Pharrell Replies To Fans Online

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Pharrell Williams goes online to answer the internet’s questions. The GQ Men of the Year 2024 cover star responds to questions on Quora, Reddit and X, as well as fact-checking Wikipedia and replying to YouTube, TikTok and Instagram comments.

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00:00Yo, yo, it's Pharrell.

00:01I'm going undercover on the internet with GQ.

00:04It's actually me, for real.

00:13Reddit.

00:16BasemanSpiff944 says,

00:19what discipline of art would Pharrell compete

00:22if it got reintroduced to the Olympics?

00:24I don't know that I would compete

00:25because I never really felt like

00:26I was good enough for anything.

00:28If I had to compete with any of them,

00:29it would be music,

00:30although I'd probably get smoked by so many people.

00:33The Olympics is about like the best of the best

00:36for the next four years.

00:37The planet's best.

00:39Planet's best should also include the mind.

00:41The mind is a muscle as well.

00:43Post it.

00:44Then there's me ordering McDonald's in Paris.

00:48You guys can watch that on your own time.

00:50Yes, it's true that I got fired from three McDonald's.

00:54The narrative that Shay, you know,

00:56that I was like stealing nuggets.

00:58I wasn't stealing nuggets.

00:59Was I eating on the job?

01:00Sure.

01:01Is that a form of stealing?

01:01Sure.

01:02Or was it dealing nuggets?

01:05Okay.

01:05I would like make my own sandwiches

01:08the way that I wanted to.

01:09I would make them piece by piece.

01:10Literally, I'm not even saying that.

01:12I had like the most bangingest like version of a burger.

01:18Should I share it right now, Amanda, or should I wait?

01:21So you take the bun from the fish filet.

01:23You toast it first,

01:25but then you put it back in the steamer.

01:27So it's toasted already,

01:29but then when you put it in the fish filet steamer,

01:31then you steam it.

01:32Now it's like the softest thing in the world.

01:35Obviously the quarter pounder, you do it well done.

01:37Crispy lettuce, mayo.

01:39You take the sweet and sour sauce,

01:42put it together, slice it in half.

01:45It's the best.

01:48Next.

01:50Today I learned that Pharrell Williams

01:52requires a framed picture of Carl Sagan

01:54in his dressing room.

01:55It's false.

01:56It's just what my team likes to do.

01:58They think it's funny.

02:00Next.

02:00I thought he was religious.

02:01Why would he dig Sagan?

02:03Carl spoke religiously about the universe.

02:09To me, the universe is God.

02:11In a lot of ways,

02:12spirituality speaks very clear to the essence of science.

02:16Start talking about the first cause,

02:19the way the universe came to be.

02:21What was their first?

02:22The three monotheistic religions

02:24tend to agree with the origin of the Big Bang.

02:28There was light.

02:29And there's just so much that we don't understand.

02:31We talk about dimensions, right?

02:33Like what's the fourth dimension

02:34and what's the fifth dimension?

02:36Do they not exist because we can't perceive them?

02:38And I'm willing to bet

02:39there's more to what we don't know and understand.

02:43Next.

02:44Why does Pharrell like Despicable Me franchise so much?

02:47Duh, they pay me, bitch.

02:49No, I'm kidding.

02:51No, because Chris Meledandri

02:53walked me into the animation world

02:56and it's just changed my life,

02:57especially being a kid that loved cartoons so much.

03:00So that's why I have to thank this woman named Kathy Nelson,

03:03who was the one who introduced me to Chris.

03:05I also scored that first one as well with Ator Pereira.

03:08And we have a new one

03:09that you will remember in this interview

03:12in a couple of years.

03:12You'll be like, yo,

03:13that was the first time you talked about it,

03:15but it's insane.

03:16When I tell you insane, insane.

03:19And that's because me and him

03:21connected through animation like this.

03:24Let's check X.

03:29Went to the cinema and saw a trailer for Pharrell's biopic.

03:32In Lego?

03:33Sure, why not?

03:34Which will apparently feature new music from him.

03:36So my question is,

03:37will we finally be getting that mythical RM-Pharrell collab

03:41that was teased forever ago?

03:43You have to ask RM.

03:44What I was gonna put it out on,

03:46I changed gears and ended up

03:47doing something completely different.

