The never aging Pharrell has been pretty busy lately, what with him featuring on the new Daft Punk album. You may remember way back in 2010, Williams was behind the soundtrack to the movie, Despicable Me, and now the sequel is about to be released, it appears he's contributing music to that too. The Despicable Me 2 soundtrack is set to be released in just under a months time on June 18th. The film will hit cinemas in the US on the 3rd of July with an all star cast of Steve Carrell, Kristen Wiig, and Steve Coogan.
Genuinely enjoyed the first movie and will be checking out the new one when it's released. For now though I'm going to enjoy this disco fused joint below a little more.
Forget all those unofficial edits of Daft Punk's "Get Lucky," delete them from your music library, because this is the real deal. At 12:01am this morning, the French robots' much hyped single hit iTunes. Pharrell's smooth vocals play around Nile Rodgers' funky guitar licks, while deep basslines are met with echoing claps and subtle piano keys. It's fantastic disco-inspired electro. Daft Punk are clearly back in full force. Stream the official radio edit of "Get Lucky" below, or grab it on iTunes or Amazon.
Is it real? Is it a fake? This is the question we've all been asking these past few days about all of the so-called "official" leaks of Daft Punk's highly publicized new single "Get Lucky." This time, though, it might just be legit. Earlier today, Sonic 102.9 in Edmonton dropped a radio edit of the single, but it has been pulled. Since then Dutch radio station 3FM has posted a video of the exact same "radio edit." Check it out below and let us know if you think this is real or not.
Coincidentally, Amazon just recently posted a page for "Get Lucky," with a release date of April 19th. The page also featured the above artwork. Is this the official version of "Get Lucky" or are we being duped again? I guess we will find out on the 19th.
UPDATE:MTV reports that the song will be available to download tonight at 12:01am.
Daft Punk is quickly getting us familiar with the collaborators we will hear on the hotly anticipated Random Accesss Memories. We've already seen videos featuring Giorgio Moroder, Todd Edwards and Nile Rodgers, and now it's Pharrell's turn.
Providing vocals for "Get Lucky," Pharrell speaks on his time with the robot duo. He had drug-fueled holistic experiences and had deep connections to the collaboration and the music that came from it: "getting lucky is not just sleeping with her, but meeting someone for the first time and it just clicking. There’s no better fortune in this existence to me."
This music is "beyond 3D. It's 4D. It's in your mind." Check out Pharrell's edition of "The Collaborators" video series below.
UPDATE: The stream has been removed by SME, and it has been reported that Fun Radio's "exclusive stream" was in fact a sampled edit of the SNL ad for the song. Seems I got caught up in the ecitement. Sorry about that. Hopefully some legitimate Daft Punk tunes will surface soon, and we'll post it when it does.
Continuing the Daft Punk bombardment, the French duo have unveiled a short preview of their much-teased song "Get Lucky". First appearing on screens across the Coachella grounds a few nights ago, the video featured Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers performing over a minute of the track. That's a lot longer than the 15-second previews we've been seeing, and this extended teaser sounds freakin' fantastic. Last night, a high quality version of the teaser aired during Saturday Night Live, which you can watch below.
The teaser video also revealed some other notable mentions, namely the full list of collaborators featured on Random Access Memories. We already knew names like Nile Rodgers, Giorgio Moroder, Todd Edwards, Pharrell, Chilly Gonzales and Panda Bear were contributing to the album, but it seems a few more names can be added to that list. The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas and DJ Falcon will also be adding their talents to what will certainly be an incredible album. As well, this fits with the supposedly confirmed tracklist for Random Access Memories. Take a look at below.
Random Access Memories Tracklist: 1. “Give Life Back to Music” (featuring Nile Rodgers) 2. “The Game of Love” 3. “Giorgio by Moroder” (featuring Giorgio Moroder) 4. “Within” (featuring Chilly Gonzales) 5. “Instant Crush” (featuring Julian Casablancas) 6. “Lose Yourself to Dance” (featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers) 7. “Touch” (featuring Paul Williams) 8. “Get Lucky” (featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers) 9. “Beyond” 10. “Motherhood” 11. “Fragments of Time” (featuring Todd Edwards) 12. “Doin’ It Right” (featuring Panda Bear) 13. “Contact” (featuring DJ Falcon)
After openly admitting his homosexuality a few days ago, R&B crooner Frank Ocean seems to be in a good place. The Odd Future member once again took to his Tumblr to drop a brand new track from his forthcoming debut LP Channel Orange. The song, titled "Sweet Life," is a sexy, smooth cut that Ocean co-wrote with Pharrell Williams, and definitely a good one to start the weekend with. If you're looking to get down and dirty this weekend, this is the soundtrack. Listen to it below (via Complex).
Channel Orange is out on July 17th via Def Jam, and Frank Ocean will be performing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Monday July 9th.
Christian Rich return with a new song from their upcoming 3 song EP which drops this April according to a tweet from the band last month. The yet to be titled EP (which I assume is The Decadence 2) is the duo's latest album release since releasing their mixtape The Decadance back in 2010. Check out the first taste from the upcoming EP with the track "Come & Love Me" featuring none other than The Neptunes/N*E*R*D frontman Pharrell Williams. The new track differs much from a majority of CRich's older tracks as it is a progressive house track. However, much like Pharrell's collaboration with Swedish House Mafia, "One (Your Name)" this one is looking to be a nice summer dance/club banger. The duo are also planning to release their next digital single "Hate Don’t Sleep" featuring Kenna on April 15th. Stay tuned.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 10:00AM 
The never aging Pharrell has been pretty busy lately, what with him featuring on the new Daft Punk album. You may remember way back in 2010, Williams was behind the soundtrack to the movie, Despicable Me, and now the sequel is about to be released, it appears he's contributing music to that too. The Despicable Me 2 soundtrack is set to be released in just under a months time on June 18th. The film will hit cinemas in the US on the 3rd of July with an all star cast of Steve Carrell, Kristen Wiig, and Steve Coogan. 
