This Is Why#Re: This Is Why

In May 2017, Paramore released their fifth studio album After Laughter to critical acclaim.{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/after-laughter/paramore|title=Reviews and Tracks for After Laughter by Paramore|work=Metacritic|access-date=December 29, 2022}} The album saw the return of former drummer Zac Farro, who had left the band in 2010.{{cite web|first=Maeve|last=McDermott|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/04/19/paramore-return-surprise-new-single-hard-times-new-album-after-laughter/100647396/|title=Paramore return with surprise new single 'Hard Times'|work=USA Today|date=April 19, 2017|access-date=December 22, 2022}} The band toured in support of the album from June 2017 until September 2018. Following the conclusion of the After Laughter Tour, the members of Paramore took a break from writing and recording music for the band and worked on other endeavors. Hayley Williams featured on the American Football song "Uncomfortably Numb" in 2019{{cite web|first=Tim|last=Sendra|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/american-football-lp3-mw0003239155|title=American Football - American Football|work=AllMusic|access-date=December 29, 2022}} and released two solo albums, Petals for Armor (2020){{cite magazine|first=Claire|last=Shaffer|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hayley-williams-petals-for-armor-simmer-940942/|title=Hayley Williams Announces Solo LP 'Petals for Armor,' Shares 'Simmer'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 22, 2020|access-date=September 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524154922/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hayley-williams-petals-for-armor-simmer-940942/|archive-date=May 24, 2022|url-status=live}} and Flowers for Vases / Descansos (2021);{{cite web|first=Matthew|last=Strauss|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/hayley-williams-releases-new-album-flowers-for-vases-descansos-listen/|title=Hayley Williams Releases New Album Flowers for Vases / descansos|work=Pitchfork|date=February 5, 2021|access-date=September 28, 2022}} the former produced by Paramore guitarist Taylor York.{{cite web|first=Matt|last=Collar|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/petals-for-armor-mw0003356388/credits|title=Hayley Williams Petals for Armor AllMusic Credits|work=AllMusic|access-date=December 29, 2022}} She also pivoted her attention more towards her hair dye company Good Dye Young and hosted the weekly BBC Sounds series Everything Is Emo.{{cite web|first=David|last=Renshaw|url=https://www.thefader.com/2022/04/29/hayley-williams-paramore-bbc-podcast-everything-is-emo|title=Hayley Williams launches in-depth emo podcast Everything Is Emo|work=The Fader|date=April 29, 2022|access-date=December 29, 2022}} Farro continued his ongoing project HalfNoise, releasing an extended play – Flowerss (2018) – and two albums – Natural Disguise (2019) and Motif (2021).{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/2021/10/08/halfnoise-new-album-motif|title=HalfNoise announce new album 'Motif'|work=DIY|date=October 8, 2021|access-date=September 28, 2022}} Farro also recorded drums for the songs "Watch Me While I Bloom" and "Crystal Clear" from Williams' Petals for Armor{{cite web|first=Fiachra|last=Johnson|url=https://www.punktastic.com/album-reviews/hayley-williams-petals-for-armor/|title=Hayley Williams – 'Petals For Armor'|work=Punktastic|date=May 11, 2020|access-date=February 10, 2023}} and released an EP under his own name titled Zafari (2020).{{cite web|first=Matthew|last=Strauss|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Paramores-Zac-Farro-Drops-Surprise-Reggae-Influenced-Zafari-EP-20200822|title=Paramore's Zac Farro Drops Surprise Reggae-Influenced 'Zafari' EP|work=BroadwayWorld|date=August 22, 2020|access-date=February 10, 2023}}

