Pharrell Williams speaks his mind and shows off his colorful style for GQ.
The singer/producer/trendsetter covers the April issue of the men’s magazine.
In addition to flaunting his fashion, the “Happy” hitmaker discusses the controversy over his G I R L album cover, losing the Oscar to Frozen‘s “Let It Go” (“Is it going to be here for 10 years—that song from Frozen?”), and his infamous Vivienne Westwood hat.
He also explains why Hillary Clinton should be the next president. “We’re about to have a female president. Hillary’s gonna win,” says Pharrell.
Here is a sample of the article from the interview below.
On losing the Oscar for Best Original Song to Frozen: “Well, trust me: when they read the results, my face was…frozen. But then I thought about it, and I just decided just to…let it go.”
On why Hillary Clinton should be the next president: “Let me tell you why Hillary’s going to win. Everywhere you go in this country, you have red and blue. You got the Democrats; you got the Republicans. You got the Bloods; you got the Crips. You know what else is red and blue? Blood. Blood is blue in your body until air hits it, and then it turns red. That means there’s unity. There’s gonna be unity. … Hillary’s gonna win. Listen, I’m reaching out to her right now. She’s gonna win.”
On his G I R L cover controversy: “It doesn’t make sense to me. That kind of divisiveness is not necessary at a time when we’re supposed to be unifying. That’s what happiness is all about, and if you look at my ‘Happy’ video, I had everybody in there: fat, skinny, gay, straight, purple, polka-dot, plaid, gingham print, houndstooth, alien. I fuckin’ had dogs in there! I had children in there! I had kids in there! I’m the most indiscriminate person that there is! I believe in equality.”
On his infamous buffalo hat: “Anything different, people are going to look at and go, ‘Ha ha ha ha, what is that??’ Then, after a while, they do a little bit of research; they realize it’s Vivienne Westwood, an ode to her boyfriend at the time; they had a store together called World’s End. The guy who went on to sign the Sex Pistols, Malcolm McLaren.”
Read the full interview at GQ.com.
