After surprising fans earlier this month with a drop of 17 new singles, Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams has collected the tracks into a proper album dubbed Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party. The project is available now digitally and can also be pre-ordered on vinyl ahead of a Nov. 7 release date. A limited run of 1,500 CD-R’s with 2000s-era mixtape artwork are being sold on Williams’ web site.
Before Williams confirmed the album’s running order today (Aug, 28), fans spent the past few weeks creating their own custom track lists featuring the new songs, which the artist says actually inspired her own decision on the subject. Williams also released music videos for the title track and “Glum,” the latter directed by Paramore bandmate Zac Farro.
Now including a bonus 18th song, “Parachute,” the Ego Death material was produced by Daniel James and also sports contributions from Steph Marziano, Elise Joseph James, Brian Robert Jones, Joey Howard and Jim-E Stack. It is being released on Williams’ Post Atlantic imprint, which is distributed by Secretly Distribution.
The album follows Williams’ two pandemic-era solo releases, 2020’s Petals For Armor and 2021’s Flowers for Vases. Paramore returned in 2023 after a five-year hiatus with This Is Why, which won two Grammys.
