Paramore’s Lead Singer Labels Morgan Wallen A ‘Racist’

Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams named Morgan Wallen on Wednesday as the “racist country singer” she mentioned in her latest solo album, and her fans are cheering on her bluntness.

“I’ll be the biggest star / At this racist country singer’s bar,” the pop-punk star sang on her recent track “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party.”

Williams confirmed on The New York Times’ podcast “Popcast” that the line referred to Wallen, who was captured on video using a racial slur with his friends in 2021. He later apologized, and his sales surged after the incident.

Wallen was also mocked earlier this year for abruptly walking off the “Saturday Night Live” stage early, then posting “Get me to God’s Country” on his Instagram story.

Williams told “Popcast” about wanting to leave Nashville in the wake of Donald Trump’s reelection. She acknowledged that the reference in her song could apply to “a couple” people, but she noted: “I’m always talking about Morgan Wallen, and I don’t give a shit.”

“Find me at Whole Foods, bitch,” she added. “I don’t care. I just don’t care.”

Some fans cheered Williams on and took their own jabs at Wallen on social media.

“Imagine being the default answer when someone says racist country singer. Not a good one,” on user on X wrote.

“IM HERE FOR MORGAN WALLEN SLANDER,” a comment with close to 70 thousand likes read on TikTok.

“If Morgan wallen doesn’t have any haters, Hayley and I are dead,” another comment with more than 24 thousand likes read.

“Popcast” co-host Joe Coscarelli told Williams it’s important for her to “speak that truth,” noting that her band has a diverse fanbase and that she has massive support from Black fans.

Williams has made her thoughts known on Wallen before.

In an interview with Stereogum in August, she bashed country-musician-owned establishments in Nashville, calling Wallen’s This Bar & Tennessee Kitchen her least favorite.

Williams’ recent album, also titled “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party,” references racial tensions in the U.S. South.

“I’m never not ready to scream at the top of my lungs about racial issues,” she told “Popcast.” “I don’t know why that became the thing that gets me the most angry. I think because it’s so intersectional that it overlaps with everything from climate change to, like, LGBTQIA+ issues.”