Taylor Swift and Hayley Williams in 2010.Photo:Rick Diamond/Getty
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Hayley Williamsis taking a trip down memory lane with her “first industry friend"Taylor Swift.
In light of Swift’sSpeak Now (Taylor’s Version)release date approaching, Williams recalled the first time she listened to the 2010 album in anInstagram post.
“Taylor was the first industry friend I ever made and hung out with outside of work things. WhenSpeak Nowdropped, I bought my friend’s record (as you do!) and listened to the whole thing in my first car, sitting still in the driveway. It’s my favorite Taylor Swift album for so many reasons,” the Paramore frontman, 34, wrote.
“I wish I could go back to this moment at my 21st birthday and tell her one day she’ll legitimately ownSpeak Nowand we’ll get to sing together on one of the songs,” she added, plugging the July 7 release date for the album.
Swift, 33, announced the release of her re-recorded album duringher Nashville show at Nissan Stadiumon May 5. Then, on June 5, she revealed the titles for the six vault tracks — including a collaboration with Williams titled “Castles Crumbling.”
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She unknowingly met Swift’s mother,Andrea, who suggested they meet one another. “She said to me, ‘My daughter. She just played and she’s just getting started and she doesn’t really know anybody in the business. I just really want her to be around people her age that are doing the same thing,'” recalled the “Misery Business” singer-songwriter.
Andrea then gave Williams her daughter’s phone number, but the Grammy winner said she was “the shyest freak” at the time and didn’t reach out — until Swift had her run-in with West, 45.
“I did not text her until a certain VMA scandal. That was the first time that I felt like, ‘I have to reach out because this person is really cool and did not deserve that,'” continued the star.
Meanwhile, in January, she also recalled a conversation with the “Lavender Haze” singer where she said she wanted to be like Carole King.
“When we were 19, [Swift] told me — she was a country singer at that point — that she wanted to be like Carole King,” Williams remembered. “And I was like, ‘Whoa, that’s a crazy thing to say,’ you know? Because we were kids. And I’ll be damned, this woman, she’s crossing genres and bleeding over into other aspects of pop culture, and she’s helping to shape it at the very least.”
source: people.com
