This Is Why by Paramore

This Is Why, Paramore's sixth album, arrived on Atlantic on February 10, 2023, their first since After Laughter in 2017 and, for once, made by the same lineup as the record before it: Hayley Williams, guitarist Taylor York and drummer Zac Farro. It was also their last studio album for the label.

The Franklin, Tennessee band go wiry and nervy here, all jittery post-punk guitars, taut drums and Williams sounding anxious and wry at the same time. "This Is Why", "The News", "C'est Comme Ça" and "Running Out of Time" went out as singles. Critics were won over, it opened at number two on the Billboard 200, and at the Grammys it took Best Rock Album, the first time a female-fronted rock band had won it, while the title track won Best Alternative Music Performance.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.