The past year has been all about the, “Happy” Pharrell. From the super producer’s toe tapping tunes to his empecable fashion sense with a wife to match, Pharrell has been the go-to guy – it’s no secret why he made the cover of GQ’s April issue. He talks to the fashion mag about the early release of, G I R L and the, “unhappy place” he was in when his first album, In My Mind released.
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“In My Mind was just purpose-oriented toward, like, competing and being like my peers—the Jays and the Puffs of the world, who make great music,” Pharrell mentions of his feeling for the his debut solo release. “I felt like I had amassed this big body of work, most—not all—but most of which was just about self-aggrandizement, and I wasn’t proud of it.”
Which the great deal of change between the first album and G I R L, Pharrell also talks “life” and his value for it.
I’m curious why that’s something you could know now but not, say, in 2004, or when your first record came out, in 2006.
No, because in 2004, I was still used to making money, going, “Whoa.” I mean, it’s understandable—2004, you know, I was 31 years old. I didn’t know no better. I’m about to be 41, so I understand the value of life. The value of life is the value of life, not “life” the word itself. It’s the definition. It’s where all the life is. Life is about definitions, not about the words. Words are just incantations.
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