{"title":"Issue 132","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"clash-issue-132-hayley-williams","title":"Clash Issue 132 - Hayley Williams","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-originalfontsize=\"10pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"13.333333\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHayley Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e is the first face of \u003cstrong\u003eCLASH 132\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-originalfontsize=\"10pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"13.333333\"\u003eOne of the most storied alt figures of her generation, \u003cstrong\u003eHayley Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e has done it all. Leading Paramore across the globe on the Eras tour at the behest of Taylor Swift, the band were playing to some of the biggest crowds of their lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-originalfontsize=\"10pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"13.333333\"\u003eYet something different was moving inside her. The band’s long-time major label deal was expiring, and for the first time in her life Hayley Williams was truly independent, and finally able to unpack some of the experiences which had both propelled and distorted her life for two decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-originalfontsize=\"10pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"13.333333\"\u003eReturning to her Nashville home, the songs simply poured forth in an unrelenting torrent of powerful music. Defying music industry norms, new solo album ‘Ego Death At A Bachelorette’ is quite simply phenomenal – deeply personal, continually creative, it is perhaps her intimate and pointed project to date.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-originalfontsize=\"10pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"13.333333\"\u003eCLASH spoke to Hayley Williams for a revelatory cover conversation, in which she broke down the ways in which being in the public gaze pushed her to discard her femininity, and how she’s read to choose herself for the first time in her life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-originalfontsize=\"10pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"13.333333\"\u003eAs she puts it: “Making this felt like I was coming full circle… getting back to the beginning of what made me fall in love with music.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-originalfontsize=\"10pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"13.333333\"\u003ePre-order your copy now. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMagazines will be shipping out from the UK from\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eFriday 14th\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e November 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e, please allow sufficient time for your copy to arrive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-originalfontsize=\"10pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"13.333333\"\u003eWords: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-originalfontsize=\"10pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"13.333333\"\u003eRobin Murray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-originalfontsize=\"10pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"13.333333\"\u003ePhotographer: Zachary Gray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan id=\"m_-2272948276494595194gmail-docs-internal-guid-c9ea2595-7fff-ba3d-308d-9116060541cb\"\u003e\u003cspan data-originalfontsize=\"10pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"13.333333\"\u003eCreative Direction: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-originalfontsize=\"10pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"13.333333\"\u003eRob Meyers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr clear=\"all\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"CLASH Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56088917999994,"sku":"378270000001","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5330\/files\/Clash132_4.5IGCoverHayleyRelease1copy.jpg?v=1761651615"},{"product_id":"clash-issue-132-fan-life","title":"Clash Issue 132 - Fan Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c!-- wp:paragraph --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFans are the life blood of the music industry. 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