Discussions about a sixth Paramore album began in 2020 while Williams was promoting Petals for Armor. Williams hinted that the band's next album would be more guitar-driven, stating, "We've found ourselves listening to a lot of older music that we grew up being inspired by."{{cite web|first=Nick|last=Reilly|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/hayley-williams-says-paramore-will-return-to-pop-punk-on-next-album-2666039|title=Hayley Williams on Paramore's next album: "We've found ourselves listening to a lot of older music"|work=NME|date=May 11, 2020|access-date=September 28, 2022}} She further commented on the sound of the album in 2022, likening it to Bloc Party: “From day one, Bloc Party was the number one reference because there was such an urgency to their sound that was different to the fast punk or the pop-punk or the like, loud wall of sound emo bands that were happening in the early 2000s.”{{cite web|first=Ali|last=Shutler|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-new-paramore-album-is-influenced-by-bloc-party-says-hayley-williams-3280084|title=The new Paramore album is influenced by Bloc Party, says Hayley Williams|work=NME|date=July 30, 2022|access-date=September 28, 2022}} In January 2022, the band confirmed they had entered the studio to work on their sixth album.{{cite magazine|first=Jon|last=Blistein|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/paramore-new-album-interview-update-1282239/|title=Paramore Are Back in the Studio for Their First Album in Five Years|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 11, 2022|access-date=September 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408053947/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/paramore-new-album-interview-update-1282239/|archive-date=April 8, 2022|url-status=live}}

This Is Why is the band's first album to have a title track. Logan Gourlay of Rock Sound called it a "jittery post-punk record" and noted Foals, Bloc Party and Talking Heads influences.{{cite web|first=Logan|last=Gourlay|url=https://rocksound.tv/artists/paramore-triumph-with-an-explosively-political-and-personal-album-this-is-why|title=Paramore triumph with an explosively political and personal album, 'This Is Why' review|work=Rock Sound|date=February 10, 2023|access-date=February 10, 2023|archive-date=February 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210165104/https://rocksound.tv/artists/paramore-triumph-with-an-explosively-political-and-personal-album-this-is-why|url-status=dead}} George Griffiths of the Official Charts Company described the album as a "confidently jagged, hard post-punk soundscape."{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/paramore-and-hayley-williams-official-top-20-biggest-songs-in-the-uk-revealed__38552/|title=Paramore and Hayley Williams' Official Top 20 biggest songs in the UK revealed|publisher=Official Charts Company|last=Griffiths|first=George|date=February 16, 2023|access-date=February 16, 2023}} Meredith Jenks and Christine Werthman of Billboard have described the album as "a tight, post-punk juggernaut that zeroes in on pandemic-fueled anxieties".{{cite magazine|first1=Meredith|last1=Jenks|first2=Christine|last2=Werthman|url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/paramore-photos-2023-billboard-cover-1235200728/|title=Paramore: Photos From the Billboard Cover Shoot|magazine=Billboard|date=January 19, 2023|access-date=January 20, 2023|quote=But the group’s sixth album, This Is Why — a tight, post-punk juggernaut that zeroes in on pandemic-fueled anxieties, scheduled for release Feb. 10 — marks the first time the lineup has been consistent between two albums, as well as the end of its contract with Atlantic Records, the only label the band has ever known.