{"id":2065659,"date":"2025-10-03T02:11:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T02:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2065659"},"modified":"2025-10-03T02:11:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T02:11:24","slug":"paramores-lead-singer-labels-morgan-wallen-a-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/paramores-lead-singer-labels-morgan-wallen-a-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramore&#8217;s Lead Singer Labels Morgan Wallen A &#8216;Racist&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paramore frontwoman <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/hayley-williams\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Hayley Williams\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68dee2cee4b061291b1436bc\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/hayley-williams\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hayley Williams<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> named <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/morgan-wallen\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Morgan Wallen\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68dee2cee4b061291b1436bc\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/morgan-wallen\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morgan Wallen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Wednesday as the \u201cracist country singer\u201d she mentioned in her latest solo album, and her fans are cheering on her bluntness.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019ll be the biggest star \/ At this racist country singer\u2019s bar,\u201d the pop-punk star sang on her recent<strong> <\/strong>track \u201cEgo Death at a Bachelorette Party.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Williams <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fN5rvIvjpnc\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"confirmed\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68dee2cee4b061291b1436bc\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fN5rvIvjpnc\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\">confirmed<\/a> on The New York Times\u2019 podcast \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Popcast\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that the line referred to Wallen, who was <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/morgan-wallen-suspended-from-label-axed-from-country-music-stations-for-racial-slur_n_601ae89ec5b684e5709f472b\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"captured on video\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68dee2cee4b061291b1436bc\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"601ae89ec5b684e5709f472b\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">captured on video<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">using a racial slur with his friends in 2021. He later <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CLIlsHGAp2k\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=e24fa309-c310-4ada-b77e-386adbb8c544\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"apologized\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68dee2cee4b061291b1436bc\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CLIlsHGAp2k\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=e24fa309-c310-4ada-b77e-386adbb8c544\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"4\">apologized<\/a>, and his sales <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/morgan-wallen-sales-surge-racist-comment_n_6021d32dc5b689330e320fac\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"surged\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68dee2cee4b061291b1436bc\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"6021d32dc5b689330e320fac\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">surged<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after the incident. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Wallen was also mocked earlier this year for abruptly <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/morgan-wallen-saturday-night-live-writer_n_67eaa0d3e4b0f26ae735d6d1\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"walking off\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68dee2cee4b061291b1436bc\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"67eaa0d3e4b0f26ae735d6d1\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"6\">walking off<\/a> the \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entertainment\/topic\/snl\">Saturday Night Live<\/a>\u201d stage early, then posting \u201cGet me to God\u2019s Country\u201d on his Instagram story.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Williams told \u201cPopcast\u201d about wanting to leave Nashville in the wake of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s reelection. She acknowledged that the reference in her song could apply to \u201ca couple\u201d people, but she noted: \u201cI\u2019m always talking about Morgan Wallen, and I don\u2019t give a shit.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cFind me at Whole Foods, bitch,\u201d she added. \u201cI don\u2019t care. I just don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Some fans cheered Williams on and took their own jabs at Wallen on social media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cImagine being the default answer when someone says racist country singer. Not a good one,\u201d on user on X <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/edosadoxa\/status\/1973826848896528835\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"wrote\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68dee2cee4b061291b1436bc\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/edosadoxa\/status\/1973826848896528835\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"7\">wrote<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIM HERE FOR MORGAN WALLEN SLANDER,\u201d a comment with close to 70 thousand likes read on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@popcast\/video\/7556328922527321399?q=Paramore&amp;t=1759432301906\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"TikTok\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68dee2cee4b061291b1436bc\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@popcast\/video\/7556328922527321399?q=Paramore&amp;t=1759432301906\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"8\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIf Morgan wallen doesn\u2019t have any haters, Hayley and I are dead,\u201d another comment with more than 24 thousand likes read. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPopcast\u201d co-host Joe Coscarelli told Williams it\u2019s important for her to \u201cspeak that truth,\u201d noting that her band has a diverse fanbase and that she has massive support <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nylon.com\/articles\/black-people-loving-paramore\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"from Black fans\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68dee2cee4b061291b1436bc\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.nylon.com\/articles\/black-people-loving-paramore\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from Black fans<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Williams has made her thoughts known on Wallen before.