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first monday in may Oct. 9, 2024

Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky, and Li’l Skateboard P to Co-Chair the Met GalaAlongside the Costume Institute exhibit “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.”

By Jason P. Frank
trailer mix June 6, 2024

Pharrell’s Lego Character Has Absurdly Large Hair FolliclesAs seen in the trailer for the upcoming animated biopic, Piece by Piece.

By Zoe Guy

the law Apr. 1, 2024

The Neptunes Are in RetrogradeChad Hugo said partner Pharrell Williams of “has committed fraud” over the group’s trademarks.

By Justin Curto
coming soon Jan. 26, 2024

Pharrell Is Stacking (Lego) Bricks for His BiopicPiece by Piece, an animated Lego film about his life, is out October 11.

By Justin Curto
walk walk fashion baby Jan. 16, 2024

Pharrell Debuted Some Collabs at His Louis Vuitton Side GigThe runway soundtrack included Mumford & Sons and (unreleased) Miley Cyrus.

By Jennifer Zhan
succession Feb. 14, 2023

Pharrell to Produce Looks for Louis Vuitton MenswearSucceeding Virgil Abloh as creative director following the designer’s death in 2021.

By Jason P. Frank
renaissance Aug. 3, 2022

What’s Going On With Kelis, Beyoncé, and Pharrell Williams?Beyoncé is removing the “Milkshake” interpolation from “Energy.”

By Alejandra Gularte
a long talk May 19, 2022

The Humble HitmakerThe Neptunes’ Chad Hugo helped define a new era of music. Don’t expect it to go to his head.

By Craig Jenkins
festivals Oct. 6, 2021

Pharrell Criticizes Virginia Beach Over Cousin’s Police Killing, Pulls FestivalHe referenced the city’s “toxic energy” in an October 5 letter about Something in the Water Festival.

By Justin Curto
hindsight Oct. 14, 2019

Pharrell Rebukes ‘Blurred Lines’ After Realizing We Have a ‘Chauvinist Culture’’My mind opened up to what was actually being said in the song and how it could make someone feel.’

By Halle Kiefer
Jan. 4, 2018

Explaining the Cult Popularity of N.E.R.D.They were breaking genre boundaries before it was cool.

By Jeff Ihaza
#takeaknee Sept. 25, 2017

Pharrell Williams Takes a Knee at Charlottesville Benefit Concert“This is what that flag is for.”

By Halle Kiefer

lawsuits Apr. 26, 2017

Endless ‘Blurred Lines’ Lawsuit Trudges on With Challenge to ‘Groove’ Copyrights“A ‘groove’ or ‘feeling’ cannot be copyrighted, and inspiration is not copying.”

By Tolly Wright
musicals Mar. 28, 2017

Pharrell Williams to Produce Musical Film Atlantis Based on His Own ChildhoodAtlantis will focus on a “Romeo and Juliet-style story”

By Halle Kiefer
chat room Mar. 10, 2017

How Weird Al Removed the Misogyny of ‘Blurred Lines’ by Adding Grammar LessonsWeird Al Yankovic explains how he took Pharrell and Robin Thicke’s rape-y hit and made a nerdy blast.

By Jesse David Fox
lawsuits Jan. 14, 2017

Gwen Stefani, Pharrell Sued Over CopyrightThey’re being sued over the “Spark the Fire” chorus.

By Karen Brill
the collaboration Dec. 2, 2016

Pharrell and Hans Zimmer on Hidden FiguresThe friends and frequent collaborators discuss their space-age movie score.

By David Marchese
performances Nov. 6, 2016

Kid Cudi Performs Post-Rehab Show With PharrellHe took the stage at ComplexCon.

By Halle Kiefer
the oscar for best original song goes to… Sept. 11, 2016

Pharrell Performs Hidden Figures Soundtrack “Together we’ll fly / But no more runnin.’”

By Halle Kiefer
Dec. 11, 2015

Why Copyright Infringement Is Pop’s Big ProblemWelcome to the Wild West of music-copyright law.

By Lauretta Charlton
videology Dec. 2, 2014

Gwen Stefani Becomes One With Emoji in ‘Spark the Fire’ VideoMore pizza.

By Lindsey Weber
the voice Nov. 4, 2014

Pharrell Williams: The Voice’s Most Zen and Wonderful JudgeA True Guru.

By Lindsey Weber and Dianna McDougall

videology Oct. 7, 2014

Pharrell’s ‘Gust of Wind’ Video Is Great for FallIt was also directed by Edgar Wright.

