Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Jack Antonoff, María Zardoya of the Marías and Role Model headlined Rolling Stone’s third annual Musicians on Musicians live event at New York’s Beacon Theatre. The 2025 edition brought together two pairings — Antonoff with Williams and Role Model with Zardoya — for an evening of discussion and live performances, hosted and moderated by “Saturday Night Live” star James Austin Johnson, who started off the evening joking about his Trump impressions and the “ballroom” that the Beacon would become under a future administration.
Role Model and Zardoya talked about viral success, the unpredictability of hit songs and how both acts have evolved from “bedroom pop” to headlining major venues. Zardoya called the band’s breakthrough song “No One Noticed” an “anti-hit” and talked about how an 84-year-old fan once told her, “I’ve never done drugs, but I think this song sounds like molly.” She then was joined by the Marías’ Josh Conway on guitar for a set that included “Sienna” and “No One Noticed,” then Role Model played a set featuring “Some Protector” and, of course, his hit, “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out.”
Following an intermission, Williams and Antonoff talked about music but also the political climate, . Williams, referencing her new solo album Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party, quipped, “Living in Nashville is the bachelor party.” Antonoff described touring America as “an exercise in an amazing darkness and an amazing hope,” while Williams praised Johnson’s satire as something that “helps us survive the worst times.”
Williams and Antonoff, accompanied by his band Bleachers, traded off songs and verses, opening with her “Mirtazapine” before plowing into several Bleachers songs and premiering a few from her recent solo album “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party,” as well as their new song together “Good Ol’ Days.
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From Variety US