1 00:00:26,192 --> 00:00:29,988 ♪ Hold on, I've been waiting so long ♪ 2 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:35,035 ♪ Is this how this feels? ♪ 3 00:00:35,076 --> 00:00:38,163 (electronic fanfare playing) 4 00:00:38,204 --> 00:00:40,957 ♪ It's happening ♪ 5 00:00:40,999 --> 00:00:44,210 ♪ Yes, it's really happening ♪ 6 00:00:44,252 --> 00:00:51,509 ♪ This is real ♪ 7 00:00:51,551 --> 00:00:53,303 (fanfare ends) 8 00:00:53,344 --> 00:00:55,555 -BABY: Dada. -PHARRELL WILLIAMS: Yes, sir. 9 00:00:55,597 --> 00:00:58,058 -Dada. -Yes, sir. -(kids chattering playfully) 10 00:00:58,099 --> 00:00:59,684 Careful. Don't crash. 11 00:00:59,726 --> 00:01:01,561 (baby squealing) 12 00:01:03,605 --> 00:01:04,689 You okay? 13 00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:08,234 Yeah, but you're not supposed to have that 14 00:01:08,276 --> 00:01:10,779 -on the table, buddy. -Dada. 15 00:01:11,654 --> 00:01:13,448 So, can you do me a favor and tell everybody 16 00:01:13,490 --> 00:01:15,784 I'm trying to do an interview for the film? 17 00:01:15,825 --> 00:01:17,327 Okay, babe. 18 00:01:17,368 --> 00:01:20,038 But just tell the kids to be-- quiet down, like... 19 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,332 (kids chattering and babbling) 20 00:01:24,626 --> 00:01:26,586 -And good morning, brother. -Hey. 21 00:01:29,923 --> 00:01:32,217 -MORGAN NEVILLE: Are we good? -MAN: Yeah. All set. 22 00:01:32,258 --> 00:01:33,384 MORGAN: Okay. 23 00:01:33,426 --> 00:01:34,886 -Hey. -Hey, how you doing, man? 24 00:01:34,928 --> 00:01:36,096 Good to see you. How's it going? 25 00:01:36,137 --> 00:01:37,097 -We're recording? Yeah? -Yeah, yeah. 26 00:01:37,138 --> 00:01:38,223 Okay, cool. 27 00:01:38,264 --> 00:01:40,475 Quiet on the set! 28 00:01:42,685 --> 00:01:44,646 You know what I always thought about? 29 00:01:44,687 --> 00:01:45,730 MORGAN: What's that? 30 00:01:45,772 --> 00:01:47,607 What if, like... 31 00:01:47,649 --> 00:01:49,442 What if nothing's new? 32 00:01:49,484 --> 00:01:50,902 (whooshing) 33 00:01:50,944 --> 00:01:52,904 What if life is like a LEGO set? 34 00:01:52,946 --> 00:01:54,531 (satellite beeping) 35 00:01:54,572 --> 00:01:57,200 And you can put 'em together whatever way you want. 36 00:01:58,451 --> 00:02:03,206 But you're borrowing from colors that already existed. 37 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:06,918 Does that make sense? 38 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:08,253 Um... 39 00:02:08,294 --> 00:02:09,504 You know what would be cool is if, like, 40 00:02:09,546 --> 00:02:12,590 we told my story with LEGO pieces. 41 00:02:12,632 --> 00:02:13,675 (chuckles) 42 00:02:13,716 --> 00:02:15,301 -Seriously? -Yes. 43 00:02:15,343 --> 00:02:17,137 -LEGO? -Yes. 44 00:02:17,929 --> 00:02:19,430 MORGAN: Mm-hmm. 45 00:02:19,472 --> 00:02:21,558 Just imagine all the color that would bring to it. 46 00:02:21,599 --> 00:02:22,433 Sure. 47 00:02:22,475 --> 00:02:24,269 -Limitless color. -Mm-hmm. 48 00:02:24,310 --> 00:02:26,187 This is the best way I can really be my purest self... 49 00:02:26,229 --> 00:02:28,022 -Yeah. -...without feeling weird. 50 00:02:28,064 --> 00:02:29,107 Okay. (chuckles) 51 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:30,817 Man, I'm saying just... 52 00:02:30,859 --> 00:02:32,819 Just be open. Just be open. 53 00:02:32,861 --> 00:02:36,114 So, what would you be wearing in this interview, then? 54 00:02:36,156 --> 00:02:39,284 Dad hat, T-shirt, shorts, 55 00:02:39,325 --> 00:02:40,910 on a yellow electric bike. 56 00:02:40,952 --> 00:02:42,579 (bicycle bell rings) 57 00:02:42,620 --> 00:02:44,205 'Kay. 58 00:02:44,247 --> 00:02:45,790 Moving on. 59 00:02:45,832 --> 00:02:47,375 Here's an easy question. 60 00:02:47,417 --> 00:02:50,920 (chuckles): Well, maybe it's easy, maybe it's hard. 61 00:02:50,962 --> 00:02:52,881 Where are you from? 62 00:02:52,922 --> 00:02:54,257 I'm from the mud. 63 00:02:54,299 --> 00:02:56,551 ("Maybe" by N.E.R.D. playing) 64 00:02:58,928 --> 00:03:01,306 Close to the fabled Atlantis. 65 00:03:02,557 --> 00:03:03,683 ♪ Uh-huh ♪ 66 00:03:07,145 --> 00:03:09,939 ♪ And it was born in a cloud ♪ 67 00:03:09,981 --> 00:03:12,734 ♪ With silver lining ♪ 68 00:03:12,775 --> 00:03:16,070 I just became obsessed with, like, water, you know? 69 00:03:16,112 --> 00:03:18,198 And, like, King Neptune. 70 00:03:18,239 --> 00:03:20,533 ♪ ♪ 71 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,334 ♪ And voilà ♪ 72 00:03:36,216 --> 00:03:38,343 I feel like my obsession with water 73 00:03:38,384 --> 00:03:40,511 triggered something in me. 74 00:03:40,553 --> 00:03:43,598 -Different kinds of abilities. -(trident ringing) 75 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,442 I don't know where it's from. 76 00:03:55,485 --> 00:03:57,487 But I knew I was different. 77 00:03:59,322 --> 00:04:01,241 -(bowl clatters) -(water splashes) 78 00:04:02,033 --> 00:04:03,368 MORGAN: Really? 79 00:04:03,409 --> 00:04:05,078 PHARRELL: I've always grappled with that. 80 00:04:05,119 --> 00:04:07,413 (water flowing) 81 00:04:09,165 --> 00:04:11,626 ♪ See, maybe ♪ 82 00:04:11,668 --> 00:04:14,295 ♪ There was something wrong ♪ 83 00:04:14,337 --> 00:04:16,714 ♪ And you weren't telling me ♪ 84 00:04:16,756 --> 00:04:20,176 ♪ No, oh ♪ 85 00:04:20,218 --> 00:04:23,429 ♪ See, see, maybe ♪ 86 00:04:24,389 --> 00:04:26,599 ♪ The laugh's on me ♪ 87 00:04:26,641 --> 00:04:32,689 ♪ And life was telling me a joke ♪ 88 00:04:36,609 --> 00:04:38,903 PHARRELL: I'm from Virginia Beach. 89 00:04:46,577 --> 00:04:49,664 The beach was less than a mile from Atlantis, 90 00:04:49,706 --> 00:04:52,041 the housing project where I grew up. 91 00:04:54,294 --> 00:04:56,254 The suburbs thought this was the hood, 92 00:04:56,296 --> 00:04:58,965 but really this place was magical. 93 00:04:59,007 --> 00:05:02,051 (band playing "Maybe") 94 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:07,807 -(dog barks) -♪ Hey, yeah ♪ 95 00:05:07,849 --> 00:05:09,392 (drumming to music) 96 00:05:10,935 --> 00:05:15,898 You'd just witness music bouncing off the walls. 97 00:05:18,443 --> 00:05:21,112 And the Blue Angels, they would fly over 98 00:05:21,154 --> 00:05:22,780 my housing project. 99 00:05:22,822 --> 00:05:25,241 -(rumbling, rattling) -We lived in the crash zone, 100 00:05:25,283 --> 00:05:28,286 -so we had the best view. -(baby crying) 101 00:05:28,328 --> 00:05:30,538 -(song ends) -(people murmuring) 102 00:05:30,580 --> 00:05:32,123 (jet engines whooshing) 103 00:05:32,165 --> 00:05:34,834 You couldn't tell me that life was not amazing. 104 00:05:37,879 --> 00:05:39,881 And I loved music. 105 00:05:40,798 --> 00:05:43,051 Like, everybody loves music, but I'm realizing 106 00:05:43,092 --> 00:05:45,803 I had a different kind of relationship with it. 107 00:05:45,845 --> 00:05:46,971 Like, it was-- 108 00:05:47,013 --> 00:05:49,515 literally was mesmerizing to me. 109 00:05:50,683 --> 00:05:52,685 ("I Wish" by Stevie Wonder playing) 110 00:05:52,727 --> 00:05:54,896 I didn't even know that I was mesmerized. 111 00:05:54,937 --> 00:05:56,731 I just thought that's what all Black kids did. 112 00:05:56,773 --> 00:05:59,317 I thought we all just stared into the speaker like... 113 00:05:59,359 --> 00:06:00,818 Whoa. 114 00:06:02,153 --> 00:06:07,367 ♪ Looking back on when I was a little nappy-headed boy ♪ 115 00:06:10,036 --> 00:06:11,371 I was seeing colors. 116 00:06:11,412 --> 00:06:14,040 It's called synesthesia. 117 00:06:14,082 --> 00:06:16,751 It's not something that you see with your physical eyes. 118 00:06:16,793 --> 00:06:18,878 It's something that you see in your mind's eye. 119 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:20,505 (exclaims) 120 00:06:20,546 --> 00:06:24,675 ♪ Trying your best to bring the water to your eyes ♪ 121 00:06:24,717 --> 00:06:29,389 ♪ Thinking it might stop her from whupping your behind ♪ 122 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:32,934 All the Stevie music would do it to me. 123 00:06:32,975 --> 00:06:36,813 Beautiful hues of light cascading. 124 00:06:37,688 --> 00:06:41,859 ♪ I wish those days could come back once more ♪ 125 00:06:41,901 --> 00:06:46,531 ♪ Why did those days ever have to go? ♪ 126 00:06:46,572 --> 00:06:48,199 ♪ 'Cause I love them so ♪ 127 00:06:48,241 --> 00:06:50,493 I would just start the record over 128 00:06:50,535 --> 00:06:52,537 and start it over and over and over. 129 00:06:52,578 --> 00:06:55,623 Doing whatever it took to continue to make it happen. 130 00:06:55,665 --> 00:06:59,836 ♪ Why did those days ever have to go? ♪ 131 00:06:59,877 --> 00:07:01,921 -♪ I wish those... ♪ -(record scratches, song stops) 132 00:07:02,964 --> 00:07:05,383 PHAROAH WILLIAMS: Man, he was way out there. 133 00:07:05,425 --> 00:07:07,051 He must have got it from his mama. 134 00:07:07,093 --> 00:07:09,262 -Oh, my God. -(chuckles) 135 00:07:09,303 --> 00:07:11,722 -And me. -(laughs) 136 00:07:11,764 --> 00:07:14,892 As parents from a project, 137 00:07:14,934 --> 00:07:18,771 we needed to be encouraging and tell him like... 138 00:07:18,813 --> 00:07:21,899 You can do anything you want to do. 139 00:07:21,941 --> 00:07:25,736 People are able to accomplish things 140 00:07:25,778 --> 00:07:29,115 because they work hard at what it is that they do. 141 00:07:30,283 --> 00:07:31,742 That's my mom. 142 00:07:31,784 --> 00:07:33,828 (knocking to rhythmic beat) 143 00:07:33,870 --> 00:07:36,205 ("Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani playing) 144 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:40,209 PUSHA T: We basically lived in the same neighborhood. 145 00:07:40,251 --> 00:07:44,005 We were kids, so it was like, "Hey, we're gonna ride our bikes 146 00:07:44,046 --> 00:07:46,507 to Mount Trashmore." 147 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:48,759 PHARRELL: And I was the kid 148 00:07:48,801 --> 00:07:51,053 in the neighborhood with the skateboard. 149 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:54,849 (lively chatter) 150 00:07:58,186 --> 00:07:59,437 -(excited chatter) -Yeah. 151 00:07:59,479 --> 00:08:01,522 We explored everywhere. 152 00:08:01,564 --> 00:08:02,607 (seabirds calling) 153 00:08:02,648 --> 00:08:04,484 We would go to neighborhoods 154 00:08:04,525 --> 00:08:08,404 and point at massive houses and dream. 155 00:08:08,446 --> 00:08:10,698 ♪ ♪ 156 00:08:14,577 --> 00:08:16,454 Virginia Beach Oceanfront was 157 00:08:16,496 --> 00:08:18,956 the congregating place for anybody 158 00:08:18,998 --> 00:08:22,251 -who was a creative. -(crowd cheering) 159 00:08:23,336 --> 00:08:25,129 (rapping): ♪ Timbaland, make my body hot... ♪ 160 00:08:25,171 --> 00:08:28,883 PUSHA T: The best rappers there made a name. 161 00:08:28,925 --> 00:08:31,677 You have Timbaland, who's known as DJ Timmy Tim. 162 00:08:31,719 --> 00:08:33,554 (record scratching rhythmically) 163 00:08:34,555 --> 00:08:37,517 We all kind of knew each other from school. 164 00:08:37,558 --> 00:08:39,560 (lively chatter, laughter) 165 00:08:39,602 --> 00:08:41,145 PHARRELL: Yeah, I knew Timbaland. 166 00:08:41,187 --> 00:08:43,189 I knew Timbaland 'cause we were in class together, 167 00:08:43,231 --> 00:08:45,858 -and he was cool with Missy. -(pounding, clapping to music) 168 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:47,860 And that's how I met Missy, through Tim. 169 00:08:49,487 --> 00:08:51,572 At the time, we weren't thinking 170 00:08:51,614 --> 00:08:54,367 we were going to be artists. 171 00:08:54,408 --> 00:08:56,536 We just loved doing music. 172 00:08:56,577 --> 00:08:59,330 -(whistle blowing rhythmically) -(crowd cheering) 173 00:08:59,372 --> 00:09:02,124 (band playing "Hollaback Girl") 174 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:10,841 In Virginia, we've been saying for years 175 00:09:10,883 --> 00:09:13,719 there's something in the water. (chuckles) 176 00:09:13,761 --> 00:09:15,179 They always say there's something in the water, 177 00:09:15,221 --> 00:09:17,723 but I think it's just Virginia itself. 178 00:09:17,765 --> 00:09:19,600 (music and cheering continue) 179 00:09:28,526 --> 00:09:30,528 -(song ends) -(school bell ringing) 180 00:09:30,570 --> 00:09:32,780 (quiet chatter) 181 00:09:33,823 --> 00:09:35,491 But I wasn't the best student. 182 00:09:35,533 --> 00:09:37,994 (garbled chatter) 183 00:09:38,035 --> 00:09:41,205 I found school difficult, you know? 184 00:09:42,707 --> 00:09:44,792 You go from being in sixth grade, 185 00:09:44,834 --> 00:09:46,877 where you only really had two teachers, 186 00:09:46,919 --> 00:09:48,379 but seventh grade was like 187 00:09:48,421 --> 00:09:49,630 you had seven different teachers. 188 00:09:49,672 --> 00:09:51,048 It was just too overwhelming. 189 00:09:51,090 --> 00:09:52,216 -(school bell ringing) -(fingers snapping) 190 00:09:52,258 --> 00:09:54,677 Hey! Earth to Pharrell. 191 00:09:54,719 --> 00:09:58,556 Stop daydreaming and get to work. 192 00:09:58,598 --> 00:10:00,641 PHARRELL: I have, like, anxiety about it 193 00:10:00,683 --> 00:10:02,935 and refuse to go back. 194 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:07,189 So, I was in seventh grade twice. 195 00:10:07,231 --> 00:10:09,942 (phone ringing) 196 00:10:09,984 --> 00:10:12,236 The teacher contacted my mom and said, 197 00:10:12,278 --> 00:10:15,197 "Look, he's got enough credit to pass." 198 00:10:15,239 --> 00:10:18,909 And my mom was like, "No, he needs to... 199 00:10:18,951 --> 00:10:20,953 he needs to do it again." 200 00:10:22,330 --> 00:10:23,914 (door opens, closes) 201 00:10:24,749 --> 00:10:26,709 The boy is smart. He's brilliant. 202 00:10:26,751 --> 00:10:29,253 But he only did enough to get by. 203 00:10:30,046 --> 00:10:33,174 Do you feel like you fit in as a kid? 204 00:10:33,215 --> 00:10:34,300 No. 205 00:10:35,801 --> 00:10:39,805 I was detached. 206 00:10:41,223 --> 00:10:44,268 And more in dreamland all the time, 207 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:48,022 because oftentimes that's all I had, was my imagination. 208 00:10:48,064 --> 00:10:51,275 -MAN (over TV): Soul... -("Funkytown" playing) 209 00:10:51,317 --> 00:10:52,735 Train! 210 00:10:52,777 --> 00:10:55,529 PHARRELL: I wanted to escape. 211 00:10:55,571 --> 00:10:57,031 Hello and welcome aboard. 212 00:10:57,073 --> 00:10:59,075 You're right on time for another ride on the big train. 213 00:10:59,116 --> 00:11:00,409 (channel changes) 214 00:11:00,451 --> 00:11:02,495 Live long and prosper. 215 00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:07,124 PHARRELL: TV, for me, became like this magical place 216 00:11:07,166 --> 00:11:11,087 where, like, my imagination would just run super wild. 217 00:11:11,128 --> 00:11:13,297 ♪ Town to keep me moving, keep me grooving ♪ 218 00:11:13,339 --> 00:11:15,257 ♪ With some energy ♪ 219 00:11:17,843 --> 00:11:21,555 ♪ Well, I talk about it, talk about it, talk about it ♪ 220 00:11:21,597 --> 00:11:23,808 ♪ Talk about it... ♪ 221 00:11:23,849 --> 00:11:26,811 Even in the outskirts of our own solar system, 222 00:11:26,852 --> 00:11:31,190 we humans have barely begun our explorations. 223 00:11:32,274 --> 00:11:34,235 PHARRELL: Carl Sagan's way of looking at life 224 00:11:34,276 --> 00:11:36,070 was amazing to me. 225 00:11:37,571 --> 00:11:39,824 (warbling) 226 00:11:41,867 --> 00:11:43,703 -(gasps) -(laughs) 227 00:11:44,787 --> 00:11:46,205 (song ends) 228 00:11:46,247 --> 00:11:48,207 I felt like everybody else was like, 229 00:11:48,249 --> 00:11:51,460 "Oh, that's an odd child. He's odd." 230 00:11:52,545 --> 00:11:54,463 And that crushed my spirit. 231 00:11:56,632 --> 00:11:58,884 ♪ ♪ 232 00:12:00,302 --> 00:12:03,347 So I didn't know what the hell I was gonna do. 233 00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:05,433 (choir vocalizing) 234 00:12:11,272 --> 00:12:13,733 -(choir continues vocalizing) -(rhythmic clapping) 235 00:12:15,526 --> 00:12:17,236 (scattered whoops, chatter) 236 00:12:22,950 --> 00:12:25,244 ♪ Hold your head, lil' bruh ♪ 237 00:12:28,706 --> 00:12:31,459 ♪ You're not dead, lil' bruh ♪ 238 00:12:34,462 --> 00:12:36,046 ♪ You are brown ♪ 239 00:12:36,088 --> 00:12:40,092 ♪ And this world is black and white, lil' bruh ♪ 240 00:12:40,134 --> 00:12:42,720 ♪ I know how it sounds, lil' bruh ♪ 241 00:12:42,762 --> 00:12:45,222 ♪ But you'll be all right, lil' bruh ♪ 242 00:12:45,264 --> 00:12:47,016 ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ 243 00:12:47,057 --> 00:12:52,229 ♪ I bet this song makes no sense to you ♪ 244 00:12:52,271 --> 00:12:55,524 ♪ With the world on your shoulders ♪ 245 00:12:55,566 --> 00:12:57,860 ♪ What can you see? ♪ 246 00:12:58,903 --> 00:13:03,407 ♪ God blessed us all with the gift to pursue ♪ 247 00:13:04,325 --> 00:13:09,413 ♪ Just clear your mind and you'll feel like me ♪ 248 00:13:09,455 --> 00:13:10,623 ♪ Yeah ♪ 249 00:13:10,664 --> 00:13:13,125 I remember his grandmother 250 00:13:13,167 --> 00:13:16,337 telling him that she had a dream. 251 00:13:16,378 --> 00:13:18,339 Pharrell was lifted up. 252 00:13:19,507 --> 00:13:22,927 He was suspended in the air, 253 00:13:22,968 --> 00:13:27,389 way up in the sky among the stars. 