Hayley Williams’ Tattoos
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Paramore lead singer Hayley Williams has ten tattoos:
- a hand holding an envelope on her thigh
- Elvis’ TCB logo above her elbow
- a quote on her forearm
- flowers on her side
- Paramore’s bars logo on her wrist
- a cross on her thigh
- a heart on her wrist
- a cloud behind her ear
- a pink razor on her ankle
- a patched heart on her ankle
Hand & Envelope
Hayley Williams got a tattoo on her thigh while on tour in Australia in February 2013. The inking was done by artist Aureole at Lust For Life Tattoo in Brisbane, Australia.
The tattoo is a hand holding an envelope to symbolize relationships with loved ones while on the road. Hayley explains: “To do what we love we miss the ones we love. Long distance letters and phone calls and anything to make the distance disappear! That’s what this means to me.”
It’s done in a traditional style in black and red inks and surrounded by leaves and ribbons for decoration.
TCB Lightning Bolt
Hayley Williams has a tattoo on her elbow of a lightning bolt with the letters “TCB” for “Takin’ Care of Business.” This was the motto of Elvis Presley and his backing band was named the TCB band. Elvis wore a necklace with the TCB lightning bolt logo, and Hayley wears a replica necklace which says “TLC.” She writes “Finally got my TCB today. Been wearing the necklace for years… All the men in my family have TCB (taking care of business) and the women have TLC (tendler love and care). Now I’ve got both… And one of them is permanent! Think Elvis would be proud?”
The tattoo was done at Kat Von D’s shop High Voltage Tattoo in West Hollywood by artist Dan Smith in August 2012.
Accentuate the Positive
Hayley Williams has quote on her left forearm which says “Accentuate the positive / Eliminate the negative.” It is written in capital letters in an uneven handwriting. These are lyrics from the 1944 song “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive” written by Johnny Mercer.
Hayley got this tattoo done by artist Dan Smith in March 2012. Because Paramore wasn’t touring at the time, no one saw the tattoo until Hayley shared a picture on paramore.net in May 2012. When she finally revealed the ink, she wrote “Kept this one to myself for a while. A Johnny Mercer lyric/life philosophy. Thx @dansmithism!”
Flower Side Piece
In January 2012, Hayley Williams got her largest tattoo to date. It is a sidepiece of flowers done in a brightly colored traditional style. Hayley says that the tattoo “represents me and my 2 sisters. Each unique and yet still growing together.” Hayley is the oldest child in her family and has two younger sisters Erica and McKayla.
Paramore Bars Logo
The three members of Paramore – singer Hayley Williams, guitarist Taylor York, and bassist Jeremy Davis – all got matching tattoos in August 2011 to represent their unity as a band. Hayley and Jeremy both got it on their wrists while Taylor’s is a bit further up his arm, closer to his elbow.
Explaining the design, Hayley says “we just really wanted something simple that describes the three of us and the people around us.” The band drew a number of designs and decided on this one of a black rectangle with three white bars to represent the three band members. “It’s so simple, it really couldn’t get any more simple, but that’s the point,” Hayley explains. This logo was then used as the cover for Paramore’s Singles 7″ box set and digital release, the band’s first release a three-piece unit.
In a KROQ interview, Hayley joked that they can’t add any new members to the band because of the tattoos: “we just got tattoos that have only three white bars in them, so if we ever add any new members we’re screwed!”
Heart Wrist Tattoo
In December 2010, Hayley Williams and her best friend Dakotah Rae got matching tattoos on their wrists of a tiny outline of a heart.
Cross Tattoo
Hayley Williams has a tattoo of a solid black cross tattoo on the front of her right thigh. She got this tattoo in December 2010 while guitarist Taylor York got a tattoo on his arm. Hayley’s Christian faith is a big part of her life, and she says that got this tattoo because “My faith is the only thing that never fails me.”
Warped Tour Tattoo
Hayley Williams has a tattoo behind her left ear to commemorate her times on the Warped Tour. Paramore have played the tour in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2011. Hayley got this tattoo in July 2009, shortly after Paramore played a surprise set at the Cleveland Warped Tour 2009 show. During the Cleveland show in 2007 a huge storm occurred right before Paramore’s set. The tattoo is a cloud and lightning bolt with “Warped!” written above it as a reminder of that experience.
Hayley writes that this tattoo represents “My <3 for warped tour. (minus all the horrific bands on this year). 2 years ago in Cleveland we almost died in the storm on Warped!!! and our fans stuck around and waited for us for at least an hour. We went on anyways and played one of the most fun sets of the whole tour. So memorable. Then this year, we got to surprise Warped in Cleveland. The weather was perfect. I wanted something to remind me of some of my best Warped memories. No more “tour/bro” tats for me after that one!”
