Pharrell Williams wrote "Happy" for the movie "Despicable Me 2" and the infectious tune became the best-selling song of 2014, with 6.45 million copies. Now Williams--a popular coach on "The Voice"--is teaming up with Spongebob SquarePants.
Williams has reunited the acclaimed hip hop trio N.E.R.D.--featuring himself, Chad Hugo and Shae Haley--to deliver their first new music in nearly five years with songs for the new SpongeBob SquarePants theatrical release, "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water." The film from Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies hits theaters Feb. 6, reports zoiksonline.com.
N.E.R.D. created three new songs for the much-anticipated film. The first song, "Squeeze Me," is available everywhere as of today, including iTunes and Spotify. In addition, N.E.R.D. has contributed two other songs to be released in the coming weeks, "Patrick Star" and "Sandy Squirrel," named for two of SpongeBob's most trusted sidekicks.
Williams says reuniting N.E.R.D. was long overdue, with the SpongeBob film collaboration the perfect opportunity for the band to re-emerge, or submerge, in nautical SpongeBob style.
"We loved going into studio to make music for this film," Pharrell said. "I am one of SpongeBob's biggest fans-can't wait for everyone to hear the songs."
Adds Shae Haley, "It was a complete honor to be a part of this project. SpongeBob and N.E.R.D. share the same belief that imagination is the key to everything."
N.E.R.D.'s most recent album, "Nothing," released in 2010, was the fourth album of their career. The group formed at the dawn of the new millennium, with Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo of The Grammy nominated production duo, The Neptunes (Pharrell won as producer of the year for The Neptunes in 2006, and again in 2014 as a solo producer) aligning with Shae Haley, and launching their breakthrough, genre-mashing N.E.R.D. debut effort, "In Search Of...," in 2001, according to zoiksonline.com.
Williams enjoyed great success in 2014 with his worldwide hit "Happy" (which garnered an Academy Award nomination), released his second solo album, "G I R L," which topped the iTunes charts across the globe, and received six Grammy nominations for his outstanding achievement in music.