254 00:13:28,599 --> 00:13:30,017 And she said... 255 00:13:30,059 --> 00:13:34,104 GRANDMA: God has given you a special gift, 256 00:13:34,146 --> 00:13:39,485 but to whom much is given much is required. 257 00:13:41,237 --> 00:13:44,615 ♪ You were made to amaze ♪ 258 00:13:44,657 --> 00:13:46,784 ♪ And bring change, lil' bruh ♪ 259 00:13:46,826 --> 00:13:50,162 ♪ It takes one to know one, bruh ♪ 260 00:13:50,204 --> 00:13:52,456 ♪ So here's one to goin' on, bruh ♪ 261 00:13:52,498 --> 00:13:53,833 ♪ Yeah ♪ 262 00:13:53,874 --> 00:13:55,835 ♪ Get your hands up ♪ 263 00:13:56,836 --> 00:13:59,380 ♪ Come on, lil' bruh ♪ 264 00:14:00,172 --> 00:14:02,925 ♪ Just shout it out, come on ♪ 265 00:14:02,967 --> 00:14:05,177 -♪ Just shout it out... ♪ -(song fades) 266 00:14:07,513 --> 00:14:09,098 Were you making any music yet? 267 00:14:09,139 --> 00:14:11,100 No, 'cause I didn't take band 268 00:14:11,141 --> 00:14:13,310 in my first time in seventh grade. 269 00:14:13,352 --> 00:14:16,605 I mean, like, even singing or playing piano or anything? 270 00:14:16,647 --> 00:14:18,315 The closest I came to music 271 00:14:18,357 --> 00:14:21,861 was lining my grandmother's pillows up off of her couch 272 00:14:21,902 --> 00:14:24,989 and taking the cake mixer and a whisk. 273 00:14:25,030 --> 00:14:26,866 And those were my drumsticks. 274 00:14:26,907 --> 00:14:28,909 (shaking rhythmically) 275 00:14:28,951 --> 00:14:30,870 (tapping rhythmically) 276 00:14:30,911 --> 00:14:33,163 (playing rhythmic beat) 277 00:14:39,587 --> 00:14:43,173 She saw that in me, and that's when, in the seventh grade, 278 00:14:43,215 --> 00:14:45,593 she got me a snare drum. 279 00:14:45,634 --> 00:14:47,887 (playing drumbeat) 280 00:14:53,642 --> 00:14:55,895 But she started me on my path. 281 00:14:57,479 --> 00:15:00,149 My grandmother was the one that was like, "Listen..." 282 00:15:00,190 --> 00:15:02,860 When you go back to school, you should take music. 283 00:15:02,902 --> 00:15:06,155 (band playing Justin Timberlake's "Señorita") 284 00:15:09,158 --> 00:15:11,410 (song continues louder) 285 00:15:21,295 --> 00:15:23,589 PHARRELL: And that's when I met Chad. 286 00:15:23,631 --> 00:15:27,051 Chad understood colors in music, 287 00:15:27,092 --> 00:15:30,137 and we bonded on that. 288 00:15:35,768 --> 00:15:37,686 (vocalizing) 289 00:15:37,728 --> 00:15:39,980 ♪ ♪ 290 00:15:48,906 --> 00:15:51,283 ♪ Ladies and gentlemen, huh ♪ 291 00:15:51,325 --> 00:15:54,578 ♪ It's my pleasure to introduce to you ♪ 292 00:15:54,620 --> 00:15:56,872 ♪ He's a friend of mine ♪ 293 00:15:56,914 --> 00:15:58,248 ♪ It feels like something's ♪ 294 00:15:58,290 --> 00:15:59,792 -♪ Heating up ♪ -♪ Come on ♪ 295 00:15:59,833 --> 00:16:01,585 (laughing) 296 00:16:03,504 --> 00:16:06,131 PHAROAH: Both of them was kind of different. 297 00:16:06,173 --> 00:16:07,716 They was like little nerds. 298 00:16:07,758 --> 00:16:12,429 -Chad was always kind of quiet. -(cymbals clanging) 299 00:16:13,138 --> 00:16:14,598 I mean, it's true. 300 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,266 (laughing): Yeah. 301 00:16:16,308 --> 00:16:18,644 CAROLYN: But to see the two of them 302 00:16:18,686 --> 00:16:20,187 do music together, 303 00:16:20,229 --> 00:16:23,315 it's like they read each other's minds. 304 00:16:24,066 --> 00:16:25,275 (tapping rhythmically) 305 00:16:25,317 --> 00:16:28,529 (playing N.E.R.D.'s "Rock Star") 306 00:16:30,906 --> 00:16:32,199 We were just being ourselves 307 00:16:32,241 --> 00:16:34,243 and were just-just having fun, you know? 308 00:16:34,284 --> 00:16:37,037 PHARRELL: Chad is literally like a savant. 309 00:16:37,079 --> 00:16:38,622 I've learned so much from him. 310 00:16:38,664 --> 00:16:41,208 ♪ ♪ 311 00:16:41,250 --> 00:16:43,669 He was like, "I met this kid named Chad. 312 00:16:43,711 --> 00:16:46,338 "He has some music equipment at his house. 313 00:16:46,380 --> 00:16:48,090 We should go and check it out." 314 00:16:48,132 --> 00:16:50,426 We started going over to Chad's house, 315 00:16:50,467 --> 00:16:51,593 over the garage. 316 00:16:54,263 --> 00:16:56,223 PUSHA T: I'm sorry, I have to say it. 317 00:16:56,265 --> 00:16:58,600 We skipped so much school. 318 00:16:58,642 --> 00:17:00,019 It was so bad. 319 00:17:00,060 --> 00:17:02,146 (playful chatter, laughter) 320 00:17:02,187 --> 00:17:04,982 MISSY: Every day, we would create songs. 321 00:17:05,024 --> 00:17:08,235 Everything sounded futuristic. 322 00:17:08,277 --> 00:17:10,237 PHARRELL: "Let's try this. Let's try that." 323 00:17:10,279 --> 00:17:11,739 It's like the person who invented 324 00:17:11,780 --> 00:17:13,323 -peanut butter and jelly. -(laughing maniacally) 325 00:17:13,365 --> 00:17:14,825 It's like a weird mixture. 326 00:17:14,867 --> 00:17:16,160 And if you can pull it off, 327 00:17:16,201 --> 00:17:17,327 it becomes something new and different. 328 00:17:17,369 --> 00:17:18,829 It feels good. I like that. 329 00:17:18,871 --> 00:17:20,247 -It's alive! -(thunder crashes) 330 00:17:20,289 --> 00:17:22,916 ♪ You can't be me, I'm a rock star ♪ 331 00:17:22,958 --> 00:17:25,377 ♪ I'm rhyming on the top of my cop car ♪ 332 00:17:25,419 --> 00:17:27,713 ♪ I'm a rebel and my .44 pops far ♪ 333 00:17:27,755 --> 00:17:30,591 ♪ It's almost over now, it's almost over now ♪ 334 00:17:30,632 --> 00:17:33,010 ♪ I guess you ain't heard that we swallow guys ♪ 335 00:17:33,052 --> 00:17:35,679 ♪ It's too damn late to apologize ♪ 336 00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:38,057 ♪ When you see the mantle or when you see the skies ♪ 337 00:17:38,098 --> 00:17:41,518 ♪ It's almost over now, it's almost over now. ♪ 338 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,228 -(song ends) -(crowd cheering) 339 00:17:50,778 --> 00:17:52,696 -Chad. -Yeah? 340 00:17:52,738 --> 00:17:54,031 We need a name. 341 00:17:54,073 --> 00:17:55,949 -Yep. -What do you think it should be? 342 00:17:55,991 --> 00:17:58,744 Um... I don't know. 343 00:17:59,745 --> 00:18:01,163 Don't know. 344 00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:07,377 ♪ ♪ 345 00:18:11,048 --> 00:18:12,633 PHAROAH: Pharrell, he wanted more 346 00:18:12,674 --> 00:18:16,428 out of life than just making it, you know? 347 00:18:17,137 --> 00:18:18,889 ♪ ♪ 348 00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:22,559 I think he had a job at McDonald's for 30 minutes. 349 00:18:22,601 --> 00:18:24,561 (Carolyn laughs) 350 00:18:25,354 --> 00:18:28,440 He had a whole separate business 351 00:18:28,482 --> 00:18:31,360 selling nuggets out the back door. 352 00:18:31,401 --> 00:18:32,736 (laughs) 353 00:18:32,778 --> 00:18:34,613 Dealing nuggets? No. 354 00:18:34,655 --> 00:18:35,739 That never happened. 355 00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:37,157 Nice, Shae. Nice one. 356 00:18:37,199 --> 00:18:38,617 (lively chatter, laughter) 357 00:18:38,659 --> 00:18:41,912 SHAE: And he would come home with, like, 358 00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:43,789 at least a hundred nuggets. 359 00:18:45,624 --> 00:18:47,960 They were so good. 360 00:18:48,001 --> 00:18:49,419 (excited chatter) 361 00:18:49,461 --> 00:18:51,338 But it's the reason I got fired, 362 00:18:51,380 --> 00:18:53,257 'cause I was eating all the time. 363 00:18:53,298 --> 00:18:55,884 -You got fired? -Yeah, I got fired. 364 00:18:55,926 --> 00:18:57,219 Three times. 365 00:18:57,261 --> 00:18:59,179 (over speakers): A number one, extra large. 366 00:18:59,221 --> 00:19:01,265 You want some fries with that? 367 00:19:01,306 --> 00:19:03,058 Remember, this is Virginia Beach, Virginia. 368 00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:04,810 (over stereo): ♪ I get knocked down, but I get up... ♪ 369 00:19:04,852 --> 00:19:09,106 It's like very Normalville, USA. 370 00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:11,859 There's no... no music industry there. 371 00:19:15,112 --> 00:19:16,989 I couldn't relate to it. 372 00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:20,868 And I thought, "Well, damn, how am I gonna make it out?" 373 00:19:20,909 --> 00:19:22,452 -(rumbling, whooshing) -Huh? 374 00:19:22,494 --> 00:19:24,955 And then, out of nowhere... 375 00:19:24,997 --> 00:19:26,498 (birds squawking) 376 00:19:30,085 --> 00:19:32,337 ♪ ♪ 377 00:19:38,343 --> 00:19:41,847 ...the biggest producer in the world at the time 378 00:19:41,889 --> 00:19:43,891 comes to Virginia Beach. 379 00:19:46,518 --> 00:19:48,437 I was looking at the future. 380 00:19:49,646 --> 00:19:51,982 -(neon sign buzzes) -(microphone feedback hums) 381 00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:53,442 Ladies and gentlemen, 382 00:19:53,483 --> 00:19:56,153 get ready for the new jack swing king. 383 00:19:56,195 --> 00:19:58,155 ("My Prerogative" by Bobby Brown playing) 384 00:19:58,197 --> 00:19:59,406 -(engines roaring) -(tires squealing) 385 00:19:59,448 --> 00:20:01,241 He's produced hits for Keith Sweat, 386 00:20:01,283 --> 00:20:03,160 Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, 387 00:20:03,202 --> 00:20:05,579 and of course Michael Jackson. 388 00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:08,332 Teddy Riley in the house. 389 00:20:08,373 --> 00:20:09,917 (crowd cheering) 390 00:20:09,958 --> 00:20:12,252 SHAE: What's the chances 391 00:20:12,294 --> 00:20:14,671 of the hottest producer 392 00:20:14,713 --> 00:20:18,133 moving within walking distance from your high school? 393 00:20:18,175 --> 00:20:20,010 I was in disbelief. 394 00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:21,511 It's kind of like saying 395 00:20:21,553 --> 00:20:23,013 E.T.'s hanging out at the mall. 396 00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:24,348 (people screaming) 397 00:20:24,389 --> 00:20:25,849 That shook our town up. 398 00:20:25,891 --> 00:20:30,020 ♪ Everybody's talking all this stuff about me ♪ 399 00:20:30,062 --> 00:20:34,149 -♪ Now, now ♪ -♪ Why don't they just let me live? ♪ 400 00:20:34,191 --> 00:20:36,818 (song stops) 401 00:20:38,153 --> 00:20:41,156 TIMBALAND: But I don't think it brought change to the city 402 00:20:41,198 --> 00:20:42,532 because it wasn't 403 00:20:42,574 --> 00:20:44,034 opened up like that to the city. 404 00:20:44,076 --> 00:20:45,202 You know what I'm saying? 405 00:20:45,244 --> 00:20:47,204 It was Teddy Riley's studio. 406 00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:49,915 ♪ ♪ 407 00:20:50,832 --> 00:20:53,919 MORGAN: So, Mr. Riley, where did this all begin? 408 00:20:53,961 --> 00:20:59,132 The story of Pharrell began with these two policewomen. 409 00:20:59,174 --> 00:21:01,969 -Police? -Yes. 410 00:21:02,010 --> 00:21:03,387 (siren chirps) 411 00:21:03,428 --> 00:21:05,889 They just kept coming to the studio. 412 00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:07,015 And they were like... 413 00:21:07,057 --> 00:21:09,226 Why is it that y'all think 414 00:21:09,268 --> 00:21:12,145 y'all can come in here and do y'all music 415 00:21:12,187 --> 00:21:13,730 and not do nothin' for the community? 416 00:21:13,772 --> 00:21:17,192 We would love to do something for the community, 417 00:21:17,234 --> 00:21:19,778 if you can do us a favor. 418 00:21:19,820 --> 00:21:21,822 Now you want favors. Okay, what is it? 419 00:21:21,863 --> 00:21:23,407 Yeah, what is it? 420 00:21:23,448 --> 00:21:27,536 Introduce us to the principal of that school. 421 00:21:28,328 --> 00:21:30,580 We would like to do talent shows. 422 00:21:32,374 --> 00:21:33,750 -Oh, okay. -Okay. 423 00:21:33,792 --> 00:21:35,961 ♪ Bonita Applebum, you gotta put me on ♪ 424 00:21:36,003 --> 00:21:39,172 ♪ Bonita Applebum, I said you gotta put me on... ♪ 425 00:21:39,214 --> 00:21:40,757 TAMMY LUCAS: I was on the panel. 426 00:21:40,799 --> 00:21:41,925 Teddy said that 427 00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:44,177 the winner would get to come 428 00:21:44,219 --> 00:21:47,556 to Future Studios and work with him. 429 00:21:47,597 --> 00:21:51,685 If we do this right, whoa. 430 00:21:51,727 --> 00:21:53,061 -(scattered applause) -(accordion plays awkwardly) 431 00:21:53,103 --> 00:21:54,438 All right. All right, now. 432 00:21:54,479 --> 00:21:56,148 How many of you are ready for Teddy Riley? 433 00:21:56,189 --> 00:21:58,317 (crowd cheering) 434 00:21:59,609 --> 00:22:02,446 MORGAN: Do you even remember what the music was? 435 00:22:02,487 --> 00:22:05,824 It was a lot of, like, baby Whitney Houstons. 436 00:22:05,866 --> 00:22:07,284 (vocalizing) 437 00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:09,995 All of the judges were like, 438 00:22:10,037 --> 00:22:12,039 "These people are the next greatest singers." 439 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,124 -("I Will Always Love You" playing) -♪ And I... ♪ 440 00:22:14,166 --> 00:22:15,959 ♪ I... ♪ 441 00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:18,462 ♪ I will al-- ♪ 442 00:22:18,503 --> 00:22:20,547 -(song stops) -(shoes tapping rhythmically) 443 00:22:20,589 --> 00:22:23,008 HOST: All right, last but not least, 444 00:22:23,050 --> 00:22:24,968 here come The Neptunes! 445 00:22:25,010 --> 00:22:30,140 But when Pharrell and The Neptunes came on... 446 00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:32,768 (crowd cheering) 447 00:22:32,809 --> 00:22:33,643 ...I was like... 448 00:22:33,685 --> 00:22:36,271 Oh, these guys are different. 449 00:22:36,313 --> 00:22:38,690 (electric keyboard chords playing) 450 00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:41,485 -(clears throat) -(rap beat begins) 451 00:22:41,526 --> 00:22:44,154 (rapping): ♪ Yes, it is he, Magnum the Verb Lord ♪ 452 00:22:44,196 --> 00:22:46,823 ♪ Mermaid City is where I was born ♪ 453 00:22:46,865 --> 00:22:49,159 ♪ I prefer words instead of using swords ♪ 454 00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:51,953 ♪ But heads are coming off once I press record ♪ 455 00:22:51,995 --> 00:22:54,498 ♪ Marching cavalier, that's in my bone marrow ♪ 456 00:22:54,539 --> 00:22:57,376 ♪ A Black martian with alien carols ♪ 457 00:22:57,417 --> 00:22:59,669 ♪ Let me explain why I'm a multi-hyphen ♪ 458 00:22:59,711 --> 00:23:02,506 ♪ Raised in Atlantis, of course I love Poseidon ♪ 459 00:23:02,547 --> 00:23:04,591 ♪ From Virginia Boy, from Virginia Boy ♪ 460 00:23:04,633 --> 00:23:08,011 ♪ From Virginia Boy, from Virginia Boy, what... ♪ 461 00:23:08,053 --> 00:23:10,514 TEDDY: It went from one thing to another. 462 00:23:11,723 --> 00:23:13,683 Pharrell went from rapping 463 00:23:13,725 --> 00:23:15,435 -to singing, -(vocalizing) 464 00:23:15,477 --> 00:23:17,687 -and then got on the drums. -(crowd exclaiming) 465 00:23:17,729 --> 00:23:21,400 It felt like the most incredible freestyle performance. 466 00:23:23,610 --> 00:23:25,779 -(song ends) -(crowd cheering) 467 00:23:25,821 --> 00:23:28,949 And I just knew that's what I'm looking for. 468 00:23:33,036 --> 00:23:36,540 A'ight, guys, let's look at what we have here. 469 00:23:36,581 --> 00:23:38,375 -Mr. Pharrell. -Yes, sir. 470 00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:39,543 -Chad. -Yes, sir. 471 00:23:39,584 --> 00:23:41,128 -Shae. -Yo. 472 00:23:41,169 --> 00:23:45,382 You know, we're looking for new artists and new vibes. 473 00:23:45,424 --> 00:23:46,508 So... 474 00:23:46,550 --> 00:23:48,635 -(stammers) Yes. -Oh, wow, okay. 475 00:23:48,677 --> 00:23:51,221 PHARRELL: Absolutely. Can't wait. 476 00:23:51,263 --> 00:23:52,889 Here you have it. 477 00:23:52,931 --> 00:23:54,099 (fingers snap) 478 00:23:56,143 --> 00:23:58,061 (door opens, closes) 479 00:23:58,103 --> 00:23:59,438 (laughs) 480 00:23:59,479 --> 00:24:01,189 Whoa. It's real. 481 00:24:01,231 --> 00:24:02,899 Oh, (bleep). (laughs) 482 00:24:02,941 --> 00:24:04,359 -(Chad and Shae whoop) -This entire time, 483 00:24:04,401 --> 00:24:05,986 I'm just thinking, "I don't know 484 00:24:06,027 --> 00:24:09,656 where life is gonna lead me, but I'm just gonna go for it." 485 00:24:09,698 --> 00:24:11,366 ("Everyone Nose" by N.E.R.D. playing) 486 00:24:11,408 --> 00:24:12,826 (knocking) 487 00:24:13,618 --> 00:24:15,454 It's The Neptunes for Teddy. 488 00:24:17,789 --> 00:24:20,083 -(phone ringing) -(busy chatter) 489 00:24:20,125 --> 00:24:22,502 ♪ ♪ 490 00:24:29,134 --> 00:24:31,386 PHARRELL: Teddy was, like, super busy. 491 00:24:31,428 --> 00:24:32,721 I think he was, like, 492 00:24:32,762 --> 00:24:34,556 working on Michael's Dangerous album. 493 00:24:34,598 --> 00:24:36,266 He just was meticulous about everything. 494 00:24:36,308 --> 00:24:39,227 He would spend, like, an hour just mixing a snare. I'm like... 495 00:24:39,269 --> 00:24:41,021 What is he listening to? 496 00:24:41,062 --> 00:24:43,148 ♪ ♪ 497 00:24:44,649 --> 00:24:46,109 (fingers snap) 498 00:24:46,151 --> 00:24:47,736 They meant business. 499 00:24:47,777 --> 00:24:49,696 They didn't want kids running around the studio. 500 00:24:49,738 --> 00:24:51,615 My studio etiquette was so wrong. 501 00:24:51,656 --> 00:24:53,825 You know, Teddy would play a chord, and I would go... 502 00:24:53,867 --> 00:24:56,453 Hey, why don't you change it to this chord? 