{"id":158028,"date":"2025-09-24T18:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/158028\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T18:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:52:10","slug":"paramore-hayley-williams-join-no-music-for-genocide-israel-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/158028\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramore, Hayley Williams Join “No Music for Genocide” Israel Boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paramore<\/a> and frontwoman Hayley Williams<\/a> have joined the \u201cNo Music for Genocide\u201d<\/a> mass Israel boycott. Both the band and Williams, as a solo artist, were recently added to the campaign\u2019s official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The campaign, backed by hundreds of artists and dozens of labels, is a streaming boycott that geo-blocks the music of participating acts from appearing on streaming services inside Israel. Among the initial musicians to join were Massive Attack<\/a>, Kneecap, Fontaines D.C., Rina Sawayama, and Japanese Breakfast.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo Music for Genocide\u201d specifies that it is a response to \u201cthe genocide in Gaza; ethnic cleansing of the Occupied West Bank; apartheid within Israel; and political repression of Pro-Palestine efforts wherever we live.\u201d In doing so, it\u00a0joined a growing list of entertainment movements<\/a> with similar goals.<\/p>\n

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This means that music from both Paramore\u2019s catalog and Williams\u2019 solo work will now be geo-blocked in Israel. In August, Williams formally released her new solo album Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party<\/a> (get a physical copy here<\/a>)\u00a0after leaking it<\/a> via a cryptic website.<\/p>\n

Back in May, Paramore called for an immediate ceasefire<\/a> in the Israel-Hamas conflict. On the band\u2019s Instagram Stories, they encouraged fans to join them in donating to the non-profits Save the Children<\/a> and Doctors Without Borders<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe stand in solidarity with those calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire,\u201d Paramore wrote. \u201cWe do not believe that support for our Palestinian friends and family equals anti-Semitism. We love our Jewish friends and family and pray for the safe return of the remaining hostages\u2026 That being said, we simply cannot support a genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neither Paramore nor Williams have yet to publicly comment on joining the \u201cNo Music for Genocide\u201d campaign.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Williams addressed speculation about Paramore\u2019s future<\/a> by clarifying that the band is not breaking up, but rather\u00a0taking an extended break. She has yet to announce solo shows in support of the album, but is set to play\u00a0Rolling Stone\u2019s \u201cMusicians on Musicians\u201d concert alongside Jack Antonoff. Tickets for the event can be purchased here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paramore and frontwoman Hayley Williams have joined the \u201cNo Music for Genocide\u201d mass Israel boycott. Both the band…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-158028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}