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* {{cite web |last1=Singh |first1=Surej |title=Hayley Williams’ surprise album ‘Ego’ has been removed from her website |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/hayley-williams-surprise-album-ego-has-been-removed-from-her-website-3881597 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=August 10, 2025 |date=July 30, 2025 |archive-date=August 11, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250811172632/https://www.nme.com/news/music/hayley-williams-surprise-album-ego-has-been-removed-from-her-website-3881597 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Williams surprise-released the 17 songs individually for streaming on August 1, 2025.<ref name=”kaufman”>{{cite magazine |last1=Kaufman |first1=Gil |title=Hayley Williams Uploads Her Untitled 17-Track Solo Collection to Streamers as Series of Singles |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/hayley-williams-release-17-solo-songs-streaming-singles-ego-1236034909/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=August 10, 2025 |date=August 1, 2025 |archive-date=August 2, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250802235711/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/hayley-williams-release-17-solo-songs-streaming-singles-ego-1236034909/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=DeVille |first1=Chris |title=Hayley Williams Has Officially Released Those 17 New Singles — Separately, Not As An Album |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2317737/hayley-williams-has-officially-released-those-17-new-singles-separately-not-as-an-album/music/ |website=[[Stereogum]] |access-date=August 10, 2025 |date=August 1, 2025 |archive-date=August 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250801153750/https://www.stereogum.com/2317737/hayley-williams-has-officially-released-those-17-new-singles-separately-not-as-an-album/music/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It marked her first independent release following her departure from [[Atlantic Records]] in 2023—more than 20 years after the beginning of the contract as part of [[Paramore]]—and was published under an [[Imprint (trade name)|imprint]] listed as “Post Atlantic” and distributed via [[Secretly Distribution]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lapierre |first1=Megan |title=Hayley Williams Has Now Officially Released Those 17 Songs — but Not as an Album |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/hayley-williams-has-now-officially-released-those-17-songs-but-not-as-an-album |website=[[Exclaim!]] |access-date=August 10, 2025 |date=August 1, 2025 |archive-date=August 8, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250808135225/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/hayley-williams-has-now-officially-released-those-17-songs-but-not-as-an-album |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=”kaufman”/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kaplan |first1=Ilana |title=Hayley Williams Releases Surprise Collection of 17 New Singles After Sharing and Deleting Them from Website Earlier This Week |url=https://people.com/hayley-williams-releases-surprise-collection-17-new-singles-11783047 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=August 10, 2025 |date=August 1, 2025 |archive-date=August 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250801090209/https://people.com/hayley-williams-releases-surprise-collection-17-new-singles-11783047 |url-status=live }}~~</ref><ref>~~{{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Jade |title=Hayley Williams Unveils Surprise 17-Song Collection |url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hayley-williams-surprise-17-song-collection-80920/ |website=[[Rolling Stone Australia]] |access-date=August 10, 2025 |date=August 1, 2025 |archive-date=August 9, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250809093238/https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hayley-williams-surprise-17-song-collection-80920/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A music video for the track “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party”, directed by Zachary Gray, premiered on August 5.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Paul |first1=Larisha |title=Hayley Williams Is the Biggest Star in the ‘Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party’ Video |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hayley-williams-ego-death-at-a-bachelorette-party-video-1235400286/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=August 10, 2025 |date=August 5, 2025 |archive-date=August 5, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250805163604/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hayley-williams-ego-death-at-a-bachelorette-party-video-1235400286/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref> The video was set in Nashville and features a cameo from the politician [[Justin Jones (Tennessee politician)|Justin Jones]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Aaron |title=Watch Hayley Williams Raw ‘Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party’ Video |url=https://uproxx.com/pop/hayley-williams-ego-death-at-a-bachelorette-party-video/ |website=[[Uproxx]] |access-date=August 10, 2025 |date=August 5, 2025 |archive-date=August 28, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250828230710/https://uproxx.com/pop/hayley-williams-ego-death-at-a-bachelorette-party-video/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In an interview with ”[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]”, Williams’s manager Leah Hodgkiss said that the release marketing was motivated by their idea to “make music tangible” and “an experience” again. She elaborated on how people tend to “not even pay attention to what [they are] listening to” due to curated playlists on streaming platforms, such as [[Spotify]] and [[Apple Music]]. Williams wanted to refer to the songs as individual singles as she did not think of an album throughout the writing process.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Rys |first1=Dan |title=Inside Hayley Williams’ Unconventional Singles Release Strategy That’s Kept Fans Guessing |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/hayley-williams-singles-release-strategy-ego-rollout/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=August 10, 2025 |date=August 8, 2025 |archive-date=August 8, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250808210117/https://www.billboard.com/pro/hayley-williams-singles-release-strategy-ego-rollout/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref> The track “Glum” also received a music video, which was co-directed by AJ Gibboney and the Paramore member [[Zac Farro]], and premiered as a single<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earone.com/song/be5def8b68/glum-hayley-williams |title=Glum |publisher=EarOne |location=Italy |access-date=2 September 2025}}</ref> on August 18.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harrison |first1=Dan |title=Hayley Williams has shared a new video for ‘Glum’, co-directed with Paramore’s Zac Farro – Dork |url=https://readdork.com/news/hayley-williams-glum-video-co-directed-paramore-zac-farro/ |website=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]] |access-date=August 27, 2025 |date=August 19, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Mier |first1=Tomás |title=Hayley Williams Longs for Home in ‘Glum’ Video |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hayley-williams-glum-video-1235410538/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=August 27, 2025 |date=August 18, 2025 |archive-date=August 22, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250822171334/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hayley-williams-glum-video-1235410538/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref> It was followed by acoustic versions, “Glum (in the Park)” and “Kill Me (in the Garden)”.<ref name=”hardman”>{{cite web |last1=Hardman |first1=Neville |title=Stream Hayley Williams’ new album Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party |url=https://www.altpress.com/hayley-williams-ego-death-at-a-bachelorette-party-stream/ |website=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |access-date=August 28, 2025 |date=August 28, 2025}}</ref> In an [[Instagram story]], Williams said that the collection would be issued physically, although not meant to be considered an album.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Polst |first1=Mark |title=Hayley Williams Releases Music Video For “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party” |url=https://consequence.net/2025/08/hayley-williams-music-video-for-ego-death-at-a-bachelorette-party/ |website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]] |access-date=August 10, 2025 |date=August 5, 2025 |archive-date=August 6, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806070407/https://consequence.net/2025/08/hayley-williams-music-video-for-ego-death-at-a-bachelorette-party/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She also revealed that she was “listening to potential track-list orders and still trying to create [her] own”, hinting at a future re-packaging.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Singh |first1=Surej |title=Watch Hayley Williams’ existential new video for ‘Glum’ |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-hayley-williams-existential-new-video-for-glum-3885656 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=August 27, 2025 |date=August 19, 2025}}</ref>

