Taylor Swift and Hayley Williams have been pals for over a decade, and apparently, they’ve Mama Swift to thank for it. Whereas visiting The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday (Oct. 5) to advertise Paramore‘s new This Is Why remix album, Williams revealed that it was really the “Anti-Hero” singer’s mother, Andrea, who helped them develop into pals.
“We type of each received began across the identical time and the identical age,” the frontwoman recalled to the comic of assembly Swift. “Me and Taylor met as a result of each of us — Paramore and Taylor — had been nominated for finest new artist the identical yr on the Grammys. We had been at some Grammy occasion — it was really Timbaland’s Grammy occasion. Large. I used to be very nervous.”
“However a girl got here as much as me,” Williams continued. “And she or he stated, ‘I’m Taylor Swift’s mother and Taylor doesn’t have loads of pals her age that do music, and I might like to introduce you guys or get your quantity. So Andrea, the legend that she is … she related us.”
Williams and bandmates Taylor York and Zac Farro are slated to assist Swift’s Eras Tour when the trek makes its approach to Europe subsequent yr. In March, Paramore opened for the pop star’s kickoff dates in Glendale, Ariz., which was quickly named “Swift Metropolis” in honor of the exhibits.
The “Simmer” artist was additionally featured on certainly one of Swift’s Converse Now (Taylor’s Model) vault tracks, “Castles Crumbling.” “Taylor was the primary business good friend I ever made and frolicked with outdoors of labor issues,” Williams stated following the collaboration’s announcement in June. “When Converse Now dropped, I purchased my good friend’s document (as you do!) and listened to the entire thing in my first automotive, sitting nonetheless within the driveway. It’s my favourite Taylor Swift album for therefore many causes.”
Whereas talking with Fallon, Williams additionally poked enjoyable at her and Swift’s signature pose in photographs: a thumbs-up. “Each picture of us that’s on the web, one or each of us is like … I don’t know why,” she joked, including sarcastically, “It’s simply to indicate how cool we’re.”
Watch Hayley Williams recall assembly Taylor Swift on The Tonight Present above.
