The bandвЂ™s Taylor York described it as such to the Times: вЂњWeвЂ™ve gotten to a point with our new music where we donвЂ™t really want to headbang anymore.вЂќ He also said his guitar tone is inspired by Afrobeat and what the Times called вЂњother international sounds.вЂќ The band вЂњcan do whatever we want and then when Hayley gets on it, thatвЂ™s what makes it Paramore,вЂќ York said. I mean, had we not been through everything weвЂ™ve been through until this point, we wouldnвЂ™t be sitting here and we wouldnвЂ™t be enjoying it the way that we do and we wouldnвЂ™t have the deep kind of very honest friendships that we do now that feel life-giving.

Everyone has itвЂ™s not unique to being in a band, but I just kept feeling like IвЂ™ve always been in this position where I felt like there were people kinda waiting to tell me that they knew what the outcome was gonna be, and I was the only one that didnвЂ™t see it. HereвЂ™s how Hayley Williams described the songвЂ™s genesis in an interview with Zane Lowe: вЂњIвЂ™ve lost friendships or whatever. HereвЂ™s how our ownВ Jordan Sargent described it: вЂњThe riff is easily the most danceable thing theyвЂ™ve recorded, and the refrain that punctuates the chorus-вЂќHard times!вЂќ-feels like a bit of very classic вЂ™80s pop songwriting.вЂќ Vincent, who notably plays around with rock nвЂ™ roll conventions. It marks a noticeable shift away from their pop-punk sound-which made them great enough to make our list of the 21st centuryвЂ™s best pop-punk choruses-toward more funkier textures, influenced by artists like Talking Heads or even a latter-day artist like St. вЂњHard TimesвЂќ was released on April 19 as the recordвЂ™s first single. WeвЂ™ve already heard two singles from the album: вЂњHard TimesвЂќ and вЂњTold You SoвЂќ

Ahead of its release, hereвЂ™s everything we know about the record. Paramore will release After Laughter, their first new album since 2013вЂ™s self-titled album, on May 12.

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