Hayley Williams Posts Last Self Serenade

It wasn’t long ago that Hayley Williams said she had a few more surprises for her fans before she took a step back from social media and she’s called this the last of her Self-Serenade Series, for now anyway.

She finishes up in grand fashion with a version of Radiohead‘s 1995 song “Fake Plastic Trees” from their critically acclaimed album ‘The Bends’.

 

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for a while, anyway. the top requested song throughout my brief career in self-serenadism has been a @radiohead song. seemed sacrilegious at first until i realized that the band themselves have never once regarded what they do as precious or never-to-be-toyed with. they are never beholden to any one version of their expression and public affections don’t seem to sway them. so many times people thought they were at their best only for them to bloom more beautifully into something unexpected and unequivocally better. for a time i pretended to be over Radiohead (iiii knowwww) but good good things always find you and welcome you back. so, in admiration of one of the best bands of all time – and in humility to everyone who did *not* ask for this – here’s a self-serenade of “Fake Plastic Trees”. enjoy it if you can.

A post shared by hayley williams (@yelyahwilliams) on Aug 7, 2020 at 11:44am PDT