Hayley Williams Throws It Back to the ‘Good Ol' Days' on New Song
Hayley Williams releases new R&B-inflected song 'Good Ol' Days' just before taking the stage at Rolling Stone's Musicians on Musicians event.
www.rollingstone.comHere’s the latest on Hayley Williams and her track “Good Ol’ Days”:
- Release and context: Hayley Williams released “Good Ol’ Days” as a new single ahead of the physical release of her album Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party, with the track described as an R&B-inflected piece revisiting nostalgic memories. This places the song as part of her solo work after Paramore, highlighting a reflective mood in late 2025.[2][6]
- Reception and media coverage: Major outlets highlighted the song as a reflective opener that ties into her evolving solo era, with coverage noting performances around the release window and the accompanying rollout strategy for the album. Rolling Stone and other outlets framed it as a return to earlier themes in Williams’s career while pushing into new sonic territory.[6][2]
- Availability: The single arrived digitally in late October 2025, with the album physical edition following in early November 2025, and videos/visuals accompanying the track circulated online (including official visualizers and live premieres).[4][2][6]
If you’d like, I can pull a quick timeline of single releases from Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party and show how “Good Ol’ Days” fits into the album’s rollout, or pull clips and quotes from interviews around the release. Would you prefer a timeline or a quick playlist of related songs from Hayley Williams’s solo work?
Citations:
- Williams’s release of “Good Ol’ Days” and the album rollout context.[2][6]
- Coverage of the single’s reception and live/visual components.[4][6][2]