}} Similarly, Arielle Gordon from Pitchfork characterized the album as "jittery, crackling post-punk."{{cite web|first=Arielle|last=Gordon|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/paramore-this-is-why/|title=Paramore: This Is Why Album Review|work=Pitchfork|date=February 10, 2023|access-date=February 10, 2023}} Andrew Sacher at BrooklynVegan claimed the album has "twitchy" dance-punk "all over [it]."{{cite web|first=Andrew|last=Sacher|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/on-this-is-why-paramore-sound-like-the-band-theyve-always-wanted-to-be-review/|title=On 'This Is Why,' Paramore sound like the band they've always wanted to be (review)|work=BrooklynVegan|date=February 10, 2023|access-date=February 10, 2023}} Wesley McLean of Exclaim considered the album to be "deeply rooted in post-punk and art punk traditions."{{cite web|first=Wesley|last=McLean|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/paramore_make_their_case_on_the_fantastic_this_is_why|title=Paramore: Paramore Make Their Case on the Fantastic 'This Is Why'|work=Exclaim!|date=February 10, 2023|access-date=February 10, 2023}} According to Alexis Petridis of The Guardian, "[the album] stirs 00s alt-rock into the mix: the band have mentioned Bloc Party and Foals as influences."{{cite web|first=Alexis|last=Petridis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/09/paramore-this-is-why-review-deft-songs-of-millennial-malaise|title=Paramore: This Is Why review – deft songs of millennial malaise|work=The Guardian|date=February 9, 2023|access-date=February 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209125420/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/09/paramore-this-is-why-review-deft-songs-of-millennial-malaise|archive-date=February 9, 2023|url-status=live}} Ims Taylor of Clash stated that "Paramore opt for simple, striking, and forceful on ‘This Is Why’, keeping in that New Wave tradition of punchy phrases iterated and reiterated, through vivid guitar countermelodies, offbeat punctuation and pointed lyrical looping of lyrics that go beyond verse chorus verse chorus, searing each song's character into your mind indelibly."{{cite news|first=Ims|last=Taylor|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/paramore-this-is-why/|title=Paramore – This Is Why|work=Clash|date=February 10, 2023|access-date=February 10, 2023}} The Sydney Morning Herald noted that "the album’s last three tracks swirl around a dream-pop axis."{{cite web|author1=Annabel Ross|author2=Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/shania-twain-s-comeback-album-proves-she-s-still-the-one-20230131-p5cgqx.html|title=Back at their best: This is why Paramore influenced a generation|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=February 3, 2023|access-date=February 10, 2023}} According to Chris Thiessen of Under the Radar, "The back half of the album feels tonally different from the front, more personal and relational and coming closer to their pop-punk roots."{{cite web|first=Chris|last=Thiessen|url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/this_is_why_paramore|title=Paramore: This Is Why (Atlantic) - review|work=Under the Radar|date=February 9, 2023|access-date=February 9, 2023}} Maximo David of Boolin Tunes states "any notion that This Is Why is Paramore 'returning to their roots,' or whatever a number of pundits may have purported over the years is almost unequivocally false."{{cite web|first=David|last=Maximo|url=https://boolintunes.com/reviews/album-review-paramore-this-is-why/|title=Album Review: Paramore – This Is Why|work=Boolin Tunes|date=February 10, 2023|access-date=February 11, 2023}}

