Hayley Williams says Morgan Wallen is the 'racist country singer'

Hayley Williams is happy to confirm that Morgan Wallen is the "racist country singer" she is referring to in her song "Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party." During a recent interview on the New York Times' "Popcast" to discuss her latest solo album, the Paramore lead singer was asked whether she would like to "name names" to reveal who she means when she sings about being "the biggest star/ At this racist country singer's bar" in the title track.

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"It could be a couple but I'm always talking about Morgan Wallen," Williams said. In 2021, Wallen was caught on video drunkenly using a racist slur. The Grammy-nominated country star's This Bar and Tennessee Kitchen, named after one of his songs and paying homage to his upbringing, opened in Nashville last year.

(Video of Wallen's 2024 arrest for reckless endangerment is making headlines again this week too. In police bodycam video obtained by the Associated Press, Wallen denies throwing a chair off a Nashville bar's roof but apologises for "caus(ing) problems." He took a plea deal after being charged in the case and was sentenced to seven days' incarceration at a DUI Education Center, two years' probation, a $350 fine and payment of court fees.)