Dec 2, 2025 · 1:09:07

Hayley Williams on Good Hang with Amy Poehler

with HW Hayley Williams

The Hang, in Short

Amy's friend Katherine Han introduced her to voice teacher Doug Pek by casually saying she worked with this incredible person, and Amy later realized "it was like saying 'I know this woman named Julia Child. She's going to come and teach us how to make a chicken.'" Yeah, Doug's that good. He's Hayley Williams's vocal coach, the guy who helps her nail that brutal note in "All I Wanted" that she's been singing for over a decade. The whole episode's a masterclass disguised as banter. Amy does literal vocal warmups on mic, blowing bubbles through a metal straw while Doug plays piano just below frame. They talk Wayne's World, David Byrne, and what it's like being short. But mostly it's about Hayley's new album Ego Death at the Bachelorette Party and how she stays a rockstar without wrecking her voice every single night.

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  1. 0:05

    Hello everyone and welcome to another

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    episode of Good Hang. This is such a

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    good one. You know, this is a guest who

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    I wanted on since I started this podcast

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    and I am such a fan. It is Haley

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    Williams. Um, a beautiful artist, an

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    incredible singer, songwriter. You might

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    know her from the band Paramore, but

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    she's out with her third solo album, Ego

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    Death at the Bachelorette Party. And um

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    she's just so special and we had such a

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    good time. And um we're going to talk

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    about a lot of stuff today. We're going

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    to talk about um working with David

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    Burn. We're going to talk about um you

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    know, Wayne's World and how important of

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    a movie it is. Um we're going to talk

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    about being short, pros and cons. and

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    we're gonna warm up and warm down

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    because that's what a person does when

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    they take care of their voice. But most

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    importantly, we're going to start this

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    podcast like we always do. We're going

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    to talk to someone who knows Haley

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    Williams and knows her well. And today

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