It looks like we actually are gonna get the tune ‘Sangria Wine’ by Camila Cabello very soon since Pharrell jumped on stage with Camila to perform the tune at the Hollywood Palladium in L.A. this week, and Camila also revealed that she’s releasing something on April 20 (Friday), stay tuned for more news and check out the Live Performance below.
Seth Rogen has been Interviewed lately for his latest project ‘The Lion King’ directed by Jon Favreau where he revealed that Pharrell Williams was Invovled in the Music of the movie. Mr. Favreau posted recently a photo of him, Hanz Zimmer and Pharrell Williams at his home, and we could’ve already guessed that Pharrell was working on a new project for a movie. Seth Rogen talked with EW Radio’s Jessica Shaw about how frustrating his singing made Pharrell Williams while recording music for the upcoming live-action remake of “The Lion King.”
Jon Favreau With Pharrell Chance The Rapper & Hanz Zimmer
“I literally had Pharrell Williams banging his head against a wall trying to extract like a f*cking good note out of me. I’m like someone less famous would actually be more helpful. It’s like the last thing I need is like oh, so you have to learn to ride a motorcycle, we have Evel Knievel here to teach you! Like I don’t want that, just give me a guy!” ‘The Lion King’ is due 2019.
April
30th – Grammy Festival – Beijing, China
May
11th – Rolling Loud – Hard Rock Stadium – Miami Gardens, FL, US
12 – Powerhouse – Los Angeles, US
June
3rd – Governors Ball Music Festival – New York City, US
8th – NorthSide Festival – Denmark
9th – Parklife Festival – Manchester, UK
16th – 8th Annual Summer Shaggfest – Viriginia Beach, US
July
6th – Palmesus Festival, Norway
8th – Ruisrock Festival – Finland
11th – Rockhal – Luxembourg (Added New)
13th – Festival Cruïlla 2018 – Barcelona, Spain
14th – Lovebox Festival – London, UK
15th – North Sea Jazz Festival – Rotterdam, Netherland
18th – Colours Of Ostrava, Ostrava – Czech Republic (Added New)
27th, 28th & 29th – Fuji Rock Festival – Japan
August
10th – Outside Lands – San Francisco, US (Added New)
17th – Pukkel Pop Festival – Hasselt, Belgium
8th & 19th – Lowlands Festival – Biddinghuizen, Netherland
24th – Paris Summer Jam – France
29th – Glasgow Summer Sessions – Scotland (Added New)
31st – Electric Picnic – Irland
September
1st & 2nd – Electric Picnic – Irland
14th – Kaaboo Del Mar Festival – San Diego, California, US
October
13 – Afropunk Carnival Of Consciousness – Atlanta, US
Pharrell Williams has been on the cover of Vogue India April Issue with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan where he talked about collaborations and the causes he cares about. Photos by Greg Swales. I’m convincing Pharrell to run for President. After all, the ‘woke’ hitmaker is the exact antithesis of Trump—fashionable, and vocal about climate change and women’s rights. But Pharrell isn’t interested. “I’m no role model; I’m just an advisor—that’s why as a producer, I’m able to push people in certain directions to find a uniqueness in their voice, their intentions and their purpose—that’s my job!”
No_One Ever Really Dies, his last album with N*E*R*D, was dubbed by critics as an anti-‘happy’, almost verging on protest, record. He may deny it but it’s also a work that merges his artist and activist self—he collaborated with artistes like Rihanna and Kendrick Lamar to put forth songs about gun regulation, immigrants as well as Trump. Does music then need to come with a message? “It doesn’t need to but it’s good that it does. I think everything we do should have some sort of message or intention, or else it’s just wasted energy.”
Pharrell’s always made his intentions clear—with his music as well as his projects outside. Only last year, the 45-year-old turned another leaf, becoming Dr Pharrell, an honorary title bestowed on him by NYU. He used his commencement speech at Yankee Stadium to celebrate humanities and address gender equality—“to lift up our women”, “remove imbalance” and “demand for better education.”
If you’ve ever heard Pharrell speak, you’ll know he genuinely champions women—through his music (his 2014 solo, GIRL was loosely seen as a feminist concept album) and his appearances (on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, he talked about underrepresentation of female achievers). He sees gender without boundaries—his first perfume was a unisex fragrance named Girl, and last year, he made history by becoming the first man to star in a Chanel bag campaign. “I used to be scared of saying I’m a feminist because then someone would be like ‘oh then why did you have these lyrics’, but I am…because I believe in equality,” he says.
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Photos by T. Boddi.
Tiffany Villarreal
Here is a very interesting article about Pharrell Williams’ canceled R&B group ‘Affair’ by Janice Llamoca, check out the whole article Here. In 2005, Pharrell Founded a Latina R&B Girl Group Inspired by Selena and The Supremes. Tiffany Villarreal, Natasha Ramos, and Vanessa Marquez. Courtesy of Affair. It was at this time that a producer named Pharrell Williams, one half of The Neptunes, had a vision. “‘I had this dream about a girl group. And it was like The Supremes meets…’” singer Vanessa Marquez stops in the middle of her sentence. She’s trying to quote Pharrell and remember the exact words he said to her when he eagerly pulled her out of the studio one day in 2005.
Natasha Ramos
“‘If there were three Selenas [Quintanilla, of course], you guys would conquer the U.S. and you guys would conquer the Latin world.’” Along with Natasha Ramos and Tiffany Villarreal, Marquez was a part of a would-be girl group named Affair. Their story closely resembles those of many R&B girl groups of the era – one filled with high hopes, ultimately ending in what-ifs. “When Pharrell speaks and he’s very passionate about something, he can easily convince you. He just has this power,” she says, recalling that even though she liked the idea, she felt a “little bummed.”
Vanessa Marquez
Marquez had been signed as a solo artist to The Neptunes-founded imprint Star Trak Entertainment since 2001. By that point, she had recorded vocals for Justin Timberlake’s 2002 megahit “Rock Your Body,” toured with Timberlake to promote his (mostly Neptunes-produced) debut album, and was featured on “Good Girl,” a single from the compilation The Neptunes Present…Clones. When the idea popped into Pharrell’s head, the California native of Mexican descent had just started working on her debut album.
Last year, Noreaga and Pharrell released a Lyric Video for their latest collaboration ”Uno Mas.” In 2018, the duo is returning with the Official Video finally for the single directed by Jason Goldwatch, who reworks Robert Palmer’s 1986 “Addicted To Love” pop culture hallmark, check it out below and make sure to cop it on iTunes.
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