Hayley Williams Reveals the Lyric She's Most Proud of

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]What's your best lyric?

[00:00:01]>> [laughter] >> Yes.

[00:00:04]This is terrible. Um Can I just call one out before you hit the nail on the head?

[00:00:08]>> Yes. Oh, yes.

[00:00:10]You correct me if I paraphrase it wrong.

[00:00:12]Okay.

[00:00:14]Made a lot of dumb [ __ ] a lot of money.

[00:00:16]What's the line? Lot of dumb [ __ ] that I made rich.

[00:00:24]There we go. [laughter] It's pretty good.

[00:00:26]I was very I was I had to be high for that.

[00:00:29]>> your bath. [clears throat] >> [laughter] >> I had to get so so into speak my truth on that. I'm glad he called that one out because I don't think I would have called that out. I would have tried to go with something like super poetic, but >> what's your what's your best lyric to you today?

[00:00:42]>> me what I'm the most proud of is um is the second pre-chorus of True Believer where I I reference Strange Fruit. I also reference this this neighborhood in Franklin, like really close to where I grew up called Hard Bargain, and Hard Bargain was like uh I don't know how many acres. I I feel like it was like 17 acres or something like that that this formerly enslaved man bought from his former enslaver. I feel like it's all black but but predominantly black families. I'm really proud of the fact that I wrote about my city, but I was also able to inject uh this history that I'm aware of that I think is really important to pass on. I mean, I don't know. I just felt like a real lyricist when I finished that.