Paramore singer Hayley Williams has talked about her fashion inspiration, and her inspirations include the Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis.
“Recently, I’ve been thinking about Anthony Kiedis a lot,” Williams said in a new interview with Nylon. “First of all, I need to get ripped. I just need to get shredded because this is a part of my fashion, in a way. But I don’t mean that in like, ‘I need to look incredible.’ It’s because this record makes me feel very athletic. It makes me kind of want to be more athletic on stage. I literally tore my MCLs opening up for you in South America. So that athletic thing is for safety, but also for Anthony Kiedis. I thought I would wear cut-off suit shorts, and then just a tight compressed bra.”
Williams also talked about ‘Divine Urge,’ a recently released album by her close friends and singer Elke. The album features a track recorded with Hayley Williams titled ‘Standard Information,’ and Zac Farro on drums.
“This record helped me a lot to fully finally define what my style is,” the Paramore singer said of how the album reflected her sense of style. “It all started when I saw a photo of Helena Bonham Carter. She wears stuff that doesn’t fit her tightly. It almost kind of looks like a collage. I feel like my brain, in a way, is a collage of so many things. I feel like I am a little bit of everything in life in terms of personality, traits, and choices.”
“And so I started thinking about what my style should feel like, and it’s weirdly shaped and bits of randomness and playful, and sometimes hot as shit, sexy as f*ck, or manly as f*ck. It has helped me get to know myself more as that person who is kind of a bit of everything in life. I’m not cool, sweet, indie girl, or tall model, sexy girl, like something my mom wanted me to be, or just things that people expect me to be. I’m like, ‘F*ck it, I’m everything.’ It’s made me feel more comfortable as a person too,” she added.
Paramore is opening for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. The next show is scheduled for November 14 in Toronto, Canada, and the tour is ending on December 8 in Vancouver, Canada.