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Hayley Williams confirms Morgan Wallen is the ‘racist country singer’ in her song

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Paramore co-founder and lead singer Hayley Williams has revealed that Morgan Wallen was the inspiration behind her “racist country singer” lyric.

On the titular track of her latest solo album, Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party, Williams, 36, sings: “I’ll be the biggest star / At this racist country singer’s bar.”

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