Ahead of their run of intimate performances kicking off next month, Paramore have returned with their new single, “This Is Why” today. Marking their first new music following their hiatus and the global pandemic, the new track is taken from the band’s long-awaited sixth studio album, This is Why, for February 10th 2023 on Atlantic Records. Recorded in Los Angeles, California with long-time collaborator Carlos de la Garza, the album features 10 new Paramore songs with cover art shot by Zachary Gray.
Entering back into a world – and cultural landscape – very different from the one they last participated in, Paramore have returned with a song about exactly that. “This Is Why” is a deliciously infectious Paramore ear-worm for the post-truth world. Of the song, Williams says, “This Is Why was the very last song we wrote for the album. To be honest, I was so tired of writing lyrics but Taylor convinced Zac and I both that we should work on this last idea. What came out of it was the title track for the whole album. It summarizes the plethora of ridiculous emotions, the rollercoaster of being alive in 2022, having survived even just the last 3 or 4 years. You’d think after a global pandemic of fucking biblical proportions and the impending doom of a dying planet, that humans would have found it deep within themselves to be kinder or more empathetic or something.”
The video was directed by Turnstile’s Brendan Yates and filmed in Malibu, California last month. Speaking on the video and collaboration, Williams says, “It was so rad working with Brendan. I’ve known the Turnstile guys for a little while and was so psyched to have our worlds collide in this way. There’s a cool kinship between the way our bands do things… Hopefully we will get to play shows with them at some point.”
PARAMORE TOUR DATES
October 2, 2022 – Bakersfield, CA – Mechanics Bank Theater #
October 4, 2022 – Magna, UT – The Great SaltAir #
October 6, 2022 – Omaha, NE – Orpheum Theater Omaha #
October 8, 2022 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion #
October 9, 2022 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits
October 11, 2022 – Chesterfield, MO – The Factory #
October 14, 2022 – Bonner Springs, KS – Azura Amphitheater* &
October 16, 2022 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits^
October 20, 2022 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern ~
October 22, 2022 – Las Vegas, NV – When We Were Young Festival^
October 23, 2022 – Las Vegas, NV – When We Were Young Festival^
October 27, 2022 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco %
October 29, 2022 – Las Vegas, NV – When We Were Young Festival^
November 7, 2022 – Toronto, ON – HISTORY =
November 9, 2022 – Chicago, IL – The Chicago Theatre =
November 11, 2022 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Center =
November 13, 2022 – New York City, NY – Beacon Theatre =
November 15, 2022 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle =
November 16, 2022 – St. Augustine, FL – The St. Augustine Amphitheatre =
November 19, 2022 – Mexico City, MX – Corona Capital Festival^
*Not a Live Nation Date
^Festival Date – Ticketmaster Verified Fan Presale Not Applicable
# with Claud
= with Ogi
& with Japanese Breakfast + Young the Giant
~ with Faux Real
% with Elke