Hayley Williams’ Tattoos


Paramore lead singer Hayley Williams has seven tattoos:

  1. flowers on her side
  2. Paramore’s bars logo on her wrist
  3. a cross on her thigh
  4. a heart on her wrist
  5. a cloud behind her ear
  6. a pink razor on her ankle
  7. a patched heart on her ankle

Flower Side Piece

Hayley Williams flower tattoo

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

Hayley Williams Paramore logo matching tattoos

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

Hayley Williams Heart 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 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 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 Williams 'Shave Me' pink razor 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 patched heart tatoo

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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115 Responses to “Hayley Williams’ Tattoos”

  1. lolla Says:

    wow she have 3 tats

    my favorite is the warped one :)

  2. chelsea Says:

    what does her MMTM tattoo stand for?

  3. Anon Says:

    Js, lol @ the 3rd pic saying “dick” @ the bottom. ;p

  4. Ghsst Says:

    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.

  5. Jen Says:

    they’re beaut, so hayley

  6. Kellie Says:

    Awesome! = }

  7. Alex Says:

    I just red in todays kerrang (10/4/2010)

    that hayley mite be thinking of geting so more tattoos!!!

  8. Linnea Says:

    I Love the warped tattoo! It’s so awesome!

  9. Reina Says:

    I’m getting the warped tattoo except its going to say obey instead

  10. CRYSTA Says:

    shes so cool! i love her!!!!!!!!!!!

  11. turkeyday Says:

    IM LOVE THE SHAVE ME TAT!!!!!!!

  12. Kirsten Says:

    4 sometime, i really thought shave me tat was a swan, i guess i got it confused with lacey mosley’s tattoo ;D

  13. Rachel Says:

    @chealsea, it means More Machine Than Man. It’s a band, must be one hay;ley is close friends with.

  14. Kirsten Says:

    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

  15. crysta Says:

    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!!!!!

  16. Isabell Says:

    The warped tatto ist my favourite :D

  17. corinne Says:

    i <3 da shave me tatt! tht one is awesomme!!!!!!!

  18. kathleen Says:

    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!!

  19. lilly-ann Says:

    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?

  20. Tara~ =] Says:

    hahahaha that one in the corner says dick xD

  21. Anonymous Says:

    the 3rd pic loox like a butt!!! no wonder y it sez wat it says lol

  22. Lizz Says:

    I love hayley, I love her tats, I love paramore :D

  23. "Vans" Says:

    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.

  24. gynda Says:

    i like halyley beaucse she sing’s really good

  25. Eemia Says:

    I just saw the tatoo in a magazine and I thought it was hilarioussss. 8DD

  26. Anonymous Says:

    bhiiii

  27. serena Says:

    :)

    I liker her razor 1!

  28. Haley Says:

    I LOVE the shave me tattoo, it’s hilarious. But I wouldn’t get it.

  29. sarah jill Says:

    love <3 ur tatoo on ur ears!!

  30. isobel Says:

    i really like the one behind her ear

  31. Daniela Says:

    What means the tattoo under the “Shave me” tattoo. It looks like heart

  32. leonnie Says:

    Hayleys tattoo behide her ear is, just lovely :)

  33. CoUrTnEy Says:

    those are all AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

  34. mavHLey Says:

    I LOVE YOU HAYLey !!! wanna have those kinds of tats also !!!

  35. claranisha Says:

    cool tats

  36. claranisha Says:

    its so cute it makes me want one

  37. sophie Says:

    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.

  38. Emilie Says:

    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! :)

  39. Kirsten Says:

    @Emilie: I agree.

  40. Sarah Says:

    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. (:

  41. Mara Says:

    Haha (:

    The Warped tattoo is Cool =)

  42. sjeht t Says:

    she did an interview this year and said she has no tattoos…

  43. Linda Says:

    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.

  44. magda Says:

    I’m pretty sure she has one on her back sayin’ ‘drug free’ or sth like that.

  45. melissa Says:

    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

  46. sara Says:

    i love haley wiliams style

  47. fede Says:

    I love the warped tatt!!!!!!!!!!!

  48. paramorezfan4ever Says:

    i agree, i think its awesome that hayley has three tatoosx

  49. Aubrey Says:

    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.

  50. Jessy Says:

    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.

  51. Mattimo88 Says:

    She should totally get a funny tattoo on her butt.

  52. Chofi Says:

    Amo el de su oreja :3 (L) gracias por la informacion :D

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  54. Charlotte Says:

    I can only see two? The razor ‘shave me’ and the warped tour one.. Where’s the third?