{{main|This Is Why Tour}}

In September 2022, Paramore archived all posts on their official Instagram page and unveiled a new design for the website. The site featured a timeline of several dates throughout the month that would be updated each date.{{Cite web|first=Jordan|last=Blum|url=https://loudwire.com/paramore-share-enigmatic-song-sample-launch-schedule-fans-react/|title=Paramore Share Enigmatic Song Sample + Launch Schedule, Fans React|work=Loudwire|date=September 11, 2022|access-date=September 28, 2022}} These dates saw the launch of the band's official Discord server, the announcement of new tour dates in Los Angeles and New York City, and video snippets of the band working on new material. On September 16, the band announced their first new single in four years, "This Is Why", which was released on September 28.{{Cite web|first=Quinn|last=Moreland|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/paramore-announce-this-is-why-first-new-song-in-5-years/|title=Paramore Announce "This Is Why," First New Song in 5 Years|work=Pitchfork|date=September 16, 2022 |access-date=September 28, 2022}} The same day as the single's release, the band announced the album of the same name to be released on February 10, 2023.{{cite web|first=Matthew Ismael|last=Ruiz|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/paramore-announce-new-album-this-is-why-share-video-watch/|title=Paramore Announce New Album This Is Why, Share Video|work=Pitchfork|date=September 28, 2022|access-date=September 28, 2022}} Paramore performed the single on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on November 4.{{cite web |first=Alex |last=Gallgher |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/paramore-this-is-why-tonight-show-jimmy-fallon-3342719|title=Watch Paramore play 'This Is Why' on 'Fallon'|work=NME |date=November 4, 2022|access-date=December 29, 2022}} On December 8, 2022, the band released the second single, "The News".{{cite web |first=Emily |last=Carter |url=https://www.kerrang.com/paramore-to-release-new-single-the-news-this-week|title=Paramore to release new single The News this week|work=Kerrang! |date=December 5, 2022|access-date=December 22, 2022}}{{cite web |first=Rob |last=Arcand |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-paramore-video-for-new-song-the-news/|title=Watch Paramore's Video for New Song "The News"|work=Pitchfork |date=December 8, 2022|access-date=December 22, 2022}} The third single, "C'est Comme Ça" was released on January 12.{{cite magazine |first=Tom |last=Skinner |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/paramore-tease-new-single-cest-comme-ca-video-watch-25676/|title= Paramore tease new single 'C'est Comme Ça', coming this week|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 9, 2023|access-date=January 9, 2023}}{{cite web |first=Hollie |last=Geraghty |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-paramore-tease-new-song-cest-comme-ca-3377218|title=Listen to Paramore tease new song 'C'est Comme Ca'|work=NME |date=January 9, 2023|access-date=January 9, 2023}} The band embarked on a brief tour beginning in October, including headlining slots at the Austin City Limits and When We Were Young festivals.{{cite web |first=Jazz |last=Monroe |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/paramore-announce-fall-2022-north-american-tour/|title=Paramore Announce Fall 2022 North American Tour|work=Pitchfork|date=July 15, 2022|access-date=September 28, 2022}}{{cite magazine |first=Gil |last=Kaufman |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/concerts/2022-austin-city-limits-festival-lineup-1235068983/|title=Red Hot Chili Peppers, P!nk, Lil Nas X, Paramore to Headline 2022 Austin City Limits Festival|magazine=Billboard|date=May 10, 2022|access-date=September 28, 2022}}{{cite web |first=Elizabeth |last=Aubrey|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/paramore-announce-return-group-to-headline-when-we-were-young-festival-alongside-my-chemical-romance-3140785 |title=Paramore announce return: Band to headline When We Were Young festival alongside My Chemical Romance|work=NME|date=January 18, 2022 |access-date=September 28, 2022}} On February 6, 2023, the band debuted the song "Running Out of Time" at their album release show in Nashville.{{cite web|first=Neville|last=Hardman|url=https://www.altpress.com/paramore-running-out-of-time-listen/|title=Watch Paramore debut new song "Running Out Of Time" in Nashville|work=Alternative Press|date=February 7, 2023|access-date=February 9, 2023}}{{cite web|first=Tom|last=Breihan|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2213126/watch-paramore-debut-new-song-running-out-of-time-play-live-rarities-at-ryman-auditorium/news/|title=Watch Paramore Debut New Song "Running Out Of Time" & Play Live Rarities At Ryman Auditorium|work=Stereogum|date=February 7, 2023|access-date=February 9, 2023}} On February 16, 2023, the band released a music video for the album's fourth single, "Running Out of Time".{{cite magazine|first=Starr|last=Bowenbank|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/paramore-running-out-of-time-video-1235255238/|title=Watch Paramore Get Stuck in a Trippy, Alternate Reality in 'Running Out of Time' Video|magazine=Billboard|date=February 16, 2023|access-date=February 16, 2023}} On March 1, 2024, a music video for "Thick Skull" was released.{{cite magazine|first=James|last=Wilson-Taylor|url=https://rocksound.tv/news/paramore-music-video-thick-skull|title=Watch: Paramore Unveil Music Video For 'This Is Why' Track 'Thick Skull'|magazine=Rock Sound|date=March 1, 2024|access-date=March 1, 2024}}

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 8.4/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/13545/Paramore-This-Is-Why.aspx|title=This Is Why by Paramore reviews|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=February 20, 2023}}

| MC = 85/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/this-is-why/paramore|title=This Is Why by Paramore Reviews and Tracks|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=March 9, 2023}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|first=Matt|last=Collar|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-is-why-mw0003823198|title=Paramore – This Is Why Album Reviews, Songs & More|work=AllMusic|date=February 10, 2023|access-date=February 10, 2023}}

| rev2 = Clash

| rev2score = 9/10

| rev3 = Evening Standard

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|first=David|last=Smyth|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/paramore-this-is-why-album-review-hayley-williams-b1058900.html|title=Paramore: This is Why album review – grab onto this excellent collection|work=Evening Standard|date=February 10, 2023|access-date=February 10, 2023}}

| rev4 = Exclaim!

| rev4score = 9/10

| rev5 = The Guardian

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev6 = Kerrang!

