Pop-rock trio Paramore have revealed that while working on their new record, they spent time in Prince's own room at Sunset Sound studios in Los Angeles.

Their self-titled new offering is set to be released on April 9 and frontwoman Hayley Williams explained that they were lucky enough to record some of it in Prince's private quarters: "We were actually in Prince's room that he built… he lived there for I heard like two years or something. We were just in his room, just chillin'."

Bandmate Taylor York confessed that they even had access to the "personal bathroom that he built that we used every day. Just knowing that we shared a toilet with him," adding: "We channelled Prince's energy!"

Flame-haired Williams went on to admit that some of the tracks from her band's new album have a movie-feel:

"When I listen to some of the songs and the feeling that I got writing some of these songs and the lyrics, sometimes it felt like I was in a John Hughes movie, sometimes it did feel a little 'Back To The Future'-ish, there'd be like sounds that the guys were coming up with that just felt other-worldly and really exciting."

Watch Paramore's video for 'Now' here: