Overview

• In a New York Times Popcast interview, Williams confirmed the “racist country singer” in the title track is Morgan Wallen.
• She said “True Believer” confronts Southern racial injustice, referencing “Strange Fruit” and Franklin, Tennessee, and it has reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Digital Song Sales chart.
• Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party was released August 28 through her Post Atlantic imprint with Secretly Distribution after her Atlantic/Warner deal ended.
• Williams emphasized that Paramore have not split, describing the group as on a break.
• She recalled declining a Jennifer’s Body end-credits song due to Josh Farro’s objections and described resisting early label efforts to separate her from Paramore.