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|first=Sam|last=Law|url=https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-paramore-hayley-williams-taylor-york-zac-farro-this-is-why|title=Album review: Paramore – This Is Why|work=Kerrang!|date=February 10, 2023|access-date=February 10, 2023}}

| rev7 = The Line of Best Fit

| rev7score = 9/10{{cite web|first=Steven|last=Loftin|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/albums/paramore-this-is-why-dance-away-stress|title=Paramore dance away the stress of modern living on This Is Why|work=The Line of Best Fit|date=February 10, 2023|access-date=February 10, 2023}}

| rev8 = NME

| rev8score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|first=Sophie|last=Williams|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/paramore-this-is-why-album-review-3393080|title=Paramore – 'This Is Why' review: the triumphant sound of a band reborn|work=NME|date=February 10, 2023|access-date=February 10, 2023}}

| rev9 = Pitchfork

| rev9score = 6.3/10

| rev10 = The Sydney Morning Herald

| rev10score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}

}}

This Is Why received widespread acclaim upon release. The album holds a score of 85 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic, based on 20 critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Writing for AllMusic, Matt Collar wrote that the album "[pulls] the artistic and emotional threads of their career into a cohesive, ardent whole." Ims Taylor of Clash praised the songwriting stating, "It's a disservice...to call any Paramore album the 'most' anything...But something about the songwriting on This Is Why are undeniably the most something, Williams both elegant and sandpaper-coarse, depending on what is called for." Sarah Jamieson of DIY called the album "another bold and brilliant transformation for the trio" with a "real sense of self-assuredness" that is "Paramore's most ambitious record yet".{{cite web|first=Sarah|last=Jamieson|url=https://diymag.com/review/album/paramore-this-is-why|title=Paramore – This Is Why review|work=DIY|date=February 10, 2023|access-date=February 10, 2023}} Writing for Evening Standard, David Smyth felt that the album "ranges from volcanic energy to slower tracks that suggest an appealing maturity."

Wesley McLean of Exclaim! called it "a record deeply rooted in post-punk and art punk traditions", and "Paramore's most mature release to date." Alexis Petridis of The Guardian wrote that on the album, "the agitated drumming and angular guitars meld with the big riffs and stop-start dynamics of pop-punk and an acute understanding of pop songcraft", concluding that it "tackles millennial malaise really well and realistically". Writing for Kerrang!, Sam Law opined that "the songwriting of these 10 tracks feel like a natural evolution" from the songs on After Laughter: "slightly older, slightly wiser, quite a lot more outraged at the state of the world". Law felt that Williams "tap[s] into the heightened version of her real persona" on This Is Why and commented that it is "remarkable how distinctly Paramore this still sounds". According to Steven Loftin writing for The Line of Best Fit, "Like all good jangling indie bops, beneath the fluctuations of chipper notes swims a dark underbelly, and This Is Why relishes in this fact."

Reviewing the album for NME, Sophie Williams found it to be "as in tune with the textures of today's forward-thinking rock as much as it is a love letter to Paramore's brilliantly caustic early days", with "some of their most fearless songwriting to date" and the band having "uncovered a new warmth". Arielle Gordon of Pitchfork wrote that "Instead of regurgitating the gnarled mall punk of their previous records", Paramore "reach for the propulsive sounds of post-punk" on the album, but found it to be "front-loaded with [...] lyrical missteps and ironies that would make Alanis Morissette roll her eyes" and the anger displayed in the lyrics "too lazy and too late". Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen of The Sydney Morning Herald described the album as a "reintroduction to a band that's back with a new maturity and sense of purpose." Chris Thiessen of Under the Radar noted that the album "suffers slightly from front-loading imbalance" but still felt that the album was "well executed...and offers a glimpse into the ways we've all had to deal with the universal and the particular simultaneously in these last few years."

