Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams: ‘Life without music would be like a human being without sense’
The singer and producer on his devotion to De La Soul, his bad acceptance speeches – and the secret to his pearly whites
As told to Rich Pelley
12, Jan, 2023 @3:00 PM
Post your questions for Pharrell Williams
Do you want to know more about the huge hat he wears, the secret to that perfect skin or what it’s like working with Snoop Dogg? Get your questions in for the rapper and producer extraordinaire
Shaad D'Souza
22, Dec, 2022 @2:00 PM
‘The Hitchcock of fashion’: Met Gala to pay tribute to Karl Lagerfeld
Late creative director of Chanel, Chloé and Fendi to be focus of benefit and New York exhibition
Morwenna Ferrier
30, Sep, 2022 @10:08 AM
Calvin Harris: Funk Wav Bounces Vol 2 review – wan background grooves for an A-list pool party
Harris enlists Dua Lipa, Justin Timberlake, Pharrell, Halsey and others for a second round of slinky disco-pop, but his luxurious production doesn’t disguise the dullness of the songs
Alim Kheraj
04, Aug, 2022 @11:01 PM
Beyoncé removes Kelis interpolation from song after Milkshake singer complains
Ending to Beyoncé’s song Energy changed after Kelis complained that the song’s writers, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, had been consulted and credited but she had not
Sian Cain
03, Aug, 2022 @7:04 AM
Beyoncé returns with Renaissance: a play for the mainstream and a strike against perfectionism
The musician’s seventh album is seemingly shooting for cultural saturation while celebrating norm-defying musicians and workers
Michael Cragg
28, Jul, 2022 @9:13 AM
From Ed Sheeran to Katy Perry, plagiarism claims are an occupational hazard for musicians
Sheeran follows Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift and a string of others forced to defend their work in the courts
Vanessa Thorpe
13, Mar, 2022 @7:15 AM
Pharrell Williams’s 30 greatest songs – ranked!
It’s 20 years since his band NERD released their debut album – but the rapper-producer-singer-songwriter has been responsible for an avalanche of hits. As he and co-pilot Chad Hugo get inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, we count down Williams’s 30 greatest bangers
Alexis Petridis
10, Mar, 2022 @2:00 PM
Pharrell Williams pulls festival from Virginia Beach over cousin’s killing
Musician says city should have taken more proactive stance after police fatally shot his cousin there earlier this year
Maya Yang in New York
06, Oct, 2021 @8:21 PM
Pharrell Williams says man killed by Virginia Beach police was his cousin
Police claim Donovon Lynch, 25, one of two killed in shootings over the weekend, was ‘brandishing a handgun’
Jewel Wicker
30, Mar, 2021 @6:06 PM
Voices of Fire: following the gospel choir dreams of Pharrell's uncle is a salve for the soul
Docu-series about one pastor’s dream of creating the world’s greatest gospel choir is heavy on hallelujahs but light of heart
Nadine von Cohen
15, Mar, 2021 @11:20 PM
The week in audio: Death of a Headmaster; Did Ya Know and more
A thoughtful tribute from a former pupil remembers murdered headteacher Philip Lawrence 25 years on from his death
Miranda Sawyer
12, Dec, 2020 @5:00 PM
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