Paramore Debuts ‘Thick Skull’ Live in New Zealand

a new crowd The pleaser has reached Paramore set list. The band premiered their single “Thick Skull” live at the Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand, on Sunday night. The audience waved their hands in the air as the leader Hayley Williams He asked him: “Come out with your hands up.”

The song is the emotional closing of their latest LP, This is the reason why. Paramore performed the song midway through their November 19 performance.

This is the reason why is the sixth studio album by Paramore and their first since 2017’s Transformer. after laughter. In October, Williams opened up to Rolling Stone about the difficult process of coming together for their latest album.

“Doing This is the reason why It was not a comfortable experience for any of us,” Williams said. “There was already anxiety about getting back into the swing of creating things together after some time apart… Thinking, ‘Okay, let’s go with Paramore,’ that made me anxious. And besides, the world was still scary and, really, nothing feels safe anymore.”

“I felt a lot of anxiety about being around people again who weren’t just in my bubble. And knowing that on the other side of finishing the record I was going to enter the world again was really terrifying,” he continued. “Not because I thought, ‘I’m going to get COVID.’ I didn’t get COVID until we started traveling again. It was more about what that did to me in my mind. Part of me had gotten really used to seeing the people I know personally and have all this context for: my family, my bandmates, you name it. And now I have to be around all kinds of people. People who probably don’t feel the same way, or we don’t align politically. I just don’t know how I’m going to feel. I don’t know what that will look like. “I don’t know if people will like this version of me and/or Paramore.”

Formost recently abandoned its renewal of This is the reason why, to celebrate the first anniversary of the original album. Prior to release, Williams described it as “almost a remix.”

“For a long time we have wanted to acknowledge the connection we have with some of the artists who have influenced us as a band and/or who have cited our band as an influence,” the band posted on social media. “Re: That’s why It’s almost a remix album. Some of the songs have been classically remixed, while others were reworked or rewritten. It’s amazing to hear all our worlds collide.”

The album featured appearances by Foals, Linda Lindas, Panda Bear, Zane Lowe, Wet Leg, DOMi & JD Beck, Remi Wolf, Bartees Strange, Romy, Claud and Julien Baker. The bonus track is a demo titled “Sanity” that closes out the revamped record.

Paramore is ready to perform ALTER EGO 2024 on January 13 at the Honda Center in Anaheim. They will be joined by 1975 and Thirty Seconds to Mars.