{{cite web |last1=Kaplan |first1=Ilana |title=Hayley Williams Releases Surprise Collection of 17 New Singles After Sharing and Deleting Them from Website Earlier This Week |url=https://people.com/hayley-williams-releases-surprise-collection-17-new-singles-11783047 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=August 10, 2025 |date=August 1, 2025 |archive-date=August 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250801090209/https://people.com/hayley-williams-releases-surprise-collection-17-new-singles-11783047 |url-status=live}}

{{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Jade |title=Hayley Williams Unveils Surprise 17-Song Collection |url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hayley-williams-surprise-17-song-collection-80920/ |website=[[Rolling Stone Australia]] |access-date=August 10, 2025 |date=August 1, 2025 |archive-date=August 9, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250809093238/https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hayley-williams-surprise-17-song-collection-80920/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A music video for the track “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party”, directed by Zachary Gray, premiered on August 5.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Paul |first1=Larisha |title=Hayley Williams Is the Biggest Star in the ‘Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party’ Video |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hayley-williams-ego-death-at-a-bachelorette-party-video-1235400286/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=August 10, 2025 |date=August 5, 2025 |archive-date=August 5, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250805163604/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hayley-williams-ego-death-at-a-bachelorette-party-video-1235400286/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref> The video was set in Nashville and features a cameo from the politician [[Justin Jones (Tennessee politician)|Justin Jones]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Aaron |title=Watch Hayley Williams Raw ‘Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party’ Video |url=https://uproxx.com/pop/hayley-williams-ego-death-at-a-bachelorette-party-video/ |website=[[Uproxx]] |access-date=August 10, 2025 |date=August 5, 2025 |archive-date=August 28, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250828230710/https://uproxx.com/pop/hayley-williams-ego-death-at-a-bachelorette-party-video/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In an interview with ”[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]”, Williams’s manager Leah Hodgkiss said that the release marketing was motivated by their idea to “make music tangible” and “an experience” again. She elaborated on how people tend to “not even pay attention to what [they are] listening to” due to curated playlists on streaming platforms, such as [[Spotify]] and [[Apple Music]]. Williams wanted to refer to the songs as individual singles as she did not think of an album throughout the writing process.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Rys |first1=Dan |title=Inside Hayley Williams’ Unconventional Singles Release Strategy That’s Kept Fans Guessing |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/hayley-williams-singles-release-strategy-ego-rollout/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=August 10, 2025 |date=August 8, 2025 |archive-date=August 8, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250808210117/https://www.billboard.com/pro/hayley-williams-singles-release-strategy-ego-rollout/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref> The track “Glum” also received a music video, which was co-directed by AJ Gibboney and the Paramore member [[Zac Farro]], and premiered as a single<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earone.com/song/be5def8b68/glum-hayley-williams |title=Glum |publisher=EarOne |location=Italy |access-date=2 September 2025}}</ref> on August 18.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harrison |first1=Dan |title=Hayley Williams has shared a new video for ‘Glum’, co-directed with Paramore’s Zac Farro – Dork |url=https://readdork.com/news/hayley-williams-glum-video-co-directed-paramore-zac-farro/ |website=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]] |access-date=August 27, 2025 |date=August 19, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Mier |first1=Tomás |title=Hayley Williams Longs for Home in ‘Glum’ Video |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hayley-williams-glum-video-1235410538/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=August 27, 2025 |date=August 18, 2025 |archive-date=August 22, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250822171334/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hayley-williams-glum-video-1235410538/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref> It was followed by acoustic versions, “Glum (in the Park)” and “Kill Me (in the Garden)”.