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"Fake Happy" | "Rose-Colored Boy" | "Caught in the Middle" | 
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"Rose-Colored Boy" is the second track, and also the fourth single of Paramore's fifth studio album, After Laughter.
Background[]
Paramore said, via Twitter:
"Rose-Colored Boy is a song about feeling pressured to look at the world with blind optimism when you actually feel very hopeless about the world & your part in it. there is so much social pressure to be (or appear to be) “happy” that we can actually feel shame when we aren’t.
Adding shame to sadness is a pretty toxic cocktail. It’s hard enough to deal with sadness, depression, or any type of anxiety without the added societal expectations. It’s important & more healing to meet ppl where they’re at - EMPATHY - than to try & paint everything rosy."
Notes from the band[]
Hayley: We have that moment on my iPhone, where we listened to it for the first time through the monitors after Taylor and I did the chant and we couldn’t believe it.
Taylor: I think that was to me one of the coolest moments of writing a record. We had Zac back in the band after a month of recording at RCA and we didn’t have enough songs. Rose-Colored Boy was the last song we wrote and that was one we started together.
Music Video[]
Information
Premiere Date:
February 5, 2018
Director(s):
Warren Fu
Stylist(s):
Phoenix Johnson
Photographer(s):
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About the music video:[]
Hayley said in an interview with Urban Outfitters:
Hayley Williams of Paramore — Urban Outfitters
Lyrics[]
Low key no pressure
Just hang with me and my weather
Rose-colored boy
I hear you makin all that noise
About the world you want to see
And I’m so annoyed
Cause I just killed off what was left
Of the optimist in me
Hearts are breaking
Wars are raging on
And I have taken
My glasses off
You got me nervous
I’m right at the end of my rope
A half-empty girl
Don’t make me laugh, I’ll choke
Just let me cry!
A little bit longer
I ain’t gon smile
If I don’t want to
Hey man, we all can’t be like you
I wish we were all rose-colored, too
My rose-colored boy
Low key no pressure
Just hang with me and my weather
And I want you to stop
Insisting that I’m not
A lost cause
Cause I been through a lot
Really all I’ve got is just to stay pissed off
If it’s alright by you
But hearts are breaking
And wars are raging on
And I have taken
My glasses off
You got me nervous
When you’re turning it into a joke
A half-empty girl
Don’t make me laugh, I’ll…
Just let me cry!
A little bit longer
I ain’t gon smile
If I don’t want to
Hey man, we all can’t be like you
I wish we were all rose-colored, too
My rose-colored boy
Leave me here a little bit longer
I think I wanna stay in the car
I don’t want anybody seeing me cry now
You say we gotta look on the bright side
I say well maybe if you wanna go blind
You say my eyes are getting too dark now
But boy you ain’t ever seen my mind
Just let me cry!
A little bit longer
I ain’t gon smile
If I don’t want to
Hey man, we all can’t be like you
I wish we were all rose-colored, too
My rose-colored boy
Just let me cry!
A little bit longer
I ain’t gon smile
If I don’t want to
Hey man, we all can’t be like you
I wish we were all rose-colored, too
My rose-colored boy
Charts[]
| Chart (2017-18) | Peak |
|---|---|
| New Zealand Heatseekers | 6 |
| US Adult Top 40 | 39 |
| US Hot Rock Songs | 27 |
Release[]
| Country | Date | Format | Label |
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| Worldwide | March 2, 2018 | Digital Download - Radio Edit | Atlantic • Fueled By Ramen |
| United States | March 27, 2018 | Contemporary Hit Radio | Fueled By Ramen • RRP |
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After Laughter |
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| Songs | Hard Times • Rose-Colored Boy • Told You So • Forgiveness • Fake Happy • 26 • Pool • Grudges • Caught in the Middle • Idle Worship • No Friend • Tell Me How |
| Members | Hayley Williams • Taylor York • Zac Farro |
