Hayley Williams - Simmer [Official Music Video] 

i love how the song is about anger yet it's so quiet. it's passive aggressive. it represents what pent up anger looks and feels like.

so judging by the ending... she’s killing her former self who has been chasing her up until now, and now what’s left alive is fresh clay, ready to be formed into anything.

I was so nervous about Hayley doing a solo record and when I saw Paramore members working on it with her I was even more confused. But listening to the album, how personal it is, even more so than After Laughter, it makes sense in a way that doesn’t until you listen to it and hear the lyrics. It absolutely makes sense to be a solo project.

"Hayley Williams Becomes First Woman to Break Billboard Rock Chart Record" CONGRATS HAYLEY. WE'RE PROUD OF YA!

It’s 2020, Hayley Williams is making music and My Chemical Romance is on tour. Let me pull out my eyeliner I guess. Since y’all are twisting my arm here

the era we’ve been needing. the era she deserves.

Hayley: *breathes* Me: so true, relatable

Someone mentioned that been said quickly and in repetition "simmer simmer" can also be heard as "mercy". That's very precise coming after the phrase "Oh how to draw the line between wrath and mercy? " The answer is "mercy down". To let your anger get out of you, being less mercyful with the ones who fuck us up. Love that.

The instrumental itself leaves me feeling sooo uneasy. It's like it wants to build up to something much bigger but restrains itself from doing so. It really captures this "bottled up anger" kind of feeling that this song gives!

BE LUCKY YOU WERE ALIVE IN 2020 TO HAVE HEARD THE VOICE OF HAYLEY WILLIAMS

Bayley!!! Bring it home!!

Surprising that her solo shit wasn't more popular. She is extremely talented vocally, this track has very nice touches inside the audio, and personally I really enjoyed it.

The coolest thing about a Hayley Williams solo project is that it's basically double the excitement; 1. There's no way of knowing what the hell to expect. 2. There's every reason to believe it's worth the expectation. Case in point...

I feel that Hayley's fans are becoming more mature as an audience after this song.

Bayley’s wwe storyline theme song for Wrestlemania 40 brought me here 🤩

Why is no one talking about the ending? ... like how SHE ended up fighting herself but realizing in the end that the exact thing you're trying to RUN AWAY FROM is what you have become.

here's my analysis of the music video: she mentioned in the annie mac interview that she had this vision of her being covered in petals/flowers and it wasn't the pretty kind, it was painful for her. this new era is about her learning to be more vulnerable despite how it would hurt since she said she has a tendency to push aside/repress how she feels. there's a lot of imagery of the color red, being nude/naked and the audible presentation of breath sounds. i think the color red is the representation of the rage that comes with the depression she struggled to deal with. the repression she did was shown in how she kept running away from it, quite literally. why she is nude i think presents how vulnerable we feel to our emotions. kind of how the rage is the predator, and we are the prey. we do not want to be eaten by the rage so we run away from it. there's this part of her in the woods where she's protecting her chest that's shining bright white light. id like to think it's a nice homage to last hope "it's just a spark, but it's enough to keep me going". we see the red mist see this and get closer and closer to exterminate this light so runs further to protect the light (herself) from dying hayley now gets into the house and continues trying to hide from the rage that is shown to be constantly lurking, just always almost too close enough to get her. by the latter part of the music video, she enters a RED room filled with candles i.e. fire which is quite the metaphor for anger which i think is a way of her finally confronting the rage she feels. she then starts smearing either red paint or earth all over her body. either way, i think both is her way of embracing the rage (if it's red paint) and by processing that rage, she starts the process of letting the petals grow out of her (if it's earth) . as for the breaths being utilized as rhythmic elements in the song, i find it a brilliant way to represent how this song is basically her way of getting this rage out of her chest. id also like to think it's a good way to remind us how breathing literally keeps us alive and without expelling this rage out of us, we will implode and fall apart so this need to breathe out, to release whatever shit we're carrying is greatly shown here by making the breaths such a central point in the song which again, emphasizes the importance of breathing itself to explain why she killed the told you so version of her (it's also the same house in the music video), i think it's because that version of her was the metaphor of her depression back in the after laughter era. the one that was repressing all the rage she felt. in the end, it is revealed that it was hayley covered in petals who "killed" told you so hayley so going back, im inferring that it's her killing that self as she embraces this new one.

