. Hartman, like the countless women before her, bridges the gap between fictional worlds of lived trauma and restoration. Hayley Will...

Over the years, Hayley Williams has found herself at odds with balancing toughness and softness. Petals for Armor, her 2020 solo debut, tackled that sentiment head on. Steeped in anger, resilience, and joy, the synth-heavy record dissected Williams empowering journey to peace after undergoing intensive therapy and a split from her husband.  Almost seven months since its release, the 32-year-old Paramore singer has returned with a new solo project, Flowers for Vases / Descansos. Its a stark d...

After weeks of teasing, Hayley Williams has released a new solo album. The 14-track record, titled Petals for Armor , which dropped last May. "This isnt really a follow-up to Petals for Armor ," the Paramore frontwoman explains. "If anything, its a prequel, or some sort of detour between parts 1 and 2 of Petals . The meaning of the album as a whole is maybe entirely different from diving into each song in particular." The lead-up to the surprise record drop included several mys...