503 00:24:56,495 --> 00:24:58,371 (song stops) 504 00:24:58,413 --> 00:25:00,665 (door opens, closes) 505 00:25:01,875 --> 00:25:04,628 And the engineer would just give me the dirtiest look. 506 00:25:04,669 --> 00:25:05,921 Hey, man, listen. 507 00:25:05,962 --> 00:25:07,297 -Teddy's the boss. -(song resumes) 508 00:25:07,339 --> 00:25:08,965 -Mm-hmm. -When he's working, 509 00:25:09,007 --> 00:25:11,468 -you don't say anything. -Yes, sir. 510 00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:14,221 -You're lucky to be in the room. -(gulps) 511 00:25:14,262 --> 00:25:16,848 PHARRELL: That's where I learned discipline. 512 00:25:16,890 --> 00:25:18,391 ♪ ♪ 513 00:25:18,433 --> 00:25:20,018 (phone ringing) 514 00:25:25,273 --> 00:25:28,235 And a lot of times, Pharrell would give me tracks, 515 00:25:28,276 --> 00:25:30,487 and he would say, "Tammy, can you help me 516 00:25:30,529 --> 00:25:32,197 write some lyrics to this song?" 517 00:25:32,239 --> 00:25:33,949 You know what I mean? 518 00:25:33,990 --> 00:25:37,202 -♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah. ♪ -(song ends) 519 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:40,372 The thing that raised my eyebrows was 520 00:25:40,413 --> 00:25:42,332 Pharrell leaving home late at night. 521 00:25:43,333 --> 00:25:47,712 And I'm thinking, "This guy is wasting his time." 522 00:25:52,884 --> 00:25:55,178 TEDDY: This one night, 523 00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:58,181 I just-- I needed help on this record... 524 00:25:59,599 --> 00:26:02,686 ...because I didn't know how to really rap. 525 00:26:02,727 --> 00:26:03,853 I said... 526 00:26:03,895 --> 00:26:06,523 -All right, Pharrell. -Yes, sir. 527 00:26:06,565 --> 00:26:07,899 Man, I need a rap. 528 00:26:07,941 --> 00:26:09,359 PHARRELL: And I was like, "Really?" 529 00:26:09,401 --> 00:26:11,319 -He was like... -Yes. 530 00:26:11,361 --> 00:26:13,029 This is a big task. 531 00:26:13,071 --> 00:26:16,950 This record cannot come out until I get the proper rap. 532 00:26:16,992 --> 00:26:18,577 You got it. 533 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,707 (laughs): I don't think he had it, 534 00:26:23,748 --> 00:26:26,543 but he just went in the room and freestyled it. 535 00:26:26,585 --> 00:26:29,379 (rapping): ♪ It's Teddy, ready with the one-two checker ♪ 536 00:26:29,421 --> 00:26:31,715 ♪ Wreckx-n-Effect is in effect, but I'm the wrecker ♪ 537 00:26:31,756 --> 00:26:33,049 ♪ Of the track 'bout the honey ♪ 538 00:26:33,091 --> 00:26:34,884 ♪ Shakin' rumps and they backs in ♪ 539 00:26:34,926 --> 00:26:37,512 And then I mimicked what he did. 540 00:26:37,554 --> 00:26:38,847 (slowly): ♪ Yes, it's Teddy ♪ 541 00:26:38,888 --> 00:26:40,557 ♪ Ready with the one-two checker ♪ 542 00:26:40,599 --> 00:26:42,017 ♪ Wreckx-n-Effect-- ♪ 543 00:26:42,058 --> 00:26:44,102 -And he was like... -Nah, it's pretty simple. 544 00:26:44,144 --> 00:26:45,770 Just let it bounce. 545 00:26:46,688 --> 00:26:48,064 (inhales deeply) 546 00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:51,401 ("Rump Shaker" by Wreckx-n-Effect playing) 547 00:26:51,443 --> 00:26:52,777 ♪ Yeah ♪ 548 00:26:53,945 --> 00:26:56,156 ♪ All I wanna do is zoom-a-zoom-zoom-zoom ♪ 549 00:26:56,197 --> 00:26:58,700 -♪ And a poom-poom ♪ -♪ Just shake ya rump ♪ 550 00:26:58,742 --> 00:27:00,744 ♪ All I wanna do is zoom-a-zoom-zoom-zoom ♪ 551 00:27:00,785 --> 00:27:03,038 -♪ And a poom-poom ♪ -♪ Just shake ya rump ♪ 552 00:27:03,079 --> 00:27:05,040 ♪ All I wanna do is zoom-a-zoom-zoom-zoom ♪ 553 00:27:05,081 --> 00:27:06,958 -♪ And a poom-poom ♪ -♪ Just shake ya rump ♪ 554 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,128 ♪ Yep, yep, it's Teddy, ready with the one-two checker ♪ 555 00:27:10,170 --> 00:27:11,963 ♪ Wreckx-N-Effect is in effect, but I'm the wrecker ♪ 556 00:27:12,005 --> 00:27:13,590 ♪ Of the track 'bout the honey ♪ 557 00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:15,175 ♪ Shakin' rumps and they backs in ♪ 558 00:27:15,216 --> 00:27:17,052 ♪ Booties of the cuties steady shakin' but relaxin' ♪ 559 00:27:17,093 --> 00:27:18,762 -Huh? -♪ The action is packed in a jam ♪ 560 00:27:18,803 --> 00:27:20,388 ♪ Like a closet, beats bound to get you up... ♪ 561 00:27:20,430 --> 00:27:21,848 Oh, my God. 562 00:27:21,890 --> 00:27:23,433 ♪ All I wanna do is zoom-a-zoom-zoom-zoom ♪ 563 00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:24,893 -(door opens, closes) -♪ And a poom-poom... ♪ 564 00:27:24,934 --> 00:27:26,770 PHAROAH: And one day he came home, 565 00:27:26,811 --> 00:27:29,856 he said, "Dad, this ain't bad for a first paycheck." 566 00:27:29,898 --> 00:27:31,775 ♪ Just shake ya rump... ♪ 567 00:27:31,816 --> 00:27:33,818 PHARRELL: But, I mean, I blew it in like two weeks. 568 00:27:33,860 --> 00:27:35,528 I mean, I was like 19 years old. 569 00:27:35,570 --> 00:27:38,281 ♪ I like the way you comb your hair, uh ♪ 570 00:27:38,323 --> 00:27:40,617 ♪ I like the stylish clothes you wear, uh ♪ 571 00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:42,619 ♪ It's just the little things you do, uh ♪ 572 00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:45,121 ♪ That makes me wanna get with you, uh ♪ 573 00:27:45,163 --> 00:27:47,457 ♪ All I wanna do is zoom-a-zoom-zoom-zoom ♪ 574 00:27:47,499 --> 00:27:49,292 -♪ And a poom-poom ♪ -♪ Just shake ya rump ♪ 575 00:27:49,334 --> 00:27:51,795 ♪ All I wanna do is zoom-a-zoom-zoom-zoom ♪ 576 00:27:51,836 --> 00:27:54,631 -♪ And a poom-poom ♪ -♪ Just shake ya rump ♪ 577 00:27:54,673 --> 00:27:56,299 ♪ All I wanna do is zoom-a-zoom-zoom-zoom ♪ 578 00:27:56,341 --> 00:27:58,468 -♪ And a poom-poom. ♪ -(song stops) 579 00:27:58,510 --> 00:28:00,470 (people groaning) 580 00:28:01,388 --> 00:28:04,766 He wanted to try to get on another level. 581 00:28:04,808 --> 00:28:07,519 That gave him, like, an artistic itch. 582 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,939 PHARRELL: So I would go up to Teddy week after week 583 00:28:10,980 --> 00:28:12,816 and just sort of question him, like... 584 00:28:12,857 --> 00:28:15,318 -Man, I'm trying to make my own music. -No. 585 00:28:16,111 --> 00:28:19,197 PHARRELL: He said I wasn't ready. 586 00:28:24,452 --> 00:28:25,787 (thunder rumbling) 587 00:28:25,829 --> 00:28:28,331 I was, like, really at my wits' end. 588 00:28:28,373 --> 00:28:31,334 I thought I might have to get out of that deal with Teddy. 589 00:28:31,376 --> 00:28:34,087 (church bell tolling) 590 00:28:36,881 --> 00:28:39,884 (door creaking) 591 00:28:40,802 --> 00:28:43,221 So I talked to my pastor about it. 592 00:28:45,223 --> 00:28:48,476 And I remember being so confused. 593 00:28:49,352 --> 00:28:50,979 Look, in Virginia, he's the only guy here. 594 00:28:51,020 --> 00:28:53,523 Like, what's-- How is this gonna happen? 595 00:28:53,565 --> 00:28:55,358 -Listen. -(organ playing hopeful music) 596 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,361 If you're standing at the bottom of a mountain, 597 00:28:58,403 --> 00:29:00,155 can you see the other side? 598 00:29:01,406 --> 00:29:03,032 No, you can't. 599 00:29:03,074 --> 00:29:05,410 But does that mean there's no other side? 600 00:29:07,954 --> 00:29:12,000 The other side of that is your life leveling up. 601 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:18,089 What God has for you, no man can stand in the way of. 602 00:29:19,591 --> 00:29:21,468 -He said, "Trust God." -Trust God. 603 00:29:22,510 --> 00:29:23,720 And I did. 604 00:29:23,762 --> 00:29:26,055 (door creaking) 605 00:29:28,099 --> 00:29:31,102 (wind whistling softly) 606 00:29:33,396 --> 00:29:35,273 (panting) Hey. 607 00:29:36,232 --> 00:29:37,734 CHAD: Pharrell would come to my house 608 00:29:37,776 --> 00:29:39,903 with a beat in his head. 609 00:29:41,988 --> 00:29:44,199 We would tell ourselves, "We can do this." 610 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:45,283 (sneezes) 611 00:29:45,325 --> 00:29:46,785 Let's make some music. 612 00:29:46,826 --> 00:29:48,244 I'm choking on french fries, 613 00:29:48,286 --> 00:29:49,954 (clears throat) but that's okay. 614 00:29:52,123 --> 00:29:54,375 (playing gentle electronic music) 615 00:29:56,252 --> 00:29:59,088 PHARRELL: Music was just coming out of me. 616 00:30:00,048 --> 00:30:02,300 Can't tell you where it's coming from. 617 00:30:03,968 --> 00:30:05,303 I don't know. 618 00:30:05,345 --> 00:30:07,138 I love it. 619 00:30:08,973 --> 00:30:10,517 Creatively, I'm going in there. 620 00:30:10,558 --> 00:30:12,685 I'm just reaching into oblivion, 621 00:30:12,727 --> 00:30:15,104 reaching into the future, 622 00:30:15,146 --> 00:30:18,149 and we don't know what the hell we gonna bring back. 623 00:30:19,359 --> 00:30:21,236 I'm new to this. 624 00:30:22,445 --> 00:30:23,947 But it's awesome. 625 00:30:23,988 --> 00:30:25,573 (electronic music continues) 626 00:30:33,665 --> 00:30:36,459 For, you know, like five years, 627 00:30:36,501 --> 00:30:39,003 time just passes, just stacking beats. 628 00:30:40,421 --> 00:30:42,298 -(music swells) -(choir vocalizing) 629 00:30:45,802 --> 00:30:47,303 I was so ambitious. 630 00:30:47,345 --> 00:30:50,139 It's all I cared about was, like, getting on. 631 00:30:50,181 --> 00:30:51,933 ♪ ♪ 632 00:30:57,438 --> 00:31:02,527 Pharrell definitely wanted to be in front of the mic. 100%. 633 00:31:02,569 --> 00:31:04,404 He wanted to rap. 634 00:31:04,445 --> 00:31:05,738 He wanted to sing. 635 00:31:05,780 --> 00:31:07,782 -He wanted to rap sing. -(music stops) 636 00:31:07,824 --> 00:31:11,703 What am I gonna do?! 637 00:31:11,744 --> 00:31:13,705 (frustrated shout) 638 00:31:13,746 --> 00:31:15,456 I don't know, man. 639 00:31:15,498 --> 00:31:17,959 Definitely thought it was time to go back to school. 640 00:31:18,001 --> 00:31:19,961 Get another profession. 641 00:31:21,004 --> 00:31:22,589 Yeah, but, I mean, listen. 642 00:31:22,630 --> 00:31:25,758 All it just takes is the right opportunity to do our music, 643 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:27,010 and it's gonna go. 644 00:31:27,051 --> 00:31:28,177 We're gonna figure it out. 645 00:31:28,219 --> 00:31:30,513 (touch tones beeping) 646 00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:33,308 So I called this A&R guy, Kenny Ortiz. 647 00:31:33,349 --> 00:31:35,059 (phone ringing) 648 00:31:35,101 --> 00:31:38,855 One of his interns would always answer the phone. 649 00:31:38,897 --> 00:31:40,356 That was Rob Walker. 650 00:31:40,398 --> 00:31:41,608 Hello? 651 00:31:41,649 --> 00:31:42,859 ROB WALKER: You know, the first few times, 652 00:31:42,901 --> 00:31:43,860 it was kind of like, you know... 653 00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:45,194 Kenny's not here. 654 00:31:45,236 --> 00:31:47,530 -(phone ringing) -He's busy. 655 00:31:47,572 --> 00:31:49,824 Because he literally called every single day. 656 00:31:49,866 --> 00:31:51,326 And then it got to the point 657 00:31:51,367 --> 00:31:53,369 where he wasn't calling to see where Kenny was. 658 00:31:53,411 --> 00:31:55,330 He was just calling to say, "What's up?" 659 00:31:55,371 --> 00:31:56,456 (phone ringing) 660 00:31:56,497 --> 00:31:59,167 -What's up, man? -Hey, man. (chuckles) 661 00:31:59,208 --> 00:32:01,252 What's going on? Like, what's happening? 662 00:32:01,294 --> 00:32:03,046 We were like phone friends, like... 663 00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:04,255 Oh, that wasn't from you? 664 00:32:04,297 --> 00:32:05,715 -(laughing) -They almost made... 665 00:32:05,757 --> 00:32:07,050 There was a connection there. 666 00:32:07,091 --> 00:32:08,718 (horns honking) 667 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,220 And I finally met him. 668 00:32:11,262 --> 00:32:12,889 (barking) 669 00:32:12,931 --> 00:32:16,059 And I was like, "Oh, wow, these guys look like somebody." 670 00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:18,102 Oh, what's up, man? 671 00:32:18,144 --> 00:32:20,146 Finally nice to, like, put a face with a name, man. 672 00:32:20,188 --> 00:32:23,524 Hey. I want to play you this music. 673 00:32:23,566 --> 00:32:25,860 -♪ Come on ♪ -("Nothin'" by N.O.R.E. playing) 674 00:32:25,902 --> 00:32:27,278 -♪ Militainment ♪ -♪ Oh... ♪ 675 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,072 ROB: And I'm, like, immediately blown away. 676 00:32:29,113 --> 00:32:31,824 Like, blown away. And I was like, "Holy..." 677 00:32:31,866 --> 00:32:33,451 (song stops) 678 00:32:35,745 --> 00:32:38,414 Wow. Like, this is great. 679 00:32:41,668 --> 00:32:43,586 PHARRELL: I didn't have a manager. I was like... 680 00:32:43,628 --> 00:32:44,796 Yo, you be my manager. 681 00:32:44,837 --> 00:32:46,089 Manage you? 682 00:32:46,130 --> 00:32:47,548 Yo, I don't know anything about management. 683 00:32:47,590 --> 00:32:48,591 I'm an intern. 684 00:32:48,633 --> 00:32:50,635 Well, we can learn together. 685 00:32:51,469 --> 00:32:53,513 So I was like, "All right, let's do it." 686 00:32:55,264 --> 00:32:57,892 After that, we went crazy. 687 00:32:57,934 --> 00:33:00,228 ("Splash" by N.E.R.D. playing) 688 00:33:02,897 --> 00:33:04,649 PHARRELL: Every week, we'd send out tapes 689 00:33:04,691 --> 00:33:07,944 and then he would market them around as best as he could. 690 00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:09,654 ROB: Five to ten new beats a week, 691 00:33:09,696 --> 00:33:13,116 and then I would then go around to the A&Rs, to the artists. 692 00:33:13,157 --> 00:33:14,534 -I was sleeping in lobbies. -(elevator bell dings) 693 00:33:14,575 --> 00:33:15,952 Whatever I had to do. 694 00:33:15,994 --> 00:33:17,620 ♪ I'm a little teapot, short and stout ♪ 695 00:33:17,662 --> 00:33:19,205 ♪ There's some shake-up in around me ♪ 696 00:33:19,247 --> 00:33:20,498 ♪ Know it's talk and no doubt... ♪ 697 00:33:20,540 --> 00:33:22,875 Yeah, I just need like five minutes, B. 698 00:33:22,917 --> 00:33:24,210 We did the rounds. 699 00:33:24,252 --> 00:33:25,545 We met everybody that was somebody. 700 00:33:25,586 --> 00:33:28,089 And Pharrell was coming full throttle. 701 00:33:28,131 --> 00:33:29,173 (elevator bell dings) 702 00:33:29,215 --> 00:33:30,717 Like, "I'm coming for the crown. 703 00:33:30,758 --> 00:33:32,969 I'm coming for you. I'm coming for everybody." 704 00:33:33,011 --> 00:33:35,722 ♪ ♪ 705 00:33:36,681 --> 00:33:39,475 And once he turns on, you can't turn him off. 706 00:33:39,517 --> 00:33:42,520 ♪ I'm right here, and I ain't goin' nowhere ♪ 707 00:33:42,562 --> 00:33:45,231 ♪ You can turn tables and you can throw chairs ♪ 708 00:33:45,273 --> 00:33:48,317 ♪ I'm right here, and I ain't goin' nowhere ♪ 709 00:33:48,359 --> 00:33:51,154 ♪ You can knock doors and tear if you have to have some ♪ 710 00:33:51,195 --> 00:33:53,823 ♪ Splash if you want to, splash if you want... ♪ 711 00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:54,991 (elevator bell dings) 712 00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:56,325 ROB: It got really bad. 713 00:33:56,367 --> 00:33:58,369 -(phone ringing) -One exec holds 714 00:33:58,411 --> 00:34:00,872 a full-fledged conversation as we're performing. 715 00:34:00,913 --> 00:34:03,833 In Air Force 1s, I'm strictly 13. 716 00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:05,460 12 and a half won't work, man. 717 00:34:05,501 --> 00:34:08,087 ROB: Pharrell gets on the desk, and I'm like... 718 00:34:08,129 --> 00:34:10,131 Bruh, why are you on the desk? 719 00:34:10,173 --> 00:34:12,675 Yo, he has to see how hard I'm willing to go. 720 00:34:12,717 --> 00:34:16,179 ♪ I'm right here, and I ain't goin' nowhere ♪ 721 00:34:16,220 --> 00:34:17,847 -(elevator bell dings) -♪ You can turn tables ♪ 722 00:34:17,889 --> 00:34:19,432 ♪ And you can throw chairs ♪ 723 00:34:19,474 --> 00:34:21,684 ♪ I'm right here, and I ain't goin' nowhere... ♪ 724 00:34:21,726 --> 00:34:24,020 ROB: He was like this little brother that you wanted 725 00:34:24,062 --> 00:34:25,521 to knock upside the head. 726 00:34:25,563 --> 00:34:27,607 (song stops) 727 00:34:29,484 --> 00:34:31,569 I had to have a talk with Pharrell. 728 00:34:31,611 --> 00:34:34,405 Like, he had no money, my unemployment ran out, 729 00:34:34,447 --> 00:34:36,240 we're all living with our parents. 730 00:34:36,282 --> 00:34:39,202 This was, like, everything I was banking on. 731 00:34:39,243 --> 00:34:40,286 I said... 732 00:34:40,328 --> 00:34:41,537 -Hey, man. -(fingers snap) 733 00:34:41,579 --> 00:34:42,371 Yeah, what? 734 00:34:42,413 --> 00:34:43,873 Like, we can't do that, man. 735 00:34:43,915 --> 00:34:45,541 You're gonna, like, kill yourself in this thing. 736 00:34:45,583 --> 00:34:47,335 (clears throat) 737 00:34:47,376 --> 00:34:50,088 Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, hey, I'm an artist. 738 00:34:50,129 --> 00:34:53,758 But selling beats, that's a way to get in. 739 00:34:56,886 --> 00:34:58,471 Okay, fine. 740 00:35:01,015 --> 00:35:02,391 At the time, 741 00:35:02,433 --> 00:35:04,727 I chose to look at it the wrong way, 742 00:35:04,769 --> 00:35:06,771 to think that, like, I was being rejected. 743 00:35:06,813 --> 00:35:10,274 I didn't realize that I was being told to train harder. 