Pharrell Williams Latest Celebrity News & Gossip

Pharrell’s Something In The Water festival had its third day cancelled on Sunday (April 30) due to bad weather conditions.The festival held its 2023 edition in Virginia Beach this past weekend, with headline sets from Mumford & Sons among others.After the first two days of the event were delayed due to rain, Sunday’s proceedings – which were set to include Grace Jones, Clipse, 100 Gecs and more – were then postponed.The festival announced that 33 per cent refunds of the original ticket price will be given to fans, writing online: “We are disappointed to share that under the advisement of the city of Virginia Beach and the local authorities we have to cancel day three of SOMETHING IN THE WATER due to significant impacts to the festival site caused by severe weather, as well as the current and forecasted storms approaching and tornado warning.“We did not make this decision easily but everyone’s safety is our top priority.”A post shared by SOMETHING IN THE WATER (@somethinginthewater)In his own statement, Pharrell promised that dates will shift for the 2024 edition to avoid a repeat scenario.He wrote: “Dearest Virginia, we are the best. These past few days have been the best.

Aminé and Kaytranada have officially debuted their collaborative project Kaytraminé, joining forces with Pharrell Williams for a slinky and colourful track titled ‘4EVA’.The project was first teased earlier this week, but has been in the works for nearly a decade; the pair first linked up in 2014 after Aminé released a bootleg remix of Kaytranada’s song ‘Not At All’. The latter DJ then offered to make Aminé some of his own beats, leading to the pair collaborating on three songs for Aminé’s 2015 mixtape ‘Calling Brio’.A music video for ‘4EVA’, directed by Jack Begert, is slated to drop in the coming hours.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and 13-Time Grammy winner Pharrell Williams will be honored by the Recording Academy at its annual Grammys on the Hill Awards, taking place on April 26. The event is intended to bring together congressional leaders and music makers to recognize those who have led the fight for creators’ rights, and the three will be honored for their contributions to support music creators. Special guests and attendees will be announced in the coming weeks.  “Grammys on the Hill is a celebration like no other, spotlighting music’s unifying power as we bring together our nation’s leaders with some of the most renowned artists in the world,” said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. “It’s a privilege to honor Pharrell alongside Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Senator Cassidy, all of whom have fought tirelessly for pro-music policy that protects the creatives that make up our community.”

It used to be books that were turned into movies; now, its articles, tweet threads, podcasts, and now even Spotify playlists are being adapted into films, or in this case, a new Hulu docu-series. “RapCaviar Presents” is a compelling new documentary series that tackles some of today’s most provocative issues through the stories of hip-hop visionaries and emerging stars currently ruling the charts and influencing our culture, from City Girls to Tyler, The Creator, Polo G, Roddy Ricch, Coi Leray and more.

Zendaya unleashes her inner wildcat in a chic animal print look for Louis Vuitton’s Womenswear Fall Winter 2023-2024 show during Paris Fashion Week in France on Monday (March 6).

As it continues to diversify its business with in-house moves and M&A deals, UTA has launched a fashion division.

Daft Punk have announced a 10th anniversary expanded edition of their final album ‘Random Access Memories’.The reissue features 35 minutes of outtakes and unheard demos across nine tracks. It will be available across various formats including 3 LPs, 2 CDs, streaming platforms and additionally a spatial audio (Atmos) mix of the original album will be made available for the first time.It will be released on May 12 and can be pre-ordered here.

Justin and Hailey Bieber coordinated their outfits while stepping out during London Fashion Week.

Pharrell Williams has been hired as the creative director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear designs.His first collection for the brand will be released during Men’s Fashion Week in Paris in June. Pharell previously collaborated with the brand in 2004 and 2008.He takes over from Virgil Abloh, who served as the artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear collection from 2018 until his death in 2021.

Pharrell Williams has been appointed as the new head designer of menswear at Louis Vuitton. The 49-year-old musician is taking over the role once held by the late Virgil Abloh.On Tuesday, the French luxury house announced the appointment on social media, sharing a post of Williams on its Instagram page.«Louis Vuitton is delighted to welcome Pharrell Williams as its new Men's Creative Director.

EXCLUSIVE: Web3 media and entertainment firm Doodles is set to acquire transatlantic animation studio Golden Wolf. 

