The musicians previously performed Paramore’s “Misery Business” together in 2023
Rico Nasty tapped Hayley Williams as a surprise guest during her show at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles last night. The Paramore singer took the stage for a joint performance of Nasty’s 2020 hit “Smack a Bitch,” off her debut LP Nightmare Vacation.
After sharing vocals and dancing around the stage, Rico and Williams hugged as the crowd screamed. “You guys had no idea!” Rico told the audience as Williams waved farewell.
The show at the Fonda marked Rico’s final stop on her Lethal North American tour, which kicked off in September with a performance at Riot Fest. The trek was in support of the musician’s most recent album, Lethal, which dropped in May. It marked her third full-length album and her first for record label Fueled by Ramen.
The rapper and Williams previously joined forces on stage in 2023. Rico made an appearance during Paramore’s headlining concert at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles to perform the band’s hit single “Misery Business.”
Rico later told Billboard, “It was an amazing experience. And it felt like, I don’t know, my inner child really jumped out. And I hadn’t seen her in a while. Like I hadn’t seen her in a while on stage. I hadn’t seen her in a while backstage, like amongst the team like that. So I was like, ‘Wow, like this feels nice.’ And then I got to talk to Hayley.”
Last month, Williams surprise-released new R&B-inflected song “Good Ol’ Days” just before taking the stage at Rolling Stone’s Musicians on Musicians event in New York. The song is Williams’ latest single from her third studio album, Ego Death at the Bachelorette Party. Back in July, Williams shared 17 songs from the album as individual singles found on an old school web player. A month later, she officially shared the album title for Ego along with new song “Parachute.” The physical album arrives on Nov. 7 with “Good Ol’ Days” and one more unannounced song.