‘Shave Me’ Tattoo
Hayley’s first two tattoos are both on the inside of her right ankle. Both tattoos were revealed on Paramore’s South American tour in October 2008, though it is not known exactly when she had them done.
Hayley got a tattoo of a pink razor with a banner that says “Shave Me” because she rarely shaves while on tour. She told Spin, “On the Warped Tour a few years ago, if I wore shorts or if I wore my pants rolled up, someone by the end of the day would have written ‘Shave me’ on my ankle. So I was like, ‘I’m going to have to get that tattooed so you guys won’t have to do it anymore.’”
The tattoo has a deeper meaning than being just a reminder to shave more — it’s a reminder of the touring lifestyle and being on the road. Hayley writes, “I have this ‘reminder’ tattoo on my leg. Sort of a tribute to my days of touring and living like one of the boys. It says ‘shave me’ in a neat little banner… but I don’t think it’s going to help this time!”
Patched Heart Tattoo
Hayley Williams’ other ankle tattoo is a heart with patches right below and behind the razor. Hayley hasn’t spoken much about this tattoo other than to say that she got it while on tour with New Found Glory. “This is from a tour that I did,” she says, “our band wasn’t on it, but I just hung out. With New Found Glory, I mean all kinds of bands, a lot of my friends.”
It seems that a group of people on the tour – New Found Glory’s fall 2008 “Easycore” headlining tour – all got these matching tattoos together. Above the heart are the letters “HHT.” We thought for a long time that it said “HHTM,” but artist Shauncey Fury who did these tattoos cleared this up in a comment in which he wrote: “I actually did the patched heart on Hayley. I was on that tour and we all just got a hurtin’ heart. The letters are HHT for hurtin’ hearts tour. The “M” is actually just a burst behind the right side of the heart.” Another commenter explained the origins of the phrase: “‘Hurtin’ hearts’ is a term Ian from NFG would say when people were being mean or rude to each other on the tour.”
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Photo credits: 1: Jade Field, 2 & 9: paramore.net, 3 5 & 7: pmorefrance.free.fr, 4 & 10: unknown, 6: pmoreonline.com, 8: Estefani Medeiros, 11 & 12: tumblr
Sources: Paramore.net – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Hayley’s twitter, LiveJournal, Spin, Kidd Kraddick
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Yeah I love Hayley but the tattoos are actually kind of weird. Like the shave me one? It’s pretty stupid no offence. DON’T SHOOT ME, I’m entitled to have my own opinion whether you agree with it or not. I just think the meaningful ones are relevant like the heart, the flowers of her sisters the cross the barcode and the envelope one. But I think the other ones make those really meaningful one less important. Like hey the weather’s stormy i’m gonna get a tattoo of this? Like come on seriously.
I would say that it is kind of the whole point. I have tattoos and they all have some pretty heavy meaning for me and because of that, I’d love to get a tattoo totally stupid and just say : “well, that was just the impulsion of the moment!” So I would say that it is kind of the same thing for her. But I am just speculating on the way I see things, it may be something completely different!
No offense but it refreshing to see a tattoo with some comedy behind it. I wouldn’t call that stupid. Stupid is when you tag your own name to your skin, that’s just plain retarded. I have nothing against deep tattoos but just because we struggle or cry doesn’t mean we’ve lost our funny and comical selves. I love the idea.
The razor is meaningful. On tour shed forget to shave her legs so Josh would always write “shave me” on her legs. She got the tattoo to remind her of friendship and good times on tour.
The lightning bolt is another tour one- warped?
But the “Shave me” one *does* have some meaning. It’s a symbol of her life on tour. One day when she’s retired from music and such, she’ll always remember what life was like in Paramore.
One of the most unique and creative woman in music! I am a true admirer of her fashion. So frickin eclectic.
She’s a great singer, but all of these tattoos suck.
Most people get tattoos just because they look good, not because they mean anything. I think its nice that they all mean something to her. They’re all symbols for who she is, and they’re a good way of remembering the best days of her life. Plus, they must of seriously hurt, so GO HAYLEY.
I think that the tattoo on her wrist is brilliant, the one that the other band members got. I think its really sweet they’re that close.