House Party,” a raunchy, genre-bending comedy adventure co-produced by basketball legend LeBron James. Starring actors Jacob Latimore and Tosin Cole, the trailer gives glimpses at some of the hilarity and mayhem to come in the upcoming release, including a scene where the duo find themselves in James’ house, talking to a hologram the athlete created to shower him in words of affirmation. “He got a hologram of himself, just to give him compliments?” Latimore quips in the trailer. The feature is a remake of a 1990 comedy by the same title, though the plot has been adapted for a new, modern audience. As opposed to the two leads being high-schoolers in search of a fun night, Latimore and Cole play two aspiring club promoters who decide to host a massive party to distract from their financial troubles after being fired from their day-jobs as house cleaners.

Pharrell Williams has thrown the first pitch at a New York Yankees game earlier this week (August 22).Before Yankees starting pitcher Domingo Germán threw his first strike of the night, Pharrell took the field to throw a ceremonial first ball.At the game, Pharrell was wearing his brand Billionaire Boys Club collaborative clothing line with the Yankees.You can see images and footage off the moment here:Happy to see @Pharrell at Yankee Stadium tonight. pic.twitter.com/HnED5Kosh5— MLB (@MLB) August 22, 2022Recently, Williams praised the writing prowess of Kendrick Lamar, declaring that his bars hit so hard “because he knows how to be very disciplined with a subject matter”.The claims came in a new interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music 1, celebrating the release of Williams’ new Tyler, The Creator and 21 Savage-assisted single ‘Cash In Cash Out’.

Black-ish creator Kenya Barris has been hired by Warner Bros. to remake The Wizard of Oz.According to Deadline, Barris will write, direct and produce the “modern reimagining” of the beloved 1939 musical film.Further details about the project, including the cast, are currently being kept under wraps.Barris has a busy schedule ahead, taking on two major Netflix projects: Entergalactic, his upcoming animated series with Kid Cudi (set for release in September) and You People, his feature-length directorial debut, which he wrote with Jonah Hill.

The Beyhive is buzzing at full throttle in anticipation of Beyoncé’s new album, Renaissance, which drops on Friday, July 29.

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Calvin Harris has shared his new single ‘Stay With Me’ featuring Justin Timberlake, Halsey and Pharrell Williams.The funky disco track was teased by the superstar DJ last week and is set to feature on ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2’, his first album in five years.The song, which you can listen to below, sees all three guest artists swapping vocals with Halsey picking up a section where she sings: “I’ve been waiting for you all year/ Come play, make a mess right here/ Do whatever, I like it weird/ Okay, let ’em disappear/ Say whatever you want to hear/ Just stay.”‘Stay With Me’ comes a couple of weeks on from ‘New Money’ featuring 21 Savage.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticHip-hop titan Kanye West, a.k.a. Ye, is the subject of a lawsuit filed Thursday that alleges he and his firms are holding out on more than $7.1 million owed to a production and design firm that worked on his “Donda 2” livestream release show, his canceled Coachella appearance, the “Free Larry Hoover” concert with Drake, several “Sunday Services” and the rapper’s studio spaces.The firm, Phantom Labs, alleges that, as the unpaid bills began piling up from multiple projects, it was assured that everything would be paid up once the star collected a reported $9 million fee for appearing at Coachella.

If there’s one good thing that can be said about the NFT boom (I know that’s a big “if”), it’s that it seems to have brought with it a lot of the dafter elements of artist-brand partnerships that I think we all thought had died years ago.You know, like giving celebs nonsense job titles. Surely that died with Justin Timberlake and MySpace? Well, arise Pharrell Williams, the new Chief Brand Officer at Doodles NFT.The non-fungible-Pharrell-hook-up was announced yesterday at crypto conference NFT.NYC, as Doodles also revealed that it has raised its first round of funding led by venture capital firm Seven Seven Six.

Pharrell Williams has praised the writing prowess of Kendrick Lamar, declaring that his bars hit so hard “because he knows how to be very disciplined with a subject matter”.The claims came in a new interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music 1, celebrating the release of Williams’ new Tyler, The Creator and 21 Savage-assisted single ‘Cash In Cash Out’. The song was released yesterday (June 10) and marked Williams’ second time joining forces with Tyler, after he produced Tyler’s track ‘Come On, Let’s Go’ for the ‘I Love Nigo’ compilation.Speaking to Lowe, Williams referred to Lamar as “one of the greatest writers of our times”, explaining: “He knows that stickiness is important, and he knows that it has to feel great.”Williams and Lamar have a long history, and linked up most recently to work on this year’s ‘Mr.

