The season has become sultier all thanks to Paramore’s Hayley Williams. The singer has released 17 new tracks recently on her website, and fans have access to them via a code from Williams’ Good Dye Young hair dye company. Hayley has released 17 new, unheard tracks, and it looks like the lyrics of the songs are as emotionally charged as her personal life. Hayley has been the frontwoman of Paramore and has spent more than two decades in the limelight creating music on loss, grief, love and resilience.
Behind the glamour of lights strumming of a guitar lies Hayley’s dating life. She had a hush-hush relationship with Josh Farro, divorced him to find love in Chad Gilbert, which ended in 16 months. Hayley then found love in her teenage love, Taylor York. Here, take a look at her emotional dating life, which left a mark not just on her life but also music.
Hayley Williams and Josh Farro kept their dating life a secret before they got divorced
Hayley and ex-Paramore’s lead guitarist and backing vocalist was Josh Farro. Both of them dated from 2004 to 2007, and together in 2010 had even performed at a Paramore concert in Malaysia. After the band was created by Hayley, Josh and Zac, his brother. It was here that the romance between the former pair started. They decided to keep their relationship a secret most of the time and did not want their personal life to overshadow the image of the band. It was in 2007 that they split, and it is said that it was also private.
Hayley Williams and Chad Gilbert separated after 16 months of marriage
After Hayley separated from Josh, she found love in Chad Gilbert. They were together for a while, and in 2018, the singer, according to a lifeandstyle mag.com, had written an essay on how she had felt that her marriage with Chad should not have taken place. They separated after 16 months of marriage on June 30, 2017, and in a joint statement, it was written that both of them had been together for the better part of 10 years. A part of the statement also read:
“We’ve grown up together and we’ve been beside each other through a lot of goodness and a lot of challenges. There is a challenge to trying to understand your own heart in the context of a relationship. Love is an absolute risk. And it’s up to each of us to stay hopeful even when the outcome isn’t what we’d originally hoped for.”
Hayley Williams then found love in Taylor York, whom she had known since her teenage years
Hayley clearly, after separating from Chad, had mentioned being good friends with him in each other’s eyes. Now, Hayley and Taylor reportedly grew up together in Franklin, Tennessee and were part of mutual circles. Taylor is Justin York’s younger brother, and it was in 2007 that he joined the band as a teenager. This connection got him in the band when Hayley was leading with her first husband, then guitarist, Josh. Hayley revealed in 2022 that both of them were dating. It was in 2018 that the pair started putting mushy posts on social media, lip-syncing to ‘I love you’. Reportedly, there were tensions at the start of the relationship due to uncertainty until both confirmed of dating.
What are your views on Hayley Williams’ dating life and relationship history?
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