After a surprise drop of mp3s on a secret website in July, Nashville rockstar and Paramore vocalist Hayley Williams released not one, not two, but 17 singles on Aug. 1 to the surprise and delight of fans in the Music City and beyond.
Depending on the order in which you listen, the tracks seem to weave a tale of a relationship from beginning to end, with songs about self-doubt and darkness, family and Southern culture woven in.
Tentatively titled Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party (a name it shares with one of the songs), Hayley’s Version™ of the record kicks off with “Ice in My OJ,” a mash-up of majestic choral interludes, nearly feral screams of “I’m in a band!” and a hilarious interpolation of “Jumping Inside.” That’s a song by an early-Aughts tween praise band called Mammoth City Messengers, which Williams was a member of. It’s a perfectly chaotic introduction to a not-album that is actually an album
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