Hayley Williams has unveiled “Mirtazapine,” a brand new standalone single that she debuted on Nashville Public Radio on Wednesday, July twenty third.
Taking its title from the antidepressant drug, which is usually offered beneath the title Remeron, “Mirtazapine” is a extra vigorous, ’90s-influenced different rock minimize from Williams. She supplies an ode to the drug and the aid it offers her, evaluating it to “a genie in a screw cap bottle” and singing “I might by no means be with out her/ I needed to write a tune about her/ Who am I with out you now?” Hearken to a fan-captured stream of “Mirtazapine” under.
Williams selected to debut the tune throughout a session with Nashville’s WNXP as a present of assist for public radio within the face of current federal funding cuts. The station has been operating a fundraising drive in response. “Thanks for holding me firm,” Williams wrote on the CD containing “Mirtazapine,” which serves as the only’s cowl art work. “Lengthy reside the general public radio.”
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The one additionally features a B-side titled “Gum,” which has but to be heard. Williams has not confirmed whether or not the 2 new tracks will seem on a forthcoming solo album or stay standalone releases. A streaming launch date for “Mirtazapine” can be nonetheless unannounced.
Williams has stored busy since reviving Paramore for his or her 2023 album This Is Why. She not too long ago collaborated with Turnstile on their new album NEVER ENOUGH, she’ll visitor on a brand new David Byrne tune for his new personal LP Who Is the Sky?, and she or he’ll seem on Jay Som’s first new album in six years Belong. Williams additionally teamed up with Moses Sumney earlier this 12 months for the collaborative tune “I Like It I Like It,” joined Deftones onstage in Nashville, and carried out on the Give a Fuck LA Profit Live performance for Wildfire Reduction again in February. Her final solo album was 2021’s FLOWERS for VASES / descansos.