By Lindsey Weber
somewhere in time July 24, 2014

It Is Absolutely Time to Reexamine Last Week’s Top 40 Singles ChartDave Holmes explores the dizzying terrain of just seven days ago.

By Dave Holmes
videology July 23, 2014

Pharrell & Miley Host Dance Party, Define ‘Bae’“Come Get It Bae.”

By Lindsey Weber
mistakes June 5, 2014

A Very Recent History of Celebrity Cultural AppropriationA depressingly large club.

By Brennan Carley
casting couch Apr. 19, 2014

Gwen Stefani Might Join The Voice Next SeasonPharrell will definitely be there though.

By Delia Paunescu
right-click Apr. 16, 2014

Listen to Pharrell’s Amazing Spider-Man 2 Song“Let’s get new GPSs.”

By Lindsey Weber
the good kind of crying Apr. 14, 2014

Watch Oprah Make Pharrell Cry“It’s overwhelming, because it’s like I love what I do.”

By Lindsey Weber
right-click Apr. 7, 2014

Hear Ed Sheeran’s New Pharrell-Produced Song“Sing.”

By Lindsey Weber
overnights Apr. 6, 2014

Saturday Night Live Recap: Anna Kendrick Aca-Nails ItNearly every sketch has her breaking into song.

By Joe Berkowitz
best friends forever Apr. 1, 2014

Jimmy Buffett and Pharrell Williams Hung OutBecause they are soul mates.

By Lindsey Weber

get it? Mar. 25, 2014

Pharrell Responds to His Oscar Loss With a Frozen PunWordplay.

By Lindsey Weber
covers Mar. 17, 2014

Hear Gwyneth Paltrow’s Version of ‘Happy’ From GleeFor the upcoming 100th episode.

By Lindsey Weber
oscars 2014 Mar. 2, 2014

Watch Pharrell Williams Perform ‘Happy’ at the OscarsLupita Nyong’o liked it.

By Vulture Editors
year of the horse Feb. 27, 2014

Pharrell and Usher May Be Working on a Rodeo Song“I fucking held a lamb in a Robin Thicke video. And people were into it!”

By Lindsey Weber
oscars 2014 Jan. 16, 2014

Listen to All the Best Original Song Oscar Nominees From Disney to Bono.

By Lindsey Weber
June 28, 2013

Quiz: Which Pharrell Is Older? The man does not age.

By Lindsey Weber, Linsey Fields, and Justin McCraw
the vulture transcript June 6, 2013

Pharrell on Surprise Hits and Michael Jackson“He fell, rolled on the floor, kicking like a kid, laughing.”

By Nitsuh Abebe
profile May 26, 2013

Pharrell Williams Expands His PaletteAn hour with the music producer at Jungle City Studios feels like a minor form of time travel.

By Nitsuh Abebe
daft punk Apr. 13, 2013

Daft Punk Reveals List of Random Access Memories CollaboratorsAnd it’s a doozy.

By John Surico
track lists Mar. 26, 2013

Erykah Badu Appears on Tyler, the Creator’s WolfAnd Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier.

By Zach Dionne

dream teams Oct. 9, 2012

Jay-Z, Frank Ocean, and Pharrell Are RecordingFor whose record, we have no clue.

By Zach Dionne
mac miller Aug. 7, 2012

Listen to a New Mac Miller and Pharrell Williams Song, ‘Glow’And yet, not a female wrestler in sight.

By Eliot Glazer
american idol July 30, 2012

Report: Nick Jonas, Pharrell Williams in Talks for American IdolAnd Randy Jackson might simply be a contestant mentor.

By Kyle Buchanan
mika June 19, 2012

Listen to a New Mika Song, ‘Celebrate’Will.i.am, meet m.i.ka!

By Eliot Glazer
psas May 10, 2012

‘Got Your 6’ PSAWelcome home, soldiers. Now give Tom Hanks a hug.

By Eliot Glazer
Dec. 3, 2011

Pharrell Williams Had to Lecture Art Basel Goers on the Virtues of PatienceWhile presenting an award, he had to ask the audience to quiet down.

By Andre Tartar
qream Nov. 11, 2011

Watch Pharrell in a Commercial for QreamSomething called the “Qream Boat Cruise with Pharrell in Miami” happened.

By Eliot Glazer
clickables Oct. 11, 2010

Download Kanye West’s New Track, ‘Don’t Stop,’ Featuring Pharrell and Lupe FiascoThe latest G.O.O.D. Friday offering is a collaboration with supergroup Child Rebel Soldiers.

By Edith Zimmerman