<ref name=”hardman”>{{cite web |last1=Hardman |first1=Neville |title=Stream Hayley Williams’ new album Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party |url=https://www.altpress.com/hayley-williams-ego-death-at-a-bachelorette-party-stream/ |website=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |access-date=August 28, 2025 |date=August 28, 2025}}</ref> In an [[Instagram story]], Williams said that the collection would be issued physically, although not meant to be considered an album.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Polst |first1=Mark |title=Hayley Williams Releases Music Video For “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party” |url=https://consequence.net/2025/08/hayley-williams-music-video-for-ego-death-at-a-bachelorette-party/ |website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]] |access-date=August 10, 2025 |date=August 5, 2025 |archive-date=August 6, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806070407/https://consequence.net/2025/08/hayley-williams-music-video-for-ego-death-at-a-bachelorette-party/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She also revealed that she was “listening to potential track-list orders and still trying to create [her] own”, hinting at a future re-packaging.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Singh |first1=Surej |title=Watch Hayley Williams’ existential new video for ‘Glum’ |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-hayley-williams-existential-new-video-for-glum-3885656 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=August 27, 2025 |date=August 19, 2025}}</ref>

”Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party” was officially released as an album to streaming media on August 28, 2025. It features the 17 previously released songs alongside “[[Parachute (Hayley Williams song)|Parachute]]”, which premiered as a single<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earone.com/song/de1d1f8b68/parachute-hayley-williams |title=Parachute |publisher=EarOne |location=Italy |access-date=2 September 2025}}</ref> on radio stations such as [[BBC Radio 1]] on the same date.<ref>Multiple sources:

2025 studio album by Hayley Williams

Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party is the third studio album by the American singer-songwriter Hayley Williams. She first uploaded 17 of the 20 songs to her official website on July 28, 2025, and later released them as standalone tracks onto streaming services on August 1. Williams officially self-released the album on August 28, under an independent imprint titled Post Atlantic, two years after her departure from Atlantic Records. Two additional songs were added to the album on October 24 and November 7. Williams co-wrote the songs, performed several instruments, and collaborated with the producer Daniel James, who was accompanied by Jim-E Stack and Brian Robert Jones on select tracks. The album received widespread critical acclaim upon its release.

Release and marketing

On July 23, 2025, the Nashville public radio station WNXP reported that a new song by Williams would be premiering on the station that night.^[1] The announcement was accompanied by a video of a person holding a CD which had the words “Mirtazapine” and “Glum” written with a marker.^[2] The former, referring to the antidepressant of the same name, was ultimately the song in question, premiering as scheduled without any detail regarding any official release.^[2]^[3] It was Williams’s first solo release since her 2021 album Flowers for Vases / Descansos.^[4] Two days later, she performed the song live at the Newport Folk Festival with Bleachers during their set.^[5] On July 28, the singer uploaded 17 new songs—including the aforementioned—to her official website.^[6] The tracks could only be accessed after entering a 16-digit code that was sent to fans who purchased a product from Williams’s hair dye company Good Dye Young.^[7]^[8] Music publications gave the untitled collection of songs the title Ego, the same name of the yellow dye product from Williams’s brand.^[8]^[9] The website featured a similar style as 2000s Microsoft Windows desktop displays, including the unordered tracks in a MP3 file format above a yellow background with pictures of her dog.^[10] Around 24 hours after its publication, the collection was removed from the site, which disclosed the message, “Thank you for listening.”^[11]

