Hayley Williams has always been bold — from her brightly-hued hair dye to her kickass attitude as the lead singer of Paramore . When it comes to music, the singer is equally unafraid. She belts her heart out and spits brutally honest lyrics across the band’s discography and her own solo albums, 2020’s Petals for Armor and 2021’s Flowers for Vases/Descansos . But never has Williams sounded as brave as she does on her third album, Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party . “I’ll be the biggest star at this fucking karaoke bar,” she declares on the moody title track. The song’s chorus repeats one line over and over again (“Can only go up from here”) as Williams gives up on shooting for the moon and settles for a more modest version of fame. It’s ironic that a song about a literal ego de

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