03:49So all the music that I have

03:50from all the different collaborations

03:52for that project are there.

03:54The songs were great,

03:56but the project itself I felt like wasn't right.

04:00Next.

04:01Hobiecore.

04:02Okay, is Hobiecore coming?

04:03The anticipation continues.

04:06And I think this is a real spoiler.

04:08I'll tell you, okay?

04:11I said prepare.

04:12You know, you look at your little comments and shit

04:15and people were like,

04:16what was gonna happen?

04:18What happened?

04:19Prepare for what?

04:21You see it now, bitch.

04:23Next.

04:24The conspiracy theory that Pharrell Williams is a vampire

04:26really freaks me out.

04:28Cool.

04:29Keep some garlic on you.

04:30All right, let's see some YouTube comments.

04:35Actually, when it comes to the comments,

04:37you gotta come up for air sometimes, you know?

04:40Or you could really go down like a rabbit hole

04:42of like hysteria and wake up one day

04:45just eating couch filler.

04:49I was just researching

04:50if they ever did do a collab and they haven't.

04:52Dude, I need to feast on whatever they cook.

04:55Yeah, this was like five or six years ago.

04:57This was before the pandemic, I think.

04:59In the N.E.R.D. days,

05:00I wanted him to produce one of the records

05:02or what he calls himself as the great producer.

05:05I wanted him to do that,

05:06but it was like a timing game and we weren't able to do it.

05:08I would love to go back and find records

05:11that they may have,

05:14that Rick may have made with like Run DMC

05:19or like the Beastie Boys that they never released

05:23or like make new tracks out of that.

05:25I've never worked with him before,

05:27but that's what I would love to do if I could.

05:28Next.

05:38The target audience is for people who are curious

05:42and wanna go on a journey

05:43and who appreciate the luxury and the details.

05:46Look, at the heart of anything that I do is curiosity.

05:49It should make some people uncomfortable at times

05:52because then it means it's new.

05:53Post it.

05:56Instagram.

05:58What was the pressure like to fill the shoes

06:00at LV for Virgil?

06:02You can't fill the shoes of a legend.

06:05I have my own shoes.

06:06There's a very famous photo of myself, him,

06:11Virgil and Kanye,

06:12and they're both wearing the sunglasses

06:14that I did for LV 20 years ago.

06:17I could never fill his shoes.

06:18He has his own.

06:20I'm just honored to be a part of the history, period.

06:23Okay.

06:24Wikipedia.

06:27Other names.

06:28Skateboard P, Skateboard, Auto Goon,

06:30Burb Lord, Station Wagon P.

06:34Yellow Lightning.

06:37Now on to Cora.

06:41Hey, is it me?

06:42Or like, is it full-on demolition in the neighborhood

06:46plus helicopter above right now?

06:49I feel like we on fucking Call of Duty.

06:51How were Pharrell Williams, BBC,

06:54and Ice Cream Brands started?

06:55This guy, Steve Stout, gave me this awesome opportunity

06:59to make a sneaker with Reebok.

07:01Right around that time, I was meeting with Nigo,

07:03and I knew that I wanted to do something with BBC,

07:07this crazy idea that I had in Ice Cream,

07:09and Nigo really just helped me organize the idea.

07:13I knew what I wanted for my logo.

07:14I worked with his artist to create it.

07:16It was just really me and Nigo.

07:18And Nigo's the GOAT.

07:19You already know.

07:21Post it.

07:22Okay, TikTok.

07:26If he could give creative advice

07:28to a younger version of himself,

07:30back when he was just getting started,

07:31I wonder what he'd say.

07:33I wouldn't give myself any advice

07:35because I wouldn't be where I am right now.

07:38Life literally is like a domino effect.

07:40Every time you change anything,

07:42it completely takes you on a different course.

07:45The creative advice that I would give,

07:47write down all your fears, your flaws, your insecurities,

07:50the guilt, the pressures.

07:51Look at them on a list.

07:53Know they're all distractions.

07:55Once you do that,

07:56you will experience your life uninterrupted.

07:59That is the most important thing that you can do

08:01for your creativity,

08:03is to eliminate all the distractions.

08:05Period.

08:06Post it.

08:06That's it.

08:08I'm hanging off the internet.

08:09This was fun.

08:11And that's it.

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