Emo-punks Paramore are releasing their new album This Is Why on February 10 via Atlantic Records—their first full-length since 2017's After Laughter. We've already heard the title track, and today they've shared the second single "The News" along with a macabre video—directed by Mike Kluge and Matthew DeLisi—fit for a macabre moment in history. The track is a punchy indictment of an industry that becomes more addictive as it becomes more accessible.
“‘The News’ is one of those songs that came together pretty quickly and felt exciting from the start,” Hayley Williams said. “It feels like a happy medium between classic Paramore angst and bringing in some influences we’ve always had but never exploited. Watching Zac [Farro] track drums for this one was one of my favorite memories from the studio. Lyrically, it probably explains itself. The 24-hour news cycle is just impossible to comprehend. And I feel a pang of guilt when I unplug to protect my headspace. The common reaction, or non-reaction, seems to be dissociation. Not one of us is innocent of that and who could blame us?”
Watch “The News” below.