In June 2023, Alternative Press published an unranked list of the top 25 albums of the year to date and included this release, calling it "anything but reserved" as the band "boldly and artfully dig into politics, discomfort, and mental health while finding a funkier, more complex musical canvas with which to explore and express themselves freely".{{Cite magazine |language=en-US |magazine=Alternative Press |issn=1065-1667 |url=https://www.altpress.com/best-albums-2023/ |title=25 best albums of 2023 so far |date=2023-06-23 |accessdate=2023-10-25}} In December 2023, NME ranked the album as the fifth-best of the year.{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/best-albums-2023-3554171 |title=The best albums of 2023 |website=NME |date=8 December 2023 |access-date=10 December 2023}}

All tracks written by Hayley Williams, Taylor York, and Zac Farro. All tracks produced by Carlos de la Garza.

{{Track listing

| headline = This Is Why track listing{{cite web |last=Holden |first=Finlay |date=October 3, 2022 |title=Paramore's tour merch has revealed the tracklist for their upcoming record, 'This is Why' |url=https://readdork.com/news/paramore-this-is-why-tracklist-reveal/ |website=Dork |language=en-US |access-date=December 29, 2022}}

| title1 = This Is Why

| length1 = 3:27

| title2 = The News

| length2 = 3:07

| title3 = Running Out of Time

| length3 = 3:12

| title4 = C'est Comme Ça

| length4 = 2:29

| title5 = Big Man, Little Dignity

| length5 = 4:20

| title6 = You First

| length6 = 4:05

| title7 = Figure 8

| length7 = 3:24

| title8 = Liar

| length8 = 4:21

| title9 = Crave

| length9 = 3:55

| title10 = Thick Skull

| length10 = 3:52

| total_length = 36:12

}}

Credits retrieved from album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title= This Is Why|year=2023|type=booklet|publisher=Atlantic}}

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Paramore

• Hayley Williams – vocals, percussion, piano, recording (all tracks), backing vocals (track 1)
• Taylor York – guitars, keyboards, programming, vibraphone, glockenspiel, recording (all tracks), backing vocals (track 1)
• Zac Farro – drums, percussion, keyboards, programming, vibraphone, glockenspiel, recording (all tracks), backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, and 4)

Additional musicians

• Carlos de la Garza – production (all tracks), backing vocals (track 1)
• Brian Robert Jones – bass guitar
• Henry Solomon – bass clarinet, clarinet, flute, alto flute
• Phil Danyew – keyboards, programming
• Elke – backing vocals (track 5)

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Technical

• Emerson Mancini – mastering
• Manny Marroquin – mixing
• Harriet Tam – engineering
• Zach Pereya – mixing assistance
• Anthony Vilchis – mixing assistance
• Trey Station – mixing assistance
• Scott Moore – engineering assistance
• Kyle McAulay – engineering assistance
• Patrick Kehrier – engineering assistance
• Joey Mullen – drum technician
• Erik Bailey – guitar technician
• Joanne Almeida – guitar technician

Artwork

• Iamsound – art direction
• Zachary Gray – photography
• Fisk – graphic design

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Re: This Is Why is the first remix album by American rock band Paramore, released on October 6, 2023.{{cite web|first=Eddie|last=Fu|url=https://consequence.net/2023/10/paramore-remix-album-re-this-is-why/|title=Paramore Announce Remix Album Re: This Is Why|work=Consequence|date=October 2, 2023|access-date=October 2, 2023}}{{cite web|author=Tyler Damara Kelly|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/paramore-announce-almost-a-remix-album-re-this-is-why|title=Paramore announce "almost a remix album", Re: This Is Why|work=The Line of Best Fit|date=October 2, 2023|access-date=October 2, 2023}} Described as "almost a remix album", Re: This Is Why features reworked, remixed, and rewritten versions of songs from the band's 2023 album This Is Why, as well as an unreleased demo from the After Laughter recording sessions. It is the band's final release on Atlantic Records.

