"The Paramore singer began the performance seated at the piano solo, but was quickly joined by a full band, including a seven-piece string section. With a powerful chord progression and vocals that rise in intensity, Williams laments the changes she's seen in Nashville, the rise of megachurches and bigoted Christians, and the way capitalism is responsible for both of these developments."
""Act like God ain't watching/ Kill the soul, turn a profit" she sings in the first verse, later seething "The south will not rise again/ 'Til its paid for every sin/ Strange fruit, hard bargain/ Till the roots, Southern Gotham." Watch her potent performance of "True Believer" below. Williams officially released her third solo album, Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party, in late August after leaking the album earlier that summer."
Hayley Williams performed "True Believer" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, beginning at the piano and soon joined by a full band and seven-piece string section. The song builds with a powerful chord progression and intensifying vocals as Williams critiques changes in Nashville, the rise of megachurches and bigoted Christians, and capitalism's role in those developments. Lyrics include lines about killing the soul to turn a profit and references to the South's sins and "Southern Gotham." Williams released her third solo album, Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party, in late August after leaking it earlier that summer and has issued several collaborations this year.
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