History YMMV / PARAMORE

* PeripheryDemographic: Despite being an alternative rock band with angsty songs that seem to be more directed at teens and young adults, they collected a large 'tween' audience during the late 2000s/early 2010s, most likely due to them releasing a song for ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga''.

** ...which continued with their self-titled fourth album, which had an even stronger GenreShift towards pop. Some people hated "Still Into You" because it was ''too HAPPY''.

* PeripheryDemographic: Despite being an alternative rock band with angsty songs that seem to be more directed at teens and young adults, they collected a large 'tween' during the late 2000s/early 2010s, most likely due to them releasing a song for ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga''.

* Periphery Demographic: Despite being an alternative rock band with angsty songs that seem to be more directed at teens and young adults, they collected a large 'tween' during the late 2000s/early 2010s, most likely due to them releasing a song for ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga''.

* MisaimedFandom: Despite being an alternative rock band with angsty songs that seem to be more directed at teens and young adults, they collected a large 'tween' during the late 2000s/early 2010s, most likely due to them releasing a song for ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga''.

* MisaimedFandom: Despite being an alternative rock band with angsty songs that seem to be more directed at teens and young adults, they collected a large 'tween' following in the early 2010s, most likely due to them releasing a song for ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga''.

* FaceOfTheBand: Hayley Williams. This has in the past led to Williams lashing out at the press for implying she was somehow more important than the rest of the band.

* TrueArtIsAngsty: {{Inverted}}. The super-happy love song "Still Into You" was critically acclaimed and better-received than some of their angsty past songs. Their ''After Laughter'' album plays with this trope; its lyrical content candidly discusses depression, but it's all a nuanced mix of sadness and hope and love. It's also probably their most critically acclaimed album.
** Hayley Williams' two solo albums, ''Petals for Armor'' and ''Flowers For Vases'', however, play this pretty straight. They're both highly acclaimed albums with dark and depressing music that didn't see anything close to the commercial success of Paramore's output.

* HarsherInHindsight: Most of the band's SillyLoveSongs such as "Still Into You" and "The Only Exception" become a bit harder to listen to in light of Hayley and Chad Gilbert's divorce. Doubly so when you consider Hayley's rather negative feelings about her relationship with Chad in hindsight. Although it seems she has felt less negative about the song by 2023. When "Still Into You" enters into live performances, Hayley will sometimes start by dedicating it to Paramore itself "...and no one else", implying she's reclaimed it as a song about love of making music and/or platonic love for the rest of the band, rather than romantic love.

* HarsherInHindsight: Most of the band's SillyLoveSongs such as "Still Into You" and "The Only Exception" become a bit harder to listen to in light of Hayley and Chad Gilbert's divorce. Doubly so when you consider Hayley's rather negative feelings about her relationship with Chad in hindsight. Although it seems she has felt less negative about the song by 2023.

* MisaimedFandom: Despite being an alternative rock band with angsty songs that seem to be more directed at teens and young adults, they collected a large 'tween' following in the early 2010s, most likely due to them releasing a song for ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''.

* SongAssociation: "Decode" with the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' film.

* HarsherInHindsight: Most of the band's SillyLoveSongs such as "Still Into You" and "The Only Exception" become a bit harder to listen to in light of Hayley and Chad Gilbert's divorce. Doubly so when you consider Hayley's rather negative feelings about her relationship with Chad in hindsight.

* SignatureSong: Hard to pinpoint one exactly. "Misery Business" is the song that first got them noticed and likely the most associated with the band itself, though "The Only Exception" and "Ain't it Fun" proved to be their most enduringly popular and best represent their contrasting musical moods and styles (sweet love songs and more bittersweet, rocking uplift). Ironically, of the three, only "Ain't It Fun" hasn't been disowned by the band. To a lesser extent, "Hard Times" also counts.

* SignatureSong: Hard to pinpoint one exactly. "Misery Business" is the song that first got them noticed and likely the most associated with the band itself, though "The Only Exception" and "Ain't it Fun" proved to be their most enduringly popular and best represent their contrasting musical moods and styles (sweet love songs and more bittersweet, rocking uplift). Ironically, of the three, only "Ain't It Fun" hasn't been disowned by the band.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** Their self-titled album was critically acclaimed.
*** "Still Into You" was named the best song of the year by The Singles Jukebox.
*** Also from the self-titled, "Future" and "Part II" bring [[EpicRocking Epic Rocking]] and a more-than-worthy [[SequelSong sequel to]] the defiant "Let the Flames Begin" to the table.
*** "Ain't It Fun" has become their biggest hit, and one can see why when they listen to it. Especially the choir interlude at the end of the song.
%%** "Playing God", "Ignorance", and "Where The Lines Overlap" from ''Brand New Eyes'' are candidates for this as well.
%%** And from ''Riot!'' there's "Misery Business" and "crushcrushcrush".
%%** From ''After Laughter'', "Hard Times", "Told You So", "Grudges"... There are too many to list off of an already really good comeback album.

