Fans Are Obsessed With This New Political Hayley Williams Song

After sharing her surprise single “Mirtazapine” on Nashville’s WNXP to show support for public radio, Hayley Williams has officially dropped 17 solo singles on streaming platforms. Some fans have been referring to this as Ego as a pseudo-album name.

This week, the Paramore leader shared the singles on her website, protected by a code shared by her hair dye company, Good Dye Young. However, she encouraged people to share codes to get access to the collection.

So, whether you heard the new singles collection earlier this week, or are streaming it today, it is certainly a set to behold. This signifies Williams’s most raw, personal work yet. Between a love song to her mental health medication (“Mirtazapine”) and her previous wedding to Chad Gilbert (“Hard”), Williams goes full throttle. However, fans have taken an overwhelming liking to one song in particular, according to TikTok.

“True Believer” navigates her Southern Christian upbringing and the hypocrisy of some so-called believers. She sings, “They put up chain-link fences underneath the biggest bridges/They pose in Christmas cards with guns as big as all their children/They say that Jesus is the way but then they gave him a white face/So they don’t have to pray to someone they deem lesser than them.”

Then, the pre-chorus notes, “The South will not rise again/’Til it’s paid for every sin/Strange fruit, hard bargain/Till the roots, Southern Gotham.” Uniquely, the phrase “Strange Fruit” refers to a poem by Abel Meeropol, who wrote about the violent, racist lynchings on Southern trees.

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Whewww. As a pastor’s kid AND a Black woman, listening to Hayley Williams’ “True Believer” felt like someone read my journal and turned it into a Southern Gothic hymn. She said everything I’ve screamed in silence about the church, about whiteness in religion, about the performance of faith over actual healing. That line about white Jesus? That part about churches overflowing while souls stay empty? Yeah. That’s the part that hit. This wasn’t just a song—it was a whole deconstruction sermon wrapped in melody. A Black girl like me has felt that tension forever: between belief and betrayal, between what they preach and what they protect. ⛪️💰 They sell hope like it’s a product and call it holy. 🖤 And somehow, I’m still here, holding space for spirit—but not the system. #TrueBeliever #HayleyWilliams #Deconstruction #PastorsKid #BlackWomanHealing #ChurchHurt #SpiritualAwakening #ReligiousTrauma #SouthernGothic WhiteJesusAin’tReal #GoddessEnergy #BlackFaith #FaithWithoutFear #UnlearningReligion #BlackWomenSpeak #WeAreTheChurch #GoddessMia #SubstackWriter #MusicThatHeals #songsthatexpose

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One listener on TikTok shared, “Whewww. As a pastor’s kid AND a Black woman, listening to Hayley Williams’ ‘True Believer’ felt like someone read my journal and turned it into a Southern Gothic hymn. She said everything I’ve screamed in silence about the church, about whiteness in religion, about the performance of faith over actual healing. That line about white Jesus? That part about churches overflowing while souls stay empty? Yeah. That’s the part that hit. This wasn’t just a song—it was a whole deconstruction sermon wrapped in melody. A Black girl like me has felt that tension forever: between belief and betrayal, between what they preach and what they protect.”

Hayley Williams Singles List:

1. Kill Me
2. True Believer
3. Blood Bros
4. Negative Self Talk
5. Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
6. Mirtazapine
7. Ice In My OJ
8. Brotherly Hate
9. Zissou
10. Dream Girl In Shibuya
11. Discovery Channel
12. Love Me Different
13. Hard
14. Whim
15. Glum
16. Disappearing Man
17. I Won’t Quit On You