Williams surprise-released the 17 songs individually for streaming on August 1, 2025.^[12]^[13] It marked her first independent release following her departure from Atlantic Records in 2023—more than 20 years after the beginning of the contract as part of Paramore—and was published under an imprint listed as “Post Atlantic” and distributed via Secretly Distribution.^[14]^[12]^[15] A music video for the track “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party”, directed by Zachary Gray, premiered on August 5.^[16] The video was set in Nashville and features a cameo from the politician Justin Jones.^[17] In an interview with Billboard, Williams’s manager Leah Hodgkiss said that the release marketing was motivated by their idea to “make music tangible” and “an experience” again. She elaborated on how people tend to “not even pay attention to what [they are] listening to” due to curated playlists on streaming platforms, such as Spotify and Apple Music. Williams wanted to refer to the songs as individual singles as she did not think of an album throughout the writing process.^[18] The track “Glum” also received a music video, which was co-directed by AJ Gibboney and the Paramore member Zac Farro, and premiered as a single^[19] on August 18.^[20]^[21] It was followed by acoustic versions, “Glum (in the Park)” and “Kill Me (in the Garden)”.^[22] In an Instagram story, Williams said that the collection would be issued physically, although not meant to be considered an album.^[23] She also revealed that she was “listening to potential track-list orders and still trying to create [her] own”, hinting at a future re-packaging.^[24]

Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party was officially released as an album to streaming media on August 28, 2025. It features the 17 previously released songs alongside “Parachute“, which premiered as a single^[25] on radio stations such as BBC Radio 1 on the same date.^[26] Various physical formats are scheduled to be issued on November 7, 2025, also via Post Atlantic.^[27] While announcing the release and tracklist on social media, Williams filled tracks 19 and 20 with blank spaces, hinting at two more songs to be released.^[28] To complete the tracks order, she was inspired by a fan-made website that collected fans’s preferred listings shared as playlists.^[29]^[30] In an interview with Zane Lowe, the singer explained how she “really did want to shirk the responsibility” and was “interested in other people’s perspectives,” stating that she was not able to have one as she was “in the eye of [the] storm”.^[31]

On October 24, a new track, entitled “Good Ol’ Days”, was added to the album,^[32] and subsequently performed by Williams with Bleachers at Rolling Stone‘s Musicians on Musicians event at New York City‘s Beacon Theatre, along with three other songs from the album.^[33] The album’s final track, “Showbiz”, was added on November 7, coinciding with the album’s physical release.^[34] In-person listening party events, dubbed “Ego Nites,” were also held in various record stores worldwide in celebration of said physical release.^[35]

Tour

In December 2024, four years after the cancellation of her supposed first solo tour, the Petals for Armor Tour, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Williams first announced her renewed intent to play solo shows in 2025.^[36]

On November 7, 2025, an image listing United States, Europe, and United Kingdom dates for a tour in support of the album was quietly added to Williams’ website.^[37] Three days later, the tour, entitled Hayley Williams at a Bachelorette Party, was formally announced, with supporting acts Water From Your Eyes, Snuggle, and Tiberius b.^[38] More shows were added on November 12 due to “overwhelming demand.”^[39]

In an attempt to make ticket distribution more accessible and affordable, Williams partnered with the platform Openstage to host verified presale registration, hoping to combat bots and scalpers from purchasing tickets for tour dates.^[40]

Composition

Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party is an alternative rock,^[9]^[41] alternative pop,^[9]^[42] indie rock,^[41] trip hop,^[9] pop,^[41] folk^[41] album, which features elements of synth-pop,^[43] and shoegaze.^[22] Williams performed several instruments for the album and co-wrote the songs in collaboration with the record producer Daniel James, and also received contributions from Brian Robert Jones and Jim-E Stack, among others.^[44]^[30]

Critical reception

Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party was met with widespread acclaim from music critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 91 based on eleven reviews, indicating “universal acclaim”.^[46] Rolling Stone listed the album at number 9 on their list, “The 100 Best Albums of 2025”.^[56]

Rankings

Track listing

All tracks are written by Hayley Williams and Daniel James, except where noted. Produced by Daniel James on all tracks, Brian Robert Jones on tracks 7, 8, and 19, Steph Marziano on track 18, and James Harmon “Jim-E” Stack on track 13.^[76]

