Last year, Hayley Williams told the crowd at Paramore’s Atlantic City performance, “If you vote for Ron DeSantis, you’re fucking dead to me.” On Friday, the band played the iHeartRadio Music Festival and the singer had some words about Trump.

In Vegas, Williams took a pause from singing “Big Man, Little Dignity” to say, “Project 2025 is Donald Trump’s playbook for controlling and punishing women, poor people, people of color, and the LGBTQ community. It is time for all Americans to band together and to finally defeat the Trump agenda. And the only way to do that is by confronting him at the polls. Do you want to live in a dictatorship? Well, show up and vote.”

Williams’ outfit was modeled after Debbie Harry’s from a 1979 performance on The Midnight Special and the moment channeled the Blondie singer’s anti-nuke message during “Heart Of Glass” on that show. Paramore also played a bit of “Heart Of Glass” during the first song of their set, “Hard Times.” Watch the Paramore and Blondie performances below.

@crystalforarmor #hayleywilliams‘ speech during Big Man, Little Dignity at #iHeartFestival2024 #paramore #tayloryork #zacfarro @Paramore ♬ som original – bells

On her Instagram Stories on Sunday, Williams responded to an X post accusing her of being “paid or blackmailed” to read a speech of “anti-Trump talking points,” which Elon Musk also accused her of.

“whoever you are, i typed out my speech and had a crew member hold it near the camera for me in case i got nervous bc what i had to say was important and i didnt want to trip up in the moment. didnt end up looking at it though….
that’s because i prepared.
finally, not only was i *not* paid to make the speech but we (paramore) didnt get paid to play that radio fest either.
just out here kicking ass for free i guess 🙁
thanks so much for your concern and for spelling
my name right, bye!”

Just another puppet of the machine

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 22, 2024