Singer Hayley Williams, best known as the lead vocalist of rock band Paramore, opened her fall U.S. tour with a profane political declaration aimed at President Donald Trump.
The onstage outburst came before concertgoers on Thursday evening in West Palm Beach, Florida, as reported by Breitbart.
Williams delivered the message at the start of her 2026 “The Hayley Williams Show” U.S. tour. The performance took place at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheater.
“Be safe, take care of yourself, look out for each other, and fuck Donald Trump,” Williams told the audience. Her comment marked the opening of the tour and immediately injected politics into the live show.
The Thursday remarks were not the first time the “Airplanes” singer had used a performance to make profane political statements.
Williams had delivered similarly blunt declarations from another stage just months earlier.
In May, Williams performed at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California. During that concert, she proclaimed “Fuck ICE” and “Free Palestine” while performing her 2025 song, “Ice In My OJ.”
“I got ice in my OJ, I’m a cold, hard bitch,” the 37-year-old sang during the song. She then added, “Fuck ICE” while holding up her middle finger.
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The remark was a clear reference to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Williams paired that message with another political declaration as she continued the performance.
“A lot of dumb motherfuckers that I made rich,” the Paramore frontwoman continued singing. She then exclaimed, “and free Palestine!” before the audience at the Oakland venue.
Hayley Williams says “Fuck ICE” and “Free Palestine” at her show last night in Oakland, CA pic.twitter.com/EpOdisLseQ
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Video from the performance was later posted to X, where social media users entered the comment section to criticize the “Stay The Night” singer.
The responses quoted in the post were sharply dismissive of Williams and her political messaging.
“White liberal women are the fucking worst,” one X user reacted. The comment attacked Williams following the circulation of the concert footage.
Another user offered a similarly harsh assessment of the singer. “She used to be cool now she’s a joke,” the user said in response to the video.
Williams also addressed who should feel accepted at her concerts last year. She announced that “all are welcome” at her shows, but then added a qualification directed at people whose views she opposed.
The singer said she hoped fans who “harbor harmful ideologies” would feel unwelcome at her concerts.
That addition undercut the broad invitation by identifying a group she did not want to feel comfortable at the shows.
Williams faced another controversy in 2024, when she was accused of fostering a toxic workplace.
The accusation came during the same year that she stopped a performance to launch into another partisan political rant.
During that halted performance, Williams claimed that President Donald Trump wants to “punish” poor people. The claim was delivered without evidence as part of her onstage political commentary.
Her latest declaration continued the approach seen during the Oakland performance and the 2024 interruption.
Once again, Williams used time before a concert audience to direct profane criticism at Trump and promote political messages.
The opening night of the 2026 “The Hayley Williams Show” U.S. tour therefore put her politics front and center.
Before moving further into the fall tour, Williams had already made her position unmistakable to the crowd in West Palm Beach.
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