{"id":2267624,"date":"2026-02-05T07:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T07:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2267624"},"modified":"2026-02-05T07:42:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T07:42:00","slug":"hayley-williams-starts-power-snatch-band-surprise-drops-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hayley-williams-starts-power-snatch-band-surprise-drops-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayley Williams starts Power Snatch band, surprise drops EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"72491362007\" title=\"Paramore on Grammy win\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/videos\/videoelephant\/thumbnails\/72491362007.jpg\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Paramore on Grammy win<\/p>\n<p>Paramore find it &#8220;ridiculous&#8221; that they are the first female-fronted act to take home the Best Rock Album Grammy.<\/p>\n<p>Bang Showbiz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p><story-highlights class=\"spacer-small column ten-column no-gutter\" util-module-path=\"elements\/story\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paramore&#8217;s Hayley Williams has started a new project called Power Snatch with producer Daniel James.<\/li>\n<li>The duo surprise-dropped a three-song EP titled &#8220;EP 1&#8221; on Bandcamp after the 2026 Grammy Awards.<\/li>\n<li>The new EP includes the tracks &#8220;DMs,&#8221; &#8220;Duh&#8221; and &#8220;Hole in the Ceiling.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Williams has confirmed that while Paramore is on a break, the band is not splitting up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/story-highlights><partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Paramore&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/10\/24\/nashville-hayley-williams-good-ol-days\/86876580007\/\">Hayley Williams<\/a> has started a new project: Power Snatch.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>The Nashville singer was up for four awards at the 2026 Grammy Awards on Feb. 1, and after four losses, she surprise-dropped a new three-song EP on Bandcamp, &#8220;EP 1.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The new band is comprised of Williams and her &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/08\/06\/hayley-williams-paramore-nashville-justin-jones\/85528544007\/\">Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party<\/a>&#8221; producer and multi-instrumentalist, Daniel James.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Williams and James hosted a show on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUHIxYWkUXp\/\">Apple Music<\/a>, teasing a new single called &#8220;Assignment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/10\/24\/nashville-hayley-williams-good-ol-days\/86876580007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nashville&#8217;s Hayley Williams drops song &#8216;Good Ol&#8217; Days,&#8217; coins herself &#8216;Miss Paramour&#8217;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/02\/03\/PNAS\/88493328007-power-snatch.jpeg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/02\/03\/PNAS\/88493328007-power-snatch.jpeg?crop=1199,901,x0,y29 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/02\/03\/PNAS\/88493328007-power-snatch.jpeg?crop=720,959,x300,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/02\/03\/PNAS\/88493328007-power-snatch.jpeg?crop=1199,675,x0,y142 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Provided by Grandstand Media\" caption=\"Hayley Williams debuted an EP for her new project Power Snatch after the 2026 Grammys.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The duo uploaded their first song, &#8220;DMs,&#8221; to Bandcamp inconspicuously in December.<\/p>\n<p>The new EP includes three tracks, &#8220;DMs,&#8221; &#8220;Duh&#8221; and &#8220;Hole in the Ceiling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The first is a distorted, dissonant alt-rock track about moving on from a past romance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Is it wrong for me to hold you hostage in my mind?&#8221; Williams sings. &#8220;DM me your goodbyes, don&#8217;t got your number.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;Duh&#8221; shouts out Williams&#8217; hometown, Franklin, Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think about Fair Street\u00a0like a dad daydreams about football days \/ I think about\u00a0forks in roads\u00a0and knives at gun fights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>And the EP&#8217;s last track shuns an old flame. &#8220;I could not be less interested,&#8221; Williams lulls. &#8220;Go and fall in love again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The band has one song on Spotify, &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/039v69B31n5qbJ0mkCCqZM?si=EedzhjbrQ5uMnva2WRqKtA&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=6cfe89d5a3094565\">Assignment<\/a>,&#8221; a spoken word track with punk rock backing.