Pharrell: Women are my support group

Pharrell Williams is so infatuated with the ladies that he has dedicated his new album entirely to them.

The Happy star admitted at last night’s Brit Awards in London that his career would be nowhere without his army of female admirers.

‘The music has had an incredible fanbase, or what some would call family, and support system which has been women,’ said the 40-year-old, who performed at the awards show.

‘That’s kind of the reason why my new album is called Girl.’

He said he wanted to give a bit of warning to his fans about his new record – out on March 3 – as opposed to doing a shock release like fellow Brit performer Beyonce.

‘She didn’t give anyone any warning. She tweeted something and then took over the world!’ he told Metro.

Williams described his upcoming LP as ‘festive’, ‘celebratory’, ‘urgent’ and ‘visceral’.

The mega-producer revealed he was inspired by all the women that joined him in the studio during the record making process.

‘I can tell you is that me and all of the ladies that were all a part of the process and coming around to the studio listening to things, we all had a ball and we just want to share that with the rest of the world,’ he said.

‘I am just ready to go. We appreciate it and work really hard on it.’

It was a busy night for The Neptunes music maker, who was on hand to give the best international male solo gong to Bruno Mars.

[Originally published Metro, Guilty Pleasures, Thursday 20 February 2014]