Paramore Reflect on Rocky Journey to New Album, 'After Laughter'

If you haven't heard the news yet, Paramore is back! The pop-punk trio is prepping the spring release of their fifth album After Laughter, and they opened up to New York Times about the shaky road that led to the project's creation. For one, the album wasn't going to happen.

“You can run on the fumes of being a teenager for as long as you want, but eventually life hits you really hard,” Hayley Williams said. “I didn’t even know if we were going to make another record. There was a moment when I didn’t even want it to happen. Then it was like, I want it to happen, but I don’t know how we’re going to do it.” The singer has always been open with fans about depression and mental health, and the dark cloud that took over the band's three-year hiatus became a source of inspiration.