744 00:35:11,275 --> 00:35:13,194 (crew chattering) 745 00:35:13,236 --> 00:35:14,612 -MORGAN: Hey, N.O.R.E. -Hey, what's going on? 746 00:35:14,654 --> 00:35:16,447 It's N.O.R.E. Yep. What's your name? Morgan? 747 00:35:16,489 --> 00:35:19,450 -Yep. Morgan. -How you doing, Morgan? 748 00:35:19,492 --> 00:35:21,035 Good, good. 749 00:35:21,077 --> 00:35:22,620 So, I was just wondering, 750 00:35:22,662 --> 00:35:24,622 how did you know about The Neptunes? 751 00:35:24,664 --> 00:35:27,083 What was it like when you first met them? 752 00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:28,459 Uh... 753 00:35:28,501 --> 00:35:31,087 I first met Pharrell because Rob Walker. 754 00:35:31,129 --> 00:35:32,797 (beat from Mase's "Lookin' at Me" playing) 755 00:35:32,839 --> 00:35:35,258 And at the time, I had never heard of The Neptunes. 756 00:35:35,299 --> 00:35:36,759 Two dudes, one Filipino 757 00:35:36,801 --> 00:35:38,594 and the other Black, from Virginia Beach? 758 00:35:38,636 --> 00:35:41,848 Come on. This is-- This doesn't even make sense. 759 00:35:41,889 --> 00:35:43,391 But they played me one beat, 760 00:35:43,432 --> 00:35:45,268 then they played me another beat. 761 00:35:45,309 --> 00:35:48,646 (beat from Jadakiss's "Knock Yourself Out" playing) 762 00:35:51,315 --> 00:35:52,608 (beat ends) 763 00:35:52,650 --> 00:35:54,777 I remember I was on my way to Miami 764 00:35:54,819 --> 00:35:56,779 and Pharrell said, "This third beat..." 765 00:35:56,821 --> 00:36:00,283 This third beat, don't listen to that until you get to Miami. 766 00:36:00,324 --> 00:36:02,201 Why? Why wouldn't I listen to this third beat? 767 00:36:02,243 --> 00:36:03,619 And he's like, "Yo, listen." 768 00:36:03,661 --> 00:36:05,204 People take my beat sometimes, 769 00:36:05,246 --> 00:36:07,290 but people don't let me produce. 770 00:36:07,331 --> 00:36:09,167 I want to produce this. 771 00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:11,460 N.O.R.E.: No one had talked to me 772 00:36:11,502 --> 00:36:13,504 like that before, you know what I'm saying? 773 00:36:14,881 --> 00:36:16,632 (muffled beat playing faintly) 774 00:36:16,674 --> 00:36:18,467 It took everything for me in the world 775 00:36:18,509 --> 00:36:20,803 not to listen to track three. 776 00:36:23,472 --> 00:36:25,725 I remember the hotel like it was yesterday, 777 00:36:25,766 --> 00:36:28,144 and that's when I actually listened to track three, 778 00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:29,478 called "Superthug." 779 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:32,773 ("Superthug" by N.O.R.E. playing) 780 00:36:38,529 --> 00:36:41,616 I took a risk with these two kids from Virginia 781 00:36:41,657 --> 00:36:43,910 who had this totally different sound, 782 00:36:43,951 --> 00:36:46,829 but when you put our sound together, it's magnificent. 783 00:36:46,871 --> 00:36:48,164 ♪ A-yo, we light a candle ♪ 784 00:36:48,206 --> 00:36:49,749 ♪ Run laps around the English Channel ♪ 785 00:36:49,790 --> 00:36:51,626 ♪ Neptunes, I got a cocker spaniel ♪ 786 00:36:51,667 --> 00:36:53,044 (barks) 787 00:36:53,085 --> 00:36:56,756 I remember recording the original track of "Superthug." 788 00:36:56,797 --> 00:37:00,134 I would go, "What, what, what, what, what, wh-what, one." 789 00:37:00,176 --> 00:37:02,428 That's how I counted my bars. 790 00:37:02,470 --> 00:37:03,763 I remember me saying... 791 00:37:03,804 --> 00:37:05,681 Listen, all we got to do is get the hook. 792 00:37:05,723 --> 00:37:07,433 -And Pharrell saying, "We got the hook." -We got the hook. 793 00:37:07,475 --> 00:37:10,519 He kept me and just took out the "ones." 794 00:37:10,561 --> 00:37:12,647 -And I remember telling him... -They're gonna laugh at me. 795 00:37:12,688 --> 00:37:14,440 -He said... -You're gonna laugh straight to the bank. 796 00:37:14,482 --> 00:37:17,360 I just believed in this kid. (laughing) 797 00:37:17,401 --> 00:37:19,487 ♪ What, what, what, what, what, what, wh-what ♪ 798 00:37:19,528 --> 00:37:22,156 ♪ What, what, what, what, what, what, wh-what ♪ 799 00:37:22,198 --> 00:37:23,908 ♪ What, what, what, what, what... ♪ 800 00:37:23,950 --> 00:37:26,202 I remember the album coming out 801 00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:28,829 and all the DJs start playing the record. 802 00:37:28,871 --> 00:37:30,206 (laughing) 803 00:37:30,248 --> 00:37:33,417 ♪ This is the life, yo, of a superstar ♪ 804 00:37:34,418 --> 00:37:38,422 ♪ Fly-ass mansions and a million cars ♪ 805 00:37:39,590 --> 00:37:43,970 ♪ Got to get the cash, yo, and it's live or die ♪ 806 00:37:44,011 --> 00:37:48,516 ♪ The Neptunes and Noreaga, the limit is the sky. ♪ 807 00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:51,060 I remember bringing them to Jay. 808 00:37:51,102 --> 00:37:52,561 I remember bringing them to Nas. 809 00:37:52,603 --> 00:37:54,563 But everyone was a little skeptical 810 00:37:54,605 --> 00:37:56,607 -(record scratches, song stops) -because Pharrell purposely 811 00:37:56,649 --> 00:38:00,278 wanted to make hip-hop but not look like a hip-hop star. 812 00:38:01,696 --> 00:38:03,906 You know, it's like opening a bakery shop, right? 813 00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:06,617 For the first two months, the bakery shop is not doing good. 814 00:38:06,659 --> 00:38:08,369 And then you go and you tell everybody... 815 00:38:08,411 --> 00:38:11,080 This bakery shop is it. It's awesome. 816 00:38:11,122 --> 00:38:12,957 Then you travel somewhere and you come back, 817 00:38:12,999 --> 00:38:15,251 and the bakery shop is all over. 818 00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:16,961 Everyone is just-- They want these muffins. 819 00:38:17,003 --> 00:38:20,006 They want these cookies. They want these bakery good-- 820 00:38:20,047 --> 00:38:23,801 And you get to say, "I knew this was gonna work." 821 00:38:23,843 --> 00:38:26,512 (phones ringing) 822 00:38:26,554 --> 00:38:29,932 ROB: When "Superthug" dropped, everything changed. 823 00:38:29,974 --> 00:38:32,268 -Forever. -Hello? 824 00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:33,686 PHARRELL: We started getting the calls 825 00:38:33,728 --> 00:38:35,396 to work on this and to work on that 826 00:38:35,438 --> 00:38:37,940 and to work on this and to work on that. 827 00:38:38,733 --> 00:38:40,234 The magic of the music business is 828 00:38:40,276 --> 00:38:42,236 how many times can you do it again. 829 00:38:42,278 --> 00:38:44,280 'Cause this is the hot seat. 830 00:38:44,322 --> 00:38:45,781 ("Shake Ya Ass" by Mystikal playing) 831 00:38:45,823 --> 00:38:48,451 Not everybody can sit in that hot seat for long. 832 00:38:49,827 --> 00:38:52,788 I remember watching the Mystikal video. 833 00:38:52,830 --> 00:38:54,790 ♪ Attention, all y'all players and pimps ♪ 834 00:38:54,832 --> 00:38:56,667 ♪ Right now in the place to be... ♪ 835 00:38:56,709 --> 00:38:58,627 -And I was like... -He in the video? 836 00:38:58,669 --> 00:39:00,629 -What's he doing in the video? -♪ Y'all dudes can't ♪ 837 00:39:00,671 --> 00:39:02,256 -♪ Mess with me ♪ -♪ Watch yourself... ♪ 838 00:39:02,298 --> 00:39:03,758 N.O.R.E.: It went from no one 839 00:39:03,799 --> 00:39:05,384 returning my calls to everyone calling. 840 00:39:05,426 --> 00:39:06,635 "Yo, can you hook me up with those dudes again?" 841 00:39:06,677 --> 00:39:08,054 -And I'm like... -No! 842 00:39:08,095 --> 00:39:09,513 (laughing) 843 00:39:09,555 --> 00:39:10,848 ♪ Now, this ain't for no small booties ♪ 844 00:39:10,890 --> 00:39:12,808 ♪ No, sir, 'cause that won't pass ♪ 845 00:39:12,850 --> 00:39:14,352 ♪ Show me what you workin' with ♪ 846 00:39:14,393 --> 00:39:16,479 ♪ But if you feel you got the biggest one ♪ 847 00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:18,356 ♪ Then, mama, come shake it fast. ♪ 848 00:39:18,397 --> 00:39:19,690 (song ends) 849 00:39:20,608 --> 00:39:22,818 JAY-Z: We got-- We good? Okay. 850 00:39:22,860 --> 00:39:24,320 Let's roll. 851 00:39:24,362 --> 00:39:26,322 So, did you first notice Pharrell 852 00:39:26,364 --> 00:39:27,865 when he started having hits? 853 00:39:27,907 --> 00:39:30,993 No, I don't, I don't think I paid attention to him 854 00:39:31,035 --> 00:39:33,871 in that way, to-- just to be completely honest. 855 00:39:33,913 --> 00:39:35,373 I knew Pharrell. 856 00:39:35,414 --> 00:39:39,502 I dated a girl in Virginia who called Pharrell her brother. 857 00:39:39,543 --> 00:39:43,339 So I think I, like, saw him at the airport. 858 00:39:43,381 --> 00:39:47,259 He was rocking the mustache and trucker hats and all that. 859 00:39:47,301 --> 00:39:48,344 And I was like... 860 00:39:48,386 --> 00:39:49,512 He's trippin'. (chuckles) 861 00:39:49,553 --> 00:39:51,555 Um, yeah. I knew him from before. 862 00:39:51,597 --> 00:39:53,808 He's Jay-Z. He's a legend. 863 00:39:53,849 --> 00:39:55,851 JAY-Z: You know, I'd reached a level of success 864 00:39:55,893 --> 00:39:58,646 as a, quote-unquote, "superstar." 865 00:39:58,687 --> 00:40:00,606 ("I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" by Jay-Z playing) 866 00:40:00,648 --> 00:40:02,191 I was always looking for performers 867 00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:05,861 that was new and different to give them a shot. 868 00:40:05,903 --> 00:40:08,322 ♪ ♪ 869 00:40:08,364 --> 00:40:09,698 For "Give It 2 Me," I think 870 00:40:09,740 --> 00:40:11,200 I heard the beat, and I was like... 871 00:40:11,242 --> 00:40:13,119 What the hell is that? 872 00:40:14,787 --> 00:40:17,873 It was, like, new and quirky. 873 00:40:18,833 --> 00:40:20,501 -And the next day, -(people cheering) 874 00:40:20,543 --> 00:40:24,547 I was shooting a video for another track. 875 00:40:24,588 --> 00:40:27,383 JON: And Jay goes, "I changed the single." 876 00:40:27,425 --> 00:40:29,093 What do you mean you changed the single? 877 00:40:29,135 --> 00:40:31,929 He said, "I did it last night. I'll play it for you." 878 00:40:31,971 --> 00:40:34,056 -♪ I'm a hustler, baby ♪ -♪ Hov', I'm a hustler ♪ 879 00:40:34,098 --> 00:40:36,767 -♪ I just want you to know ♪ -♪ Hov', I wanna let you know ♪ 880 00:40:36,809 --> 00:40:38,894 -♪ It ain't where I been ♪ -♪ It ain't where I been ♪ 881 00:40:38,936 --> 00:40:41,188 -♪ But where I'm 'bout to go ♪ -♪ Top of the world ♪ 882 00:40:41,230 --> 00:40:44,567 -♪ Now I just wanna love ya ♪ -♪ Just wanna love ya ♪ 883 00:40:44,608 --> 00:40:46,402 -♪ But be who I am ♪ -♪ You know you love me ♪ 884 00:40:46,444 --> 00:40:49,238 -♪ And with all this cash ♪ -♪ Mo' money, mo' problems ♪ 885 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,449 ♪ You'll forget your man ♪ 886 00:40:51,490 --> 00:40:53,492 ♪ Now give it to me... ♪ 887 00:40:53,534 --> 00:40:55,119 Who-who did that? 888 00:40:55,161 --> 00:40:57,121 -Pharrell. -Pharrell? 889 00:40:57,163 --> 00:40:59,498 Pharrell just took it. 890 00:40:59,540 --> 00:41:00,708 ♪ Give it to me ♪ 891 00:41:00,749 --> 00:41:02,168 ♪ Gimme that funk, that sweet ♪ 892 00:41:02,209 --> 00:41:03,502 ♪ That nasty, that gushy stuff ♪ 893 00:41:03,544 --> 00:41:05,087 ♪ But don't bull ... me ♪ 894 00:41:05,129 --> 00:41:06,547 ♪ Come on, gimme that funk ♪ 895 00:41:06,589 --> 00:41:09,383 ♪ That sweet, that nasty, that gushy stuff ♪ 896 00:41:09,425 --> 00:41:10,926 ♪ Give it to me... ♪ 897 00:41:10,968 --> 00:41:12,887 JAY-Z: At the same time of being a visionary, 898 00:41:12,928 --> 00:41:16,849 Pharrell has, uh, an affinity for, like, hood shit. 899 00:41:16,891 --> 00:41:18,726 (laughs) 900 00:41:18,767 --> 00:41:22,271 He was fascinated by it, but that wasn't really him. 901 00:41:22,313 --> 00:41:23,731 Or-or was it? 902 00:41:23,772 --> 00:41:25,691 No, he definitely wasn't that at all. 903 00:41:25,733 --> 00:41:27,610 We mean really not at all. 904 00:41:27,651 --> 00:41:31,989 Not an ounce, not a drip of street is in Pharrell. 905 00:41:33,157 --> 00:41:35,576 (whooping) 906 00:41:36,452 --> 00:41:38,162 That's why we loved him so much. 907 00:41:38,204 --> 00:41:40,831 He was like the young brother that we all wanted to protect 908 00:41:40,873 --> 00:41:42,166 because we knew he had the talent 909 00:41:42,208 --> 00:41:44,502 -to open up doors for all of us. -(whooping) 910 00:41:44,543 --> 00:41:45,794 (crowd cheering) 911 00:41:45,836 --> 00:41:47,463 -♪ Can't deny me ♪ -♪ Yes ♪ 912 00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:48,839 -♪ Why would you want to? ♪ -♪ Why? ♪ 913 00:41:48,881 --> 00:41:50,633 -♪ You need me ♪ -♪ Yes ♪ 914 00:41:50,674 --> 00:41:51,967 -♪ Why don't you try me? ♪ -♪ Uh-huh ♪ 915 00:41:52,009 --> 00:41:54,845 ♪ Baby, you want to, believe me ♪ 916 00:41:54,887 --> 00:41:56,597 ♪ It's Hov', give it to me. ♪ 917 00:41:56,639 --> 00:41:58,599 Make some noise for Pharrell Williams! 918 00:41:58,641 --> 00:42:00,809 -One time, everybody, jump! -(crowd cheering) 919 00:42:05,439 --> 00:42:07,316 (song ends) 920 00:42:07,358 --> 00:42:10,694 He was sort of, like, finding himself and his way 921 00:42:10,736 --> 00:42:12,821 about how he was gonna deal with this success now. 922 00:42:12,863 --> 00:42:15,157 -(engine revving) -(tires squealing) 923 00:42:16,700 --> 00:42:19,286 Yeah, I think he went a little crazy with it. 924 00:42:22,122 --> 00:42:23,374 This is my favorite game. 925 00:42:23,415 --> 00:42:24,917 -This is Galaga. -(video game beeping) 926 00:42:24,959 --> 00:42:28,212 Everything in my house is vintage. 927 00:42:28,254 --> 00:42:30,506 Some of the stuff is Dutch. 928 00:42:30,548 --> 00:42:33,801 I always wanted a house like James Bond. 929 00:42:33,842 --> 00:42:37,179 But, you know, Chad was, um, different. 930 00:42:37,221 --> 00:42:41,600 This is my wife's, uh, glass collection. 931 00:42:41,642 --> 00:42:43,185 She loves art. 932 00:42:44,103 --> 00:42:47,231 -This is the family room where we watch TV. -(babbling) 933 00:42:47,273 --> 00:42:50,693 Lately, it's been so busy, we hardly watch any TV. 934 00:42:50,734 --> 00:42:53,988 ("Hot in Herre" by Nelly playing) 935 00:42:56,699 --> 00:42:59,827 PHARRELL: My ambitions were more eclectic 936 00:42:59,868 --> 00:43:02,580 than what we had previously done. 937 00:43:02,621 --> 00:43:04,331 That was back when, like, 938 00:43:04,373 --> 00:43:06,917 they would look at you crazy for working with a pop artist. 939 00:43:06,959 --> 00:43:08,544 Like, "Why would you do that?" 940 00:43:08,586 --> 00:43:10,879 -MAN: Rolling sound. Marker. -WOMAN: Okay. 941 00:43:10,921 --> 00:43:12,881 -Uh-oh. We have some gardeners. -(lawn mower buzzing) 942 00:43:12,923 --> 00:43:15,634 Let me go get them t-to stop. 943 00:43:18,012 --> 00:43:20,097 -(lawn mower stops) -Okay, we're ready. -MAN: Okay. 944 00:43:20,139 --> 00:43:22,766 We got our... We got our quiet back. (chuckles) 945 00:43:22,808 --> 00:43:26,228 So, for me, the idea of working with The Neptunes 946 00:43:26,270 --> 00:43:30,733 was the most out-of-bounds, weird idea. 947 00:43:30,774 --> 00:43:33,402 Like, they'd never really worked outside of hip-hop 948 00:43:33,444 --> 00:43:34,903 when we worked with them. 949 00:43:36,780 --> 00:43:39,408 I remember the day (laughs) we went to the studio. 950 00:43:39,450 --> 00:43:41,410 -What's up, Gwen? -Hi. 951 00:43:41,452 --> 00:43:43,454 -No Doubt. -Hi. 952 00:43:44,413 --> 00:43:47,625 GWEN: Pharrell was, like, intimidatingly cute... 953 00:43:47,666 --> 00:43:49,293 (laughing) 954 00:43:49,335 --> 00:43:50,753 ...and hip-hop. 955 00:43:50,794 --> 00:43:54,882 And I'm not hip-hop. I'm from Anaheim. (chuckles) 956 00:43:56,050 --> 00:43:59,386 Pharrell, he was like, "I'll play you five tracks." 957 00:43:59,428 --> 00:44:00,471 I'm like... 958 00:44:00,512 --> 00:44:01,597 What? A track? 959 00:44:01,639 --> 00:44:03,140 ("Hella Good" by No Doubt playing) 960 00:44:03,182 --> 00:44:06,352 At that time, we just wrote songs as a band. 961 00:44:07,311 --> 00:44:11,940 But I remember he played us the track for "Hella Good." 962 00:44:12,941 --> 00:44:15,903 ♪ The waves keep on crashing on me for some reason ♪ 963 00:44:15,944 --> 00:44:19,239 ♪ The wave keeps on crashing on it... ♪ (chuckles) 964 00:44:19,281 --> 00:44:20,282 I was like... 965 00:44:20,324 --> 00:44:21,533 Oh, my God. 966 00:44:21,575 --> 00:44:24,286 This song is ridiculous. 967 00:44:28,874 --> 00:44:31,043 The band really was kind of hesitant. 968 00:44:31,085 --> 00:44:33,253 We've never done a collaboration like this before. 969 00:44:33,295 --> 00:44:38,092 I want to write a dance song you could hear in a club. 970 00:44:39,176 --> 00:44:41,637 Let's see what kind of magic we can come up with. 971 00:44:41,679 --> 00:44:43,472 ♪ You got me feelin' hella good ♪ 972 00:44:43,514 --> 00:44:46,767 ♪ So let's just keep on dancin' ♪ 973 00:44:50,020 --> 00:44:52,064 ♪ You hold me like you should ♪ 974 00:44:52,106 --> 00:44:54,316 ♪ So I'm gonna keep on dancin' ♪ 975 00:44:54,358 --> 00:44:57,194 ♪ Keep on dancin' ♪ 976 00:44:59,029 --> 00:45:00,406 How can we come together? 977 00:45:00,447 --> 00:45:01,949 How can we make something new 978 00:45:01,990 --> 00:45:03,992 out of something that already exists? 979 00:45:05,285 --> 00:45:07,037 PHARRELL: To me, the most common thread 980 00:45:07,079 --> 00:45:10,082 of different worlds is a feeling. 