Daydreaming (Paramore song)

Hayley Williams has called the song "a total rip of 'Dreaming' by Blondie."{{citation |first=Melena |last=Ryzik |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/arts/music/hayley-williams-of-paramore-on-her-new-album.html?_r=0 |title=Growing Up on a Musical Diet of Presley and Blondie |work=The New York Times |date=12 April 2013 |accessdate=27 March 2016}} Stylistically, "Daydreaming" has been described as alternative rock,{{cite web|last=Angeles |first=Jana |url=http://renownedforsound.com/index.php/single-review-paramore-daydreaming/|title=Single Review: Paramore – 'Daydreaming' |publisher=Renowned for Sound |date=2013-12-03 |accessdate=2014-06-18}} pop rock,{{cite web|first=Cynthia|last=Todd |url=http://www.dailynebraskan.com/arts_and_entertainment/new-paramore-album-experiments-but-keeps-within-the-genre/article_2837e89e-a0bc-11e2-a48e-001a4bcf6878.html|title=New Paramore album experiments, but keeps within the genre|date=9 April 2013 |publisher=dailynebraskan.com}} power pop{{cite web|url=https://www.axs.com/news/paramore-rocks-out-in-london-with-daydreaming-music-video-34351|title=Paramore rocks out in London with 'Daydreaming' music video|publisher=axs}} and dream pop.{{cite web|url=https://rantingaboutmusic.com/2013/07/27/double-album-review-paramore-paramore-and-fall-out-boy-save-rock-and-roll/|title=Double Album Review: Paramore – Paramore and Fall Out Boy – Save Rock and Roll|date=27 July 2013|publisher=}}

The song received mostly positive reviews from critics. AbsolutePunk regards "Daydreaming" as a song that "channels The Smashing Pumpkins at their prettiest in a cool way."{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=120967261#post120967261 |title=Paramore - Paramore - Album Review |publisher=AbsolutePunk.net |date=2013-04-09 |accessdate=2013-11-05}} According to Billboard, the song is "...not as whimsical as its subject matter, but solid nonetheless."{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1556626/paramore-paramore-track-by-track-review |title=Paramore, 'Paramore': Track-By-Track Review |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=2013-11-05}} MTV Buzzworthy describes the song as a throwback to 1990's dream pop, saying "When the chorus hits, it's a thunderclap."{{cite web|url=http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2013/04/10/paramore-paramore-track-by-track-review/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412234431/http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2013/04/10/paramore-paramore-track-by-track-review/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 12, 2013 |title=Paramore, 'Paramore': Track-By-Track Review |publisher=Buzzworthy.mtv.com |date=2013-04-10 |accessdate=2013-11-05}} Popdust rates the song a 4/5, saying "The song’s sugar-rush bridge, which is capped by a grandiose rush of riffs and guitars, seems not only designed for maximum lighter (or phone)-hoisting, it’s plush enough for Williams’ song-ending assertion that she’s all right to sound like it’s being issued from a safe place fashioned by the crashing music that preceded it."{{cite web|author=Maura Johnston |author-link=Maura Johnston |url=http://popdust.com/2013/04/10/paramore-daydreaming-paramore-review/ |title=Paramore's "Paramore" Reviewed: "Daydreaming" |work=Popdust |date=2012-09-29 |accessdate=2013-11-05}}

At Renowned for Sound, Jana Angeles regarded it as a "solid track", saying "...it's fantastic to see how the band have emerged from being a pop punk band into a band that isn't afraid to challenge themselves by experimenting in other musical genres." Ed Masley at The Arizona Republic ranked it as the 5th best Paramore song, commenting "Does it sound a little like a female-fronted Goo Goo Dolls in "Iris" mode? It does. But in a good way."{{cite web|url=http://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/08/07/paramore-best-songs-playlist-twilight/13434361/|title=Playlist: 15 best Paramore songs, 'Twilight' to now|date=August 7, 2014|publisher=|accessdate=January 5, 2015}}

The music video was released on November 5, 2013 and premiered on UK.MSN.com.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/paramore_to_release_daydreaming_music_video_tomorrow |title=Paramore to release "Daydreaming" music video tomorrow - Alternative Press |publisher=Altpress.com |date=2013-11-01 |accessdate=2013-11-05}}{{cite web |url=http://news.uk.msn.com/video-clips?videoid=c2e2ff96-f8d6-4638-98c3-0460c0d0ed10&ap=True |title=Exclusive music video: Paramore - Daydreaming |publisher=News.uk.msn.com |date= |accessdate=2013-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105144849/http://news.uk.msn.com/video-clips?videoid=c2e2ff96-f8d6-4638-98c3-0460c0d0ed10&ap=True |archive-date=2013-11-05 |url-status=dead }}

The video shows footage from the band's Wembley Arena show. Outside of the footage, the video shows two girls (one blonde and one brunette) getting ready to fly to London to see Paramore live they then do some sight seeing. Once they arrive to the venue, they sneak in backstage where the band members are shown. They eventually get to the concert to watch the band perform.{{cite magazine|author=Kory Grow |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/paramore-go-daydreaming-in-new-video-20131106 |title=Paramore Release Video for 'Daydreaming' - Video |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=2013-11-06 |accessdate=2013-11-12}}

As of March 2022, the song has 16 million views on YouTube.

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