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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Zac Farro Is One of One on Latest Solo Single ‘1'
Zac Farro can't replicate his own reality on his latest solo single, '1.' The song will appear on the Paramore and HalfNoise member's forthcoming solo album Operator, out July 18 via his own Congrats Records. ''1′ is a song about someone being completely and utterly unique,' Farro said in a statement. 'One of one, no carbon copy. When you're truly yourself it inspires others to be more themselves.' The record leans into psychedelic funk as he sings, 'All others scatter/It's mind over matter/I wanted to tell you how/It's you I can't live without/There's only one/Only one you.' More from Rolling Stone Paramore and HalfNoise's Zac Farro Announces Solo Album 'Operator' Billie Eilish Breaks, Mends Our Hearts With 'The Only Exception' Paramore Cover Hayley Williams Revives 'Self-Serenades' Series With Super Rare 'Jennifer's Body' Track The single arrives alongside an official video that pieces together photographs of the musician captured around New York City by Phoenix Johnson. '1' is the second offering from Operator, following the country-folk single 'My My.' 'We said, let's show up at the studio and see what happens. I've always had such a vision, even sometimes the name of an album, before I go in,' Farro said about the record he cut in Nashville with Josh Gilligan and Matt Chancey. 'This one was like, if we're together, the magic will reveal itself. And it did.' Operator follows Farro's work on HalfNoise's most recent record, City Talk, released in November 2023, and Paramore's latest full-length This Is Why, which arrived in February 2023. The album joins the Congrats Records indie release roster alongside Hannah Cohen's Earthstar Mountain and Grand Man, an unearthed album from Hayley Williams' grandfather Rusty Williams. 'I thought that it was a crime that these songs were sitting there on the shelf,' Farro said at the time. 'As a writer, he surprises me all the time because his voice is so good,' Williams told Rolling Stone about her longtime bandmate in 2023. 'He writes melodies that I get jealous of, and I'll be like, 'Goddammit, why didn't I say this in the song?'' Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked Solve the daily Crossword
Gulf Weekly
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Gulf Weekly
A musical dialogue
American musician Zac Farro drops his debut solo album Operator tomorrow. Primarily known as a founding member and the drummer of Grammy-winning rock band Paramore, the artist is now embarking on a new journey with nine tracks, which he initially 'did not have too much of a vision for' but they eventually came together while working in the studio with close friends and co-writers Josh Gilligan and Matt Chancey. Zac said that he let 'vibe and intuition guide him' without an overarching theme in mind, which led to creating a relatable body of work exploring shared human experiences such as anxieties, family issues and communication. 'We said, let's show up at the studio and see what happens,' the 35-year-old recalled. 'I've always had such a vision, even sometimes the name of an album, before I go in, this one was like, if we're together, the magic will reveal itself. And it did,' he added. The creative talent said that despite running a solo musical project titled HalfNoise, he chose to release the record under his own name due to it being his most personal creation, as it is expected to musically feature sounds inspired by 70's rock and psychedelic tunes the artist sought through his personal hard times. 'This record is an entire inner dialogue with myself, within myself, so it felt right to cut out the middleman and go 'This is Zac Farro'. It's exciting and it feels a lot more pointed,' he explained. The drummer embarked on his musical career with Paramore at the age of 14 in 2004; he departed from the band in 2010 to create HalfNoise. Seven years later, Zac returned as a drummer for Paramore, which currently consists of him alongside vocalist Hayley Williams and guitarist Taylor York. Under HalfNoise, Zac released five studio albums, with the latest one being City Talk in 2023. With Paramore, the drummer was involved in the band's entire discography with the exception of their 2013 self-titled album.
