| "Parachute" | ||||
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| Single by Hayley Williams | ||||
| from the album Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party | ||||
| Released | August 28, 2025 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 3:40 | |||
| Label | Post Atlantic | |||
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| "Parachute" on YouTube | ||||
"Parachute" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Hayley Williams, released on August 28, 2025, as the second single from her third solo album, Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party. It was issued through Williams' own imprint Post Atlantic two years after her departure from Atlantic Records. "Parachute" was the only previously-unheard track added for the album's official release, following Williams's surprise release of 17 standalone singles earlier in the summer. A rock song driven by lyrics of heartbreak and regret, "Parachute" earned viral popularity. Critics singled it out as a powerful closing track on the album, praising Williams’s raw vocal delivery and emotional songwriting.
Williams first previewed the material from Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party in July 2025 by uploading 17 unsequenced songs to her website as a surprise project called Ego. [1] [2] [3] Those tracks were later distributed individually to streaming platforms on August 1, 2025, marking her debut as an independent artist post-Atlantic. [1] On August 28, 2025, Williams officially released the full album with an additional song, "Parachute," which had not been heard during the initial rollout. "Parachute" thus premiered alongside the album as its closing track and second single. [4] [5]
"Parachute" is an alternative rock track that channels heartbreak and disillusionment in its sound and lyrics. [4] [6] It opens with a moody, guitar-based arrangement before building into its climax with intense vocals by Williams. [4] Lyrically, the song addresses the aftermath of a failed relationship: at one point Williams agonizes that "you were at my wedding / you could’ve told me not to do it," a line delivered as a strained shout in the second verse. Writing for Rolling Stone, Maya Georgi explains that Williams’s voice on "Parachute" "strains with hurt". The arrangement grows "cacophonous and raging with regret" as the track progresses, underscoring the bitterness and sorrow in the lyrics. [4] [7]
"Parachute" received widespread praise from music critics and fans, often cited as a highlight of Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party.
Maya Georgi of Rolling Stone called the song "a summation of the heartbreak" that defines the album’s narrative, commending its unflinching lyrical honesty and Williams’s fierce vocal execution. [4] Georgi wrote that "Parachute" "packs its deepest blows" in Williams’s anguished second verse and described the track as "cacophonous and raging with regret", noting how it captures Williams at her most emotionally brave as a solo artist. [4] Writing for DIY, Sarah Jamieson praised the song for showing the complexity of grief, calling it a "thrashing gut-punch." [8] Laura Molloy from NME praised the track for its transition from "pensive piano" to a "cathartic rock anthem." [9]