Paramore began teasing Re: This Is Why in late September 2023,{{cite magazine|first=Rania|last=Aniftos|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/paramore-this-is-why-teaser-video-1235420691/|title=Paramore Is Teasing Something 'This Is Why' Related|magazine=Billboard|date=September 5, 2023|access-date=October 2, 2023}} posting audio snippets from the album on their official Discord server. The album was officially announced on October 2.

In an interview at The New Yorker Festival, the band teased towards a collaboration with David Byrne that was not included on the album.{{Cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |date=2023-10-07 |title=Paramore Have A David Byrne Rework Coming Too |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2238405/paramore-have-a-david-byrne-rework-coming-too/news/ |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=Stereogum |language=en}} This was later revealed to be a cover of the band's 2017 single "Hard Times" performed by Byrne, released in April 2024.

{{Track listing

| headline = Re: This Is Why track listing{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=October 4, 2023 |title=Paramore Detail This Is Why Remix Album Featuring Panda Bear, Romy, Bartees Strange, and More |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/paramore-detail-this-is-why-remix-album-featuring-panda-bear-romy-bartees-strange/ |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US |access-date=October 4, 2023}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = This Is Why

| note1 = Re: Foals

| writer1 = Jimmy Smith

| extra1 = Smith

| length1 = 5:52

| title2 = The News

| note2 = Re: The Linda Lindas

| writer2 = {{Hlist|Bela Salazar|Eloise Wong|Lucia de la Garza|Mila de la Garza|Carlos de la Garza}}

| extra2 = C. De la Garza

| length2 = 3:26

| title3 = Running Out of Time

| note3 = Re: Panda Bear

| writer3 = Noah Lennox

| extra3 = Panda Bear

| length3 = 4:24

| title4 = Running Out of Time

| note4 = Re: Zane Lowe

| writer4 = Lowe

| extra4 = Lowe

| length4 = 4:45

| title5 = C'est Comme Ça

| note5 = Re: Wet Leg

| writer5 = {{Hlist|Rhian Teasdale|Hester Chambers}}

| extra5 = Chloe Kraemer

| length5 = 2:25

| title6 = Big Man, Little Dignity

| note6 = Re: Domi and JD Beck

| writer6 = {{Hlist|Domitille Degall|James Denis Beck}}

| extra6 = Domi and JD Beck

| length6 = 3:00

| title7 = You First

| note7 = Re: Remi Wolf

| writer7 = {{Hlist|Wolf|Jared Solomon}}

| extra7 = {{Hlist|Wolf|Solomonophonic}}

| length7 = 3:54

| title8 = Figure 8

| note8 = Re: Bartees Strange

| writer8 = {{Hlist|Bartees Cox Jr.|Chris Connors}}

| extra8 = {{Hlist|Strange|Connors}}

| length8 = 3:36

| title9 = Liar

| note9 = Re: Romy

| writer9 = {{Hlist|Romy Madley Croft}}

| extra9 = {{Hlist|Romy|Francine Perry{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length9 = 4:37

| title10 = Crave

| note10 = Re: Claud

| writer10 = Claud Mintz

| extra10 = {{Hlist|Claud|Bram Inscore}}

| length10 = 3:30

| title11 = Thick Skull

| note11 = Re: Julien Baker

| writer11 = Baker

| extra11 = {{Hlist||Baker|Calvin Lauber}}

| length11 = 4:54

| title12 = Sanity

| note12 = demo

| extra12 = York

| length12 = 3:31

| total_length = 47:59

| all_writing = Hayley Williams, Taylor York, and Zac Farro. Additional writers are listed below.

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{{Track listing

| headline = Additional track reissue

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title12 = Sanity

| note12 = Re: Jack Antonoff

| writer12 = Antonoff

| extra12 = {{Hlist|Antonoff|C. De la Garza{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| title13 = Sanity

| note13 = demo

| length13 = 3:31

| extra13 = York

| length12 = 3:27

| total_length = 51:26

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• {{small|{{note|a|a}}}} signifies an additional producer

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|relyear=2023|certyear=2024|title=This Is Why|artist=Paramore|type=album|award=Silver|id=19901-635-2|access-date=April 19, 2024}}

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{{Grammy Award for Best Rock Album}}

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