JAKARTA - Paramore vocalist Hayley Williams discussed sexism in music with the indie rock band Wet Leg personnel. He admitted that he did not dare to play guitar on stage because of the audience's sexist comments.
"I think for us one of the most difficult or most annoying things about being a woman might be a stupid comment on the internet like, 'Oh, he's holding the guitar but he doesn't really play it, Wet Leg vocalist Rhian Teasdale opens the conversation.
Like, for example, when I don't use my guitar but then I have to play it in the chorus or something, there will always be comments like, 'woman can't play guitar', and it's like... very ancient but still there! And I really hate it. It's really frustrating," he continued.
Hayley replied by saying he knew this type of audience very well and he even chose not to play guitar at all on stage.
"I don't even dare (to play guitar), because I love playing guitar but I don't know if I can handle this condition... man. I feel what you feel," Hayley said.
"I hate those people and need to show my dislike," he said. I don't even really think about my gender at all, especially when we play music. I try to lean on the feminity and empower that part of me in my career era, but have you ever been on stage and feeling 'other'? You feel like this alien being is strong and beautiful.
Meanwhile, Wet Leg's main guitar player Hester Chambers responded by saying that facing the condition was a scary thing.
"When we were the only ones in a room, I didn't think about it at all. But once you have a show and an audience, you become a little too aware of the annoyance."
Beyond his fears of playing guitar on stage, Hayley will release a new album with Paramore, This Is Why in February.
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