981 00:45:10,124 --> 00:45:13,168 And-and trust me, people just want to feel good. 982 00:45:16,755 --> 00:45:18,966 ♪ Ooh, yeah, yeah ♪ 983 00:45:20,217 --> 00:45:22,678 GWEN: Even though it seemed like 984 00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:24,471 we were from two different planets, 985 00:45:24,513 --> 00:45:28,767 it was like two cultures' collision of beautifulness. 986 00:45:29,893 --> 00:45:32,479 (excited chatter) 987 00:45:32,521 --> 00:45:35,274 (crowd cheering) 988 00:45:35,315 --> 00:45:37,985 ♪ Keep on dancin'. ♪ 989 00:45:47,911 --> 00:45:50,164 -(song ends) -(crowd cheering) 990 00:45:52,124 --> 00:45:54,585 PHARRELL: Pop music could be fun, 991 00:45:54,626 --> 00:45:57,546 but I wasn't gonna leave hip-hop. 992 00:45:57,588 --> 00:45:59,840 (phone vibrating) 993 00:46:03,177 --> 00:46:05,554 I was trying to call him, but he didn't pick up. 994 00:46:05,596 --> 00:46:06,889 (Morgan laughs) 995 00:46:06,930 --> 00:46:09,057 -Just now? -'Cause I was gonna ask him, 996 00:46:09,099 --> 00:46:10,768 "What do you want me to lie about?" 997 00:46:10,809 --> 00:46:12,394 (Morgan laughing) 998 00:46:12,436 --> 00:46:14,271 (chuckles) 999 00:46:14,313 --> 00:46:15,522 I-I'm curious. 1000 00:46:15,564 --> 00:46:17,858 When were you even first aware of The Neptunes? 1001 00:46:17,900 --> 00:46:20,194 ("Rock Star" by N.E.R.D. playing over TV) 1002 00:46:20,235 --> 00:46:22,070 SNOOP: It was like some rock music, 1003 00:46:22,112 --> 00:46:23,947 and it was on the video game. 1004 00:46:23,989 --> 00:46:25,908 I think it was on Madden. 1005 00:46:25,949 --> 00:46:28,202 ♪ It's almost over now, it's almost over now... ♪ 1006 00:46:28,243 --> 00:46:30,913 ♪ You think the metal of a cop car ♪ 1007 00:46:30,954 --> 00:46:33,916 (vocalizing rhythm) 1008 00:46:33,957 --> 00:46:36,251 -♪ It's over now. ♪ -(song ends) 1009 00:46:38,670 --> 00:46:41,048 SNOOP: This is beautiful work that you've been doing. 1010 00:46:41,089 --> 00:46:42,633 -Thank you, man. -(coughs) 1011 00:46:42,674 --> 00:46:45,427 This what I want though, P. I'm waiting on a hit record. 1012 00:46:45,469 --> 00:46:48,430 Feel what I'm saying? One of them bad mama jama. 1013 00:46:48,472 --> 00:46:50,849 -Um... -That song that you did with Jay-Z, 1014 00:46:50,891 --> 00:46:52,810 (voice fading): I told somebody the other day... 1015 00:46:52,851 --> 00:46:54,269 PHARRELL: First of all, Snoop is very tall, 1016 00:46:54,311 --> 00:46:56,939 and then he's in the studio with like 1017 00:46:56,980 --> 00:47:01,109 15 Crips who are all six-five. 1018 00:47:01,151 --> 00:47:02,820 You ever been in a city where you could see 1019 00:47:02,861 --> 00:47:04,488 the fog really low? 1020 00:47:04,530 --> 00:47:06,949 That's what it was like. 1021 00:47:07,908 --> 00:47:09,868 Snoop has mystical vibes. 1022 00:47:09,910 --> 00:47:11,954 Bow-wow-wow. 1023 00:47:11,995 --> 00:47:14,039 PHARRELL: I'm just, like, channeling him. 1024 00:47:14,081 --> 00:47:16,333 (clicking tongue rhythmically) 1025 00:47:19,336 --> 00:47:20,879 (confused grunt) 1026 00:47:20,921 --> 00:47:23,173 (clicking tongue rhythmically) 1027 00:47:25,968 --> 00:47:27,469 (spraying rhythmically) 1028 00:47:27,511 --> 00:47:30,013 (rhythmic clicking and spraying continue) 1029 00:47:35,102 --> 00:47:37,938 So I made that beat out of my mind. 1030 00:47:39,523 --> 00:47:42,442 ("Drop It Like It's Hot" by Snoop Dogg playing) 1031 00:47:42,484 --> 00:47:47,948 ♪ Snoop ♪ 1032 00:47:49,825 --> 00:47:51,493 He had the drum pattern, 1033 00:47:51,535 --> 00:47:53,495 but he had left a reference for the hook. 1034 00:47:53,537 --> 00:47:55,831 And he didn't say the words. He just was like... 1035 00:47:55,873 --> 00:47:59,042 (vocalizing rhythmically) 1036 00:48:00,252 --> 00:48:03,213 So I had to figure the words out. 1037 00:48:04,172 --> 00:48:06,341 ♪ Pop it like it's hot, yeah ♪ 1038 00:48:06,383 --> 00:48:08,343 ♪ You gotta pop it like it's hot ♪ 1039 00:48:08,385 --> 00:48:10,429 ♪ When the pimp's in the crib, ma, drop it like it's hot ♪ 1040 00:48:10,470 --> 00:48:13,348 ♪ Drop it like it's hot, drop it like it's hot ♪ 1041 00:48:13,390 --> 00:48:16,101 ♪ When the pigs try to get at you, park it like it's hot... ♪ 1042 00:48:16,143 --> 00:48:18,103 Then Chad came in and started putting 1043 00:48:18,145 --> 00:48:20,981 all of that dynamic synthesizers like... 1044 00:48:21,023 --> 00:48:23,984 -(vocalizing melody) -(song stops) 1045 00:48:24,026 --> 00:48:27,237 (synthesizer playing melody) 1046 00:48:29,281 --> 00:48:31,533 That was like the candle on the cake. 1047 00:48:31,575 --> 00:48:32,826 We was like, "God d--" 1048 00:48:32,868 --> 00:48:34,244 (audio rewinding) 1049 00:48:34,286 --> 00:48:37,456 -(song resumes) -(crowd cheering) 1050 00:48:38,707 --> 00:48:40,918 Oh, come on! 1051 00:48:40,959 --> 00:48:42,419 ♪ Drop it like it's hot ♪ 1052 00:48:42,461 --> 00:48:44,379 ♪ Drop it like it's hot, drop it like it's hot ♪ 1053 00:48:44,421 --> 00:48:47,424 ♪ When the pigs try to get at you, park it like it's hot ♪ 1054 00:48:47,466 --> 00:48:49,885 ♪ Park it like it's hot, park it like it's hot... ♪ 1055 00:48:49,927 --> 00:48:52,471 This the crazy part that they may not know. 1056 00:48:52,512 --> 00:48:57,309 "Drop It Like It's Hot" was my first number one single ever. 1057 00:48:57,351 --> 00:48:59,311 (crowd cheering) 1058 00:49:00,187 --> 00:49:03,607 -Skateboard P. Chad. -What's up, bro? 1059 00:49:04,775 --> 00:49:06,568 -That was dope. -Yes, sir. 1060 00:49:06,610 --> 00:49:08,403 This is a brilliant record. 1061 00:49:08,445 --> 00:49:10,238 You gave me something that I was missing. 1062 00:49:10,280 --> 00:49:11,740 I was always a bad gangster, 1063 00:49:11,782 --> 00:49:13,450 but you couldn't see the fun in me. 1064 00:49:13,492 --> 00:49:15,953 -You brought out a smile. -Hell yeah. 1065 00:49:15,994 --> 00:49:18,121 (song ends) 1066 00:49:18,163 --> 00:49:19,623 Up until The Neptunes, 1067 00:49:19,665 --> 00:49:23,877 we didn't really have hip-hop superstar producers. 1068 00:49:23,919 --> 00:49:25,921 And so, as an editor, I was like, 1069 00:49:25,963 --> 00:49:27,381 "I need to pay attention 1070 00:49:27,422 --> 00:49:29,633 because I've never seen this before." 1071 00:49:31,134 --> 00:49:32,594 MIMI (over recorder): ...talking about the state 1072 00:49:32,636 --> 00:49:34,972 of hip-hop and where we're at right now. 1073 00:49:35,013 --> 00:49:37,140 So as a producer who's basically dominating, 1074 00:49:37,182 --> 00:49:38,767 what do you think about hip-hop right now? 1075 00:49:38,809 --> 00:49:40,769 Like, do you think people aren't being creative enough? 1076 00:49:40,811 --> 00:49:42,104 Too creative? 1077 00:49:42,145 --> 00:49:43,772 -May I say something? -Yes. Go ahead. 1078 00:49:43,814 --> 00:49:45,607 -What you think about me? -(laughs) 1079 00:49:45,649 --> 00:49:48,276 -I want to know. Be honest. -Uh, well... 1080 00:49:48,318 --> 00:49:50,153 You should let me be on a cover with my bike. 1081 00:49:50,195 --> 00:49:52,489 -Oh, God. All right. -I got a little bit of looks. 1082 00:49:52,531 --> 00:49:54,574 I can make the girls get hot and go crazy, all right. 1083 00:49:54,616 --> 00:49:57,035 Oh, boy. Enough. 1084 00:49:57,077 --> 00:49:58,704 Hip-hop-wise, 1085 00:49:58,745 --> 00:50:03,291 I survive off of my addiction to exploring new territory. 1086 00:50:03,333 --> 00:50:04,960 -You know what I'm saying? -Right. 1087 00:50:05,002 --> 00:50:07,796 So watch out because the way I'm-a do it is gonna be so fly. 1088 00:50:07,838 --> 00:50:10,173 -(laughs): Oh, my God. Okay. -("Hollaback Girl" playing) 1089 00:50:10,215 --> 00:50:11,717 ♪ A few times I've been around that track ♪ 1090 00:50:11,758 --> 00:50:14,219 ♪ So it's not just gonna happen like that ♪ 1091 00:50:14,261 --> 00:50:16,471 ♪ 'Cause I ain't no hollaback girl... ♪ 1092 00:50:16,513 --> 00:50:19,766 I remember a really fancy studio. 1093 00:50:19,808 --> 00:50:21,727 Everybody worked there. 1094 00:50:21,768 --> 00:50:23,311 (door creaks) 1095 00:50:23,353 --> 00:50:25,647 And Pharrell, he was literally 1096 00:50:25,689 --> 00:50:28,567 working all of the rooms at the same time. 1097 00:50:28,608 --> 00:50:30,152 ("Like I Love You" by Justin Timberlake playing) 1098 00:50:30,193 --> 00:50:32,821 -Pharrell. This beat is hot. -Whoa. 1099 00:50:32,863 --> 00:50:34,740 (vocalizing rhythm) 1100 00:50:34,781 --> 00:50:36,575 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE: It slaps you in the face. 1101 00:50:36,616 --> 00:50:38,160 ♪ It feel good, right? ♪ 1102 00:50:38,201 --> 00:50:41,246 I was so excited to get The Neptunes at that time. 1103 00:50:41,288 --> 00:50:43,165 It felt like a real moment. 1104 00:50:43,206 --> 00:50:45,542 ♪ Sing this song with me ♪ 1105 00:50:45,584 --> 00:50:47,169 -♪ Ain't no... ♪ -(song changes) 1106 00:50:47,210 --> 00:50:48,920 ♪ Don't this hit make my people wanna ♪ 1107 00:50:48,962 --> 00:50:50,547 -♪ Jump, jump ♪ -♪ Don't this hit ♪ 1108 00:50:50,589 --> 00:50:52,340 -♪ Make my people wanna ♪ -♪ Jump, jump... ♪ 1109 00:50:52,382 --> 00:50:54,342 Pharrell used to come in there with such a hot hand. 1110 00:50:54,384 --> 00:50:56,136 It was competitive. 1111 00:50:56,178 --> 00:50:57,679 I wanted to make sure that I had a banger, too. 1112 00:50:57,721 --> 00:50:59,890 Nobody don't want to be a weak link in the crew. 1113 00:50:59,931 --> 00:51:02,642 -♪ Everybody, sing it now ♪ -♪ Pass the Courvoisier... ♪ 1114 00:51:02,684 --> 00:51:04,186 (song changes) 1115 00:51:04,227 --> 00:51:06,021 PHARRELL: We would hear, like, a crazy stat like, 1116 00:51:06,063 --> 00:51:07,856 "Oh, it's the biggest record at radio." 1117 00:51:07,898 --> 00:51:10,358 -♪ You don't have to call ♪ -♪ You ain't gotta call... ♪ 1118 00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:12,819 -(song changes) -"Nah, this is the biggest record at radio." 1119 00:51:12,861 --> 00:51:14,362 ♪ The boys are waiting ♪ 1120 00:51:14,404 --> 00:51:16,031 ♪ My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard ♪ 1121 00:51:16,073 --> 00:51:17,532 -♪ And they're like... ♪ -(song changes) 1122 00:51:17,574 --> 00:51:19,826 CHAD: Who are The Neptunes? 1123 00:51:19,868 --> 00:51:23,080 ♪ I'm a slave for you... ♪ 1124 00:51:23,121 --> 00:51:24,873 You just got to turn on a radio to find out 1125 00:51:24,915 --> 00:51:25,957 -who we are. -(song changes) 1126 00:51:25,999 --> 00:51:27,125 ♪ Like, "Girl, I think ♪ 1127 00:51:27,167 --> 00:51:28,668 ♪ My butt gettin' big," oh ♪ 1128 00:51:28,710 --> 00:51:30,253 -♪ It's gettin' hot in here... ♪ -(song changes) 1129 00:51:30,295 --> 00:51:31,797 ♪ Say something, oh ♪ 1130 00:51:31,838 --> 00:51:33,673 ♪ If it's worth your while, say something... ♪ 1131 00:51:33,715 --> 00:51:35,300 -(song changes) -♪ Don't stop me now ♪ 1132 00:51:35,342 --> 00:51:36,760 ♪ Don't need to catch my breath... ♪ 1133 00:51:36,802 --> 00:51:38,386 -It's gonna get a little crazy. -(song changes) 1134 00:51:38,428 --> 00:51:40,347 ♪ Girl, they gotta work it out... ♪ 1135 00:51:40,388 --> 00:51:41,890 -(songs changing rapidly) -(overlapping chatter) 1136 00:51:41,932 --> 00:51:44,226 -You're the greatest, lil' bruh! -Yo! Did you hear that? 1137 00:51:44,267 --> 00:51:46,561 (audio speeding up) 1138 00:51:48,855 --> 00:51:51,108 (crowd cheering) 1139 00:51:52,317 --> 00:51:55,612 MAN: And the Source Award for the Producer of the Year 1140 00:51:55,654 --> 00:51:57,989 goes to The Neptunes! 1141 00:51:58,031 --> 00:51:59,616 (crowd cheering) 1142 00:51:59,658 --> 00:52:01,618 You know, we've been doing this hip-hop thing 1143 00:52:01,660 --> 00:52:04,246 since I was making mixtapes out of my boom box 1144 00:52:04,287 --> 00:52:05,580 and Pharrell and I were breakdancing in-- 1145 00:52:05,622 --> 00:52:07,249 on pieces of cardboard in the garage. 1146 00:52:07,290 --> 00:52:09,126 So, thanks, everybody. 1147 00:52:09,167 --> 00:52:12,712 ♪ You can't be me, I'm a rock star! ♪ 1148 00:52:12,754 --> 00:52:14,798 (crowd cheering) 1149 00:52:16,216 --> 00:52:18,385 (lively chatter, vocalizing) 1150 00:52:18,426 --> 00:52:20,470 ♪ ♪ 1151 00:52:21,972 --> 00:52:24,182 (squeals, laughs) 1152 00:52:24,224 --> 00:52:26,476 (vocalizing excitedly) 1153 00:52:38,405 --> 00:52:40,949 PUSHA T: There was a time when 1154 00:52:40,991 --> 00:52:43,285 I had lost my music deal. 1155 00:52:43,326 --> 00:52:45,579 I was like, "Okay, cool. I'm out." 1156 00:52:46,997 --> 00:52:50,292 Just back to it, you know? 1157 00:52:50,333 --> 00:52:52,169 Back to hustlin'. 1158 00:52:54,296 --> 00:52:57,591 And Pharrell knew everything I was doing. 1159 00:53:00,552 --> 00:53:02,470 -This one particular day, -(phone ringing) 1160 00:53:02,512 --> 00:53:04,681 he made this beat, and he called me and said... 1161 00:53:04,723 --> 00:53:06,266 You got to come over here, bro. 1162 00:53:06,308 --> 00:53:08,602 You got to come to Chad's house. 1163 00:53:09,561 --> 00:53:12,022 If you don't get here in 15 minutes, 1164 00:53:12,063 --> 00:53:13,857 I'm giving this beat to Jay-Z. 1165 00:53:13,899 --> 00:53:15,483 PUSHA T: "It is the best beat 1166 00:53:15,525 --> 00:53:18,653 that I've ever made, so you need to get here." 1167 00:53:18,695 --> 00:53:21,698 -(tires screech) -(horn honks) 1168 00:53:22,657 --> 00:53:23,867 (barking) 1169 00:53:23,909 --> 00:53:26,328 There was no way anybody could get anything 1170 00:53:26,369 --> 00:53:29,497 that he thought so highly about other than me. 1171 00:53:29,539 --> 00:53:31,666 (panting) 1172 00:53:31,708 --> 00:53:32,834 He was like... 1173 00:53:32,876 --> 00:53:35,337 You don't even know, but you're shining. 1174 00:53:37,923 --> 00:53:39,799 ("Grindin'" by Clipse playing) 1175 00:53:39,841 --> 00:53:41,426 ♪ Yo ♪ 1176 00:53:41,468 --> 00:53:43,178 ♪ I go by the name ♪ 1177 00:53:43,220 --> 00:53:44,304 -♪ Of Pharrell ♪ -♪ I'm yo' pusha ♪ 1178 00:53:44,346 --> 00:53:46,181 ♪ From The Neptunes ♪ 1179 00:53:46,223 --> 00:53:48,350 ♪ And I just wanna let y'all know ♪ 1180 00:53:48,391 --> 00:53:50,435 -♪ I'm yo' pusha ♪ -♪ The world ♪ 1181 00:53:50,477 --> 00:53:53,521 ♪ Is about to feel something that ♪ 1182 00:53:53,563 --> 00:53:55,815 -♪ They've never felt before ♪ -♪ I'm yo' pusha ♪ 1183 00:53:55,857 --> 00:53:57,025 (engines revving) 1184 00:53:57,067 --> 00:53:58,443 ♪ Come on ♪ 1185 00:53:58,485 --> 00:54:00,362 -♪ Grindin' ♪ -♪ Whoa ♪ 1186 00:54:00,403 --> 00:54:02,822 -♪ You know what I keep in a lining ♪ -♪ Whoa ♪ 1187 00:54:02,864 --> 00:54:04,449 -♪ Better stay in line when ♪ -♪ Whoa ♪ 1188 00:54:04,491 --> 00:54:07,118 ♪ You see a ... like me shinin' ♪ 1189 00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:09,621 ♪ Grindin' ♪ 1190 00:54:09,663 --> 00:54:12,499 PUSHA T: Pharrell really made a choice 1191 00:54:12,540 --> 00:54:15,794 that no one else would have made, 1192 00:54:15,835 --> 00:54:18,797 and he helped me in the best way possible. 1193 00:54:18,838 --> 00:54:19,965 (breathes rhythmically) 1194 00:54:20,006 --> 00:54:21,675 -♪ Grindin' ♪ -♪ Whoa ♪ 1195 00:54:21,716 --> 00:54:23,885 -♪ You know what I keep in a lining ♪ -♪ Whoa ♪ 1196 00:54:23,927 --> 00:54:26,388 -♪ Better stay in line when ♪ -♪ Whoa ♪ 1197 00:54:26,429 --> 00:54:29,182 ♪ You see a ... like me shinin' ♪ 1198 00:54:29,224 --> 00:54:31,268 ♪ Grindin'. ♪ 1199 00:54:31,309 --> 00:54:33,561 (crowd cheering) 1200 00:54:33,603 --> 00:54:35,563 -(song ends) -(whoops) 1201 00:54:35,605 --> 00:54:37,399 That's the new joint from Virginia's own, 1202 00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:38,817 The Clipse and The Neptunes. 1203 00:54:38,858 --> 00:54:40,777 (over radio): We on fire right now, baby. 1204 00:54:40,819 --> 00:54:43,196 Local to global, baby. This joint going worldwide. 1205 00:54:43,238 --> 00:54:44,781 Virginia. "Grindin'." 1206 00:54:46,408 --> 00:54:48,451 PHARRELL: I firmly believe 1207 00:54:48,493 --> 00:54:50,537 if man can make it on the moon, 1208 00:54:50,578 --> 00:54:53,373 we can make it out of the projects. 1209 00:54:55,542 --> 00:54:57,669 (jet engines whooshing) 1210 00:54:57,711 --> 00:54:59,754 ♪ ♪ 1211 00:55:00,505 --> 00:55:02,716 -(laughter) -It's aw-- 1212 00:55:03,633 --> 00:55:05,844 -All right. All right. Hold on. -(excited chatter) 1213 00:55:06,970 --> 00:55:08,596 Come on, man. Stop playin'. 1214 00:55:08,638 --> 00:55:10,807 Why are you playin', man? Why are you playin'? 1215 00:55:12,142 --> 00:55:14,060 PHARRELL: And that's when we did our first N.E.R.D. album. 1216 00:55:14,102 --> 00:55:15,353 (camera clicks) 1217 00:55:15,395 --> 00:55:17,397 Me, Chad and Shae as a group. 1218 00:55:17,439 --> 00:55:19,441 N.E.R.D. forever. 1219 00:55:19,482 --> 00:55:22,652 Pharrell took what they were doing in high school, 1220 00:55:22,694 --> 00:55:26,781 and now that we have a platform to really do real records, 1221 00:55:26,823 --> 00:55:29,534 he made it so the world can see. 1222 00:55:32,579 --> 00:55:36,124 SHAE: You know, we go on tour overseas, and we see 1223 00:55:36,166 --> 00:55:40,378 70, 80,000 people going bananas. 1224 00:55:40,420 --> 00:55:42,672 (crowd cheering) 1225 00:55:44,674 --> 00:55:47,135 Like, that just opened our eyes 1226 00:55:47,177 --> 00:55:50,096 to a whole different perspective. 