Hayley Williams accepted the first-ever Trailblazer Award at today’s Billboard Women in Music ceremony held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. From her friends – Taylor, Jeremy, record labels and more – she received a very sweet congratulations note. “This is so cool. This is the greatest award honor that I feel I could ever receive,” she said soon after she received the award from Joy Williams. Congratulations Hayley! You can see photos from the ceremony entering THIS page.
Hayley appeared on the stage also to give the HitMaker Award to Charli XCX who toured with Paramore at the end of 2013 in Europe and to sing ‘Hate To See Your Heart Break’ (short video || short video) with Joy WIlliams. Ladies were joined by Jeremy and Taylor. Click read more to see an interview with Hayley, her speech and recent tweets.
“Thank you for having me — I wrote [my speech] down because I was afraid I would make eye contact with Beyonce and forget everything,” Williams joked, nodding to the fact that Queen B was among the music and industry luminaries in the audience. “This the greatest honor I could receive, because this is the legacy I want to leave. To be in a band with my two best friends and never do anything that was something we didn’t want to do. It’s an amazing and powerful thing to be celebrated for who you are. There are a lot of girls who never feel that way, and I want to spend my life making them seen and heard.”
