Hayley Williams Sings “Airplanes” For The First Time In 16 Years
It's a proper moment when someone dusts off a song that's been sat in the vault for nearly two decades, and Hayley Williams bringing back "Airplanes" is exactly the kind of nostalgia hit that makes you realise how much time has actually passed. For Cledvibes Radio listeners who grew up with that track, this is a chance to hear what she brings to it now, and whether the song lands differently when you're hearing it through her current artistic lens. With everything she's been doing across Paramore, her solo work, and now side projects, it's interesting that this particular collab is the one getting wheeled back out. Sometimes the songs we thought were one-hit wonders end up meaning more to us than we ever expected.
From Stereogum: Between Paramore, her solo career, the new side project Power Snatch, and a litany of guest features, Hayley Williams has been involved with a lot of great music over the years. That incredible streak of output continues today with an appearance on Beabadoobee's newly released Pylon. But of all those Williams tunes, the best-known is almost certainly "Airplanes," a collaboration with rapper B.o.B …