Hayley Williams’ Tattoos
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Paramore lead singer Hayley Williams has seven tattoos:
- 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
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 “HHTM.” One commenter here wrote: “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.”
Additional Photos (click to enlarge)
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, Hayley’s twitter, LiveJournal, Spin, Kidd Kraddick
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April 6th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
wow she have 3 tats
my favorite is the warped one
April 6th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
what does her MMTM tattoo stand for?
April 6th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Js, lol @ the 3rd pic saying “dick” @ the bottom. ;p
April 7th, 2010 at 1:32 am
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.
April 7th, 2010 at 3:45 am
they’re beaut, so hayley
April 7th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Awesome! = }
April 7th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
I just red in todays kerrang (10/4/2010)
that hayley mite be thinking of geting so more tattoos!!!
April 7th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
I Love the warped tattoo! It’s so awesome!
April 7th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
I’m getting the warped tattoo except its going to say obey instead
April 10th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
shes so cool! i love her!!!!!!!!!!!
April 13th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
IM LOVE THE SHAVE ME TAT!!!!!!!
April 20th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
4 sometime, i really thought shave me tat was a swan, i guess i got it confused with lacey mosley’s tattoo ;D
April 22nd, 2010 at 11:21 am
@chealsea, it means More Machine Than Man. It’s a band, must be one hay;ley is close friends with.
April 22nd, 2010 at 8:10 pm
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
April 27th, 2010 at 8:55 pm
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!!!!!
May 18th, 2010 at 9:11 am
The warped tatto ist my favourite
May 25th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
i <3 da shave me tatt! tht one is awesomme!!!!!!!
May 29th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
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!!
June 8th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
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?
June 11th, 2010 at 2:12 am
hahahaha that one in the corner says dick xD
June 23rd, 2010 at 3:03 pm
the 3rd pic loox like a butt!!! no wonder y it sez wat it says lol
June 26th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
I love hayley, I love her tats, I love paramore
June 30th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
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.
July 6th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
i like halyley beaucse she sing’s really good
July 12th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
I just saw the tatoo in a magazine and I thought it was hilarioussss. 8DD
July 21st, 2010 at 1:17 pm
bhiiii
July 25th, 2010 at 12:00 am
I liker her razor 1!
July 28th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
I LOVE the shave me tattoo, it’s hilarious. But I wouldn’t get it.
August 5th, 2010 at 2:27 am
love <3 ur tatoo on ur ears!!
August 9th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
i really like the one behind her ear
August 13th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
What means the tattoo under the “Shave me” tattoo. It looks like heart
August 26th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Hayleys tattoo behide her ear is, just lovely
August 31st, 2010 at 8:33 pm
those are all AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 2nd, 2010 at 1:36 am
I LOVE YOU HAYLey !!! wanna have those kinds of tats also !!!
September 14th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
cool tats
September 14th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
its so cute it makes me want one
September 22nd, 2010 at 3:34 pm
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.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
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!
September 26th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
@Emilie: I agree.
October 11th, 2010 at 10:14 am
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. (:
October 14th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Haha (:
The Warped tattoo is Cool =)
October 28th, 2010 at 3:43 am
she did an interview this year and said she has no tattoos…
October 28th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
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.
November 10th, 2010 at 9:23 am
I’m pretty sure she has one on her back sayin’ ‘drug free’ or sth like that.
November 14th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
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
November 15th, 2010 at 11:40 am
i love haley wiliams style
November 20th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
I love the warped tatt!!!!!!!!!!!
November 27th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
i agree, i think its awesome that hayley has three tatoosx
December 12th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
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.
December 13th, 2010 at 8:58 am
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.
December 14th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
She should totally get a funny tattoo on her butt.
December 20th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Amo el de su oreja :3 (L) gracias por la informacion
December 20th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
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December 21st, 2010 at 10:21 am
I can only see two? The razor ‘shave me’ and the warped tour one.. Where’s the third?
December 21st, 2010 at 2:08 pm
I’m counting the heart behind the razor as a third tattoo, though she may have gotten those two done at the same time.
December 21st, 2010 at 9:39 pm
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/
December 22nd, 2010 at 9:22 am
my favourite is the new one, the black cross
December 23rd, 2010 at 11:33 am
wheres the cross?
December 24th, 2010 at 5:24 am
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
January 11th, 2011 at 11:02 pm
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.
January 12th, 2011 at 10:49 am
i love ou haylley & paramore
January 12th, 2011 at 10:53 am
kapan anda datang ke indonesia lagi , karna vans2 anda telah menunggu kehadiran anda di indonesia
January 12th, 2011 at 10:59 am
when you will come to Indonesia again, because many Indonesian people who like the same band & music2 you & your style on stage,
January 13th, 2011 at 9:04 pm
you need a serious update on this..
January 13th, 2011 at 9:04 pm
she has a heart on her arm and a cross on leg
January 14th, 2011 at 11:18 am
Well, she has 3 tattoos now right. the solid cross on her leg.. are there pictures from?
January 15th, 2011 at 3:48 pm
She got a heart on jeer wrist too, total of 5. Shave me,the heart beside that,the warped,cross,& tiny heart
January 23rd, 2011 at 5:45 pm
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!