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an interview with Stereogum in August, she bashed country-musician-owned establishments in Nashville, calling Wallen\u2019s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This Bar &amp; Tennessee Kitchen her least favorite. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"support-huffpost-entry-support-huffpost-mid-article\">\n<div class=\"cli-support-huffpost__content-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--first\">20 Years Of<\/span><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--second\">Free<\/span><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--third\">Journalism<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"contributor-once-variation\">\n<p><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--first\">Your Support<\/span><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--second\">Fuels<\/span><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--third\">Our Mission<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contributor-canceled-variation\">\n<p><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--first\">Your Support<\/span><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--second\">Fuels<\/span><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--third\">Our Mission<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cli-support-huffpost__container\">\n<div class=\"cli-support-huffpost__message-container\">\n<div class=\"cli-support-huffpost__message support-huffpost__message--main\">\n<p>For two decades, celebrity.land has been fearless, unflinching, and relentless in pursuit of the truth. Support our mission to keep us around for the next 20 \u2014 we can&#8217;t do this without you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cli-support-huffpost__message variation contributor-once-variation\">\n<p>We remain committed to providing you with the unflinching, fact-based journalism everyone deserves.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you again for your support along the way. We\u2019re truly grateful for readers like you! Your initial support helped get us here and bolstered our newsroom, which kept us strong during uncertain times. Now as we continue, we need your help more than ever. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/support\" class=\"cli-support-huffpost__message__link js-entry-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"we're offering an ad-free experience\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"main\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/support\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"support-huffpost-mid-article\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"11\">We hope you will join us once again<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cli-support-huffpost__message variation contributor-canceled-variation\">\n<p>We remain committed to providing you with the unflinching, fact-based journalism everyone deserves.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you again for your support along the way. We\u2019re truly grateful for readers like you! Your initial support helped get us here and bolstered our newsroom, which kept us strong during uncertain times. Now as we continue, we need your help more than ever. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/support\" class=\"cli-support-huffpost__message__link js-entry-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"we're offering an ad-free experience\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"main\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/support\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"support-huffpost-mid-article\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"11\">We hope you will join us once again<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cli-support-huffpost__support-button accent-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/support?utm_campaign=mid-article-web\" data-vars-item-name-overwritable=\"support-huffpost\" data-vars-item-name=\"Support HuffPost\" data-vars-item-type=\"button\" data-vars-unit-name=\"main\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/support\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"support-huffpost-mid-article\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"10\">Support celebrity.land<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"support-huffpost-login\">Already contributed? <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"js-entry-link-no-impression\" href=\"https:\/\/login.huffpost.com\/login?dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Fparamore-hayley-williams-morgan-wallen-racist-country_n_68dee2cee4b061291b1436bc%3Fhp_auth_done%3D1\" data-vars-item-name=\"Log in to hide these messages\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68dee2cee4b061291b1436bc\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/login\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"utility\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"support-huffpost-mid-article\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\">Log in to hide these messages.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Williams\u2019 recent album, also titled \u201cEgo Death at a Bachelorette Party,\u201d references racial tensions in the U.S. South.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m never not ready to scream at the top of my lungs about racial issues,\u201d she told \u201cPopcast.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI don\u2019t know why that became the thing that gets me the most angry. I think because it\u2019s so intersectional that it overlaps with everything from climate change to, like, LGBTQIA+ issues.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams named Morgan Wallen on Wednesday as the \u201cracist country singer\u201d she mentioned in her latest solo album, and her fans are cheering on her bluntness. \u201cI\u2019ll be the biggest star \/ At this racist country singer\u2019s bar,\u201d the pop-punk star sang on her recent track \u201cEgo Death at a Bachelorette Party.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2065660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[306459,24320,21800,357133,362997],"class_list":["post-2065659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-hayley-williams","tag-morgan-wallen","tag-music","tag-paramore","tag-racism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Paramores-Lead-Singer-Labels-Morgan-Wallen-A-Racist.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2065659"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2065661,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065659\/revisions\/2065661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2065660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2065659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2065659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2065659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}