#paramore

#paramore

Two days ago, Steph Curry dropped a 49-piece on the San Antonio Spurs, tying Michael Jordan's NBA record of 40-point games after age 30 with 44. Hunched over the post-game presser mic, a reporter asked Curry to use a reference to make sense of his performance. The point guard paused for a moment, rubbing his hands all over his head. "I was Hayley Williams in Paramore tonight," he declared and then exited.

The campaign, backed by hundreds of artists and dozens of labels, is a streaming boycott that geo-blocks the music of participating acts from appearing on streaming services inside Israel. Among the initial musicians to join were Massive Attack, Kneecap, Fontaines D.C., Rina Sawayama, and Japanese Breakfast. "No Music for Genocide" specifies that it is a response to "the genocide in Gaza; ethnic cleansing of the Occupied West Bank; apartheid within Israel; and political repression of Pro-Palestine efforts wherever we live."