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Hayley Williams celebrates her 78-year-old grandfather releasing his debut album
Out now via Zac Farro’s Congrats Records, Hayley Williams’ grandfather Rusty is “putting his music into the world for the first time” on debut album Grand Man.
Hear Paramore's Misery Business reworked into an uplifting country song – cleverly entitled Missouri Business.
Following his awesome adaptation of YUNGBLUD and Machine Gun Kelly's I Think I'm OKAY in the style of 11 pop-punk bands, YouTuber Alex Melton has shared a brilliant new cover: Missouri Business.
The track is a 'bro country' reworking of Paramore's classic Riot! single Misery Business, and feels incredibly wholesome – Alex even changing the lyrics from 'Once a whore, you're nothing more' to 'Once a bore…', a switch that vocalist Hayley Williams will surely approve of.
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"I haven’t related to it in a very long time," the singer shared in 2015 of how MizBiz was considered by some to be 'anti-feminist'. "Those word were written when I was 17… admittedly, from a very narrow-minded perspective. It wasn’t really meant to be this big philosophical statement about anything. It was quite literally a page in my diary about a singular moment I experienced as a high schooler."
Anyway, it sounds absolutely ace as a country song – it truly does 'feel soooo goooooood'.
Check out Alex's reworking below:
Last month, Hayley confirmed that her focus is back on Paramore following the release of two solo albums, 2020's Petals For Armor and this year's FLOWERS for VASES / descansos: "I’m not planning on another solo album," she said. "And I’m not sure if they’d be great for Paramore. I’m ready for the next Paramore album. Let’s go."
When asked by a fan on Twitter if she "will be more involved with the instrumental writing process in Paramore albums now" she wrote: "I wouldn’t say I’ve been un-involved up till now but the thing is we grew up playing together and learning (and the re-learning) how to write together. They are my favorite musicians in the world. I’m excited to see how our writing together grows for this next project."
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