Paramore – On a break, but . . .
Paramore for lunch, this Friday Junior, in concert at the 2022 Austin City Limits Festival – recorded October 16, 2022.
On July 15, 2022, it was announced that Paramore would be embarking on a tour in October and November 2022. On September 28, 2022, the band released the song “This Is Why” as the lead single from This Is Why, released on February 10, 2023. In November 2022, the band changed the album cover for their 2013 self-titled album to a picture of Hayley Williams from behind. On December 8, 2022, the band released the second single, “The News“. On January 12, 2023, the band released the third single, “C’est Comme Ça”. Paramore was nominated for Favorite Music Group at the 2023 Kids’ Choice Awards. On February 6, 2023, the band debuted the song “Running Out of Time” at their album release show in Nashville. On February 16, 2023, the band released a music video for the album’s fourth single, “Running Out of Time”. The band’s song, “This is Why”, was nominated for “Best Alternative” at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards.
The band began teasing an upcoming remix album, Re: This Is Why in late September 2023, posting audio snippets from the album on their official Discord server. The album was officially announced on October 2, and released on October 6, 2023. Described as “almost a remix album”, Re: This Is Why features reworked, remixed, and rewritten versions of songs from the band’s 2023 album This Is Why, as well as an unreleased B-side demo. For the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, This Is Why won Best Rock Album, making Paramore the first female-fronted rock band to win that Grammy award, and the album’s title track won Best Alternative Music Performance.
On December 27, 2023, Paramore wiped their social media accounts and the band’s website became inaccessible. A week later, they canceled a co-headlining appearance in Anaheim at iHeartRadio‘s Alter Ego festival scheduled for January 13, 2024, “due to unforeseen circumstances”. In their place, Fall Out Boy was announced. Stereogum said that Paramore’s label contract had expired. On January 10, 2024, A24 announced a tribute album for the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense, which features a cover of “Burning Down The House” by Paramore as the leading track. In January 2024, the band was nominated for Best International Group at the 2024 BRIT Awards. On January 31, their cover of “Burning Down The House” was released as a single. On February 4, 2024, the band won two Grammy awards at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards with their album, This Is Why winning Best Rock Album and the title track winning Best Alternative Music Performance. On February 10, 2024, Paramore were announced as the ambassadors for Record Store Day 2024 and confirmed that they would continue as an independent band after the end of their contract with Atlantic Records. On March 1, 2024, a music video for “Thick Skull” was released. In September 2024, during an interview with Dork, Williams revealed that Paramore had already started making new music, with demos made before they went on tour with Taylor Swift. On July 25, 2025, the band released a deluxe digital edition of their debut album, All We Know Is Falling for its 20th anniversary.
On September 5, 2025, amongst breakup rumors, Williams announced that Paramore were “taking a break” following the release of Williams’ third album Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party.
Thanks to the ever-helpful and handy Wikipedia, you are now caught up on the life and times of Paramore and have a sample of what they were up to during the October-November tour of 2022.
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