I know that Christianity is a big part of your life, and so is mine, but in the Bible it says “Do not get any markings in your skin, or cut yourself for the dead.” I forgot what chapter or verse, but he said not to put markings in your skin. Your skin is Jesus’ skin. I’m still learning and you know more than I do so idk if you’ll read this listen to me, but just reply (if you do) and tell me what you think about this.
Oh, shut up and quit living your life based on a fictional book of crap.
How rude :/ she/he even said he/she wasn’t sure about it…
Tattoos are not a bad thing, they are a form of art only true to that person, it’s a public window into the soul of the person who has them. I don’t believe God looks at the tattoos you have or the color of your hair or what brand of jeans you have on today. He’s about heart not ink.
I agree tattoos are not at all bad. The scripture you just quoted is from Leviticus 19:28 But it means do not cut your bodies for the dead, so when we talk about tattoos if your doing it as worship to dead bodies then it’s wrong. Cause that’s what they use to do back in those days worshiping false idols. But other than that it says nothing in the new testament about having tattoos. =)
Worshiping false idols ? Catholics foolishly elevate their Popes to the idolatrous level of God’s Vicar (representative) on earth. God has no official representative upon the earth. All believers are God’s representatives (2nd Corinthians 5:20).
That is Old Testament…when the bail was torn all the strict laws were no longer relavent. So if u go by that tat verse…don’t eat bacon, when u r on your
Period excommunicate yourself from your family for a week, and don’t ever braid your hair. Know your stuff before you make yourself look ignorant
Hayley also believes in gay rights and birth control. I take it she’s not one to take the Bible literally.
I think it’s more of loving your neighbour as you love yourself. So who are we to judge, I’m a Christian but this doesn’t mean we’re against all gay people. As for birth control you are allowed to use birth control of course if you are married. Hayley’s opinion about birth control is evaluated any further. So we cannot judge accurately without making assumptions. =)
The New Testament also states that Christ dying for us means we are free from the bindings of the Old Testament law. Bam
Jesus had tattoos.. I am a Christian, and the bible has multiple meanings because so many people have tampered with its original context. If God didn’t believe in marking your skin, he wouldn’t have given his child the idea of tattoos. If God didn’t want his children to cut, then he shouldn’t give his children any reason to do so. Just saying.
The shave me tatt is so disgusting looking. The rest are okay I guess.
Literally about an hour ago she got a new one. It is on the back of her arm above her elbow. It’s of a lightning bolt with the letters t,c and b above it. She has it on her twitter.
I love Hayley but I don’t get the tats.
Tattoos come in different sizes, shapes, forms, colors, and patterns. Love the last tat, excellent!
She got a new one recently. It says “Accelerate the positive Eliminate the negative” on her forearm.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150098253814963&set=a.35246164962.16531.5388374962&type=3&theater
^there’s the pic.
Accentuate, not accelerate.
Haha shave me lol!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=353007111423305&set=a.168743296516355.41467.166157280108290&type=1&theater hayley have a new tattoo :)
I surely love all her tats, glad they all have some meaning behind it and not just randomness. The three bars tattoo is the one that strikes me the most with awe and beauty (for some reason). So, when I am able to, I shall get that also tattooed on my inner wrist as a sign to my faithfulness to PARAMORE as a band when it went from an orignal 5 (if you look at the PARAMORE IS: logo on the inside of their debut album ALL WE KNOW IS FALLING, it says that there are 3 regular and two others that isn’t familiar [surely the reason of the screaming - but yet beauitful - blend in MY HEART]) down to 4 (RIOT!) and stayed strong and bumped up to 5 (THE FINAL RIOT! – enter Taylor York) and stayed through BRAND NEW EYES with 5 and got bumped back down to 3 for the SINGLES EP and for future album(s). I love Paramore, it’s a great band no matter what happens to’em, and I can’t wait to get the tat as a loyal fan and a loyal Singles Club Member :D
I actually did the patched heart on Hayley. I was on that tour and we all just got a hurtin’ heart. The letters are HHT for hurtin’ hearts tour. The “M” is actually just a burst behind the right side of the heart.
i love the heart tattoo :) my ex boyfriend told me when he got older he would get a heart tattoo with my name in it….then a few days later he dumped me. ( told me to find someone better and he didnt love me anymore) :(
lindos *-*
i love the heart tattoo very simple but cute :)
cade a nova tatuagen ?
hayley now has cherry blossom on her hip as far as i can work out look on paramore.net there is a video of her getting it done there
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what about her tatto that the whole band has?