** The vast majority of the fan base reacted positively to the mild GenreShift of ''Brand New Eyes'', and many consider it to be their best album. However, there are a few people who consider it to be too poppy, when in fact, it's the exact opposite.
** And their self-titled fourth album has had this a LOT because of the slightly stronger GenreShift - people are even hating on "Still Into You" because it is ''too HAPPY''.
** ''After Laughter'' was also hit with this in spades for the same reasons ''Paramore'' was.

* SignatureSong: Hard to pinpoint one exactly. "Misery Business", in that it's the song that first got them noticed, though "The Only Exception" and "Ain't it Fun" proved to be their most enduringly popular and best represent their contrasting musical moods and styles (sweet love songs and more bittersweet, rocking uplift).

%%** "Playing God" and "Ignorance" from ''Brand New Eyes'' are candidates for this as well.

%%** "Where the Lines Overlap" from ''Brand New Eyes''

** History would repeat itself with the release of their fifth album, ''After Laughter'' in 2017 for much of the same reasons among long-time fans.

** For some reason, the band is an unlikely cult hit with people of John Moores University, Liverpool, England, alongside the likes of Music/GirlsAloud, Music/MileyCyrus and Music/{{Kesha}}.

* MisaimedFandom: Despite being an alternative rock band with angsty, yet hyper, songs that seem to be more directed at teens and young adults, they have a large 'tween' following, most likely due to them releasing a song for ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''. A number of their haters seem to be just tween haters who target them for this following.
* SignatureSong: Hard to pinpoint one exactly. "Misery Business", in that it's the song that first got them noticed, though "The Only Exception" and "Ain't it Fun" proved to be their most enduring popular and best represent their contrasting musical moods and styles (sweet love songs and more bittersweet, rocking uplift).

* TrueArtIsAngsty: {{Inverted}}. The super-happy love song "Still Into You" was critically acclaimed, and better-received than some of their angsty past songs. Their ''After Laughter'' album plays with this trope; its lyrical content candidly discusses depression, but it's all a nuanced mix of sadness and hope and love. It's also probably their most critically acclaimed album.
** Hayley Williams' two solo albums, ''Petals for Armor'' and ''Flowers For Vases'', however, play this pretty straight. They're both highly acclaimed albums with dark and depressing music.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: They're not officially TeenPop but are popular amongst tweens and young teens, especially due to ''Twilight''. One of their first hit singles, "Misery Business", is an angry rant against a woman with an emphasis on explicit SlutShaming.
** An American Girl magazine contained a story sent in by a 10-year-old reader who was playing a Telephone-esque game at a slumber party and was confused when she had to repeat "I love ratty hair more!" to the next person, as her best friend, who had started the game, would never say something so crazy. The message turned out to be "I love the band Paramore!".

** IAmTheBand: It turns out that Hayley is the only signed member of Paramore. Hayley has expressed her distaste for this setup, but it led to a schism in the band. In [[https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/in-conversation-hayley-williams.html a 2020 interview]], Williams said that she was signed as a solo artist by Atlantic in 2003, but she didn't want to be one, and had to convince the label to promote the band she had formed with her high school friends instead of making her into the next Music/AvrilLavigne. Williams also noted that Atlantic was the ''only'' label that wanted to sign her who would even entertain the idea of releasing music by Paramore, and having her as the only signed member of the band was a compromise that she now regrets. Williams wrote the lyrics to "Conspiracy" about the notion that the band only existed to be a launchpad for her solo career when that wasn't the case at all. When Williams finally released solo albums in 2020 and 2021, they were an arty synthpop record (''Petals for Armor'') and a quiet acoustic folk album (''Flowers for Vases'') that while not inaccessible, were much less pop-friendly than anything Paramore had released up to that point.
*** Hayley herself has blasted this claim several times - most notably in 2013, at a private gig in London. She brought up a review of the then-latest album that stated "it feels like a solo debut". She then tore said reviewer a new one by claiming, "I wouldn't be here, and I wouldn't want to be here, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments if it weren't for the two people standing to my left and right".]]