Pharrell has announced the release details of his upcoming collaboration with Tyler, the Creator and 21 Savage.‘Cash In Cash Out’ is due for release next Friday (June 10) and comes ahead of Pharrell’s upcoming Something in the Water Festival, which will be held in Washington D.C. from June 17 to June 19.

Pusha T has revealed the advice that Pharrell gave him while writing his latest album.Speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read, Pusha revealed that while working at Pharrell’s compound in Miami, the rapper gave him invaluable advice about getting in character on his songs.“[Pharrell] said the evolution of me is being more of a character,” Pusha explained. “He doesn’t like me rapping. He tells me all the time: ‘You can do that verse in your sleep.

Taylor Swift, Common, Seth Meyers and cast and crew including Al Pacino and Robert De Niro reuniting to talk about Michael Mann’s Heat are a few of the headliners confirmed for the Tribeca Festival’s Talks and Reunions lineup.

Calvin Harris has announced that he’ll be releasing a new album, ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol.2’, this coming summer.Taking to Twitter this afternoon, the DJ and producer shared an image of a billboard displaying the album’s title. While not revealing the exact release date, Harris captioned the image: “Summer ’22.”His forthcoming sixth studio album will be his first in five years – his last one being the first volume of ‘Funk Wav Bounces’, which arrived in 2017.That album included the singles ‘Slide’, ‘Heatstroke’, ‘Rollin’, ‘Faking It’, and the chart-topping  ‘Feels’ featuring Pharrell, Katy Perry and Big Sean.No further info has been shared on what to expect from volume two, however, with Harris set to perform at a number of big festivals this summer it’s fair to assume that new music will be released soon, or even debuted during some of his forthcoming sets.Summer ‘22 pic.twitter.com/ojGsbIarsH— Calvin Harris (@CalvinHarris) April 20, 2022Earlier this year Harris shared a new track called ‘Lonely’, using his Love Regenerator alias.It’s the latest in a group of records the DJ has shared since launching the alias back in January 2020.

Pusha T has teamed up with Jay-Z on the new single, ‘Neck & Wrist’, marking the first time the rappers have teamed up since ‘Drug Dealers Anonymous’ in 2016.The latest song to be lifted from Pusha T’s forthcoming fourth studio album, ‘Neck & Wrist’ sees Pharrell Williams undertake production duties. It also comes a month after Pusha confirmed that Jay-Z was on the album.“We call this ‘God level rap for dummies'”, Pusha quipped on Twitter.

Blake Shelton is taking a walk down memory lane.

Tyler, The Creator has shared a new track called ‘Come On, Let’s Go’ – you can listen to it below.Produced by Pharrell Williams, the song will appear on a compilation album by DJ and A Bathing Ape founder Nigo, ‘I Know Nigo’ (out tomorrow, March 25). You can pre-add/pre-save the record here.The one-minute-45-second ‘Come On, Let’s Go’ arrives with an accompanying official video, which was self-directed by Tyler, The Creator.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt’s been a long time coming — two years, in fact — but the Songwriters Hall of Fame has confirmed that its twice-pandemic delayed 51 Annual Induction & Awards Gala will take place on Thursday, June 16, 2022, at its longtime location, the Marriott Marquis New York’s Times Square.The 2022 date, originally set for June 10, 2020, will induct previously announced songwriters, Mariah Carey, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Ernie Isley / Marvin Isley / O’Kelly Isley / Ronald Isley / Rudolph Isley / Chris Jasper (the Isley Brothers), Steve Miller, Pharrell Williams / Chad Hugo (the Neptunes), Rick Nowels and William “Mickey” Stevenson. Master songwriter Paul Williams will be receiving the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award and Universal Music Publishing Chairman-CEO Jody Gerson will receive the Abe Olman Publisher Award.

