Hayley Williams Has The Purest Reaction To 'After Laughter' YouTube Review

Paramore's fifth studio album, After Laughter, will be celebrating its fourth birthday this May and while it's critically-acclaimed, Hayley Williams has just tweeted about her favorite review of the album ever… and it's by two regular guys.

Let's back it up to the beginning. On Monday (January 11), Williams tweeted about discovering two friends, JT and Qajim, who uploaded reaction videos to YouTube and she fell in love with how they reacted to Paramore's music. “happiest sh*t i've seen on a screen in so long,” she tweeted at the time.

She then politely asked if the guys could review After Laughter and just two days later, her wish was granted. On Wednesday (January 13), the guys replied to Williams with the YouTube links and Williams' reaction to their reaction was the purest thing you'll see all day.

“These two make me SMILEEEEEEEEEE. forget all the reviews you ever read about After Laughter (and not for nothin cause there are some great ones)... but just watch this. best commentary on my favorite Paramore record to date,” she wrote. “Just watch and try not to smile (real happy).”

While JT and Qajim admitted they've already heard a few songs off the album, they would still give their honest reactions — and it really will make you smile!

Williams even noted that the guys' reaction to “26” really hit her hard. “The commentary on '26' had me choked up. thank y'all for listening and caring and spreading love,” she tweeted.

In the video, JT and Qajim are visibly moved by the lyrics and for JT, especially, he mentioned he was going to be “26” in a few days. “I guess you gotta just go through the motions and stuff just to get to good emotions to experience that and feel that and eventually, you'll be in a good place,“ JT said. “That's what I took from that [song]: just keep holding on.”

Photo: Courtesy of Lindsey Byrnes