Paramore singer Hayley Williams told a New York audience that “the greatest threat to American democracy is Christian nationalism,” a remark that resurfaced online this week after a clip of it circulated on social media.
Ms. Williams made the comment during a Sept. 16 performance at Forest Hills Stadium, shortly before playing “True Believer,” according to the Daily Caller. The song comes from her 2025 solo album “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party” and addresses religious hypocrisy, racism and gentrification in the American South, according to the Daily Caller and International Business Times.
A post sharing the clip on Sunday described Ms. Williams as saying Christians are the greatest threat to democracy. Her wording referred to Christian nationalism, and she did not describe Christians generally as the threat.
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During the same show, Ms. Williams shouted an expletive-laced criticism of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and “Free Palestine,” and she urged fans to vote in November. She did not name a candidate or party.
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