I think that ones cool. It’s a black box with 3 white spaces on the inside to symbolize the 3 band members. Hayley rocks <3
im a HUGE fan of hayley.im 10 but tht doesnt stop meh im a 5th grader fan of a rock band and i wanna say hayley got those tattoos 4 a really good reason HAYLEY U ROK!!Paramore 4 ever
she now has 6. she, taylor and jeremy got the same tattoo not too long ago for the band.
I hate the cross one :/
hayley will definitely would look much better on stage if she’ll do the guitar while singing.
she has another tattoo on the inside of her wrist, jeremy and taylor got the same to match, its four lines in a box, its FIT:)
*Random*
Does she shave her arms? Like… it looks like she does. I’m just curious.
Guys Hayles can get as many tattoos as she wants, I think they all look awesome.
i didn’t expect you got tattoo hayley,,, what are those for?
Hayley !!! STOP ! TATTOO Please!!! Enough !!!
Don’t forget to put up the newest one that all of Paramore got! :D
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Yeah like @jessica said Hayley got a matching one with Taylor and Jeremy :D Just released yesterday
hayley has a new tattoo
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Does she have a new tattoo on her left wrist? I think I may have seen something black that looked like the three stripes she had on the back of one of her B.O.Y. shirts.
The storm cloude tatoo is awesome!
Lmao, shave me.. My legs are hairy too :(
I love Hayley and she’s wonderful.But I want Josh and Zac to be in the band.
I luv Hayley!!!!
luv hayley wiliams tattoo parmore sing brickof bick
my favorite tattoo of hayley’s is the tattoo behind her ear from the warped tour
Can I put a few of these pictures in my fan page? Of course, I would see that they are from here. :)
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the warped one is my favourite :)
when was the crucifix was tattooed?
Shortly after the Farro brothers left and there was a whole bunch of drama.
updated!
her newest one is a little black heart on the outside of her left wrist. she and her friend dakotah got matching ones. if u look closely at “the last word” interview, you can see it
Maby this is a good picture, the solid cross on her leg. not only from the top,. but you can see her too.. so you get a better image of it..
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Wow!It makes me pee to see how many celebs got so many tats.
I didnt think shed get any more i dont regret getting my tats not many people can see the the comparinsons
of our tattoos because
i have tattoos almost like hers and todays my neice was finally born its like she knows my sister chasity
what about the little one on her arm that she made with her friend Dakota???? check it out here http://oi52.tinypic.com/351a2pz.jpg
it’s missing that and the black cross on her leg!
She got a heart on jeer wrist too, total of 5. Shave me,the heart beside that,the warped,cross,& tiny heart
Well, she has 3 tattoos now right. the solid cross on her leg.. are there pictures from?
she has a heart on her arm and a cross on leg
you need a serious update on this..
when you will come to Indonesia again, because many Indonesian people who like the same band & music2 you & your style on stage,
kapan anda datang ke indonesia lagi , karna vans2 anda telah menunggu kehadiran anda di indonesia
ah…. malu2in orang indonesia loe! let me tell you,, it should be FANS, not VANS. got it??
i love ou haylley & paramore
this really has nothing to do with her tatoo and its kind of personal, you might not know but what brand of pads/tampons does she use, because for school im making a magizen and im in change of the ads, so im making one for pads/tampons, and i wanted to know what brand she uses so i can include her in the ad.
real fuckin weird dude.
how the heck would would know that….?
That’s just fucking creepy dude, Hayley would keep that very personal!
How hard did your teacher laugh when you turned your add in?
umm…that is freaking hilarious but creepy. Well, just go with big brands…akward comment though bro.
Uhhhh…what the f*ck? O_O
Dude!,
Yoour Too Awesome ;D
hey hayley has a new tattoo on her left leg its a black cross got to paramore.net to see it its in the photo stream
wheres the cross?
my favourite is the new one, the black cross :)
I really do love that one. =) It looks really cool and it has a good meaning.
yeah ur ryt
She made another one today. Check i out here: http://www.paramore.net/photo/got-a-black-cross-on-my-leg-my-faith-is-the-only-thing-that-never-fails-me/
I can only see two? The razor ‘shave me’ and the warped tour one.. Where’s the third?
I’m counting the heart behind the razor as a third tattoo, though she may have gotten those two done at the same time.
The black cross is on her left thigh, and she has a heart on her wrist, and one on her ankle, not the razor one though.
No genius, the cross is on her right thigh.
the third one is a little heart on her wrist
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Amo el de su oreja :3 (L) gracias por la informacion :D
She should totally get a funny tattoo on her butt.
I like all the tats, they’re very Hayley. My friend wants a lightning bolt behind her ear and she wants me to get a gray cloud behind mine, I think that’s not happening. A tat behind your ear would hurt sooooo bad, plus clouds would make it seem like I was depressed or something.