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Where is the new Power Snatch EP?<\/h2>\n<p>To listen to &#8220;EP 1,&#8221; visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/powersnatch.bandcamp.com\/album\/ep1\">powersnatch.bandcamp.com\/album\/ep1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Hayley Williams no stranger to surprise releases<\/h2>\n<p>In July, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/money\/2021\/05\/06\/hayley-williams-paramore-nashville-growing-creative-scene\/4876914001\/\">Williams<\/a>\u00a0shocked fans by leaking 17 new solo tracks to her website.<\/p>\n<p>Days earlier, she had debuted her new tune &#8220;Mirtazapine&#8221; on Nashville Public Radio WNXP.<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/11\/07\/PNAS\/87153993007-zachary-gray-horizontal-4.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/11\/07\/PNAS\/87153993007-zachary-gray-horizontal-4.jpg?crop=2651,1988,x300,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/11\/07\/PNAS\/87153993007-zachary-gray-horizontal-4.jpg?crop=1491,1988,x900,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/11\/07\/PNAS\/87153993007-zachary-gray-horizontal-4.jpg?crop=2999,1688,x0,y150 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Zachary Gray\/Provided by Grandstand Media\" caption=\"Hayley Williams of the rock band Paramore.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Williams officially compiled the leaked tunes into an album in August, releasing her Nashville-inspired record &#8220;Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/><partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>The title track is a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/08\/04\/paramores-hayley-williams-criticizes-nashville-celebrity-bars-snubs-morgan-wallen\/85511660007\/\">Nashville-centered tune that made headlines<\/a> for its lyrics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll be the biggest star \/ At this racist country singer&#8217;s bar,&#8221; Williams sings. &#8220;No use shooting for the moon \/ No use chasing waterfalls.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/07\/28\/hayley-williams-leaks-17-songs-code\/85411815007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Did Hayley Williams just leak a 17-track new album on her website? Here&#8217;s what we know<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In October and November, Williams released bonus songs, adding three tunes to the album for a final 20-song project.<\/p>\n<p>The album&#8217;s material was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/awards\/2026\/02\/01\/see-who-won-a-2026-grammy-award\/88464240007\/\">up for four Grammys<\/a>, including best alternative music album, best rock performance, best alternative music performance and best rock song.<\/p>\n<p>She lost the awards to The Cure, Yungblood and Nine Inch Nails.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/awards\/2026\/02\/01\/see-who-won-a-2026-grammy-award\/88464240007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Who won a 2026 Grammy Award? Here&#8217;s the winner&#8217;s list, big Nashville champions<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Is Paramore splitting up?<\/h2>\n<p>In September, Williams confirmed that her band Paramore is taking a break, but they are not splitting up.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>After releasing &#8220;Ego Death,&#8221; Williams told a reporter the band is not calling it quits.<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2023\/02\/07\/PNAS\/debda5d4-f0c5-4205-8991-dd4184b7ecf5-PARAMORE_PRESS_11.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2023\/02\/07\/PNAS\/debda5d4-f0c5-4205-8991-dd4184b7ecf5-PARAMORE_PRESS_11.jpg?crop=3532,2649,x0,y847 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2023\/02\/07\/PNAS\/debda5d4-f0c5-4205-8991-dd4184b7ecf5-PARAMORE_PRESS_11.jpg?crop=3532,4709,x0,y77 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2023\/02\/07\/PNAS\/debda5d4-f0c5-4205-8991-dd4184b7ecf5-PARAMORE_PRESS_11.jpg?crop=3513,1976,x0,y905 16:9\" image-alt=\"Paramore, from left: Taylor York, Hayley WIlliams and Zac Farro\" credit=\"Submitted\" caption=\"Paramore, from left: Taylor York, Hayley WIlliams and Zac Farro\" orientation=\"vertical\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo we ever know where we\u2019re at?!\u201d she told\u00a0&#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theface.com\/music\/hayley-williams-paramore-interview-ego-death-at-a-bachelorette-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Face<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always take huge breaks. In order for us to metabolize shit that we go through as people, it takes the amount of time it takes between albums.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paramore, comprised of Williams, Zac Farro and Taylor York, released their last album in 2023, &#8220;This Is Why.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Audrey Gibbs is a music journalist at The Tennessean. 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