** IAmTheBand: It turns out that Hayley is the only signed member of Paramore. Hayley has expressed her distaste for this setup, but it led to a schism in the band. In [[https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/in-conversation-hayley-williams.html a 2020 interview]], Williams said that she was signed as a solo artist by Atlantic in 2003, but she didn't want to be one, and had to convince the label to promote the band she had formed with her high school friends instead of making her into the next Music/AvrilLavigne. Williams also noted that Atlantic was the ''only'' label that wanted to sign her who would even entertain the idea of releasing music by Paramore, and having her as the only signed member of the band was a compromise that she now regrets. Williams wrote the lyrics to "Conspiracy" about the notion that the band only existed to be a launchpad for her solo career when that wasn't the case at all. When Williams finally released solo albums of her own in 2020 and 2021, they were an arty synthpop record (''Petals for Armor'') and a quiet acoustic folk album (''Flowers for Vases'') that while not inaccessible, were much less pop-friendly than anything Paramore had released up to that point.

* TrueArtIsAngsty: {{Inverted}}. The super-happy love song "Still Into You" was critically acclaimed, and better-received than some of their angsty past songs. Their "After Laughter" album plays with this trope; its lyrical content candidly discusses depression, but it's all a nuanced mix of sadness and hope and love. It's also probably their most critically acclaimed album.

** IAmTheBand: It turns out that Hayley is the only signed member of Paramore. Hayley has expressed her distaste for this setup, but it led to a schism in the band. In [[https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/in-conversation-hayley-williams.html a 2020 interview]], Williams said that she was signed as a solo artist by Atlantic in 2003, but she didn't want to be one, and had to convince the label to promote the band she had formed with her high school friends instead of making her into the next Music/AvrilLavigne. Williams also noted that Atlantic was the ''only'' label that wanted to sign her who would even entertain the idea of releasing music by Paramore, and having her as the only signed member of the band was a compromise that she now regrets. Williams wrote the lyrics to "Conspiracy" about the notion that the band only existed to be a launchpad for her solo career when that wasn't the case at all.

** In terms of specific work, "Ignorance" charted significantly higher in every single territory than the US and Canada.

** IAmTheBand: It turns out that Hayley is the only signed member of Paramore. Hayley has expressed her distaste for this setup, but it led to the schism in the band. In [[https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/in-conversation-hayley-williams.html a 2020 interview]], Williams said that she was signed as a solo artist by Atlantic in 2003, but she didn't want to be one, and had to convinced the label to promote the band she had formed with her high school friends instead of making her into the next Music/AvrilLavigne. Williams also noted that Atlantic was the ''only'' label that wanted to sign her who would even entertain the idea of releasing music by Paramore, and having her as the only signed member of the band was a compromise that she now regrets. Williams wrote the lyrics to "Conspiracy" about the notion that the band only existed to be a launchpad for her solo career when that wasn't the case at all.

** Hayley William's solo album ''Petals for Armor'' also falls into this category

** Their self titled album was critically acclaimed.

%%** "Playing God" and "Ignorance" from ''Brand New Eyes'' are a candidates for this as well.

%%** From ''After Laughter'', "Hard Times", "Told You So", "Grudges"... There's too many to list off of an already really good comeback album.

** In term of specific work, "Ignorance" charted significantly higher in every single territory than the US and Canada.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: During a concert, the band invited a fan to sing on stage, but, during the chorus, she accidentally fell on to the stage while standing on a box. Rather than help her up, the band immediately lied next to her to save her from the embarrassment.

* MisaimedFandom: Despite being an alternate rock band with angsty, yet hyper, songs that seem to be more directed at teens and young adults, they have a large 'tween' following, most likely due to them releasing a song for ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''. A number of their haters seem to be just tween haters who target them for this following.
* SignatureSong: Hard to pinpoint one exactly. "Misery Business", in that it's the song that first got them notice, though "The Only Exception" and "Ain't it Fun" proved to be their most enduring popular and best represent their contrasting musical moods and styles (sweet love songs and more bittersweet, rocking uplift).

* HarsherInHindsight: Most of the band's SillyLoveSongs such as "Still Into You" and "The Only Exception" become a bit harder to listen to in light of Hayley and Chad Gilbert's divorce.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The band is popular with tweens, not helped by its music being featured on numerous film soundtracks. One of their first hit singles, "Misery Business", is an angry rant against a woman with an emphasis on explicit SlutShaming.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: They're not officially TeenPop but are popular amongst tweens and young teens, especially due to ''Twilight''.