New Swag

Pharrell Williams is a brilliant songwriter - but he doesn't put much effort into his song intros. Here's a selection, from his first production - SWV's Right Here - to four tracks off his latest album GIRL. They all use the same trick to get into the song.

Pharrell Williams - How to write song intros

Bonfire

there's always money in the banana stand

soulful-bonds.



I̗̼̯̹̩̜̯ͧ̋t̻͕͙̝̗͇̉̌̇̂̐̒ͦ͞'̦͛̓̄̏͟ṣ̯͇̩͓̞ͫ̃ͧ̐̽ ̊ͣ̚ ͈̬ͪͮͫ ̟͉͕͎̗̳͙͜ ̔ ̱͇a̵̺̰ͦ̔̂͆̌ͩ͂l̘̠̝̎̽̃̉̾͛͆l̼̓ͨͧ̏ ̗̱̱̻ͧͮ͂ͮͦ̽ ̰͓͎͗͌ͣ ͙͔̳̠̭ͥ̒͑̎ͅ ̤̝̘͓̘̋̐̑̂̿̒ͩͅ ̭̪͕͕̻͍̭ͤͥͮͮd͔͚͆̉̈́o̳̽w̐̆̒ͤn͚͎̝̠͍͚͓ͪ͑ͥ͐̽h̢̳͔̯̠̥̤i̻̯̜ͯ̍́l̪̗̈ͮͅl͎͉ͩ̎̄͒͒ ̻͕̝̣͎̙̖ͭ ̲ͤ̌̾ ̫̯͑͆̌̚ ̷͓͓ͥ͂ͤ͒ ̗̜ͩ̂͑f̻̿ͨͫ͆ͮ͡ř̞͖̙̃̉̀o̺̦̙͇̖̲͑̐m̗͚̰̱̱͇͚ͮ̔̂͢ ͓̦̜͊ͨͦ́ ̍̓͒̕ ̰̻̳̟ͯ̊̾̃̂͗̚ͅ ̮̤ͪ̒̎͡ ͓̯̳͈̻̳̭͌̓̃̾̔͌ḫ͕̣̞̺̟̤̋ͬ͛̈́̂͑̓e̤͎̬͕̺̠r̴̠͇̱̩͔͗̎ͯ͗e̻̖̪͇̩͈͆̒ͩͦ.͟

Luv Lost

̦̭͙̭̀Ḭ͖̼̯̩̞t͍̤̪̞ͨ͒͒̉̔̐ͭs̩̼͙͙̹̗̯͌̂͋ ̫͍̼͖̙͍͇̿̅͌ͫ̎͊ͧȁ̟̞͔̜͉̝ͅlͪ̓ͮ̿̾͛̇l̩̫̲̬̥ͤ͒̾ͧ͛ͅ ͭ̔O̺͎ͬͣ͗h͚̻̞̳̬̍K̿ͫͧá̗͇̏ͭͦy̦̓̑̊ ̳̖̝ͦ̓̉̾ͦ̈͗fͬr͚̦͈̝̗͇ͯ̈́͐͌o͉̹̹̟̬̽͗ͯͯͨ͒̓m̘̫͖̜̋͛̄̄ ̹̘͇̫h͍̹ē̳͔̦͎̞ͧ̋̄͆r̠͓̗ͦ̽e̟͈̭͓̓ͫ͑́.̤͚̹̼̳ͨ̈̔̾ͪ͂̏ 

Cover of Lindsay Lowend's remix of "Prom Night" by Anamanaguchi 

Prom Night - 2

Mario Sunshine Trap REMIX (Poop track)

Second single from Clean House LP, out March 10 on @GrindSelect.
Purchase vinyl/digital: bit.ly/2jBVkQ2

Master by Ryan Schwabe: www.ryanschwabe.com @maaps_music
Art by Matt Goold

www.moonbouncemusic.com
www.grindselect.com

VINYL/DIGITAL ~ 💿

Empty Hole

Flamingosis - Brazilian Haircut

Stomp Sumbody

I write about entertainment and arts news for the BBC and curate the the Discopop blog. Mostly on Soundcloud to discover new music - but dig down into my profile to hear some of the jingles and soundtrack work I did "back in the day".

Pharrell Williams - How to write song intros

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