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10.0
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10.0 |
NME
The first independent release from the Paramore vocalist – which some are calling ‘Ego’ – is driven by curiosity and the need for community
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10.0
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10.0 |
Kerrang!
It’s an unboundless exploration of a life lived under the scrutiny of misogyny and in the public eye from one of our time’s most creative and fearless artists
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10.0
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10.0 |
Dork
This isn’t a record designed to reassure; it insists on being felt. Not reinvention, not rebirth, but something more interesting. A reminder that ego death, in the right hands, is not erasure but a revelation
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9.4
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9.4 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Hayley Williams is front-and-center on Ego, illustrating impressive vocal control, unprecedented lyrical depth, and the ability to pivot between styles and extreme inflections in a way that we’ve never witnessed from her before
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9.2
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9.2 |
Paste Magazine
The Paramore vocalist’s new set of solo songs is a bold, epic direction for the best rock frontwoman of the millennium
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9.0
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9.0 |
Rolling Stone
Hayley Williams powers through grief to deliver a solo masterpiece
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9.0
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9.0 |
Exclaim
To return with a record so deeply personal and well-written that it feels like a complete reintroduction without any reinvention is an incredible feat, and in this instance, has made for one of the finest LPs to be released this year
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
Williams has crafted an album about letting go and finding a way to move forward honestly, and perhaps most importantly on her own terms
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8.0
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8.0 |
Clash
The songs being tied together in this 90s MySpace format make it all that more personal, as if you’re sifting through the artist’s personal diary
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7.3
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7.3 |
Pitchfork
On her third solo album and first independent release, the Paramore frontperson channels a range of experimental pop sounds to reflect on personal and professional grief
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