Chosen artist research: Paramore

Chosen artist: - Paramore

Paramore are an American band, first formed in 2004 with members Zac Farro (Drums), Josh Farro (Lead guitar), Jason Bynum (Rhythm guitar) and Hayley Williams (Lead Vocals). Bynum left the band a year later and was replaced with hunter lamb that later left the band in 2007. The band has only recently lost two of their oldest members, the Farro brothers, so are now only a three-piece band. The band has released around 15 singles, each with an accompanying video, most of which never entered the mainstream charts. Out of the 15 released 11 of them entered the charts, but never got any further than around number 15 in them. By the time their latest album ‘Brand New Eyes’ was released, the band had gained enough recognition for it to go straight to number one in the charts. Looking at the album list, you can clearly see Paramore’s rise to fame from their first album. Paramore’s main target audience is teenagers, as they can identify with some of the lyrics to the music. Crushcrushcrush is one song that you can identify with, with lyrics such as:

“I got a lot to say to you
Yeah, I got a lot to say
I noticed your eyes are always glued to me
Keeping them here
And it makes no sense at all”

Dealing with teenage crushes etc.
As Paramore have become more well known they have appeared on two different soundtracks.
Twilight Soundtrack: Decode, I Caught Myself
Transformers: Dark of the moon Soundtrack: Monster
The lad singers image changes in almost every video, mainly with her hair colour. The main reason a lot of people recognised her when the band were just starting out, was because of her bright orange hair, but in recent years she has changed her hair colour to blonde, bright pink and orange.