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Grammy-winning rock band Paramore’s frontwoman Hayley Williams surprise-released her third album Ego this week.
The new project stands out for not following a fixed track-list or traditional format, as the songs are currently only available to stream through the singer’s website hayleywilliams.net.
It is designed to resemble a Windows 2000 desktop with 17 audio files appearing scattered across the screen.
While the songs are completely free to stream, they are locked behind an access code, available exclusively through her hair brand Good Dye Young’s mailing list. Many fans received it and then shared it on social media.
After the massive success of Paramore’s 2023 album This Is Why, the singer expressed her desire to curate solo shows to play Petals for Armour (2020) and Flowers for Vases/Descansos (2021), which she was not able to tour for due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“I’m going to try and finally play some shows next year that would’ve happened nearly five years ago now,” the singer said on social media last year.
This year, however, the artist shared a voice memo that teased the possibility of a new solo release.
“Yeah, I know I said I was gonna try. I’m sorry. I can’t do any (shows) right now. I want to but I accidentally started making music,” she said.
