Taylor Swift and also Hayley Williams have actually been buddies for over a years, and also obviously, they have Mama Swift to give thanks to for it. While seeing The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday (Oct. 5) to advertise Paramore‘s new This Is Why remix album, Williams revealed that it was actually the “Anti-Hero” singer’s mama, Andrea, that assisted them come to be buddies.
“We kind of both got started around the same time and the same age,” the frontwoman remembered to the comic of conference Swift. “Me and Taylor met because both of us — Paramore and Taylor — were nominated for best new artist the same year at the Grammys. We were at some Grammy party — it was actually Timbaland’s Grammy party. Huge. I was very nervous.”
“But a woman came up to me,” Williams proceeded. “And she said, ‘I’m Taylor Swift’s mom and Taylor doesn’t have a lot of friends her age that do music, and I would love to introduce you guys or get your number. So Andrea, the legend that she is … she connected us.”
Williams and also bandmates Taylor York and also Zac Farro are slated to sustain Swift’s Eras Tour when the trip makes its means to Europe next year. In March, Paramore opened up for the pop celebrity’s first days in Glendale, Ariz., which was briefly called “Swift City” in honor of the programs.
The “Simmer” musician was likewise included on among Swift’s Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) safe tracks, “Castles Crumbling.” “Taylor was the first industry friend I ever made and hung out with outside of work things,” Williams stated adhering to the collaboration’s announcement in June. “When Speak Now dropped, I bought my friend’s record (as you do!) and listened to the whole thing in my first car, sitting still in the driveway. It’s my favorite Taylor Swift album for so many reasons.”
While speaking to Fallon, Williams likewise satirized her and also Swift’s trademark position in pictures: a green light. “Every photo of us that’s on the internet, one or both of us is like … I don’t know why,” she joked, including sardonically, “It’s just to show how cool we are.”
Watch Hayley Williams remember conference Taylor Swift on The Tonight Show over.
