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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 35221" data-attributes="member: 81"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Pharrell-TOP.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=437&amp;crop=1" alt="Pharrell Williams Norfolk 2021" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getty Image / Leigh VogelFor those who aren’t fond of <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/pharrell-ageless-skin-skincare-products/" target="_blank">Pharrell Williams</a>‘ hit single “<a href="https://uproxx.com/hitfix/former-oscar-players-let-it-go-from-frozen-and-pharrells-happy-win-grammys/" target="_blank">Happy</a>,” you may have something in common with the artist himself. <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/halsey-pharrell-bono-sing-2/" target="_blank">Williams</a> admits the song annoys him too.The song was originally released in 2013 as part of the soundtrack for Despicable Me 2. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the following year on Williams’ second studio album, Girl. But almost a decade after the song’s release, several Twitter users have said that they don’t care for the song.“No song annoyed me like Happy by Pharrell did,” said Twitter user @javroar. Williams quote-replied to the tweet saying, “Same.”“Happy” was one of the biggest hits of 2014, largely in part to the song’s 24-hour music video. When speaking of the video’s creation in a 2013 interview with<a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2013/12/31/258406317/pharrell-williams-on-juxtaposition-and-seeing-sounds" target="_blank"> NPR</a>, Williams said, “We kind of gotta do it ’cause the premise was perfect with the song, ‘Happy,’ and if we can help people rediscover happiness within themselves — and notice, we’re not trying to make anyone happy, we’re just trying to, like I said, help people rediscover it within themselves.”Despite Williams’ intent to help the listener rediscover happiness, it is clear by the general consensus that the song largely had the opposite effect.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/pharrell-williams-annoyed-happy/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 35221, member: 81"] [IMG alt="Pharrell Williams Norfolk 2021"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Pharrell-TOP.jpg?w=1024&h=437&crop=1[/IMG] [UWSL]Getty Image / Leigh Vogel[/UWSL] For those who aren’t fond of [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/pharrell-ageless-skin-skincare-products/']Pharrell Williams[/URL]‘ hit single “[URL='https://uproxx.com/hitfix/former-oscar-players-let-it-go-from-frozen-and-pharrells-happy-win-grammys/']Happy[/URL],” you may have something in common with the artist himself. [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/halsey-pharrell-bono-sing-2/']Williams[/URL] admits the song annoys him too. The song was originally released in 2013 as part of the soundtrack for [I]Despicable Me 2[/I]. It reached No. 1 on the [I]Billboard [/I]Hot 100 chart the following year on Williams’ second studio album, [I]Girl[/I]. But almost a decade after the song’s release, several Twitter users have said that they don’t care for the song. “No song annoyed me like Happy by Pharrell did,” said Twitter user @javroar. Williams quote-replied to the tweet saying, “Same.” “Happy” was one of the biggest hits of 2014, largely in part to the song’s 24-hour music video. When speaking of the video’s creation in a 2013 interview with[URL='https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2013/12/31/258406317/pharrell-williams-on-juxtaposition-and-seeing-sounds'] NPR[/URL], Williams said, “We kind of gotta do it ’cause the premise was perfect with the song, ‘Happy,’ and if we can help people rediscover happiness within themselves — and notice, we’re not trying to make anyone happy, we’re just trying to, like I said, help people rediscover it within themselves.” Despite Williams’ intent to help the listener rediscover happiness, it is clear by the general consensus that the song largely had the opposite effect. [url="https://uproxx.com/music/pharrell-williams-annoyed-happy/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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