One of the biggest highlights of Coachella 2022 was when day 2 headliner Billie Eilish brought out Hayley Williams for a surprise acoustic rendition of Paramore’s biggest hit, “Misery Business.” Not only was it Williams’ first-ever performance at the Indio, California festival, it was also surprising given Williams’ previous stance on the popular and beloved track.
“Only now that we’ve felt lighter about the band, it’s like I don’t feel defined by that song,” Williams added, telling the Guardian that she now thinks of “Misery Business” in the context of when she invites fans on stage to perform the track with her and “live their best life for three minutes.” This realization also inspired Williams to write about this exact topic for a song on the band’s upcoming sixth album,Guardian“How it feels to accept there are moments in your life where you were the bad guy or you said something that you didn’t even really believe – Misery Business – and that comes to define you for some people,” she continued. “What can you do except continue to grow and challenge yourself? The lightness that has come with that has been really cool.