1227 00:55:50,138 --> 00:55:52,807 (cheering continues) 1228 00:55:54,142 --> 00:55:57,145 We've been around the world and people embrace him the same. 1229 00:55:57,187 --> 00:55:58,563 No matter where he's at. 1230 00:55:58,605 --> 00:56:00,398 Japan, Russia, anywhere in the world. 1231 00:56:15,330 --> 00:56:17,040 PHARRELL: It's funny, man, because 1232 00:56:17,082 --> 00:56:20,627 there's such a big market for alternative-thinking kids. 1233 00:56:20,668 --> 00:56:24,130 I am, like, the biggest example of a hybrid thinker. 1234 00:56:33,264 --> 00:56:35,517 -(camera clicking) -CHAD: Star Trak. -PHARRELL: N.E.R.D. 1235 00:56:35,558 --> 00:56:36,684 -CHAD: Star Trak. -SHAE: Nerd for life. 1236 00:56:36,726 --> 00:56:38,395 CHAD: Star Trak. 1237 00:56:38,436 --> 00:56:39,687 KAWAN "KP" PRATHER: Nobody told him, 1238 00:56:39,729 --> 00:56:41,439 "You can't do that." 1239 00:56:41,481 --> 00:56:44,359 Nobody told him, "Black people don't skate." 1240 00:56:44,401 --> 00:56:46,027 (lively chatter) 1241 00:56:46,069 --> 00:56:48,113 What he sees, he believes. 1242 00:56:49,197 --> 00:56:51,866 But maybe it's the gift and curse of him, too. 1243 00:56:51,908 --> 00:56:53,952 ♪ ♪ 1244 00:56:56,204 --> 00:56:59,040 (creaking) 1245 00:56:59,082 --> 00:57:01,167 (elevator music playing) 1246 00:57:06,840 --> 00:57:09,342 See, a lot of times, we do things with people 1247 00:57:09,384 --> 00:57:10,844 and they don't use them. 1248 00:57:10,885 --> 00:57:16,141 So we hold on to beats that we feel, like, are special. 1249 00:57:16,182 --> 00:57:19,394 It's like wine. It only gets better with time if it's good. 1250 00:57:19,436 --> 00:57:21,729 (ticking) 1251 00:57:24,691 --> 00:57:27,402 This beat was for Prince, 1252 00:57:27,444 --> 00:57:30,113 and he heard it and didn't respond. 1253 00:57:31,656 --> 00:57:33,741 But I saw the potential. 1254 00:57:36,619 --> 00:57:39,873 ("Frontin' (Club Mix)" by Pharrell feat. Jay-Z playing) 1255 00:57:43,042 --> 00:57:45,211 KP: I tried my best to get this beat 1256 00:57:45,253 --> 00:57:46,588 for Usher. 1257 00:57:46,629 --> 00:57:49,632 (chuckles): I begged him for that record. 1258 00:57:49,674 --> 00:57:51,342 PHARRELL: And I was like... 1259 00:57:51,384 --> 00:57:53,261 What? Why would I do that? 1260 00:57:53,303 --> 00:57:54,596 He was like, "Because he's gonna 1261 00:57:54,637 --> 00:57:56,097 take that record where it needs to go." 1262 00:57:56,139 --> 00:57:59,851 No, I need to show everybody what I can do. 1263 00:57:59,893 --> 00:58:01,811 (lively chatter) 1264 00:58:03,563 --> 00:58:05,773 ♪ Don't wanna sound full of myself or rude ♪ 1265 00:58:05,815 --> 00:58:08,109 ♪ But you ain't looking at no other dudes ♪ 1266 00:58:08,151 --> 00:58:10,361 ♪ 'Cause you love me ♪ 1267 00:58:10,403 --> 00:58:12,197 "Frontin'" was a huge hit. 1268 00:58:12,238 --> 00:58:13,406 Hell yeah. 1269 00:58:13,448 --> 00:58:15,575 ♪ So you think about a chance ♪ 1270 00:58:15,617 --> 00:58:17,660 ♪ You find yourself trying to do my dance ♪ 1271 00:58:17,702 --> 00:58:19,537 ♪ Maybe 'cause you love me ♪ 1272 00:58:21,498 --> 00:58:23,791 Is Pharrell here? 1273 00:58:23,833 --> 00:58:26,586 ♪ I know that I'm carrying on ♪ 1274 00:58:26,628 --> 00:58:28,463 ♪ Never mind if I'm showing off ♪ 1275 00:58:28,505 --> 00:58:31,174 ♪ I was just frontin' ♪ 1276 00:58:33,927 --> 00:58:36,304 I think he was playing it in the studio, and I was like... 1277 00:58:36,346 --> 00:58:38,515 You cra-- That's incredible. 1278 00:58:38,556 --> 00:58:40,808 Let me, let me get on that. 1279 00:58:40,850 --> 00:58:41,768 ♪ Ho! ♪ 1280 00:58:41,809 --> 00:58:43,436 ♪ We got another one, Pha-real ♪ 1281 00:58:43,478 --> 00:58:45,021 ♪ Dance ♪ 1282 00:58:45,063 --> 00:58:46,648 ♪ I call you "Pha-real" 'cause you the truth ♪ 1283 00:58:46,689 --> 00:58:48,942 -(chuckles) -♪ Oh-oh... ♪ 1284 00:58:48,983 --> 00:58:50,318 PHARRELL: It was very comfortable 1285 00:58:50,360 --> 00:58:51,736 standing next to Jay-Z. 1286 00:58:52,779 --> 00:58:55,907 But "Frontin'" was in reverse. 1287 00:58:55,949 --> 00:58:58,159 Jay-Z was standing next to me. 1288 00:58:58,201 --> 00:59:00,745 ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh... ♪ 1289 00:59:00,787 --> 00:59:03,248 Pharrell is here today. 1290 00:59:03,289 --> 00:59:05,750 -(slurping) -(crowd cheering) 1291 00:59:05,792 --> 00:59:07,168 MIMI VALDES: "Frontin'" is 1292 00:59:07,210 --> 00:59:10,713 the missed opportunity of a lifetime. 1293 00:59:10,755 --> 00:59:15,802 He was supposed to become a solo artist after that song. 1294 00:59:15,843 --> 00:59:17,845 ♪ I was just frontin' ♪ 1295 00:59:17,887 --> 00:59:19,973 -♪ Ooh... ♪ -(kisses, blows) 1296 00:59:20,014 --> 00:59:23,643 Everyone was waiting. Everyone was waiting for that. 1297 00:59:24,477 --> 00:59:26,312 Like, "What happened?" 1298 00:59:29,482 --> 00:59:31,234 (song fades) 1299 00:59:31,276 --> 00:59:35,196 You didn't put out another solo song for three years. 1300 00:59:35,238 --> 00:59:37,198 -Yeah. -What-- Why? 1301 00:59:37,240 --> 00:59:39,867 I wasn't-- I was afraid of it. 1302 00:59:40,994 --> 00:59:42,412 It scared me. 1303 00:59:43,371 --> 00:59:44,872 -♪ I know you thought ♪ -("Maybe" by N.E.R.D. playing) 1304 00:59:44,914 --> 00:59:47,792 -(barking) -♪ Your life was gon' be easy ♪ 1305 00:59:47,834 --> 00:59:50,420 ♪ You thought you had it all ♪ 1306 00:59:50,461 --> 00:59:53,881 ♪ You found that you were wrong ♪ 1307 00:59:53,923 --> 00:59:55,592 PHARRELL: "Frontin'" put me in a place 1308 00:59:55,633 --> 00:59:57,635 where I felt something, and I was like, 1309 00:59:57,677 --> 01:00:00,930 "Ooh, I'm not built for that." 1310 01:00:02,265 --> 01:00:05,184 It was like, "Oh, I think I'm ready now to be an artist." 1311 01:00:06,102 --> 01:00:07,270 I wasn't. 1312 01:00:08,187 --> 01:00:13,568 ♪ See, maybe there was something wrong ♪ 1313 01:00:13,610 --> 01:00:16,738 ♪ And you weren't telling me, no... ♪ 1314 01:00:16,779 --> 01:00:18,573 And maybe that's why I was never comfortable 1315 01:00:18,615 --> 01:00:20,742 with my voice in the first place, 1316 01:00:20,783 --> 01:00:23,161 'cause I wasn't talking about anything. 1317 01:00:23,202 --> 01:00:25,747 Maybe I didn't want to be a solo artist ever again. 1318 01:00:25,788 --> 01:00:31,753 ♪ And life was telling me a joke. ♪ 1319 01:00:31,794 --> 01:00:33,921 (song ends) 1320 01:00:39,802 --> 01:00:41,095 MORGAN: Hi. 1321 01:00:41,137 --> 01:00:42,972 It's great to finally sit down with you. 1322 01:00:43,014 --> 01:00:44,682 HELEN WILLIAMS: For sure. (chuckles) 1323 01:00:44,724 --> 01:00:46,434 So you've never done an interview before, right? 1324 01:00:46,476 --> 01:00:49,062 Right. And when Pharrell said, 1325 01:00:49,103 --> 01:00:51,814 "I want this to be like the LEGO movies." 1326 01:00:51,856 --> 01:00:53,608 And I was like, "What?" (laughs) 1327 01:00:53,650 --> 01:00:55,109 Yeah, that's crazy, right? 1328 01:00:55,151 --> 01:00:56,778 -Yeah. (chuckling) -(laughing) 1329 01:00:56,819 --> 01:00:59,322 ("Beautiful" by Snoop Dogg playing) 1330 01:00:59,364 --> 01:01:04,035 HELEN: I first met Pharrell at a friend's barbecue party. 1331 01:01:04,077 --> 01:01:07,872 ♪ Beautiful, I just want you to know ♪ 1332 01:01:07,914 --> 01:01:11,084 ♪ You're my favorite girl... ♪ 1333 01:01:11,125 --> 01:01:15,129 All I see is like 15 girls in this cabana 1334 01:01:15,171 --> 01:01:17,507 gawking at him as he's walking away. 1335 01:01:17,548 --> 01:01:20,551 -So I definitely knew that he was someone. -(song fades) 1336 01:01:20,593 --> 01:01:22,512 But he just came up to me 1337 01:01:22,553 --> 01:01:25,056 and asked me 90 minutes of questions. 1338 01:01:25,098 --> 01:01:26,808 You know, "What's your name? 1339 01:01:26,849 --> 01:01:28,434 "When's your birthday? What do you like to do? 1340 01:01:28,476 --> 01:01:30,019 "What's your favorite color? What do you like to eat? 1341 01:01:30,061 --> 01:01:31,562 Do you have a boyfriend, by any chance?" 1342 01:01:31,604 --> 01:01:32,605 Yeah, I do. 1343 01:01:32,647 --> 01:01:33,690 And he said... 1344 01:01:33,731 --> 01:01:35,233 Do you want to marry him? 1345 01:01:35,274 --> 01:01:36,484 No. 1346 01:01:36,526 --> 01:01:38,444 Then you don't love him. 1347 01:01:38,486 --> 01:01:41,239 (laughing): Okay. Okay. 1348 01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:43,658 I actually did break up with that guy, 1349 01:01:43,700 --> 01:01:46,828 and we started really hanging out. 1350 01:01:46,869 --> 01:01:48,579 ♪ I've seen the light ♪ 1351 01:01:48,621 --> 01:01:50,832 ("I've Seen the Light / Inside of Clouds" by N.E.R.D. playing) 1352 01:01:50,873 --> 01:01:52,375 ♪ I've seen the light ♪ 1353 01:01:52,417 --> 01:01:54,752 ♪ You're the one, girl ♪ 1354 01:01:56,379 --> 01:02:00,133 ♪ And when it hit me, it felt like lightning... ♪ 1355 01:02:00,174 --> 01:02:01,718 From one day to another, I was like... 1356 01:02:01,759 --> 01:02:03,678 I think I love you. (laughs) 1357 01:02:03,720 --> 01:02:05,263 ♪ Frightened... ♪ 1358 01:02:05,304 --> 01:02:06,806 He was like, "Well, you know, I told you 1359 01:02:06,848 --> 01:02:08,599 I wasn't ready and blah-blah-blah." 1360 01:02:08,641 --> 01:02:10,017 (song stops) 1361 01:02:10,059 --> 01:02:11,894 And then I was like... (imitates explosion) 1362 01:02:11,936 --> 01:02:13,479 (laughing): "Okay." 1363 01:02:13,521 --> 01:02:16,357 Sometimes it takes a moment for things to register. 1364 01:02:16,399 --> 01:02:18,943 Right? (laughs) 1365 01:02:20,361 --> 01:02:23,239 ROB: I think the hardest thing with-with me and Pharrell 1366 01:02:23,281 --> 01:02:25,241 was keeping on focus. 1367 01:02:26,117 --> 01:02:28,995 PHARRELL: I want to think outside the box. 1368 01:02:29,036 --> 01:02:30,997 I want to do all kinds of things. 1369 01:02:31,038 --> 01:02:32,874 ROB: Like, it was always the next thing. 1370 01:02:32,915 --> 01:02:34,375 "What's the next thing? What we doing next? 1371 01:02:34,417 --> 01:02:36,335 What we doing next?" 1372 01:02:38,087 --> 01:02:40,506 PHARRELL: I don't want to be fit into a box. 1373 01:02:41,591 --> 01:02:44,469 -("Blurred Lines" playing) -♪ Everybody, get up ♪ 1374 01:02:48,723 --> 01:02:49,932 Thing about Pharrell is that 1375 01:02:49,974 --> 01:02:51,893 if he gets inspired by something, 1376 01:02:51,934 --> 01:02:53,519 he wants to do it. 1377 01:02:53,561 --> 01:02:55,229 Amazing. 1378 01:02:55,271 --> 01:02:57,815 Amazing, amazing, amazing, amazing, amazing. 1379 01:02:57,857 --> 01:02:59,567 JIMMY: Whether it's a chair 1380 01:02:59,609 --> 01:03:01,819 or, you know, or the face cream. 1381 01:03:01,861 --> 01:03:02,987 I use the face cream. 1382 01:03:03,029 --> 01:03:05,490 The lotus enzyme exfoliator. 1383 01:03:05,531 --> 01:03:07,742 I don't look like Pharrell yet, but I'm gonna keep 1384 01:03:07,784 --> 01:03:09,577 rubbing that (bleep) in until I do. 1385 01:03:09,619 --> 01:03:10,912 (laughs) 1386 01:03:12,288 --> 01:03:14,415 ♪ Blurred lines ♪ 1387 01:03:14,457 --> 01:03:17,794 ♪ I know you want it, I know you want it... ♪ 1388 01:03:17,835 --> 01:03:19,587 SHAE: He was endorsing 1389 01:03:19,629 --> 01:03:21,005 high-end designers. 1390 01:03:21,047 --> 01:03:23,257 Artists weren't doing that back then. 1391 01:03:23,299 --> 01:03:25,134 (crowd exclaiming) 1392 01:03:25,176 --> 01:03:27,178 PHARRELL: So what I am is a maverick. 1393 01:03:27,220 --> 01:03:29,597 You know, I'm over here designing sunglasses 1394 01:03:29,639 --> 01:03:31,015 for Louis Vuitton 1395 01:03:31,057 --> 01:03:33,768 and working with Adidas and Chanel. 1396 01:03:33,810 --> 01:03:35,812 -I did a jingle for McDonald's. -(song stops) 1397 01:03:35,853 --> 01:03:37,063 -Did he? -Yeah, he did. 1398 01:03:37,104 --> 01:03:38,439 The... ♪ Da-da-da-da-da... ♪ 1399 01:03:38,481 --> 01:03:40,566 ♪ Ba-da-ba-ba-ba ♪ 1400 01:03:40,608 --> 01:03:42,193 ♪ I'm lovin' it. ♪ 1401 01:03:42,235 --> 01:03:44,278 PHAROAH: Wow. I didn't know that. 1402 01:03:44,320 --> 01:03:45,905 -(Carolyn laughs) -(song resumes) 1403 01:03:45,947 --> 01:03:47,949 -♪ Shake your rump ♪ -(crowd cheering) 1404 01:03:47,990 --> 01:03:49,534 ♪ Get down ♪ 1405 01:03:49,575 --> 01:03:50,993 ♪ Get up ♪ 1406 01:03:51,035 --> 01:03:52,453 There were times in the studio 1407 01:03:52,495 --> 01:03:53,996 where Pharrell would be like, "I'll-I'll be back 1408 01:03:54,038 --> 01:03:55,456 in a couple of hours." 1409 01:03:55,498 --> 01:03:57,124 What-- How long are you going? When are you go-- 1410 01:03:57,166 --> 01:03:58,876 Yeah. And I would stay there 1411 01:03:58,918 --> 01:04:00,962 and sing melodies over what Chad was playing, 1412 01:04:01,003 --> 01:04:02,964 and Pharrell would come back and be like, 1413 01:04:03,005 --> 01:04:04,841 "I'm working on this skateboard brand 1414 01:04:04,882 --> 01:04:06,467 (laughs): that I'm doing." 1415 01:04:06,509 --> 01:04:09,220 Hey, it's the new fragrance from Pharrell Williams. 1416 01:04:09,262 --> 01:04:10,304 Gonna like it. 1417 01:04:10,346 --> 01:04:12,473 (in unison): Because it smells good. 1418 01:04:12,515 --> 01:04:14,016 (sneezes) 1419 01:04:14,058 --> 01:04:17,478 He did a drink called Qream with a "Q" for "queen." 1420 01:04:17,520 --> 01:04:20,022 -Ladies like it, right? -(in unison): We love it. 1421 01:04:20,064 --> 01:04:24,235 That pink liqueur, it looked like Pepto-Bismol to me. 1422 01:04:24,277 --> 01:04:25,862 (crowd groaning) 1423 01:04:26,696 --> 01:04:29,323 (laughs) There was a lot going on. 1424 01:04:29,365 --> 01:04:31,826 I wanted to be like, "You don't need to be doing that. 1425 01:04:31,868 --> 01:04:34,328 You need to go create. Go make some music." 1426 01:04:34,370 --> 01:04:36,414 ♪ ♪ 1427 01:04:37,540 --> 01:04:39,834 (song ends) 1428 01:04:39,876 --> 01:04:42,753 The thing that happens after you get success 1429 01:04:42,795 --> 01:04:44,338 is everybody got an opinion 1430 01:04:44,380 --> 01:04:47,341 of how you should do things and what you should do. 1431 01:04:47,383 --> 01:04:48,885 That's when everybody comes in 1432 01:04:48,926 --> 01:04:50,511 with this "shoulda, coulda, woulda." 1433 01:04:50,553 --> 01:04:52,346 (rapid overlapping chatter) 1434 01:04:54,891 --> 01:04:57,184 HELEN: I'm like, "Yo, those are bad guys. 1435 01:04:57,226 --> 01:04:59,770 "They're, like, trying to get on the next step of the ladder 1436 01:04:59,812 --> 01:05:02,273 through you," you know? 1437 01:05:02,315 --> 01:05:03,983 It's like they were coming to him 1438 01:05:04,025 --> 01:05:05,902 with their "expertise"-- 1439 01:05:05,943 --> 01:05:07,987 and I got air quotes up when I say it-- 1440 01:05:08,029 --> 01:05:09,572 to get records, 1441 01:05:09,614 --> 01:05:14,118 but they took away his attention from what was important. 1442 01:05:15,703 --> 01:05:17,955 (rapid overlapping chatter) 1443 01:05:20,082 --> 01:05:22,376 (jet engines whooshing) 1444 01:05:26,464 --> 01:05:30,051 PUSHA: You know, I think what is really important 1445 01:05:30,092 --> 01:05:33,971 is keeping your ear to the streets. 1446 01:05:35,431 --> 01:05:37,266 (drink pours) 1447 01:05:37,308 --> 01:05:42,313 And you can't do that when your head's in the clouds. 1448 01:05:43,439 --> 01:05:45,524 ♪ ♪ 1449 01:05:52,990 --> 01:05:55,576 -(engine revving) -(tires squealing) 1450 01:05:58,120 --> 01:06:02,667 PHARRELL: My grandmother, she was sick. 1451 01:06:02,708 --> 01:06:04,961 ♪ ♪ 1452 01:06:06,545 --> 01:06:09,382 She had an incredible impact on me. 1453 01:06:14,220 --> 01:06:18,265 She saw things in me that I couldn't see in myself. 1454 01:06:21,644 --> 01:06:23,980 (tires squealing) 1455 01:06:29,402 --> 01:06:32,196 I remember my grandmother used to say... 1456 01:06:32,238 --> 01:06:34,281 GRANDMA and PHARRELL: "Find something you love to do..." 1457 01:06:34,323 --> 01:06:37,493 ...and you'll know when it's right. 1458 01:06:37,535 --> 01:06:41,288 When you can find a purpose for humanity in it. 1459 01:06:41,330 --> 01:06:43,374 ♪ ♪ 1460 01:06:54,677 --> 01:06:56,887 PHARRELL: But what does that really mean 1461 01:06:56,929 --> 01:06:58,681 at the end of the day? 1462 01:07:00,933 --> 01:07:03,519 I-I don't know. 1463 01:07:04,603 --> 01:07:07,606 ("L'ego Odyssey" by Pharrell Williams playing) 1464 01:07:11,986 --> 01:07:13,654 MAN: Is Pharrell coming through? 1465 01:07:13,696 --> 01:07:15,239 He said he was. 1466 01:07:15,281 --> 01:07:17,658 I don't know if he is, to be honest. 1467 01:07:17,700 --> 01:07:19,660 Why don't you just go and raid his house? 1468 01:07:19,702 --> 01:07:20,953 Take us there. We'd love to. 1469 01:07:20,995 --> 01:07:23,164 WOMAN: So, are The Neptunes 1470 01:07:23,205 --> 01:07:25,499 the top priority of your business now or...? 1471 01:07:25,541 --> 01:07:27,168 PHARRELL: Mm... 1472 01:07:31,297 --> 01:07:34,258 -Maybe. -"Maybe." 