Paramore: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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Oct. 2, 2017 | Lars Gotrich -- Paramore's After Laughter captures the moment between rapture and its comedown, the glitter wiped away, left with skin rubbed raw. It's a record, more than a decade into the band's career, that not only exposes the sparkling pop that's always lit Paramore's songs, but also deals with the ache of growing up and growing apart. When Hayley Williams sings, "Tell my friends I'm coming down / We'll kick it when I hit the ground" from the '80s-tastic jam "Hard Times" at the Tiny Desk, the stark dichotomy is laid bare by the band's stripped-down performance that still packs a small synth and Zac Farro's drum machine into its Afro-pop-flecked textures.

Backed here only by guitarist Taylor York, "26" is Williams' letter to a younger self, to still believe in dreams, knowing its costs. Paramore's quieter songs have never quite shown this depth of understated devastation and determination, and Williams reflects that nuance in a voice that scales the end of the line, "And they say that dreaming is free," with just the slightest trail of regret.

These songs extend After Laughter's themes, racing across the spectrum of hope, with "Fake Happy" as a soaring anthem to expressing your truest self (and calling out those playing pretend). At the Tiny Desk, the shimmering guitars and synths almost become tropical, as if the band's all taken a big swig of Drake's "Passionfruit" and started a lowkey jam among friends.

Set List

"Hard Times"
"26"
"Fake Happy"

MUSICIANS

Hayley Williams (vocals), Taylor York (guitar), Zac Farro (drum machine), Logan MacKenzie (keys), Joseph Howard (bass), Justin York (guitar)

CREDITS

Producers: Lars Gotrich Morgan Noelle Smith; Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Audio Engineers: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, Niki Walker, Maia Stern, Alyse Young; Production Assistant: Salvatore Maicki; Photo: Christina Ascani/NPR.

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This girl has been 21 for the last ten years

danieldelgado-lwbr

A past boyfriend of mine and I were really into Paramore.. we had went to two of their shows together and had some matching shirts. He killed himself 6 years ago and I took a big step away from everything that reminded me of him and that time of my Including this music . The Only Exception was "our song" and I associated so much of her voice with the embodiment of my own inner feelings towards my Once he was dead I couldn't bear to hear her singing, I thought.

I feel incredibly guilty now, listening to this. I realize now that while I was taking a step away from Paramore that they were making exactly the kind of music I needed to hear.

Thank you for being consistently talented and consistently deep and considering in your message. Thank you.

donnamaria

I feel like this hits harder when you’ve grown up with them

jessicapereira

Hayley: You can dance if you want to
Also Hayley: Plays 26

annagvinianidze

Whoever engineers these Tiny Desk performances should be given a raise

kurdtjohn

Her sad songs in this album is the embodiment of "trying to be okay" by sounding happy when your world feels like it's fallen apart because of depression.

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