After teasing fans with a cryptic password-protected drop on her website earlier this week, Hayley Williams has officially released 17 new tracks to streaming services—each one treated as a standalone single with its own cover art and no official album title in sight.
At the center of the rollout is “True Believer,” a politically charged anthem that’s quickly become the lightning rod of the collection. Fiery, direct, and emotionally raw, it positions Williams as both witness and agitator, delivering her most pointed lyrics in years. She’s not playing coy. This is protest music with teeth.
While fans may have initially hoped for a traditional album, Williams seems to be intentionally dodging that format. In a move that feels both punk and pragmatic, the Paramore frontwoman encouraged fans to curate their own tracklist, reposting Instagram Stories with messages like “Make your own playlist.” It’s a nod to the decentralized way listeners consume music in 2025, but also a reminder that artistic control doesn’t always mean tight packaging.
Other standout tracks include “Mirtazapine,” an emotionally tender piece that surfaced just before the full drop, and “GLUM,” which is getting extra push as a “focus track.” But the attention remains firmly on “True Believer,” which pairs jagged instrumentation with lines that leave no room for misinterpretation.
Rather than signal a full solo album or Paramore project, this batch of songs feels like a creative purge—intimate, confrontational, and unfiltered. And by releasing each track individually, Williams strips away any pressure to fit them into a concept. They just exist, fully formed, ready to be assembled—or not.
It’s a release that feels distinctly of this moment: a blur of personal chaos, political heat, and digital-era freedom. You won’t find a tracklist. You won’t find a clean narrative. What you will find is Hayley Williams doing exactly what she wants, how she wants—and sounding completely locked in.