I love the warped tatt!!!!!!!!!!!
i love haley wiliams style
Hayley definately has tattoos. Three to be exact. I hope she gets more eventually. I admire tattoos and i admire Hayley so tattoos + Hayley = love it <3
I’m pretty sure she has one on her back sayin’ ‘drug free’ or sth like that.
You mean in that radio interview?
Watch it again and it says it on her boxer shorts. That’s what she was showing the guy and he was like ‘I thought you were mooning me!’. Haha, funny stuff.
she did an interview this year and said she has no tattoos…
Are you sure that it was from this year? Because she definitely has tattoos. We’ve all seen them and I’ve got four legitimate quotes here of Hayley discussing them.
Haha (:
The Warped tattoo is Cool =)
Yeah! The Warped tattoo is amazing! I was at the Cleveland show in 2007, and it was beyond amazing. I’m so glad I stuck around for after the storm and saw them. Hayley is right, that is one day/event that I will never ever forget. So worth everyone thinking they were going to die. (:
@Emilie: I agree.
don’t like the razor tattoo… I feel like its too big and a razor isnt the best. She should have had it written in a cool font and done it smaller if you ask me. Her warped tattoo is good. That one is going to be a good memory and its small and meaningful. Just my opinions no haters please! :)
i never knew hayley had tattoos. now, i love her even more xD its so cute how she tattooed ‘Shave Me’ on herself. That’s ace. and the warped one is cool.
its so cute it makes me want one
cool tats
I LOVE YOU HAYLey !!! wanna have those kinds of tats also !!!
those are all AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Hayleys tattoo behide her ear is, just lovely :)
What means the tattoo under the “Shave me” tattoo. It looks like heart
i really like the one behind her ear
love <3 ur tatoo on ur ears!!
I LOVE the shave me tattoo, it’s hilarious. But I wouldn’t get it.
:)
I liker her razor 1!
bhiiii
I just saw the tatoo in a magazine and I thought it was hilarioussss. 8DD
i like halyley beaucse she sing’s really good
ha, i don’t know why, but i LOVE the shave me one, i knew about that one from an interview i read from this magazine my spanish teacher brought in for me.
I love hayley, I love her tats, I love paramore :D
the 3rd pic loox like a butt!!! no wonder y it sez wat it says lol
hahahaha that one in the corner says dick xD
the second picture below looks like so weird.. if I didn’t know it was her ancle showing the ‘shave me’ tattoo, I’d say she has such a tattoo on her asss ;p it does look like that, right?
Wait, they played at the Cleve warped 2007??? I was at that one and waited for them while it was starting to rain but they never came out to play! Then the storm broke loose and everybody ran for cover. We waited forever for everything to get set back up after the storm died down. Oh my god! You mean to tell me that they played afterward and I missed it!??! OH NO! I feel so stupid! Oh well, I did get to see them for free at the Pittsburgh warped, though! Kevin is a great guy!!
i <3 da shave me tatt! tht one is awesomme!!!!!!!
The warped tatto ist my favourite :D
see alot of people think that people get stupid tattoos!!!!!!!!! i want to get a orange heart with black wings and inside i want it to say god!!!!!!! i want it on my ankle!!!! i also want other ones but not all tattoos are stupid!!!!!
I hope hayley gets more tats, the 3 she already has r cool, does any one have the kerrang artical she where she said it and will some e-mail it 2 me at Isayblahblahblah@yahoo.com
@chealsea, it means More Machine Than Man. It’s a band, must be one hay;ley is close friends with.
4 sometime, i really thought shave me tat was a swan, i guess i got it confused with lacey mosley’s tattoo ;D
IM LOVE THE SHAVE ME TAT!!!!!!!
shes so cool! i love her!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m getting the warped tattoo except its going to say obey instead
I Love the warped tattoo! It’s so awesome!
I just red in todays kerrang (10/4/2010)
that hayley mite be thinking of geting so more tattoos!!!
Awesome! = }
they’re beaut, so hayley
Its HHTM = Hurtin’ Hearts Tour. Cant remember what the M stands for. My boyfriend has the same one because he was on that tour.
“Hurtin’ hearts” is a term Ian from NFG would say when people were being mean or rude to each other on the tour.
Js, lol @ the 3rd pic saying “dick” @ the bottom. ;p
what does her MMTM tattoo stand for?
wow she have 3 tats
my favorite is the warped one :)
i agree, i think its awesome that hayley has three tatoosx