  55. Linda Says:

    I’m counting the heart behind the razor as a third tattoo, though she may have gotten those two done at the same time.

  56. Nine Says:
  57. TAVI Says:

    my favourite is the new one, the black cross :)

  58. finchen Says:

    wheres the cross?

  59. kaity Says:

    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

  60. bettty Says:

    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.

  61. fasial sahril riansyah Says:

    i love ou haylley & paramore

  62. fasial sahril riansyah Says:

    kapan anda datang ke indonesia lagi , karna vans2 anda telah menunggu kehadiran anda di indonesia

  63. fasial sahril riansyah Says:

    when you will come to Indonesia again, because many Indonesian people who like the same band & music2 you & your style on stage,

  64. Penny Says:

    you need a serious update on this..

  65. Penny Says:

    she has a heart on her arm and a cross on leg

  66. Cleeotje Says:

    Well, she has 3 tattoos now right. the solid cross on her leg.. are there pictures from?

  67. Mayan Says:

    She got a heart on jeer wrist too, total of 5. Shave me,the heart beside that,the warped,cross,& tiny heart

  68. carly Says:

    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!

  69. Cleeotje Says:
  70. Kendall Says:

    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

  71. Kailey Says:

    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

  72. Linda Says:

    updated!

  73. april itucas Says:

    when was the crucifix was tattooed?

  74. Shut up Says:

    real fuckin weird dude.

  75. gabbiee. Says:

    the warped one is my favourite :)

  76. Savannah Bannanna Says:

    I really do love that one. =) It looks really cool and it has a good meaning.

  77. taryn Says:

    how the heck would would know that….?

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  79. Chloe Says:

    That’s just fucking creepy dude, Hayley would keep that very personal!

  80. Jill Says:

    Can I put a few of these pictures in my fan page? Of course, I would see that they are from here. :)

  81. Anonymous Says:

    Shortly after the Farro brothers left and there was a whole bunch of drama.

  82. sarah! Says:

    my favorite tattoo of hayley’s is the tattoo behind her ear from the warped tour

  83. bethany cashwell Says:

    luv hayley wiliams tattoo parmore sing brickof bick

  84. Anonymous Says:

    yeah ur ryt

  85. Anonymous Says:

    I luv Hayley!!!!

  86. Nonya Says:

    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.

  87. Lindsay Says:

    How hard did your teacher laugh when you turned your add in?

  88. anastasia Says:

    I love Hayley and she’s wonderful.But I want Josh and Zac to be in the band.

  89. wtf Says:

    ah…. malu2in orang indonesia loe! let me tell you,, it should be FANS, not VANS. got it??

  90. Crazy Parawhore Says:

    Lmao, shave me.. My legs are hairy too :(

  91. Anonymous Says:

    the third one is a little heart on her wrist

  92. Bianca Says:

    The storm cloude tatoo is awesome!

  93. ParamoreKylee Says:

    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.

  94. jessica Says:
  95. Paramore Forever Says:

    Yeah like @jessica said Hayley got a matching one with Taylor and Jeremy :D Just released yesterday

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  97. readincupcake Says:

    Don’t forget to put up the newest one that all of Paramore got! :D

  98. Tayleyinfinity Says:

    Hayley !!! STOP ! TATTOO Please!!! Enough !!!

  99. norma Says:

    i didn’t expect you got tattoo hayley,,, what are those for?

  100. readincupcake Says:

    Guys Hayles can get as many tattoos as she wants, I think they all look awesome.

  101. OhHaii Says:

    *Random*

    Does she shave her arms? Like… it looks like she does. I’m just curious.

  102. adrienne Says:

    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:)

  103. mariel samoranos peria Says:

    hayley will definitely would look much better on stage if she’ll do the guitar while singing.

  104. Drew Says:

    I hate the cross one :/

  105. Kaykay Says:

    umm…that is freaking hilarious but creepy. Well, just go with big brands…akward comment though bro.

  106. Alyssa Says:

    she now has 6. she, taylor and jeremy got the same tattoo not too long ago for the band.

  107. Blake Says:

    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

  108. grace Says:

    what about her tatto that the whole band has?

  109. Bassgurl Says:

    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

  110. What the hell. Says:

    Uhhhh…what the f*ck? O_O

  111. Madi Says:

    No genius, the cross is on her right thigh.

  112. EM. Says:

    Dude!,

    Yoour Too Awesome ;D

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  114. thoma Says:

    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

  115. jonas Says:

    cade a nova tatuagen ?

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