Virgil Abloh's final Off-White runway show. Several models including Cindy Crawford and her daughter, Kaia Gerber, Naomi Campbell and Kendall Jenner helped kick off night one of Paris Fashion Week with a tribute to Abloh in the first Off-White fashion show since his death in November.Campbell, who also walked in the creative director’s final Louis Vuitton show in January, led the charge with Jenner, sisters Gigi and Bella Hadid, and tennis star and fellow fashion designer Serena Williams following suit.A post shared by Off-White™ (@off____white)The star-studded show was attended by Pharrell Williams, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky and many other celebs and fashionistas who showed up in full force to honor the late designer.A post shared by Son of a Pharoah (@pharrell)Abloh died on Nov.

Paul Pogba has shown he can be a model professional in more ways than one after strutting his stuff on the red carpet at Paris Fashion Week with his wife Zulay. The Frenchman has been enjoying some downtime in between games for Manchester United, having taken some time out to return to his home city where he rubbed shoulders with a number of celebrities and fellow professionals at the glitzy event.

Dwayne Johnson poured himself a glass of his own Teremana tequila to celebrate their deal with Mast-Jägermeister and their new role as an investor to help the brand's global expansion.Nina Dobrev wore the Rebecca Minkoff Adelia Jacket while headed to Craig's in West Hollywood.Gal Gadot co-founded GOODLES, a nutritious and delicious take on mac & cheese, to create a healthier version of her favorite food.Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss and Allison Holker launched DSG by tWitch and Allison, a line of men's and women's apparel including leggings, tanks, bras, performance tees, sweatshirts, pants, and accessories.Tyler Cameron attended the Alo Yoga New York Fashion Week Party at the Alo Flatiron Store in NYC, where guests enjoyed hors d’oeuvres curated by Matthew Kenney Cuisine, Vitality Cocktails and espresso martini shots by Casamigos, and a music set by The Whooligan.Tom Brady,Meghan Trainor, J. Balvin, 50 Cent and Jeff Bezos all joined hoo.be, the in-demand creator-first platform that is elevating the link-in-bio space for celebrities, brands and top content founded by CEO Jordan Greenfield.

Kid Cudi has teamed up with DJ and Bape founder Nigo for a brand new single called ‘Want It Bad’ – listen to it below.Produced by Pharrell, it’s the second preview of Nigo’s upcoming album, ‘I Know Nigo’. The first track to be released from the project was last month’s A$AP Rocky-featured ‘Ayra’.On the euphoric ‘Want It Bad’, Cudi celebrates his successes and the grind it took to get to this point: “Lives fast, with high hopes/ Story of a kid who was feelin’ low/ To the life of me, lemme set the scene/ On my grind, I work hard/ Lord hit me, woah, tell ’em it’s a new mould/ Walk into a different zone, doin’ the impossible/ Too incredible.”Arriving with a flashy video shot in Paris, you can check out the Harrison Boyce-directed clip below:Nigo first announced the forthcoming album back in December, revealing that the project was on the way and that he’d signed to Steven Victor’s Victor Victor Worldwide label, a joint venture between Victor and Universal Music Group.Guest appearances will include Pharrell, Kid Cudi, A$AP Rocky, Lil Uzi Vert, Pusha T, Tyler, The Creator, Fam-Lay and Teriyaki Boyz, with more to be announced.Outside of his work as the head of the streetwear brand A Bating Ape, Nigo has long had an interest and association with the world of music.

PARIS -- It was a fashion history-making moment in Paris for Kenzo on Sunday as it unveiled the debut for its first Japanese designer since house founder Kenzo Takada.Nigo, 51, thus becomes only the second Asian designer at the head of a European high fashion label, alongside Bally’s Filipino-American Rhuigi Villaseñor. His appointment represents a milestone as the luxury industry wrestles more broadly with questions over racism and diversity.The show venue of Galerie Vivienne underlined the historic importance of the debut collection, teasing out parallels between the Nigo and Takada.

Kanye West and Julia Fox are enjoying a fashionable moment together for the first time.

Singer and music producer Pharrell Williams is challenging corporate America to “do more” by supporting entrepreneurs of colour and adopting economic equity measures.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Singer and music producer Pharrell Williams is challenging corporate America to “do more" by supporting entrepreneurs of color and adopting economic equity measures.The Virginian-Pilot reports that in remarks Monday during the Urban League of Hampton Roads’ annual Martin Luther King Jr.