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    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      Jo Ellison
      Pharrell Williams, the future of fashion?

      The multi-hyphenate musician’s appointment at Louis Vuitton shows the all-conquering power of celebrity

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      LVMH
      Pharrell Williams to run menswear design at Louis Vuitton

      Beccari makes first significant move as brand’s new chief executive with musician’s appointment

    • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
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      Everything must go — Pharrell Williams is selling off his legacy

      In an exclusive interview, the musician, producer and innovator explains why he’s auctioning 20 years’ worth of sneakers, watches and jewellery via his latest business venture, Joopiter

    • Friday, 15 December, 2017
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      NERD: No One Ever Really Dies — ‘wheels coming off the project’

      The band’s first album in seven years has lots of moving parts that fail to cohere satisfyingly

    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2017
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      Pharrell Williams happy to join forces with London start-up

      US performer and producer takes creative role at tech musical instrument maker Roli

    • Friday, 31 July, 2015
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      Foxes, Oslo, London — review

      The Hampshire-born singer’s music was at its best when shorn of bombast

    • Friday, 8 May, 2015
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      Snoop Dogg: Bush — review

      The west coast gangsta rap maestro reinvents himself as a psychedelic funk adventurer

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      What’s going on when inspiration becomes seen as base plagiarism

    • Thursday, 19 March, 2015
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      Singer warns verdict of infringement will handicap all creative industries

    • Friday, 13 March, 2015
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      Pop will become another asset class owned by baby-boomers, writes Ludovic Hunter-Tilney

    • Sunday, 12 October, 2014
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      Pharrell Williams, O2 Arena, London – review

      A feast of funk and flattery from the singer-producer

    • Friday, 3 October, 2014
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      Underworld, Ed Sheeran, Pharrell, John Tavener Remembered, Oxford Lieder Festival, Bebel Gilberto and Partisans

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    • Friday, 20 June, 2014
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      Ed Sheeran: x – review

      The boyish balladeer of old returns, bigger and slicker but without compromising the singer’s open manner

    • Friday, 14 March, 2014
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      Kylie Minogue: Kiss Me Once

      Computer-processed vocals with saucy titles coo alongside politely grinding dubstep

    • Friday, 7 March, 2014
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      Paloma Faith: A Perfect Contradiction

      The usual trad stuff – old-fashioned supper-club soul and sung more than competently by the retro-soul singer

    • Friday, 28 February, 2014
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      Schoolboy Q: Oxymoron

      Rapper’s album boasts an ecumenical range of styles, from the gothic East Coast menace to the dirty south bounce

    • Wednesday, 26 February, 2014
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    • Friday, 17 May, 2013
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      Daft Punk: Random Access Memories

      The production is handsome and the music coasts along to a mellow, luxurious groove, like a yacht cruising the Côte d’Azur

    • Monday, 21 January, 2013
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      Kendrick Lamar, Hammersmith Apollo, London

      LA’s rising rap star showed off a more caustic vocal style, worked the room and won over an excitable London audience

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      Life & Arts
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      Life & Arts
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