- PHARRELL, YOU ARE PROBABLY ONE OF MY--
ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET IN MY LIFE.
YOU'RE SUCH A KIND MAN.
YOU'RE TALENTED. - WOW.
- BUT REALLY MORE IMPORTANT, YOU'RE KIND.
YOU'RE A GOOD GUY. - WOW, THANK YOU.
- YOU REALLY ARE.
AND WHAT ARE THOSE SHOES? AND WHERE DO I GET 'EM?
[laughter]
- UH... - THEY'RE FANTASTIC.
- THANK YOU.
I HAD SWAROVSKI DO THEM FOR ME.
- WOW. [audience exclaiming]
- YEAH. - THOSE ARE VERY NICE.
[tapping]
[laughter]
HEY, SWAROVSKI.
[laughter]
WHAT'S UP? - [laughs]
- HEY, CONGRATULATIONS YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS.
YOU JUST LEARNED THIS TODAY,
THAT YOU JUST RECEIVED NINE BILLBOARD NOMINATIONS.
- YEAH, I WAS LIKE--
[cheers and applause]
I WAS LIKE, "WHAT?" - HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT?
- I DIDN'T KNOW.
I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WE'RE--
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S JUST BEEN SUPER--
WE'VE BEEN SWAMPED. - YES.
- MY WHOLE ENTIRE I AM OTHER TEAM,
WE'VE ALL BEEN SWAMPED,
SO IT'S LIKE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH EVERYTHING.
AND I HADN'T GONE THROUGH MY EMAILS FOR THE DAY,
AND SO I DIDN'T SEE THAT,
BUT I AM EVER SO GRATEFUL TO WHOEVER NOMINATED ME.
SO THANK YOU. - NINE OF THEM.
[cheers and applause]
- YEAH.
- AND THIS SONG "HAPPY" HAS TAKEN--
I TOLD YOU YOU'D GET NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR,
AND YOU DID.
- YES, YES, YOU DID.
- AND YOU WERE SO FANTASTIC ON THE OSCARS.
- THANK YOU. - THAT PERFORMANCE WAS JUST...
- THANK YOU. - SO MUCH FUN.
- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
AND IT WAS-- IT WAS--
IT'S CRAZY BECAUSE YOU DID TELL ME THAT,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
YOU WERE THE FIRST ONE TO JUMP AHEAD OF EVERYONE ELSE
AND PUT THE SONG ON THE SHOW.
YOU HAD ME PERFORM IT LAST YEAR.
LAST YEAR, GUYS, SHE HAD ME ON BEFORE EVERYBODY ELSE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE COULDN'T--
WHEN WE COULDN'T GET THE SONG ON RADIO--
AND I SEE OUR FRIEND CAROLE BAYER SAGER OVER THERE.
- HI. - HI.
SO SHE UNDERSTANDS THE INDUSTRY.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE COULDN'T GET THE SONG ON RADIO,
YOU KNOW, IT TOOK THE BRAVE PEOPLE
WHO UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE SONG WAS ABOUT, LIKE YOURSELF,
AND YOU WERE THE LEADER.
YOU WERE-- YOU GOT AHEAD OF IT FIRST,
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
- HOW DO YOU NOT LOVE THAT SONG?
I MEAN, IT'S JUST THE MOST CONTAGIOUS.
IT MAKES YOU HAPPY HEARING IT. IT'S AMAZING.
AND THE ENTIRE-- THE ENTIRE CD IS FANTASTIC.
- THANK YOU.
- AND YOU TALK ABOUT-- IT'S A TRIBUTE TO WOMEN.
- YES, YES. - RIGHT?
YOU LOVE WOMEN. - I--
[cheers and applause]
I DO.
[laughs]
I DO. - IN ALL THE RIGHT WAYS.
- YES.
IN MANY, MANY, MANY WAYS, AND YOU'RE RIGHT,
IN ALL THE RIGHT WAYS.
- YEAH.
[laughter]
- BUT INSTANTLY, I KNEW THAT I WANTED TO GIVE BACK
TO A DEMOGRAPHIC THAT HAD BEEN GIVING TO ME AND MY FAMILY
FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND THAT WAS WOMEN.
SO I SAID--INSTANTLY, I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE CALLED "GIRL."