1473 01:07:35,384 --> 01:07:37,470 KP: The Neptunes broke up. 1474 01:07:37,511 --> 01:07:38,679 (sighs) 1475 01:07:38,721 --> 01:07:40,598 So many of the people in the room with him 1476 01:07:40,639 --> 01:07:43,726 when he was at his most adventurous left. 1477 01:07:46,020 --> 01:07:47,396 SHAE: It-- (sighs) 1478 01:07:47,438 --> 01:07:49,190 Yeah, it was, it was a difficult time, man. 1479 01:07:49,231 --> 01:07:52,193 He couldn't pay someone for a hit. 1480 01:07:52,234 --> 01:07:54,070 ♪ Mr. Know-It-All ♪ 1481 01:07:54,111 --> 01:07:56,322 ♪ Know-It-All ♪ 1482 01:07:56,363 --> 01:07:58,032 ♪ Who wants to show it off ♪ 1483 01:07:58,074 --> 01:08:01,035 ♪ Know-It-All ♪ 1484 01:08:01,077 --> 01:08:03,079 ♪ You're no longer learning ♪ 1485 01:08:03,120 --> 01:08:04,705 ♪ No longer learning ♪ 1486 01:08:04,747 --> 01:08:08,292 -♪ If you know it all ♪ -♪ If you know it all ♪ 1487 01:08:08,334 --> 01:08:10,878 ♪ Don't you know the law? ♪ 1488 01:08:10,920 --> 01:08:12,421 ♪ Don't you know the law? ♪ 1489 01:08:12,463 --> 01:08:16,092 ♪ Only God knows it all ♪ 1490 01:08:16,133 --> 01:08:19,470 ♪ There he goes ego... ♪ 1491 01:08:19,512 --> 01:08:21,222 Businesspeople, they're trying to tell you 1492 01:08:21,263 --> 01:08:24,391 to basically regenerate yourself from a past time. 1493 01:08:24,433 --> 01:08:29,063 But if your best ideas come from the future, 1494 01:08:29,105 --> 01:08:32,650 you can imagine your worst ones are gonna come from the past. 1495 01:08:32,691 --> 01:08:33,818 (panting) 1496 01:08:35,611 --> 01:08:37,279 (song ends) 1497 01:08:40,116 --> 01:08:43,744 I made the worst record of my life 1498 01:08:43,786 --> 01:08:47,123 called "All Eyes On Me" with Pharrell. 1499 01:08:48,124 --> 01:08:49,834 MORGAN: I don't remember the song. 1500 01:08:49,875 --> 01:08:52,044 PUSHA T: Of course you don't remember the song. 1501 01:08:52,086 --> 01:08:54,130 It's so bad. 1502 01:08:54,171 --> 01:08:55,923 It was trying to be pop. 1503 01:08:55,965 --> 01:08:57,216 It was like, "We're gonna have 1504 01:08:57,258 --> 01:08:58,801 "a record on pop radio, 1505 01:08:58,843 --> 01:09:00,845 "and we're gonna have a hot record in the streets, 1506 01:09:00,886 --> 01:09:04,640 and we're just gonna have all these fan bases all at once." 1507 01:09:04,682 --> 01:09:06,642 It was reaching. 1508 01:09:07,810 --> 01:09:11,230 I was in the studio with him, and he's playing me 1509 01:09:11,272 --> 01:09:13,107 all of these songs. 1510 01:09:13,149 --> 01:09:15,860 It was-- It just really wasn't that great. 1511 01:09:15,901 --> 01:09:18,404 And he says to me, "This is the radio record." 1512 01:09:18,445 --> 01:09:20,656 And then he plays me another song, and he's like, 1513 01:09:20,698 --> 01:09:22,658 "This is the record for the girls, right?" 1514 01:09:23,909 --> 01:09:26,620 And h-he giving me a thumbs-up like, "This is hot, right?" 1515 01:09:26,662 --> 01:09:29,165 And I gave him, like, the sideways thumb, like... 1516 01:09:29,206 --> 01:09:30,666 Eh, kinda. 1517 01:09:31,417 --> 01:09:33,043 But he was like, "Kinda?" 1518 01:09:33,085 --> 01:09:34,712 Yo, just stop. Just turn it off, man. 1519 01:09:34,753 --> 01:09:36,130 Just turn it off. 1520 01:09:36,172 --> 01:09:39,592 You're Pharrell, bro. Like, what are you doing? 1521 01:09:40,384 --> 01:09:42,636 You don't make the radio record. 1522 01:09:42,678 --> 01:09:44,805 Like, you don't make the girl record. 1523 01:09:44,847 --> 01:09:47,683 Man, you just make music, bro. 1524 01:09:49,268 --> 01:09:51,770 PUSHA T: So when you say he says he was lost, 1525 01:09:51,812 --> 01:09:53,147 I believe that. 1526 01:09:53,189 --> 01:09:55,482 He would've had to have been. 1527 01:09:57,026 --> 01:09:58,903 -♪ Sooner or later ♪ -("Sooner or Later" playing) 1528 01:09:58,944 --> 01:10:01,071 ♪ It all comes crashing down ♪ 1529 01:10:01,113 --> 01:10:02,615 ♪ Crashing down ♪ 1530 01:10:02,656 --> 01:10:05,451 -♪ Crashing down ♪ -♪ Crashing down ♪ 1531 01:10:05,492 --> 01:10:08,913 ♪ When everyone's around ♪ 1532 01:10:08,954 --> 01:10:10,998 ♪ I bet you would've paid up ♪ 1533 01:10:11,040 --> 01:10:14,501 -♪ All your cash down ♪ -♪ Your cash down ♪ 1534 01:10:14,543 --> 01:10:17,880 -♪ And not make a sound ♪ -♪ To make a sound ♪ 1535 01:10:17,922 --> 01:10:20,090 ♪ Everyone knows now ♪ 1536 01:10:20,132 --> 01:10:22,009 ♪ It all comes crashing ♪ 1537 01:10:22,051 --> 01:10:24,678 ♪ Down ♪ 1538 01:10:24,720 --> 01:10:26,680 ♪ It's over ♪ 1539 01:10:26,722 --> 01:10:28,766 ♪ Leave it ♪ 1540 01:10:28,807 --> 01:10:31,685 ♪ Down ♪ 1541 01:10:31,727 --> 01:10:33,187 ♪ It's over ♪ 1542 01:10:33,229 --> 01:10:34,855 ♪ Leave it ♪ 1543 01:10:34,897 --> 01:10:37,358 ♪ Down ♪ 1544 01:10:37,399 --> 01:10:39,026 ♪ It's over ♪ 1545 01:10:39,068 --> 01:10:40,319 ♪ Leave it... ♪ 1546 01:10:40,361 --> 01:10:42,571 You're being written off at this point. 1547 01:10:42,613 --> 01:10:44,198 There ain't places you can turn 1548 01:10:44,240 --> 01:10:46,200 for that inspiration that you need... 1549 01:10:46,242 --> 01:10:49,578 ♪ A nightmare just ate up your dreams... ♪ 1550 01:10:49,620 --> 01:10:52,373 ...because even the people with the "shoulda, woulda, couldas," 1551 01:10:52,414 --> 01:10:55,334 they don't want to be attached to the failure. 1552 01:10:55,376 --> 01:10:57,127 So they quickly abandon ship, 1553 01:10:57,169 --> 01:11:01,382 and they get in the safety boats with the life jackets on, 1554 01:11:01,423 --> 01:11:03,050 and they abandon you. 1555 01:11:03,092 --> 01:11:04,218 ♪ It all comes crashing ♪ 1556 01:11:04,260 --> 01:11:07,179 ♪ Down ♪ 1557 01:11:07,221 --> 01:11:08,889 ♪ It's over ♪ 1558 01:11:08,931 --> 01:11:10,099 ♪ Leave it ♪ 1559 01:11:10,140 --> 01:11:13,352 ♪ Down ♪ 1560 01:11:13,394 --> 01:11:14,895 ♪ It's over ♪ 1561 01:11:14,937 --> 01:11:16,146 ♪ Leave it ♪ 1562 01:11:16,188 --> 01:11:19,233 ♪ Down ♪ 1563 01:11:19,275 --> 01:11:20,859 ♪ It's over ♪ 1564 01:11:20,901 --> 01:11:22,027 ♪ Leave it ♪ 1565 01:11:22,069 --> 01:11:24,947 ♪ Down ♪ 1566 01:11:24,989 --> 01:11:26,407 ♪ It's over ♪ 1567 01:11:26,448 --> 01:11:28,075 ♪ Leave it ♪ 1568 01:11:28,117 --> 01:11:31,161 ♪ Down ♪ 1569 01:11:31,203 --> 01:11:32,955 (song stops) 1570 01:11:38,002 --> 01:11:40,296 (filtered breathing) 1571 01:11:43,465 --> 01:11:44,925 PHARRELL: When I looked over my shoulder, 1572 01:11:44,967 --> 01:11:47,261 I just didn't like what I was doing. 1573 01:11:47,303 --> 01:11:49,805 I didn't like the decisions that I had made. 1574 01:11:50,806 --> 01:11:52,975 The pieces just didn't fit anymore... 1575 01:11:53,017 --> 01:11:55,644 ♪ ♪ 1576 01:11:55,686 --> 01:11:58,564 ...because relevance is a drug. 1577 01:11:59,481 --> 01:12:00,858 Staying relevant will have you doing 1578 01:12:00,899 --> 01:12:04,403 all kinds of things that you regret... 1579 01:12:05,863 --> 01:12:07,489 ...just to win. 1580 01:12:09,658 --> 01:12:10,868 To win. 1581 01:12:14,830 --> 01:12:18,125 Pharrell, excuse me. 1582 01:12:18,167 --> 01:12:20,210 Carl Sagan? 1583 01:12:20,252 --> 01:12:22,379 Take a look. 1584 01:12:22,421 --> 01:12:27,384 The Earth, it's a pale blue dot. 1585 01:12:29,219 --> 01:12:30,721 That's home. 1586 01:12:30,763 --> 01:12:36,143 On it, everybody you love, everybody you know, 1587 01:12:36,185 --> 01:12:40,689 everybody you've ever heard of lived out their days there. 1588 01:12:42,024 --> 01:12:43,984 Every mother and father, 1589 01:12:44,026 --> 01:12:46,487 every inventor and explorer, 1590 01:12:46,528 --> 01:12:49,365 every saint and sinner, 1591 01:12:49,406 --> 01:12:52,034 every supreme leader, 1592 01:12:52,076 --> 01:12:55,913 every revered teacher of morals 1593 01:12:55,954 --> 01:12:59,500 in the history of our species lived there. 1594 01:13:00,376 --> 01:13:01,794 The delusion that we have 1595 01:13:01,835 --> 01:13:04,630 some privileged position in the universe 1596 01:13:04,671 --> 01:13:09,802 is challenged by this point of pale light. 1597 01:13:10,594 --> 01:13:13,806 And there is no hint 1598 01:13:13,847 --> 01:13:15,599 that there's anyone who will come 1599 01:13:15,641 --> 01:13:18,185 and save us from ourself. 1600 01:13:18,227 --> 01:13:22,773 That will happen only if we do it. 1601 01:13:25,317 --> 01:13:26,985 Wow. 1602 01:13:27,027 --> 01:13:29,071 ♪ ♪ 1603 01:13:33,909 --> 01:13:35,911 PHARRELL: I spent so much of my career 1604 01:13:35,953 --> 01:13:38,414 just being arrogant. 1605 01:13:39,456 --> 01:13:42,543 And I might not have been the best person. 1606 01:13:43,919 --> 01:13:47,965 And I realized that I needed to give the purest of my spirit. 1607 01:13:49,883 --> 01:13:53,137 -That's... everything. -(steady beeping) 1608 01:14:00,894 --> 01:14:03,063 -(whooshing) -(voices vocalizing) 1609 01:14:03,105 --> 01:14:05,149 (vocalizing grows louder) 1610 01:14:10,070 --> 01:14:11,488 (vocalizing ends) 1611 01:14:11,530 --> 01:14:14,450 ("Get Lucky" by Daft Punk playing) 1612 01:14:26,336 --> 01:14:29,214 ♪ Like the legend of the phoenix ♪ 1613 01:14:29,256 --> 01:14:30,632 ♪ Huh ♪ 1614 01:14:30,674 --> 01:14:32,593 ♪ All ends with beginnings ♪ 1615 01:14:32,634 --> 01:14:34,803 (whooshing) 1616 01:14:34,845 --> 01:14:37,181 ♪ What keeps the planet spinning ♪ 1617 01:14:38,140 --> 01:14:39,266 ♪ Ah ♪ 1618 01:14:39,308 --> 01:14:41,226 ♪ The force from the beginning ♪ 1619 01:14:42,936 --> 01:14:44,021 ♪ Look ♪ 1620 01:14:44,062 --> 01:14:48,108 ♪ We've come too far ♪ 1621 01:14:48,150 --> 01:14:52,446 ♪ To give up who we are ♪ 1622 01:14:52,488 --> 01:14:56,283 ♪ So let's raise the bar ♪ 1623 01:14:56,325 --> 01:15:00,621 ♪ And our cups to the stars ♪ 1624 01:15:00,662 --> 01:15:03,457 ♪ She's up all night till the sun ♪ 1625 01:15:03,499 --> 01:15:05,542 ♪ I'm up all night to get some ♪ 1626 01:15:05,584 --> 01:15:07,836 ♪ She's up all night for good fun ♪ 1627 01:15:07,878 --> 01:15:09,963 ♪ I'm up all night to get lucky ♪ 1628 01:15:10,005 --> 01:15:11,965 ♪ We're up all night till the sun ♪ 1629 01:15:12,007 --> 01:15:13,759 ♪ We're up all night to get some ♪ 1630 01:15:13,800 --> 01:15:16,136 ♪ We're up all night for good fun ♪ 1631 01:15:16,178 --> 01:15:17,721 ♪ We're up all night to get lucky ♪ 1632 01:15:17,763 --> 01:15:19,848 (distorted): ♪ Up all night to get ♪ 1633 01:15:20,641 --> 01:15:22,309 ♪ Up all night to get... ♪ 1634 01:15:22,351 --> 01:15:23,810 Chad. 1635 01:15:23,852 --> 01:15:25,729 ♪ Up all night to get ♪ 1636 01:15:26,522 --> 01:15:27,814 ♪ Up all night to get ♪ 1637 01:15:28,565 --> 01:15:29,858 ♪ Up all night to get ♪ 1638 01:15:30,651 --> 01:15:31,944 ♪ Up all night to get ♪ 1639 01:15:32,694 --> 01:15:34,446 ♪ Up all night to get... ♪ 1640 01:15:34,488 --> 01:15:36,323 PHARRELL (in distance): Helen! 1641 01:15:36,365 --> 01:15:38,367 ♪ Up all night to get... ♪ 1642 01:15:38,408 --> 01:15:39,993 (whooshing) 1643 01:15:40,035 --> 01:15:42,287 -Oh, my God. -I'm ready now. 1644 01:15:42,329 --> 01:15:44,206 (chuckles) 1645 01:15:44,248 --> 01:15:45,916 Okay. 1646 01:15:45,958 --> 01:15:48,752 So what are we gonna do about that? 1647 01:15:48,794 --> 01:15:51,463 ♪ We're up all night to get lucky... ♪ 1648 01:15:51,505 --> 01:15:53,006 (crowd cheering) 1649 01:15:53,048 --> 01:15:55,092 ♪ We're up all night to get lucky ♪ 1650 01:15:55,133 --> 01:15:57,678 ♪ We're up all night to get lucky. ♪ 1651 01:15:57,719 --> 01:15:59,930 (birds cooing) 1652 01:16:01,848 --> 01:16:03,559 PHARRELL: When I look up and see 1653 01:16:03,600 --> 01:16:06,186 all the love and all the support, 1654 01:16:06,228 --> 01:16:08,272 the people who just never left my side... 1655 01:16:09,273 --> 01:16:10,899 (voice breaking): My family. 1656 01:16:12,442 --> 01:16:13,860 All my friends. 1657 01:16:14,653 --> 01:16:16,905 The realization when, like... 1658 01:16:18,407 --> 01:16:20,242 (sighs) 1659 01:16:20,284 --> 01:16:22,035 ...everyone wants you to win. 1660 01:16:22,953 --> 01:16:25,038 ♪ ♪ 1661 01:16:26,748 --> 01:16:29,251 And I'm like, you know, 1662 01:16:29,293 --> 01:16:31,670 "Man, forget the trophy, man. 1663 01:16:31,712 --> 01:16:33,714 The idea that you want me to win." 1664 01:16:35,465 --> 01:16:37,009 (exhales) 1665 01:16:38,135 --> 01:16:40,387 When thinking like that and thinking about that, 1666 01:16:40,429 --> 01:16:42,764 (sniffles) my heart... 1667 01:16:44,600 --> 01:16:46,435 ...could keep the lights on the Earth. 1668 01:16:46,476 --> 01:16:48,770 ♪ ♪ 1669 01:16:53,567 --> 01:16:54,651 -(sniffles) -(song stops) 1670 01:16:54,693 --> 01:16:55,944 Do you need a Kleenex? 1671 01:16:55,986 --> 01:16:58,363 PHARRELL: No, I'm okay. (clears throat) 1672 01:16:58,405 --> 01:17:00,657 This is therapeutic, man. 1673 01:17:00,699 --> 01:17:02,451 I hope in a good way. 1674 01:17:02,492 --> 01:17:04,578 -In a really good way. -Yeah. 1675 01:17:05,537 --> 01:17:09,708 So after all that, did people just think it was easy, then? 1676 01:17:09,750 --> 01:17:11,668 Oh, yeah, of course. 1677 01:17:11,710 --> 01:17:14,087 I call that distant assessment. 1678 01:17:14,129 --> 01:17:16,590 No, it was just starting to get hard. 1679 01:17:16,632 --> 01:17:18,050 Why? 1680 01:17:18,091 --> 01:17:21,762 Because I didn't know if I could do it again. 1681 01:17:22,596 --> 01:17:23,764 -Dada! -Yes, sir. -(toy squeaks) 1682 01:17:23,805 --> 01:17:25,557 -Dada. -Yes, sir. 1683 01:17:25,599 --> 01:17:27,601 -Dada. -Yes, sir. -(toy squeaks) 1684 01:17:27,643 --> 01:17:29,269 HELEN: We had just gotten married, 1685 01:17:29,311 --> 01:17:31,688 and we had our son, Rocket. 1686 01:17:31,730 --> 01:17:33,357 (humming) 1687 01:17:33,398 --> 01:17:35,859 Pharrell was pushing himself on this song for a movie. 1688 01:17:35,901 --> 01:17:38,278 He wrote like eight or nine songs, 1689 01:17:38,320 --> 01:17:41,865 and the studio, every time, they were just like, 1690 01:17:41,907 --> 01:17:44,201 "Nope, not the one. Nope, not the one." 1691 01:17:47,746 --> 01:17:50,082 I can't get it. I don't know how to do this. 1692 01:17:50,123 --> 01:17:52,709 Like, I don't know how to make a song like this. 1693 01:17:52,751 --> 01:17:55,003 (Rocket laughing) 1694 01:17:57,839 --> 01:17:59,466 HELEN: I'd be like, "Is he okay? 1695 01:17:59,508 --> 01:18:03,178 Why is he staring off into the light like that?" 1696 01:18:03,220 --> 01:18:05,931 (tiles clattering) 1697 01:18:10,686 --> 01:18:12,729 ("Happy" by Pharrell Williams playing) 1698 01:18:12,771 --> 01:18:14,272 (song stops) 1699 01:18:14,314 --> 01:18:18,318 ♪ It might seem crazy what I'm 'bout to say ♪ 1700 01:18:18,360 --> 01:18:19,986 -Dada. -That feels great. 1701 01:18:20,028 --> 01:18:24,116 ♪ Sunshine, she's here, you can take a break ♪ 1702 01:18:24,157 --> 01:18:25,367 (laughs) 1703 01:18:26,368 --> 01:18:27,828 This is it. 1704 01:18:29,121 --> 01:18:30,831 (song resumes) 1705 01:18:30,872 --> 01:18:34,376 ♪ It might seem crazy what I'm 'bout to say ♪ 1706 01:18:36,378 --> 01:18:40,424 ♪ Sunshine, she's here, you can take a break ♪ 1707 01:18:41,883 --> 01:18:45,721 ♪ I'm a hot-air balloon that could go to space ♪ 1708 01:18:45,762 --> 01:18:48,014 (lively chatter) 1709 01:18:48,056 --> 01:18:51,101 ♪ With the air, like "I don't care," baby, by the way ♪ 1710 01:18:51,143 --> 01:18:53,478 PHARRELL: And the next thing you know, boom. 1711 01:18:53,520 --> 01:18:54,563 ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ 1712 01:18:54,604 --> 01:18:56,815 ♪ Clap along if you feel ♪ 1713 01:18:56,857 --> 01:18:58,859 ♪ Like a room without a roof ♪ 1714 01:18:58,900 --> 01:19:00,527 ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ 1715 01:19:00,569 --> 01:19:04,865 ♪ Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth ♪ 1716 01:19:04,906 --> 01:19:06,658 ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ 1717 01:19:06,700 --> 01:19:10,954 ♪ Clap along if you know what happiness is to you ♪ 1718 01:19:10,996 --> 01:19:12,914 ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ 1719 01:19:12,956 --> 01:19:14,916 -♪ Clap along if you feel ♪ -(audience cheering) 1720 01:19:14,958 --> 01:19:17,419 ♪ Like that's what you wanna do ♪ 1721 01:19:18,587 --> 01:19:20,130 How did "Happy" happen? 1722 01:19:20,172 --> 01:19:22,090 -People are putting up their own videos. -Yeah. 1723 01:19:22,132 --> 01:19:23,675 It was, like, no longer my song. 1724 01:19:23,717 --> 01:19:24,885 Roll the tape of that. 1725 01:19:24,926 --> 01:19:26,595 People started putting videos 1726 01:19:26,636 --> 01:19:29,514 around the world getting happy. 1727 01:19:29,556 --> 01:19:30,807 ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ 1728 01:19:30,849 --> 01:19:32,976 ♪ Clap along if you know ♪ 1729 01:19:33,018 --> 01:19:35,520 ♪ What happiness is to you, ay, ay, ay ♪ 1730 01:19:35,562 --> 01:19:36,938 ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ 1731 01:19:36,980 --> 01:19:38,940 ♪ Clap along if you feel like ♪ 1732 01:19:38,982 --> 01:19:41,777 ♪ That's what you wanna do ♪ 1733 01:19:41,818 --> 01:19:44,070 -♪ Because I'm happy ♪ -♪ Clap along ♪ 1734 01:19:44,112 --> 01:19:47,783 ♪ If you know what happiness is to you, hey, hey ♪ 1735 01:19:47,824 --> 01:19:49,075 ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ 1736 01:19:49,117 --> 01:19:50,577 ♪ Clap along if you feel ♪ 1737 01:19:50,619 --> 01:19:53,038 ♪ Like that's what you wanna do ♪ 1738 01:19:53,079 --> 01:19:55,165 -♪ Come on. ♪ -(song stops) 1739 01:19:55,207 --> 01:19:58,251 Ah. Makes me cry, too. Makes me cry, too. 1740 01:19:58,293 --> 01:20:00,086 -(sniffles) -Ah. 1741 01:20:00,128 --> 01:20:03,048 You know, I was just thinking about your grandmother. 1742 01:20:03,089 --> 01:20:06,092 I bet she didn't even imagine that. 1743 01:20:06,843 --> 01:20:08,929 No, it's beautiful. 1744 01:20:08,970 --> 01:20:10,180 Why am I crying on Oprah? 