Hayley Williams has unveiled a cover of Radiohead‘s ‘Fake Plastic Trees’, from their 1955 studio album The Bends. Give it a listen below.
The singer-songwriter shared the cover on Instagram, writing: “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.”
She continued: “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.”
Williams said that this would be “the last of the self-serenades”, at least for a while – previously, the Paramore singer shared covers of Phoebe Bridgers, Tegan And Sara, SZA, and Björk. Earlier this year, she released her solo debut LP, Petals for Armour.
