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Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin

Pharrell Williams

Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin

Society & Culture, Arts, Philosophy

4.6908 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Pharrell Williams is a Grammy-winning songwriter, producer, and performer. Getting his start in music alongside Chad Hugo as the production duo known as The Neptunes in 1992, Pharrell has produced chart-topping hits for artists including Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, and Snoop Dogg. He has co-composed the music for the Despicable Me film franchise, including hit “Happy,” which became the best-selling song of 2014 and earned Pharrell an Oscar nomination. Pharrell’s collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, and Gwen Stefani, alongside his work as a solo artist and frontman for alternative band N.E.R.D., have solidified his reputation as a creative force in the music industry. With 13 Grammy wins and two Oscar nominations, Pharrell continues to progress the sounds of post-new jack swing, R&B and rap, and pop.  Currently, Pharrell serves as the creative director of Louis Vuitton, and he has recently announced his role as a co-chair for next year’s Met Gala alongside Lewis Hamilton and Anna Wintour. In October, his animated biopic Piece by Piece, a collaboration with LEGO, premiered alongside its titular song by Pharrell. The film is now available for rent or purchase to enjoy at home. Link here: https://www.focusfeatures.com/piece-by-piece ------ Thank you to the sponsors that fuel our podcast and our team: Athletic Nicotine https://www.athleticnicotine.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Squarespace https://squarespace.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Vivo Barefoot http://vivobarefoot.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA25' ------ LMNT Electrolytes https://drinklmnt.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Sign up to receive Tetragrammaton Transmissions https://www.tetragrammaton.com/join-newsletter

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0:00.0

Tetragrammaton

0:02.0

Tetragrammaton My agent at the time was just very persistent about me doing a documentary because, you know, somewhere between like six and seven years ago, there was like this whole rage of like A-listers,

0:41.3

musicians specifically,

0:46.3

they were just doing these documentaries all over the place.

0:50.3

And the dock space just got like, it just turned hot.

0:55.0

It was like, oh man, you gotta do one on your life.

0:58.0

And I was like, my life, no way.

1:01.0

One, why would I want to listen to myself, speak for an hour,

1:09.0

and feel that feeling of listening to a voicemail for an hour.

1:13.3

Why would I do that?

1:14.6

Like, also, like, I see myself in the mirror every day

1:18.0

and I am not curious or enthusiastic about any of my story

1:23.7

because I know it.

1:24.9

Yeah.

1:25.3

I know what I did two minutes ago.

1:27.0

Yeah.

1:27.4

Two hours ago? No, you know, two days ago, two weeks ago, two months

1:32.0

ago, two years ago, two decades ago.

1:36.5

What am I curious about?

1:38.0

I wasn't.

1:39.0

And that's a huge issue for me because anything that I do artistically,

1:45.0

I need to be curious and I need to feel enthusiastic about

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