Hayley Williams on hair journey, going blonde: "This is me, for now"

Hayley Williams has shared a heartfelt blog post about her hair journey and the meaning of changing hair colors.

“Hair, just like songwriting, is a very expressive outlet,” the Paramore frontwoman writes. Check out her post below.

 

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Williams is telling her story n Good Dye Young‘s Strands blog and encouraging fans to do the same.

“I’d like to start a conversation with you about hair… ” Williams shared on Twitter. “What it means to you. how you’ve used it to cope. or to grow.”

Williams begins her story with deciding to bleach her iconic neon hair when Paramore was recording After Laughter.

“I need to see myself as a blank page. I can’t look at myself and keep comparing that person to all the other versions of her that were better, or happier,” she told Good Dye Young’s creative director Brian O’Connor.

“One look in the mirror and any doubts I might’ve had just disappeared. That was me,” Williams shares about the bleaching process. “I knew I’d uncovered a part of myself that was desperate to be seen and understood.”

Moreover, the change even influenced her to play around with other aspects of her visual, such as fashion. The best part? Realizing her love for red.

“That look inadvertently became a big part of the After Laughter visuals: red denim jacket and trousers for Hard Times, red dress and beret for Told You So… even my 3-piece vintage look for Rose Colored Boy,” the singer explains.

“The only video I didn’t wear red for is Fake Happy. Only now am I starting to see more meaning in all of it. A look of truth and liberation vs. one of discontent and discomfort,” she continues. “Color was still a huge part of my life story with or without it being on top of my head.”

However, as the After Laughter album cycle ended and Paramore got ready to spend some time at home, Williams felt the need to change again.

“It occurred to me that it might be time to once again embrace a new season of life, hair first. Why change the process? It’s what has always worked for me,” she writes. “Hair, just like songwriting, is a very expressive outlet.”

Inspired by Goldie Hawn and Williams upcoming 30th birthday, she and O’Connor chose the new color: Blonde.

“This is me, for now. It feels strange and new and there are days I know I’ll eventually want something more exciting at the top of my head. But, y’know what? I’ve never felt more myself,” the frontwoman reflects. “Maybe neon-me isn’t “back” but my hair is no longer a reflection of bleakness, void of color.”

“Nothing is actually ever permanent. We keep creating and discovering ourselves, forever,” she continues. “All these years later, hair is still one of my favorite ways to do that.”

Grab some tissues and read the full blog post here.

More Good Dye Young news

Williams is pretty focused on promoting Good Dye Young. She recently graced our ears with ASMR for the hair dye brand.

The singer tried her hand in the relaxing YouTube phenomenon and whispered about her product for four, relaxing minutes. Williams can be seen (and heard) tapping on the dye box and tube, eating chips and whispering about the product.

It was also just announced that Good Dye Young is going to be sold online via Sephora. Starting on Oct. 2, the Poser Paste hair makeup and semi-permanent hair colors will be available on the makeup site. In the meantime, you can pick up all of your hair color needs on their website here.

Additionally, the company added four new shades to the Poser Paste roster. New colors include Rock Lobster (red), Kowabunga (vibrant, neon green), Narwhal (electrifying aqua), and PPL Eater (purple).

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