Paramore singer Hayley Williams is sick of the stan wars and is happy that she isn’t involved in any of them anymore.
On July 23, the Paramore singer posted a series of Instagram stories. She shared her frustration with stan wars by calling them ‘annoying.’ She also shared her happiness that her band ‘is not really in the pop world’ anymore. She wrote:
“Witnessing stan wars makes me so happy Paramore is not really in the pop world. I just get to enjoy the good sh*t that’s come out this year and I’m sorry some of y’all can’t, that’s gotta be damn tough.”
Numbers And Stats Are ‘Lame’
In another one of her stories, the singer shared her frustration about the numbers and stats of artists and records.
She stated that the problem is mainly in the pop world, where fans can get too caught up in chart positions or sales numbers. They use these stats to argue that their favorite artists are better than others. Williams explained:
“Something I’ve been thinking about a lot, and why I don’t really love it [the internet]… Especially in the music world, like when it comes music, whether it’s the pop girls or any scene, really. People only give a f*ck about numbers now, and stats. And that is so lame.”
Though she doesn’t like how people only care about numbers nowadays, she also clarified that she loved it for her own band:
“It’s very fun, don’t get me wrong. It’s sick. We’ve had a No. 1 album and top this and that albums, yes. That sh*t is great… But I just remember a time when that was not so important, and that also wasn’t a gotcha for a stan-war type of situation.”
She concluded her words by saying that the privilege might be coming from being a ‘pop girl’:
“Anyway, I just think it’s really f*cking annoying… My side of the internet, which is basically not really the internet. Where I just get to support all the pop girls. Maybe that’s privilege. because I’m not a pop girl, but I just think everyone should cool it and let people make really great music and sh*t.”
Williams might not consider herself or Paramore as pop stars, but she has strong connections with pop world. Earlier this summer, the band joined Taylor Swift on her ‘Eras Tour,’ as support for the UK shows. This collaboration came as both Williams and Swift teamed up for the song ‘Castles Crumbling,’ released on ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ in 2023.