Paramore earned two Grammy Awards and set a record last weekend, but it also shed light on the landscape of rock and alternative music.
"First off, infinite thanks to our fans, our team and the voting academy for making This Is Why such a moment for us, 20 years into our career," the band wrote in a statement after winning Best Rock Album and Best Alternative Music Performance for "This is Why" and its title track respectively.
"Our band won two Grammys last night, sitting together in Zac's living room, dressed in our regular clothes (yes, we saw the empty red carpet meme).
Turns out, our win for best rock album was a historic feat as we are the first female-fronted band to every take home a trophy for this category. Ridiculous yet true! It's an honor for Paramore to be a small but constant reminder for people to keep pushing these rock and alternative spaces to be more inclusive."
"This is Why" is Paramore's sixth studio album, and it peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 200. It follows the band's last album "After Laughter" which was released in 2017.
Paramore Went Up Against Metallica, Foo Fighters, More
According to reports, under the Best Rock Album category, Paramore went up against some of the biggest rock bands's releases like Metallica's "72 Seasons," the Foo Fighters' "But Here We Are," Greta Van Fleet's "Starcatcher," and Queens of the Stone Age's "Times New Roman."
All the aforementioned bands have frontmen, whereas Paramore was the only one with a frontwoman, Hayley Williams.
Aside from that being historic in itself, Paramore also pointed out that "This is Why" is their last release under Atlantic Records.
"Some of you will know that 'This Is Why' was our last album for our deal with Atlantic Records. To finish anything well is something to be proud of. Thank you to anyone who supported the ethos of Paramore as much as the music."
Paramore Skips Grammy Awards
Paramore did not explain their absence at the 2024 Grammy Awards, but netizens have begun commenting about their recent Grammy statement.
"Paramore will never be respected by the 'real rock' community because they committed the two original sins (being popular and having a woman in the band)," one wrote.
Meanwhile, the band's fans could not help but get confused on whether they were disbanding or not.
"It's really so funny to me that Paramore keeps making statements in a way that us fans know they're not breaking up but it's worded weirdly enough that people are like wait are they..."
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