Hayley Williams breaks down 6 influences behind 'Petals for Armor'

. "It's beautiful choreography, the lighting is really gorgeous, and of course the songs are...it's Thom Yorke!" Williams explains. "But that album came out [and] it reminded me that some of my favorite introspective artists still dance and move in a lot of different ways, and it gave me a nudge to remember movement and my body and to feel rhythms again.

"I think the start of my writing journey was very heavy, and it was like I was carrying two buckets of cement on either side, just kind of trying to get through the day," she says. "Once you're able to put those down and call them what they are, I think that I was lighter. I was so inspired by rhythm and percussion, and I needed that reminder."Petals for Armor

, is a reference to finding strength in femininity. While writing, Williams says she tried to immerse herself in distinctly female stories — like Estés's pioneering collection of folktales. "It was such a surprise to me," she says. "My life is mostly made up of dudes. I'm working around guys all the time. This was recommended to me by one of my girlfriends, and it just makes you feel less alone. It really explores the wild-woman archetype [and] women as these soulful, earthy creatures who are wild as wolves — and how wolves are a pack animal as well."

For Williams, who's been playing and recording with an all-male band since she was a teenager, going solo was an excuse to tap into her inner wild woman. "It's one of those things I compartmentalized because [I thought] I needed to be tougher," she says. "And in my mind, [after] being out on tour all those years and everything, tough didn't look feminine. [But] actually, I think it's more feminine.

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