I WAS GONNA CAPITALIZE THE LETTERS
AND PUT TWO SPACES IN BETWEEN EACH LETTER
BECAUSE I NEEDED THAT WORD TO READ DIFFERENTLY IN ANY TEXT
THAT IT WOULD EVER BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE WRITTEN ABOUT.
I WANTED THAT WORD "GIRL" TO BE BIGGER THAN ANYTHING ELSE
IN THAT WHOLE ENTIRE PARAGRAPH BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF--
FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE A HUGE AFFINITY FOR THEM,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S A LOT OF INEQUALITY WITH WOMEN.
YOU KNOW? AND YOU KNOW HOW THAT GOES.
EVERYTHING FROM...
[cheers and applause]
YOU KNOW...
[cheers and applause continue]
STILL TO THIS DAY, YOU KNOW--
WHAT IS IT, LIKE, 73¢ TO A MAN'S DOLLAR?
LIKE, WHAT IS THAT?
YOU KNOW, WHEN-- THE LAST I HEARD,
THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS ENTIRE SPECIES CAN COME INTO EXISTENCE
IS THROUGH THE PORTAL OF A WOMAN'S BODY.
[cheers and applause]
RIGHT?
- I HEARD THAT TOO. - RIGHT?
- YEAH.
- YOU KNOW, AND I'VE SAID THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES,
BUT, LIKE, WHAT--I NEED TO SAY THIS ON YOUR PLATFORM
'CAUSE IT'S SUPER HUGE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A SPECIES THAT HAS, YOU KNOW--
WE'VE HAD A SPACE STATION FLOATING AROUND THE EARTH
FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
WE EVEN HAVE A ROVER ON THE SURFACE OF MARS.
HOW CAN WE BE THE SAME SPECIES THAT IS TELLING--
WE HAVE LEGISLATORS AND LEGISLATION
IN PLACE IN CERTAIN PLACES THAT TELLS WOMEN
WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO WITH THEIR BODIES.
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
[applause] RIGHT?
- I KNOW IT. I KNOW IT.
- YOU KNOW? AND I MEAN--
AND WHEN I SAY "EQUALITY"-- LISTEN.
YOU'LL BE SURPRISED, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHEN I SAY "EQUALITY,"
I MEAN EQUALITY FOR EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY.
LIKE, WHO ARE YOU TELLING WHO THEY CAN MARRY
AND WHO THEY CAN'T?
WHAT IS THIS? - YEAH, YEAH.
- LIKE, WHAT--THIS IS 2014.
- YEAH.
[cheers and applause]
THAT'S WHY I LOVE HIM.
THAT RIGHT THERE IS WHY I LOVE HIM.
[applause continues]
ALL RIGHT, HEY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED WEARING
THAT VIVIENNE WESTWOOD HAT,
I WAS LIKE, "MAN, THAT'S A BIG HAT,"
AND NOW I'M SO USED TO IT, IT DOESN'T LOOK THAT BIG,
SO I GOT YOU ANOTHER HAT
THAT I THINK YOU SHOULD START WEARING.
[laughter]
ALL RIGHT? - OKAY.
- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL WEAR IT.
- AH.
[chuckling]
[laughter and applause]
[cheers and applause]
- IT--IT MIGHT BE TOO BIG.
- [laughs]
- ALL RIGHT.
PHARRELL--
- THIS MIGHT BE A LOT ONLINE.
I COULD JUST TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, ONLINE, WHERE THIS IS GOING,
THIS IS--
[laughter]
- I DIDN'T THINK YOU SHOULD HOLD IT THERE, PERSONALLY.
I THINK YOU SHOULD MOVE IT OVER. - OKAY.
- AND-- - [laughing] OKAY.
BUT THIS IS AWESOME.
- OR YOU CAN PUT IT ON YOUR HEAD,
BUT, UH, IT CERTAINLY COULD'VE BEEN SOMEWHERE ELSE.
PHARRELL WILLIAMS...
[laughter and applause]
I DON'T WANT TO TOUCH IT.
[applause continues]
OH, BOY.
[laughter]
JUST...
[laughter continues]
JUST LAY THAT DOWN. WE'LL BE BACK.
AND PHARRELL'S GONNA DO ANOTHER SONG FOR US AFTER THIS.
- WOW.
[cheers and applause]