{"id":2067648,"date":"2025-10-03T22:01:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T22:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2067648"},"modified":"2025-10-03T22:01:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T22:01:24","slug":"hayley-williams-confirms-racist-country-singer-lyric-is-about-morgan-wallen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hayley-williams-confirms-racist-country-singer-lyric-is-about-morgan-wallen\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayley Williams Confirms \u2018Racist Country Singer\u2019 Lyric Is About Morgan Wallen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/hayley-williams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hayley Williams;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Hayley Williams<\/a> has officially revealed that the lyrics of her track &#8220;Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party&#8221; are about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/morgan-wallen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Morgan Wallen;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Morgan Wallen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Paramore frontwoman directly named the country musician while visiting <em>Popcast <\/em>on the show&#8217;s Wednesday (Oct. 1) episode. &#8220;Ego Death&#8221; appears on Williams&#8217; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/pop-culture\/a\/sienna-dubois\/hayley-williams-just-dropped-17-new-tracks-with-zero-warning\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:surprise album;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">surprise album<\/a> of the same name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;ll be the biggest star at this racist country singer\u2019s bar\/ No use shootin&#8217; for the moon, no use chasing waterfalls,&#8221; Williams sings in the track&#8217;s opening verse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Around the 49-minute mark of the episode below, the vocalist stood by her lyrics. &#8220;It could be a couple [of artists], but I&#8217;m always talking about Morgan Wallen and I don&#8217;t give a shit,&#8221; Williams said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/shop?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_campaign=shop2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:COMPLEX SHOP: Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. 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I just don&#8217;t care,&#8221; she continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Williams went on to embrace Paramore&#8217;s Black fanbase, saying that the band referenced Black artists on their 2014 hit &#8220;Ain&#8217;t It Fun.&#8221; &#8220;But I do think that the amount of space we decided we were okay taking up and the places we were okay showing up in just let different people that hadn&#8217;t really been privy to what we were doing, or what we were about feel maybe a little bit more welcome to come into the show,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Although he\u2019s a Billboard chart-topping success, Wallen has a controversial history, as he once used <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/brad-callas\/morgan-wallen-addresses-using-n-word\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a racial slur;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">a racial slur<\/a> in a leaked video, which he apologized for in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>ComplexCon returns to Las Vegas on October 25\u201326, 2025, with over 300 brands and live performances by Young Thug, YEAT &amp; Friends, Peso Pluma, Central Cee, Ken Carson, and more.\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tixr.com\/groups\/complexcon\/events\/complexcon-las-vegas-2025-138594\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Get your tickets now;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Get your tickets now<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Related News<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/pop-culture\/a\/sienna-dubois\/hayley-williams-just-dropped-17-new-tracks-with-zero-warning\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><span>Hayley Williams Just Dropped 17 New Tracks With Zero Warning<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">,<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/al-shipley\/best-country-rap-songs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Bailey Zimmerman and BigXthaPlug on stage. 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