Here is Pharrell in a music video for his remix of “Jellyfish Eyes,” the theme song to artist Takashi Murakami’s upcoming feature film by the same name. The film is live-action, but this video is mostly animated, featuring an auto-tuned anime babe cha-cha-ing suggestively, lots of robots doing the robot in unison, smiling spaceships/L.E.D. dance platforms, scintillating psychedelic spacescapes and, of course, Pharrell himself, bopping happily in his signature ridiculous hat.
Jellyfish Eyes — an action adventure about children’s magical pets (CGI renderings of Murakami’s monsters) taking over a small Japanese town — screens at New York’s Film Society of Lincoln Center on June 1 with a post-screening Q&A with Murakami. Tickets went on sale yesterday and are now entirely on stand by.
Takashi Murakami's Jellyfish Eyes trailer premiered on Vanity Fair yesterday. The artist's first live-action feature-length film is a mix of Pokémon, ET, sci-fi conspiracy and elementary school-aged children being weirdos. It features several Murakami-stylized magical creatures. The mood is reminiscent of Murakami's Inochi-Kun! shorts but less about the horrors of approaching puberty. Oh, wait, never…
The Los Angeles jewelry designer Ben Baller Instagrammed this photo from the set of Future, Pusha T, Pharrell, and Casino's "Move That Dope" video. Pharrell, as you can see, is still wearing that hat, just like he did at the Oscar nominees luncheon yesterday. Granted, he's moved on to a new…
Tonight was the 56th annual Grammy Awards. Musical artists performed, danced funnily, and were awarded gold sippy cups. But it was Pharrell Williams' silly hat that won everything. It was so silly, that even Arby's marketing team were able to take advantage of the headwear and pull off a joke…
