MUMBAI: Paramore, the American rock band released a deluxe version of their 2013 self-titled album on 24 November. To accompany the album’ release, the band released the music video of new version of the song ‘Hate to See Your Heart Break,’ which was re-recorded with new vocals from Joy Williams, former member of The Civil Wars.
According to NPR, both Hayley Williams and Joy Williams, though unrelated, have been friends for over a decade.
Hayley Williams told NPR about the beginnings of the kinship. “I was already a fan of Joy. It was fate that we became friends. She was always giving great advice and listening to songs I had written or big plans I had about becoming a real artiste. I love that I got to sing this with someone who I have shared my pains and my stories with for quite some time; with someone whom I know well and who I have sat and listened to as they share their own pains. It was never meant as romantic song between lovers but always a song to a friend. Now it’s even more special. I think of it as an ode to sisterhood.”
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“I felt like some of the mystic spirit of Stevie is still in the walls there,” Joy Williams said of the session. “That’s a good energy to have in a room, especially with two women recording like we were. It felt like the perfect place to let down, light candles, take off our shoes and just be. We’d take breaks, make hot tea in the studio kitchen, and get lost in conversation before we realized we should probably get back to work.”
The song is accompanied with a simple black and white music video, which features both vocalists singing the song together in the Village Recorder studio in Santa Monica, California. The studio is well known for being personally decorated by Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks for their 1979 album —the same room that Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks personally decorated during sessions for that band’s 1979 album, ‘Tusk’.
In addition to ‘Hate to See Your Heart Break,’ the deluxe edition of the album includes a number of live cuts from their show at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, as well as two new tracks, ‘Escape Route’ and ‘Native Tongue.’ The deluxe reissue of the Paramore album also includes two new bonus tracks, a demo version of ‘Tell Me It’s Okay’ and a selection of live songs recorded at the legendary rock structure.