Title
1.	“Ice in My OJ” (Hayley Williams, Daniel James, verses by Matt Bronleewe, Jeremy Bose, Tasia Tjornhom)	2:11
2.	“Glum”	3:11
3.	“Kill Me”	2:47
4.	“Whim”	3:35
5.	“Mirtazapine”	3:21
6.	“Disappearing Man”	3:29
7.	“Love Me Different” (Williams, James, Christian Mazzalai, Deck D’Arcy, Laurent Brancowitz, Thomas Mars)	3:32
8.	“Brotherly Hate”	2:49
9.	“Negative Self Talk”	4:13
10.	“Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party”	3:19
11.	“Hard”	2:56
12.	“Discovery Channel” (Williams, James, Jonathan Hensleigh, Greg Taylor, Jim Strain, Chris Van Allsburg, chorus by James M. Franks)	3:17
13.	“True Believer” (Hayley Williams, Daniel James, Jim-E Stack, Eli Teplin)	3:49
14.	“Zissou”	2:55
15.	“Dream Girl in Shibuya”	4:22
16.	“Blood Bros”	2:47
17.	“I Won’t Quit on You”	3:19
18.	“Parachute” (Williams, James, Marziano)	3:40
19.	“Good Ol’ Days”	3:23
20.	“Showbiz”	3:50
Total length:		66:44

“Ice in My OJ” interpolates “Jumping Inside”, written by Jeremy Bose, Matt Bronleewe, Tasia Tjornhom, and Tedd Tjornhom, and performed by Mammoth City Messengers.
“Love Me Different” contains samples of “Fior di Latte“, written by written by Christian Mazzalai, Deck D’Arcy, Laurent Brancowitz, and Thomas Mars, and performed by Phoenix.
“Discovery Channel” interpolates “The Bad Touch“, written by Jimmy Pop, and performed by Bloodhound Gang.
“Good Ol’ Days” and “Showbiz” were not included on the original August 28, 2025 release, but added to later digital releases. “Good Ol’ Days” was added October 29, 2025. “Showbiz” was added November 7, 2025. Both tracks appear on all physical releases of the album after the initial 1,500 sold on Williams’s webstore. The original release is 59:31 in total length. The second release is 62:54. The third release is 66:44.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album’s liner notes.^[76]

Musicians

Hayley Williams – vocals (all tracks), guitar (1–5, 10, 11, 13, 15–18), drums (1, 2, 5), keyboards (1, 10, 11), bass (2, 5, 11)
Elise Joseph – vocals (1, 3, 18)
Daniel James – keyboards and programming (all tracks), guitar (except 16), bass (1, 3, 4, 9, 12, 14, 15, 17), vocals (18)
Viola Joseph – vocals on “Kill Me”
Roger Alan Nichols – guitar (4, 5, 15)
Joey Howard – bass (5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 15, 19)
Ben Kaufman – strings (5, 9, 13)
Brian Robert Jones – bass, guitar, mandolin (7, 19), programming (7)
Jim-E Stack – keyboards and programming on “True Believer”
Katrina Urton – vocals on “I Won’t Quit on You”
Steph Marziano – programming, keyboards, guitar, and vocals on “Parachute”
Brian O’Connor – vocals on “Parachute”
Kolten Frenzl – vocals on “Parachute”
Rusty Williams – vocals on “Good Ol’ Days”

Technical

Daniel James – engineering
Roger Alan Nichols – engineering
Jesse Brady – engineering
Manny Marroquin – mixing
Ramiro Fernandez-Seoane – mixing on “Parachute” and “Good Ol’ Days”
Zach Pereyra – mastering
Daniel James – production (all tracks)
Brian Robert Jones – production (tracks 7, 8, and 19)
Steph Marziano – production (track 18)
James Harmon “Jim-E” Stack – production (track 13)

Charts

References

^ Lapierre, Megan (July 23, 2025). “Paramore’s Hayley Williams Is Premiering New Solo Music Today”. Exclaim!. Archived from the original on August 22, 2025. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
^ ^a ^b Singh, Surej (July 24, 2025). “Social media reacts to Hayley Williams debuting new music on Nashville radio station: “One of the best songs I’ve ever heard”“. NME. Archived from the original on July 30, 2025. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
^ Ragusa, Paolo (July 24, 2025). “Hayley Williams Unveils New Song “Mirtazapine” on Nashville Public Radio: Listen”. Consequence. Archived from the original on July 25, 2025. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
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