Album artwork for This Is Why by Paramore
Album artwork for This Is Why by Paramore
Album artwork for This Is Why by Paramore

“This Is Why was the very last song we wrote for the album. To be honest, I was so tired of writing lyrics but Taylor convinced Zac and I both that we should work on this last idea. What came out of it was the title track for the whole album. It summarizes the plethora of ridiculous emotions, the rollercoaster of being alive in 2022, having survived even just the last 3 or 4 years. You’d think after a global pandemic of fucking biblical proportions and the impending doom of a dying planet, that humans would have found it deep within themselves to be kinder or more empathetic or something. The public sphere we find ourselves re-entering after 4 years at home, in our comfort zones, is an entirely different thing than the one we knew. The restlessness, the anxiety, and the compulsion to take action— it all feels like a contradiction. On one hand, we have a legitimate platform to use which makes me want to march at every protest for social justice and devote every waking second to every single cause I believe in. On the other, I just want to go home, plant a garden, and become a distant memory to the outside world.”

Paramore

This Is Why

Atlantic
Album artwork for This Is Why by Paramore
LP +

£37.99

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Released 10/02/2023Catalogue Number

0075678635496

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Album artwork for This Is Why by Paramore
CD

£14.99

Released 10/02/2023Catalogue Number

0075678627590

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Album artwork for This Is Why by Paramore
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Released 10/02/2023Catalogue Number

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Paramore

This Is Why

Atlantic
Album artwork for This Is Why by Paramore
LP +

£37.99

Clear
Released 10/02/2023Catalogue Number

0075678635496

Learn more
Album artwork for This Is Why by Paramore
CD

£14.99

Released 10/02/2023Catalogue Number

0075678627590

Learn more
Album artwork for This Is Why by Paramore
LP

£32.99

Black
Released 10/02/2023Catalogue Number

0075678635526

Learn more

“This Is Why was the very last song we wrote for the album. To be honest, I was so tired of writing lyrics but Taylor convinced Zac and I both that we should work on this last idea. What came out of it was the title track for the whole album. It summarizes the plethora of ridiculous emotions, the rollercoaster of being alive in 2022, having survived even just the last 3 or 4 years. You’d think after a global pandemic of fucking biblical proportions and the impending doom of a dying planet, that humans would have found it deep within themselves to be kinder or more empathetic or something. The public sphere we find ourselves re-entering after 4 years at home, in our comfort zones, is an entirely different thing than the one we knew. The restlessness, the anxiety, and the compulsion to take action— it all feels like a contradiction. On one hand, we have a legitimate platform to use which makes me want to march at every protest for social justice and devote every waking second to every single cause I believe in. On the other, I just want to go home, plant a garden, and become a distant memory to the outside world.”