Fans have always questioned the fact that Hayley Williams from Paramore is usually promoted above the other members in the band whether it be in magazines or interviews. Jeremy Davis and Taylor York have now done an interview discussing the topic and have put rumors of anger to rest. Check out the full story here and a snippet of it below by clicking “Read More”.

Jeremy Davis: Anything [published] that looks like she’s standing out in front of everyone else in the band, she’s always not like that. Even though [Taylor and I are] sitting there—or anyone else—we’re sitting there, saying, “It’s important to do that.” Even music magazines that we do will have her on the cover and not the full band—but the band name is right there. You have to be okay and be confident to be able to do something like that.

Taylor York: That’s true. I think probably since the beginning [of the band we] all did have to work through our own insecurities. Now we’re at a place where me and Jeremy…[Laughs] We kind of feel bad sometimes, because we like when she gets attention, because we can go places and people don’t really know who we are. I’m like, “Oh, we can be normal!” But she’s really good at handling her position.

We did have to work through insecurities and become more confident and realize our identity isn’t in this band, necessarily. The amount of people that want an autograph or the amount of pictures that we get—that’s just not what our identity is. We just love playing music and being in a band. We realized—you know, if Hayley wants to do this shot by herself and we’re not in it, well, that’s an outfit I don’t have to find. [Everybody laughs.] You just have to look at the positives.

But yeah—we don’t care at all. People always assume that me and Jeremy are super-bitter, we just hate she gets this attention…

Williams: Yeah, that was always the story.

York: Which has never been the case. It’s not important to us.