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Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party

Hayley Williams

Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party

Third solo album from the Mississippi-born Paramore singer working with producers Daniel James, Jim-E Stack and Brian Robert Jones

ADM rating[?]

8.7

Label
Post Atlantic
UK Release date
29/08/2025
US Release date
29/08/2025
  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 9.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Hayley Williams powers through grief to deliver a solo masterpiece
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  7. 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. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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