1745 01:20:10,222 --> 01:20:11,932 (Oprah and audience laughing) 1746 01:20:11,973 --> 01:20:13,934 -♪ Because I'm happy ♪ -(song resumes) 1747 01:20:13,975 --> 01:20:16,228 (rhythmic clapping) 1748 01:20:18,480 --> 01:20:21,942 PHARRELL: I love that song, but it turned into 1749 01:20:21,983 --> 01:20:24,653 this other thing that I didn't see coming. 1750 01:20:24,694 --> 01:20:26,905 -♪ Happy, happy, happy, happy ♪ -♪ Bring me down ♪ 1751 01:20:26,947 --> 01:20:29,199 -♪ Can't nothing bring me down ♪ -♪ Happy, happy ♪ 1752 01:20:29,241 --> 01:20:30,951 -♪ Happy, happy ♪ -♪ My level's too high... ♪ 1753 01:20:30,992 --> 01:20:32,953 People are singing 1754 01:20:32,994 --> 01:20:35,372 and celebrating to highlight an emotion. 1755 01:20:35,413 --> 01:20:37,249 -♪ Because I'm happy... ♪ -(song fades) 1756 01:20:37,290 --> 01:20:40,669 But you realize why they feel that song: 1757 01:20:40,710 --> 01:20:43,129 'cause they've been through some shit. 1758 01:20:43,171 --> 01:20:45,257 They've been through some shit. 1759 01:20:45,298 --> 01:20:47,008 (exhales) 1760 01:20:47,050 --> 01:20:48,510 I felt that just now. 1761 01:20:48,552 --> 01:20:50,512 'Sup? 1762 01:20:52,806 --> 01:20:54,266 People would say, 1763 01:20:54,307 --> 01:20:56,351 "Your song got my mom through her chemo," 1764 01:20:56,393 --> 01:20:58,520 or, like, "Man, I play that song every day. 1765 01:20:58,562 --> 01:21:00,313 It just made me feel better." 1766 01:21:01,273 --> 01:21:04,860 It took a toll on me, though, just seeing so much pain. 1767 01:21:06,027 --> 01:21:07,988 And boom, right after that... 1768 01:21:08,029 --> 01:21:09,364 CROWD (chanting): Hands up! Don't shoot! 1769 01:21:09,406 --> 01:21:11,074 PHARRELL: ...it got really dark. 1770 01:21:11,116 --> 01:21:12,534 CROWD (chanting): Hands up! Don't shoot! 1771 01:21:12,576 --> 01:21:14,077 -Hands up! Don't shoot! -(siren whoops, chirps) 1772 01:21:14,119 --> 01:21:15,745 Hands up! Don't shoot! 1773 01:21:15,787 --> 01:21:18,081 PHARRELL: It's what changed my outlook on 1774 01:21:18,123 --> 01:21:19,666 what it means to be Black. 1775 01:21:19,708 --> 01:21:21,501 OFFICER (over bullhorn): ...must disperse immediately. 1776 01:21:21,543 --> 01:21:23,128 Now! This is an order. 1777 01:21:23,169 --> 01:21:26,381 You'll be subject to arrest and other actions. 1778 01:21:26,423 --> 01:21:28,508 PHARRELL: I realized that you're Black 1779 01:21:28,550 --> 01:21:31,386 in juxtaposition to the entire system. 1780 01:21:35,724 --> 01:21:38,852 This is literally what we think about every day. 1781 01:21:38,894 --> 01:21:41,187 (jazz vocal sample repeating) 1782 01:21:44,065 --> 01:21:46,318 (saxophone playing jazz melody) 1783 01:21:49,404 --> 01:21:54,951 I remember finding these jazz vocal samples 1784 01:21:54,993 --> 01:21:57,370 and playing this chord around. 1785 01:21:57,412 --> 01:21:59,539 Every time you hear the... ♪ Da ♪ 1786 01:21:59,581 --> 01:22:04,377 ...it just felt like a rainbow of blue murky water. 1787 01:22:04,419 --> 01:22:06,338 (water flowing) 1788 01:22:06,379 --> 01:22:08,423 ♪ ♪ 1789 01:22:09,966 --> 01:22:12,344 And what Kendrick wrote to it was just 1790 01:22:12,385 --> 01:22:15,180 -poetic justice. -("Alright" by Kendrick Lamar playing) 1791 01:22:15,221 --> 01:22:18,058 ♪ Alls my life I has to fight ♪ 1792 01:22:18,808 --> 01:22:19,809 ♪ Yeah ♪ 1793 01:22:19,851 --> 01:22:22,145 ♪ Alls my life, I ♪ 1794 01:22:22,187 --> 01:22:23,313 ♪ Hard times like, "Yah!" ♪ 1795 01:22:23,355 --> 01:22:25,941 ♪ Bad trips like, "Yah!" ♪ 1796 01:22:25,982 --> 01:22:29,319 ♪ Nazareth, I'm ... up, homie, you ... up ♪ 1797 01:22:29,361 --> 01:22:32,739 ♪ But if God got us, then we gon' be alright ♪ 1798 01:22:32,781 --> 01:22:34,240 ♪ We gon' be alright... ♪ 1799 01:22:34,282 --> 01:22:35,742 KENDRICK LAMAR: Pharrell had the hook. 1800 01:22:35,784 --> 01:22:37,160 That's him on the hook. 1801 01:22:37,202 --> 01:22:38,912 ♪ We gon' be alright, do you hear me? ♪ 1802 01:22:38,954 --> 01:22:40,747 ♪ Do you feel me? We gon' be alright ♪ 1803 01:22:40,789 --> 01:22:43,249 The "alright" phrase, what does "alright" represent? 1804 01:22:43,291 --> 01:22:45,168 You know, there was a lot going on, 1805 01:22:45,210 --> 01:22:48,338 and still to this day a-a lot going on. 1806 01:22:48,380 --> 01:22:50,215 It's something else inside of them chords 1807 01:22:50,256 --> 01:22:55,053 that Pharrell put down that feels like a statement. 1808 01:22:56,805 --> 01:22:58,348 ♪ When our pride was low ♪ 1809 01:22:58,390 --> 01:23:00,892 ♪ Lookin' at the world like, "Where do we go?" ♪ 1810 01:23:00,934 --> 01:23:02,352 ♪ And we hate po-po ♪ 1811 01:23:02,394 --> 01:23:04,479 ♪ Wanna kill us dead in the street for sure ♪ 1812 01:23:04,521 --> 01:23:06,147 (siren whoops) 1813 01:23:06,189 --> 01:23:07,732 ♪ I'm at the preacher's door, my knees gettin' weak ♪ 1814 01:23:07,774 --> 01:23:09,734 ♪ And my gun might blow, but we gon' be alright... ♪ 1815 01:23:09,776 --> 01:23:11,069 (crowd clamoring) 1816 01:23:11,111 --> 01:23:13,321 CROWD (chanting): We gon' be alright! 1817 01:23:13,363 --> 01:23:15,198 -We gon' be alright! Hey! -(song fades) 1818 01:23:15,240 --> 01:23:17,325 We gon' be alright! Hey! 1819 01:23:17,367 --> 01:23:21,454 We gon' be alright! Hey! We gon' be alright! Hey! 1820 01:23:21,496 --> 01:23:23,915 -We gon' be alright! -Say what?! 1821 01:23:23,957 --> 01:23:25,750 ♪ We gon' be alright. ♪ 1822 01:23:25,792 --> 01:23:27,210 That record, it kind of 1823 01:23:27,252 --> 01:23:29,421 attached itself to every struggle. 1824 01:23:30,588 --> 01:23:32,966 CROWD (chanting): We gon' be alright! 1825 01:23:33,008 --> 01:23:35,218 We gon' be alright! We gon' be alright! 1826 01:23:35,260 --> 01:23:37,387 PHARRELL: You know, there's strength in numbers. 1827 01:23:37,429 --> 01:23:41,933 And to inspire people to be aspirational, 1828 01:23:41,975 --> 01:23:44,144 you don't just aspire up. 1829 01:23:44,185 --> 01:23:46,396 You aspire left to right as well, 1830 01:23:46,438 --> 01:23:49,315 because that's what creates a unified front. 1831 01:23:49,357 --> 01:23:53,153 Without it, then you're just like a broken community. 1832 01:23:53,194 --> 01:23:55,822 And we've had spells where it's felt like that. 1833 01:23:55,864 --> 01:23:59,659 If we put our heads together or our hearts together, 1834 01:23:59,701 --> 01:24:01,161 like, what can't we do? 1835 01:24:01,202 --> 01:24:03,079 (crow cawing) 1836 01:24:03,121 --> 01:24:05,457 The bird is even chiming in. 1837 01:24:05,498 --> 01:24:07,167 Why? 1838 01:24:07,208 --> 01:24:10,670 Because the crow gets it. 1839 01:24:10,712 --> 01:24:12,297 -(caws) -Yes. 1840 01:24:12,338 --> 01:24:13,506 (caws) 1841 01:24:13,548 --> 01:24:14,924 Yes. 1842 01:24:14,966 --> 01:24:16,885 -(caws) -That's right. 1843 01:24:16,926 --> 01:24:19,137 You see? That's how it works. 1844 01:24:19,179 --> 01:24:21,014 (seabirds calling) 1845 01:24:21,056 --> 01:24:23,308 ♪ ♪ 1846 01:24:33,151 --> 01:24:35,320 WOMAN (in distance): Pharrell! 1847 01:24:35,361 --> 01:24:37,322 MAN: Hey! Thank you, Pharrell! 1848 01:24:38,573 --> 01:24:40,700 Oh, my gosh! 1849 01:24:40,742 --> 01:24:41,868 (chuckles) 1850 01:24:42,911 --> 01:24:45,747 I'll never forget what this neighborhood felt like. 1851 01:24:45,789 --> 01:24:47,082 Ever. 1852 01:24:47,123 --> 01:24:48,792 All of that is hitting me right now. 1853 01:24:50,418 --> 01:24:52,462 That was my room right there. 1854 01:24:53,338 --> 01:24:58,009 My grandmother lived here until, like, I was 15. 1855 01:24:58,051 --> 01:25:00,428 ♪ ♪ 1856 01:25:20,865 --> 01:25:23,618 Why me? Why me? 1857 01:25:28,456 --> 01:25:32,127 I grew up with kids that could do anything. 1858 01:25:33,628 --> 01:25:36,464 But no one saw the propensity in them. 1859 01:25:37,674 --> 01:25:40,093 All I saw was talent. 1860 01:25:40,135 --> 01:25:41,636 Beauty. 1861 01:25:43,054 --> 01:25:45,557 Everybody has that. 1862 01:25:48,643 --> 01:25:51,479 Man, this is gon' be a LEGO movie, bruh. 1863 01:25:51,521 --> 01:25:52,939 I know. 1864 01:25:52,981 --> 01:25:55,358 Like, you don't understand. 1865 01:25:56,442 --> 01:26:00,196 Trying to, like, take it apart brick by brick. 1866 01:26:00,989 --> 01:26:02,657 Put it back together. 1867 01:26:02,699 --> 01:26:04,826 So it makes sense. 1868 01:26:04,868 --> 01:26:06,911 (jet engines whooshing) 1869 01:26:17,505 --> 01:26:19,507 ♪ ♪ 1870 01:26:22,969 --> 01:26:24,429 One day, you wake up 1871 01:26:24,470 --> 01:26:27,599 and you realize that this was all designed. 1872 01:26:29,142 --> 01:26:30,727 And because it's a design, 1873 01:26:30,768 --> 01:26:33,605 there's potential for us to change it. 1874 01:26:33,646 --> 01:26:35,607 (waves lapping) 1875 01:26:42,322 --> 01:26:45,533 ("Pure Imagination" by Gene Wilder playing) 1876 01:26:55,251 --> 01:26:56,920 ♪ Hold your breath ♪ 1877 01:26:56,961 --> 01:26:58,129 ♪ Make a wish ♪ 1878 01:26:58,171 --> 01:27:00,006 ♪ Count to three. ♪ 1879 01:27:00,048 --> 01:27:05,345 One, two, three, four. 1880 01:27:05,386 --> 01:27:08,306 ("Piece by Piece" by Pharrell Williams playing) 1881 01:27:09,098 --> 01:27:10,683 (cheering) 1882 01:27:10,725 --> 01:27:13,686 Look what we can do when we come together, Virginia. 1883 01:27:13,728 --> 01:27:15,230 (cheering) 1884 01:27:19,901 --> 01:27:21,444 ♪ I decided long time ago ♪ 1885 01:27:21,486 --> 01:27:23,196 ♪ I would write my own chronicle ♪ 1886 01:27:23,238 --> 01:27:24,405 ♪ Sit around? That ain't me ♪ 1887 01:27:24,447 --> 01:27:26,491 ♪ Nor is following a lead ♪ 1888 01:27:26,532 --> 01:27:28,201 ♪ Let me build what I see ♪ 1889 01:27:28,243 --> 01:27:30,203 ♪ You know it starts with a piece ♪ 1890 01:27:30,245 --> 01:27:31,871 ♪ Give it time, let it breathe ♪ 1891 01:27:31,913 --> 01:27:33,915 ♪ Instead of suffocating crazy dreams... ♪ 1892 01:27:33,957 --> 01:27:36,084 Wow! 1893 01:27:36,125 --> 01:27:37,543 PHARRELL: Missy Misdemeanor. 1894 01:27:37,585 --> 01:27:38,836 Timbaland. 1895 01:27:38,878 --> 01:27:40,505 -♪ Till it start paying off ♪ -♪ Hey ♪ 1896 01:27:40,546 --> 01:27:42,257 ♪ Till it start paying off ♪ 1897 01:27:42,298 --> 01:27:45,343 ♪ And when it pays off, pays off ♪ 1898 01:27:45,385 --> 01:27:48,554 ♪ It feels so good inside ♪ 1899 01:27:48,596 --> 01:27:51,516 ♪ Screaming, "I told you, I told you" ♪ 1900 01:27:51,557 --> 01:27:54,227 ♪ And the only way it happened was mine ♪ 1901 01:27:54,269 --> 01:27:56,354 ♪ When it was time ♪ 1902 01:27:57,188 --> 01:28:00,275 ♪ I got butterflies ♪ 1903 01:28:01,234 --> 01:28:04,654 ♪ Don't look surprised, girl ♪ 1904 01:28:04,696 --> 01:28:07,740 ♪ With a dream this size ♪ 1905 01:28:09,409 --> 01:28:12,078 ♪ Yeah, everything seems so easy ♪ 1906 01:28:12,120 --> 01:28:14,414 ♪ For other guys ♪ 1907 01:28:15,415 --> 01:28:19,085 ♪ But I never moved my eyes ♪ 1908 01:28:19,127 --> 01:28:21,963 ♪ It takes a thousand tries ♪ 1909 01:28:22,714 --> 01:28:24,632 ♪ Till it start paying off ♪ 1910 01:28:24,674 --> 01:28:26,050 -♪ Hey ♪ -♪ Till it start paying off ♪ 1911 01:28:26,092 --> 01:28:27,510 ♪ Hey ♪ 1912 01:28:27,552 --> 01:28:28,678 -♪ Till it start paying off ♪ -♪ Hey ♪ 1913 01:28:28,720 --> 01:28:30,096 ♪ Till it start paying off ♪ 1914 01:28:30,138 --> 01:28:31,681 -♪ Hey. ♪ -(song ends) 1915 01:28:32,682 --> 01:28:37,437 These days, I am more interested in diving deeper. 1916 01:28:38,229 --> 01:28:40,273 What's that mean, "diving deeper"? 1917 01:28:40,315 --> 01:28:42,608 I don't know if you have the time for that one. 1918 01:28:42,650 --> 01:28:44,861 (chuckles): Yeah. Well, it is the end of the movie, so yeah. 1919 01:28:44,902 --> 01:28:46,112 Right. 1920 01:28:46,154 --> 01:28:48,031 When you go deeper, you realize, 1921 01:28:48,072 --> 01:28:52,952 like, we're just vibrating, buzzing molecules. 1922 01:28:52,994 --> 01:28:58,291 Light, sound, everything is vibrating all at once. 1923 01:28:58,333 --> 01:28:59,876 ♪ ♪ 1924 01:28:59,917 --> 01:29:03,838 And so, you realize that life is much bigger than you. 1925 01:29:05,506 --> 01:29:07,008 That's when you ask yourself, 1926 01:29:07,050 --> 01:29:11,846 "How do I serve this thing called life?" 1927 01:29:12,638 --> 01:29:15,558 (band playing "Piece by Piece") 1928 01:29:15,600 --> 01:29:18,770 ♪ And when it pays off, pays off ♪ 1929 01:29:20,021 --> 01:29:22,815 ♪ It feels so good inside ♪ 1930 01:29:22,857 --> 01:29:26,361 ♪ Screaming, "I told you, I told you" ♪ 1931 01:29:26,402 --> 01:29:30,156 ♪ Ain't happen any other way but mine ♪ 1932 01:29:30,198 --> 01:29:32,658 ♪ Never took days off, days off ♪ 1933 01:29:33,659 --> 01:29:36,996 ♪ If they hated, now they want to die ♪ 1934 01:29:37,038 --> 01:29:39,582 ♪ Finding that brick and where it goes to ♪ 1935 01:29:39,624 --> 01:29:42,585 ♪ So we keep stacking high, high, high ♪ 1936 01:29:42,627 --> 01:29:44,420 ♪ Piece by piece ♪ 1937 01:29:44,462 --> 01:29:48,007 ♪ Piece by piece, piece by piece ♪ 1938 01:29:48,049 --> 01:29:49,634 ♪ Piece by piece ♪ 1939 01:29:49,675 --> 01:29:53,179 ♪ Piece by piece, piece by piece ♪ 1940 01:29:53,221 --> 01:29:55,181 ♪ Piece by piece ♪ 1941 01:29:55,223 --> 01:29:57,475 -♪ Piece by piece. ♪ -(song ends) 1942 01:29:59,227 --> 01:30:00,645 Dad, is that it? 1943 01:30:01,396 --> 01:30:03,523 -I think we're done. -What? 1944 01:30:03,564 --> 01:30:06,859 ("For Real" by Pharrell Williams playing) 1945 01:30:19,956 --> 01:30:22,458 Whew. What a legendary story, yeah? 1946 01:30:22,500 --> 01:30:24,127 Holy moly guacamole. 1947 01:30:24,168 --> 01:30:26,337 I'm extremely proud to be a part of this movie 1948 01:30:26,379 --> 01:30:27,755 slash whatever this is. 1949 01:30:27,797 --> 01:30:31,259 Um, like I said, this bakery shop is awesome. 1950 01:30:31,300 --> 01:30:32,677 (laughing) 1951 01:30:33,845 --> 01:30:37,265 ♪ I've been staring at this certain star ♪ 1952 01:30:37,306 --> 01:30:40,643 ♪ Concentrating, like, every night ♪ 1953 01:30:40,685 --> 01:30:44,063 ♪ All alone and the lights are off ♪ 1954 01:30:44,105 --> 01:30:47,567 ♪ Wish that I could do whatever I like ♪ 1955 01:30:47,608 --> 01:30:50,778 ♪ I been wishing to the universe ♪ 1956 01:30:50,820 --> 01:30:54,407 ♪ 'Cause to be real, I'd be better off ♪ 1957 01:30:54,449 --> 01:30:57,577 ♪ Wanna know what I'm waiting for ♪ 1958 01:30:57,618 --> 01:30:59,954 ♪ Some kind of sign like a meteorite ♪ 1959 01:30:59,996 --> 01:31:03,291 ♪ Something to happen, some kind of magic ♪ 1960 01:31:03,332 --> 01:31:06,669 ♪ To make me for real ♪ 1961 01:31:06,711 --> 01:31:08,379 ♪ I wanna experience ♪ 1962 01:31:08,421 --> 01:31:10,256 ♪ I want some control ♪ 1963 01:31:10,298 --> 01:31:13,593 ♪ I just wanna feel ♪ 1964 01:31:14,969 --> 01:31:18,598 ♪ Anything that has no soul ♪ 1965 01:31:18,639 --> 01:31:21,476 ♪ Is guaranteed to fall ♪ 1966 01:31:21,517 --> 01:31:23,102 ♪ So once it happens ♪ 1967 01:31:23,144 --> 01:31:25,104 ♪ You will know ♪ 1968 01:31:25,146 --> 01:31:29,650 ♪ 'Cause you hear God's voice inside... ♪ 1969 01:31:33,654 --> 01:31:35,448 ♪ I wanna open my eyes ♪ 1970 01:31:35,490 --> 01:31:38,659 ♪ And know that it's okay ♪ 1971 01:31:40,453 --> 01:31:41,871 ♪ I'm awake ♪ 1972 01:31:43,164 --> 01:31:46,501 ♪ My dream has come true ♪ 1973 01:31:47,460 --> 01:31:49,295 ♪ And I would do it for free ♪ 1974 01:31:49,337 --> 01:31:52,840 ♪ If that is what it takes ♪ 1975 01:31:54,091 --> 01:31:55,843 ♪ What it takes ♪ 1976 01:31:56,802 --> 01:32:00,223 ♪ That's how bad I want to ♪ 1977 01:32:02,767 --> 01:32:04,143 ♪ Am I a toy? ♪ 1978 01:32:04,185 --> 01:32:06,270 ♪ I got feelings, too ♪ 1979 01:32:06,312 --> 01:32:07,897 ♪ First they pick me up ♪ 1980 01:32:07,939 --> 01:32:09,857 -♪ And then put me down ♪ -♪ Down, down, down ♪ 1981 01:32:09,899 --> 01:32:12,735 ♪ I am lost, who am I appealing to? ♪ 1982 01:32:12,777 --> 01:32:14,487 ♪ That's what they all say ♪ 1983 01:32:14,529 --> 01:32:16,572 ♪ When I'm not around ♪ 1984 01:32:16,614 --> 01:32:19,825 ♪ So I pray to the universe ♪ 1985 01:32:19,867 --> 01:32:23,412 ♪ That it would come true finally ♪ 1986 01:32:23,454 --> 01:32:26,958 ♪ I'll be whoever I decide to be ♪ 1987 01:32:26,999 --> 01:32:29,293 ♪ Worry about yourself 'cause I'll be all right ♪ 1988 01:32:29,335 --> 01:32:30,711 ♪ Something'll happen ♪ 1989 01:32:30,753 --> 01:32:32,421 ♪ Some kind of magic ♪ 1990 01:32:32,463 --> 01:32:35,841 ♪ To make me for real ♪ 1991 01:32:35,883 --> 01:32:37,552 ♪ I wanna experience ♪ 1992 01:32:37,593 --> 01:32:39,345 ♪ I want some control ♪ 1993 01:32:39,387 --> 01:32:42,848 ♪ I just wanna feel ♪ 1994 01:32:43,975 --> 01:32:47,770 ♪ I must admit that I was slow ♪ 1995 01:32:47,812 --> 01:32:51,023 ♪ 'Cause what I didn't know ♪ 1996 01:32:51,065 --> 01:32:54,527 ♪ All my dreams and my goals ♪ 1997 01:32:54,569 --> 01:32:58,781 ♪ Were inside me the whole time... ♪ 1998 01:33:02,910 --> 01:33:04,662 ♪ I wanna open my eyes ♪ 1999 01:33:04,704 --> 01:33:08,124 ♪ And know that it's okay ♪ 2000 01:33:09,709 --> 01:33:11,127 ♪ I'm awake ♪ 2001 01:33:12,461 --> 01:33:15,715 ♪ My dream has come true ♪ 2002 01:33:16,674 --> 01:33:18,384 ♪ And I would do it for free ♪ 2003 01:33:18,426 --> 01:33:21,262 ♪ If that is what it takes ♪ 2004 01:33:23,180 --> 01:33:24,765 ♪ What it takes ♪ 2005 01:33:25,975 --> 01:33:29,478 ♪ That's how bad I want to. ♪ 2006 01:33:29,520 --> 01:33:31,606 (song ends)