January 25th, 2011 at 5:15 pm
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..
http://www.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lemvd6QVmJ1qzmet2o1_500.jpg&imgrefurl=http://parayeah.tumblr.com/post/2635801873/immaparawhore-fuckyeahhayleywilliams-hayley&usg=__Law6pf9tZqXgkvAA21XJC4wxxRQ=&h=669&w=500&sz=62&hl=nl&start=71&sig2=ON_JO7A376_-aZ22E1OgRQ&zoom=1&tbnid=1vwjOKs9cuMtGM:&tbnh=144&tbnw=112&ei=rzw_TbyHMMaYOtHcpfYK&prev=/images%3Fq%3DHayley%2BWilliams%2Btattoo%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dnl%26biw%3D1600%26bih%3D775%26tbs%3Disch:10,1661&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=717&vpy=219&dur=345&hovh=182&hovw=136&tx=82&ty=163&oei=rDw_Tb2MC8yaOqnylKwD&esq=3&page=3&ndsp=37&ved=1t:429,r:32,s:71&biw=1600&bih=775
January 26th, 2011 at 11:42 pm
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
February 2nd, 2011 at 11:12 pm
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
February 8th, 2011 at 1:40 am
updated!
February 8th, 2011 at 5:50 am
when was the crucifix was tattooed?
February 11th, 2011 at 5:31 am
real fuckin weird dude.
February 17th, 2011 at 8:04 am
the warped one is my favourite
February 18th, 2011 at 6:26 pm
I really do love that one. =) It looks really cool and it has a good meaning.
February 21st, 2011 at 11:19 pm
how the heck would would know that….?
February 22nd, 2011 at 3:24 am
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February 22nd, 2011 at 3:45 pm
That’s just fucking creepy dude, Hayley would keep that very personal!
March 3rd, 2011 at 10:41 am
Can I put a few of these pictures in my fan page? Of course, I would see that they are from here.
March 16th, 2011 at 7:55 pm
Shortly after the Farro brothers left and there was a whole bunch of drama.
March 25th, 2011 at 9:46 pm
my favorite tattoo of hayley’s is the tattoo behind her ear from the warped tour
March 29th, 2011 at 4:46 pm
luv hayley wiliams tattoo parmore sing brickof bick
April 4th, 2011 at 5:17 am
yeah ur ryt
April 22nd, 2011 at 7:15 pm
I luv Hayley!!!!
April 22nd, 2011 at 7:17 pm
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.
April 24th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
How hard did your teacher laugh when you turned your add in?
May 4th, 2011 at 3:14 pm
I love Hayley and she’s wonderful.But I want Josh and Zac to be in the band.
May 18th, 2011 at 10:51 pm
ah…. malu2in orang indonesia loe! let me tell you,, it should be FANS, not VANS. got it??
May 19th, 2011 at 5:03 pm
Lmao, shave me.. My legs are hairy too
May 19th, 2011 at 7:49 pm
the third one is a little heart on her wrist
June 23rd, 2011 at 8:31 am
The storm cloude tatoo is awesome!
August 10th, 2011 at 11:58 pm
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.
August 11th, 2011 at 12:53 pm
hayley has a new tattoo
http://d2ceoshttpcontent.com.edgesuite.net/d2ceoscontent/photo/pro/default-group/paramorenet-ugc-folder/2011/08/10/80242b7b-fe08-47a1-a468-a7082c06045a_8.jpg
August 11th, 2011 at 2:55 pm
Yeah like @jessica said Hayley got a matching one with Taylor and Jeremy
Just released yesterday
August 12th, 2011 at 5:05 am
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August 22nd, 2011 at 6:53 am
Don’t forget to put up the newest one that all of Paramore got!
August 25th, 2011 at 4:56 am
Hayley !!! STOP ! TATTOO Please!!! Enough !!!
August 25th, 2011 at 12:27 pm
i didn’t expect you got tattoo hayley,,, what are those for?
September 7th, 2011 at 12:29 pm
Guys Hayles can get as many tattoos as she wants, I think they all look awesome.
September 9th, 2011 at 1:51 am
*Random*
Does she shave her arms? Like… it looks like she does. I’m just curious.
September 14th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
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:)
September 16th, 2011 at 3:58 am
hayley will definitely would look much better on stage if she’ll do the guitar while singing.
September 28th, 2011 at 5:02 pm
I hate the cross one :/
September 29th, 2011 at 4:33 am
umm…that is freaking hilarious but creepy. Well, just go with big brands…akward comment though bro.
September 30th, 2011 at 7:58 pm
she now has 6. she, taylor and jeremy got the same tattoo not too long ago for the band.
November 27th, 2011 at 3:09 am
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
December 4th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
what about her tatto that the whole band has?
December 10th, 2011 at 7:47 pm
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
December 16th, 2011 at 12:58 pm
Uhhhh…what the f*ck? O_O
January 4th, 2012 at 7:16 pm
No genius, the cross is on her right thigh.
January 13th, 2012 at 8:50 am
Dude!,
Yoour Too Awesome ;D
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January 27th, 2012 at 6:53 pm
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
January 27th, 2012 at 8:01 pm
cade a nova tatuagen ?