Paramore Perform Stripped Back Versions Of New Songs For NPR

All your favourites off the new album, live and lo fi.

October 2, 2017

Paramore are the latest guests of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series, in which bands perform behind - you guessed it - a tiny desk in NPR’s offices.

They play stripped-back versions of Hard Times, 26, and Fake Happy, all tracks off their recently released album, After Laughter. What's not to like?

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