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And you think your workdays are chaotic.
At a recent concert in Toronto, lead singer of the band Paramore Hayley Williams had to stop the show in the middle of a song to break up a fight that had broken out in the crowd.
Williams gamely put the people involved on blast, jokingly treating them like children before quipping she felt "like a teacher" and giving the people a "detention" as others in the crowd got a good laugh.
\u201cparamore having to stop a fight during caught in the middle\n\n\u201cdetention for everyone\u201d\u201d— andrew (@andrew) 1667918894
The incident went down in the middle of Paramore's performance of their track "Caught In The Middle,” a peppy, upbeat song that doesn't exactly lend itself to aggression.
Williams made reference to the incongruity when she stopped the performance to suss out what was going on in the crowd. Referencing Los Angeles beatdown hardcore band Terror, Williams quipped:
“Okay, we’ve got a fight. Oh, man. What do you guys think this is, like a Terror show?”
She then admonished the people fighting by inviting them to join the rest of the crowd in dancing.
“We’re not a hardcore band, bro. Come on."
“We’re gonna dance tonight, we’re gonna have fun, or we’re not gonna do it."
Williams then went full teacher mode, asking if the people fighting needed to be separated. She then joked:
"You got me up here acting like a teacher. Detention for everyone!"
Just in case there was still any confusion as to who was in charge, Williams gave the fighters a warning before moving on with the performance.
"Let me tell you something: I better not have to do that again."
"First of all, we play to a click track so we’d be on time for you. Don’t make us stop that thing again. It hurts."
"Are you okay out there now? You good? Thank you for taking care of yourself and each other. Jesus Christ.”
On Twitter, people loved how Williams handled the strange moment.
\u201c@fakeplasticbee Yall were testing mother like???\u201d— andrew (@andrew) 1667918894
\u201c@fakeplasticbee Here for the \u201chow embarrassing\u201d guy, I felt the secondhand embarrassment too \ud83d\ude02\u201d— andrew (@andrew) 1667918894
\u201c@fakeplasticbee I'm sorry this situation isn't cool pls don't fight at paramore shows but Taylor's reaction is so funny \ud83d\ude2d\u201d— andrew (@andrew) 1667918894
\u201c@fakeplasticbee IN CANADA TOO\ud83d\ude2d\u201d— andrew (@andrew) 1667918894
\u201c@fakeplasticbee I was at the Toronto show as well & its just disrespectful towards the band & everybody else. It threw them off, and killed the vibe for a few minutes. Hayley handled it with such class as usual but it still shouldn't of happened.\u201d— andrew (@andrew) 1667918894
\u201c@fakeplasticbee This is literally so embarrassing. How can you even show your face at a Paramore show again knowing Hayley\u2019s impression of you is this lxjsjsjdj no way\u201d— andrew (@andrew) 1667918894
\u201c@fakeplasticbee "This isnt a hardcore show" \ud83d\ude2d v true but also theres a different between moshing vibes and just straight up fighting\u201d— andrew (@andrew) 1667918894
\u201c@fakeplasticbee at their grown age (the people fighting)\u201d— andrew (@andrew) 1667918894
\u201c@fakeplasticbee She had the right song and the right crowd because if I were in this crowd and she cut crushcrushcrush, Decode, Ignorance, or Misery Business off to break up a fight - EVERYONE IN THAT ROOM WAS GETTING CURSED TF OUT FOR RUINING MY EXPERIENCE!!!\u201d— andrew (@andrew) 1667918894
After clearing her throat and quipping, "Where were we?" Williams gamely went on with the performance—hopefully without any more Terror show-style aggression.