When Hayley hit the disguised Hayley with the bowl of good dye young! Wow!

This does not feel like four whole years ago

GO BAYLEY!

y’all better give hayley her solo hit she deserves

I’m so proud of Hayley for finally being able to show us her vision. The crazy part is that I know this isn’t even her final form. Straight up one of the most underrated female vocalists of our time. We always knew she had this in her now we get to bask in the glory of her self expression and freedom to be who and whatever the fuck she wants 🌺🌺🌺

BAYLEY brought me here!!!

I like how while she sings "wrap yourself in petals", "simmer simmer simmer" is in the background. That's kinda how it feels when you try to control your rage.

I've been a paramore fan since middle school, now I'm almost 30. I grew with Hayley. Went through a divorce when paramore released after laughter and I connected so much and it helped me get out of my toxic marriage. Over the last 3 years I have been creating a whole new life, recreating myself, growing through my trauma. Here I am relating to hayley again!

This song gives me chills. I used to really struggle with anger and rage from being hurt in the past. So listening to this now that im entering a better place is just chilling remembering my anger and how damaging it was. This why i will forever be obsessed with Hayley and her talent ❤️❤️❤️

Always been a Paramore fan, I'm so glad she's fighting her depression well and still making great music. I have all sorts of mental issues and her music helps me through hard times. Love you Hayley, and the new album, please keep being strong and singing that beautiful voice.

Paramore was my artist of the decade on Spotify... Hayley’s gonna be my artist of this decade. :’)

I just love how honest and real Hayley is with music. We’re literally seeing her heal in real time, just like with After Laughter. “Expression is Survival” really is true.

can't wait for bayley's entrance at wrestlemania!!

She's definitely all grown up. This is next level song writing.

this is absolutely what hayley sounds, looks and moves like, this is her finally being true to herself and im so here for it, so proud of her !!!

I like how she's really experimenting with different aspects of her voice and exploring a different style..

Bayley's Wrestlemania 40 Entrance Theme

CANT WAIT TO HEAR THIS AT WRESTLEMANIA

okay but why is no one talking abt the cinematography..I’m obsessed

My take: She is running in a vulnerable state while trying to escape from something that is chasing her or something that’s trying to overcome her something which I believe she is trying to suppress which is why she’s trying to cover the light that sprouts from her chest. She finds shelter in the house, which I think stands for the comfort of her past (music, band, etc) but it is an empty house, which doesn’t offer her the safety nor the comfort she’s searching for and instead prevents her from escaping. Inside this house there is a door, which is the only door that sheds light and as she opens it, it isn’t what she was expecting. It isn’t help, or safety but it’s something raw. Perhaps the moment she finds the mud or clay is when she finally stops and bathes in her feelings of sadness and rage and is somehow her armor; that’s why she covers herself in it, loses herself in the feeling of it. Her “other” self I think represents her past self, as she seems to be looking for something, wandering not so much chasing her as was the beginning. But like a child that only wants guidance. so when she opens the door to her emotions and her let’s say “angry” finds her and “kills” her it symbolizes the sort of end of “innocence”. And at the end she realizes that after that there is no way of going back. Because she literally opened a door that no matter if she tries closing it she has already consumed. All just my interpretation or what I feel from this

I'm 69 years old. I heard 'Still Into You' while I was in Florida while working at KSC easing into retirement. I saw the video where she was wearing a t Shirt that said "DWEEB" I fell in love with her. I've been married for 45 years and that song vocals sentiment and all was amazing. I've been listening to and watching her videos for a good while now. I see something quite valuable in her...Honesty!

Hoping Bayley comes out to this at WrestleMania 40!!!

If you’ve ever been in a mentally or physically abusive relationship then you understand this on another level..

The QUEEN has decided to finally bless us again with her angelic voice that would make even Satan cry and I’m ready to be emotionally destroyed by this song

bayley! Bayley! BAYLEY!

I don’t know how I never knew she had a solo album. This is truly special and I am so happy I found this. I always enjoyed Paramore and thought Hailey was exceptional but this is just phenomenal in a whole other way.

Hayley running dramatically naked and saying “Fucker” is the thing we all needed.

