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Paramore was in the news a lot late last year due to the
very publicized, likely very un-fun departure of two members. The band, however, is back
with a new lineup, playing shows, and, from the sounds of this tour
diary from front woman Hayley Williams, feeling stronger than ever. Even
better, Hayley will be blogging for PAPERMAG over the next few weeks as
the band tours around the world. Take it away, Hayley!
Hong
Kong, China. August 11-14th
We kicked off our shortest tour ever in Hong Kong a few days
ago. It
quickly became one of my favorite cities on my admittedly long
list of
favorite cities. After 14 hours sucking in recycled airplane air, I
figured I'd be
worthless once we'd arrived but we all slept good and were ready
to party
after we landed. A big group of us walked around the city and
found this
really rad Thai food joint. We stood at the entrance for about 10
minutes
deciding on whether or not our first meal in China was really
going to be Thai. Everyone finally agreed that China is closer to
Thailand than America and therefore was going to be MUCH better than
what we were accustomed to. It totally
was and we were pretty pleased with ourselves. We left and walked
around a
little more. I had a Pineapple-mango boba tea and then, of course,
I found a little
dress shop. I happened upon the cheapest greatest tank dress with a
rib cage on it. I had the guys talk me into buying it so I
wouldn't feel
as guilty about buying something for me before finding souvenirs
for
friends and family. They were very supportive and I was like,
"Yay."
The next day was full-on adventure time. (Speaking of, does
anyone else watch Adventure Time With Finn and Jake? Yes? Amazing). The
guys and I and some of our tour family set out to find the cable cars that go up to the enormous
Tian Tan Buddha in Ngong Ping. We walked a couple miles, rode the train for about a half
hour and made it to the Ngong Ping 360. We chose to ride a car with a
glass floor which, if you ask me, was just an incredibly reckless
decision. It was one of the most breathtaking views I've ever seen...but then we started hearing a scratchy,
stalling sound coming from our car and I was pretty sure I was a goner. Spoiler alert: We're
still alive so it was all good. There were waterfalls below our feet and
the forests and the mountains were so green it was like something out of
Lord of the Rings! If the thought of hanging by a thread from the sky
didn't make me want to cry then I'd never have wanted to leave that
car.
We finally got to the entrance of the Po Lin Monastery and the
Big Buddha. While most of the guys hightailed it up all the steep stairs
to Buddha, I trailed behind and checked out all the souvenirs and little
stores on the way. I bought a kimono dress and a million things to take back
to home to my loved ones. After we had all marveled hard at the monastery and
the incredibly large Buddha, we talked about how old all of this must have
been. Everyone was so excited to visit a new place and see a part of their
history rather than just the backstage of one of their venues. Later, no
thanks to Google, we found out that Big Buddha was built in 1990 so...
yeah... so much for ancient history. Then again, Taylor and I weren't even
3-years-old yet so what do we know about these things? Really.
As
if all of these things weren't the greatest, our first show in Hong
Kong was amazing! It felt good to be so far from home and feel that
welcome. The crowd was so loud! If I know our fans even a little bit, I
know someone from the show is reading this right now. So, I want to say,
thanks to you from all of us. It was such a successful first trip to
China and we can't wait to come back.
Oh look, I wrote another long one.
--Hayley

2011年08月25日 04点08分 1