My interpretation is that hayley is trying to run away from rage, symbolized in red. She's naked cause its the most vulnerable and pure state of being. Her soul (maybe symbolized by the white light in her chest) tries to forgive/have mercy. Her fear of facing the rage, as it comes closer to catch her, makes her run away. The bones make her even more panicked, maybe she thinks that if she lets herself be caught by rage, this will mean her death/destruction. As she enters a home, a place that should mean shelter and security, but also isolation she feels like growing a thick skin, or covering her body with new layers (as petals on a rose: "wrap yourself in petals"). With that new and thick skin she finally feels strong enough to sneak on the rage and destroy it. But when she looks at the outcome, she's shocked by the fact that she had killed herself. So maybe the message is that you should allow yourself to be in rage sometimes, as maybe "it is in our vains" so is mercy, for the "line between wrath and mercy" is unclear. Instead of trying to run away from rage, or to suppress it, we should allow it to be a part of our nature (maybe her being in nature and seeing death is also a symbol for it). If you try to kill that emotion, you end up killing a part of yourself.

Had to Shazam this song... Bayley brought me here

Is no one gonna talk about the chills this gives them?!? Hayley, you’ve done it yet again

I feel like I havent heard her voice in forever. I mean I listen to Paramore often but when new stuff comes it's like I'm hearing it after years of not. If that makes any sense lol

after all those years of being stuck in the decode forest, she finally came out 🤣

Bayley’s wrestlemania 40 entrance!!!!

Bayley usará está canción de entrada para wwe wrestlemania 40, is awesome ❤❤❤❤

I really like the message of this song: the only way to deal with rage is to feel it fully, to feel it burn and let it simmer down on its own. Bottling it up, burying it, or taking it out in a violent way is never gonna solve it even if it feels like a release.

finally sharing her skincare routine it was about time

As someone who was abused by my mother's bf, this means a lot more than I can describe.

Merci merci madame d'avoir uni, l'intelligence & l'agréable, en une chanson.

This is... Different. Vaguely reminds me of Paramore's self-titled but it's fresh, personal, really heavy hitting and experimental. Hayley looks more mature, more confident and sincere than ever before. For one, I'm hella excited for Petals For Armor as a whole.

I love how the question "how to draw the line between wrath and mercy" is answered in the chorus when she keeps repeating "simmer" and it starts to sound like "mercy"

I love reading “music produced by Taylor York “ I know for Hayley , Taylor is her baby ❤️

This is actually a good fit for Bayley since shes fighting the "rage" which is Damage CTRL and a huge Paramore fan can't wait to see this spectacular entrance at Mania 🎆🎇

"I'm not angry anymore well sometimes I am" had a FUCKIN GLOW UP

I’m like a proud mother but she is my mom.

I love how ARTISTIC Hayley's work is, this vibe (and the freer way to express herself) is obviously been impacting more on Paramore. But this solo work is simply the purest.

Like if you are here because Bayley is gonna use this song as entrance for Wrestlemania XL

Hayley: breathing Me: omg omg omg it’s a jam

It's funny my taste developed exactly the way her music did.

Welcome Bayley fans

I love her grown up solo album. We've all been wondering and waiting for when she would make a solo album. I think the record companies have wanted her to go solo for years, but I'm glad she's still staying with Paramore. But with this album.... her subtle vocal techniques and the mellow pop music is really beautiful but still catchy. AWESOME JOB MS. WILLIAMS!

DIRECTOR: How many costumes do u want? HAYLEY: NO

I could really cry. I didn't realize how much I missed her voice.

I just came here to see what this song was all about after learning that Bayley was going to use this as her WM theme song this year

HAPPY 1 YEAR TO RUNNING NAKED IN THE FOREST, YELYAAAAAH

Video interpretation: She's been running from some demon being completely herself (naked and scared), everything inside of her that she's been denying is trying to come ou t and she's scared to confront it. She get's into this house (which is basically Taylor's house and the same house from "Told you so", the bat cave) there, she finds the some light behind the door and when she opens it up she finds some clay to cover herself up like with an armor(maybe a reference for flower paste, as she says "wrap yourself in petals for armor" which means to stay soft, vulnerable and open to pain to protect herself) and kills the demon, which is basically Hayley herself dressed up as she was in the "Told you so" music video, where she was lonely in that house, sad and depressed waiting for someone, looking oustide the window in the whole video waiting for someone to save her(that happened to be Zac and Taylor of course) So basically She killed that girl. The sad, depressed, lonely, scared version of hers.

SHE SAVED 2017 AND SHE’S BACK AGAIN TO SAVE 2020. Miss Hayley Williams, everyone! Carrying the music industry. Like always.

Gettin back coz this song is underrated what a masterpiece!!

The first time I saw her, Paramore was playing with a vocal competition contestant. Hayley is dancing in the background and I was absolutely mesmerized and my heart skipped a beat. Since then I've been a loyal fan of Paramore and Haley's music, and now she's on the level with Sadé, Lita, Joan Jett, and my crush... Ann Wilson. Way to go Mississippi girl... ❤ Your Louisiania boy.❤

Love this song love Bayley and love Hayley Williams.

Hayley Williams is low-key one of the best frontwomen of today. Her vocals speak for themselves.

Lyrics Simmer : Hayley Williams [Verse 1] Rage is a quiet thing You think that you've tamed it But it's lying in wait Oh, rage Is it in our veins? Feel it in my face when, when I least expect it [Chorus] Give in Control There's so many ways to give in Eyes closed Another way to make it to ten Oh, how to draw the line between wrath and mercy? Gotta simmer, simmer, simmer, simmer, simmer down Control There's so many ways to give in Eyes closed Another way to make it to ten Oh, how to draw the line between wrath and mercy? Gotta simmer, simmer, simmer, simmer, simmer down [Verse 2] If I had seen my reflection As something more precious He would've never Mmm, and if my child needed protection From a fucker like that man I'd sooner gut him 'Cause nothing cuts like a mother [Chorus] Give in Control There's so many ways to give in Eyes closed Another way to make it to ten Oh, how to draw the line between wrath and mercy? Gotta simmer, simmer, simmer, simmer, simmer down Control There's so many ways to give in Eyes closed Another way to make it to ten Oh, how to draw the line between wrath and mercy? Gotta simmer, simmer, simmer, simmer, simmer down [Bridge] Wrap yourself in petals Wrap yourself in petals Wrap yourself in petals for armor Petals for armor [Chorus] Give in Control There's so many ways to give in Eyes closed Another way to make it to ten Oh, how to draw the line between wrath and mercy? Gotta simmer, simmer, simmer, simmer, simmer down

hayley is mazing and always will be

A YEAR!?!? i remember religiously watching her socials for clues and hints. missing this

i have no words. the metaphors, the beat, the lyrics, everything. she really outdid herself this time.

This sounds like a dark version of after laughter and I LOVE IT

AAAAAND NEEEEW WWE WOMEN'S CHAMPION

44 year old in tears old school avenging angels 😇 at your disposal, keep ♥️ on rocking

Haven’t waited for a song live ever never felt so satisfied with a decision

This talent is why I named my daughter Hayley

Still gives me chills three years later

I love this song so much cry

After Laughter Hayley: "This isn't even my final form!"

the QUEEN has risen. This is too much. My heart is full. I have missed this woman

why am i discovering this just now? hayley williams, you're one hell of a woman.

its wrestlemania time

“If my child needed protection from a f*cker like that man, id sooner gut him, cus nothing cuts like a mother. " *LITERAL CHILLS *

i didn’t realise how much i missed hayleys voice until i heard her sing 🥺🥺 i love her

Wrestlemania 2024. ❤

Anyone else here in 2024 to get hyped for Bayleys Wrestlemania entrance?

I think that Hayley wants to separate from the person she was before with paramore, BUT I'm not saying that paramore are going to split up. Hayley is finding herself and I support that. tottaly an icon. edit: xd my intention was that this is so different to paramore and I DON'T SAY THAT SHE ISN'T CLOSE TO THE BAND, I'm just saying that she changed a lot from that "happy girl" with orange hair and that stuff, even in AL era we saw that. and yeah, I know about that the band members were in this project sorry if I wasn't clear

Let's say thank you to the queen mother Hayley And also say thank you to Taylor and Joey for being so supportive and talented

I really feel this song captures so perfectly the catharsis of actually just allowing yourself to be rageful after so many years of rationalising, making excuses for someone and blaming yourself. To finally just be like, no, you f*cked me over, and I’m angry.

This is the first time Hayley Williams it's her B-Day today Happy Birthday to her!!!!!!🥳🎉🎂 12/27/22