American singer and producer Farrell Williams is known to be lucky. For many singers, unsuccessful songs alternate with hits. Farrell has not had a single song throughout his career. The rise of the singer was dizzying: in 2013, the song Get Lucky brought him worldwide fame and 4 Grammy Awards. His song Happy was nominated for an Oscar. Today, Farrell Williams songs are always popular and often lead charts.
Childhood
Farrell was born in 1973, April 5, in Virginia. His mother worked as a teacher. Following him, four more children were born in the Williams family. Farrell was a curious and intelligent child, his craving for knowledge was noted with pleasure by school teachers.
As a teenager, Farrell Williams was resting in a summer camp, where he met a boy named Chad Hugo. In the local orchestra, where Farrell was a keyboard player, Chad played the saxophone. Passionate about music, the guys became friends. Studying in high school, they, together with two other guys, created the band The Neptunes. They performed hip-hop songs. The guys successfully participated in the school talent competition and soon signed their first contract with producer Tedd Riley. Basically, The Neptunes recorded hits for already popular artists, almost not making songs for themselves. Their works were highly appreciated not only by performers, but also by music critics.
The beginning of a solo career
In 2003, Farrell Williams released their first solo album. The young singer also recorded 2 duets with the famous rapper Snoop Dog. Listeners liked their collaboration. The music of Farrell Williams belongs to the hip hop style. In 2006, Williams released a new album, entitled In My Mind. Farrell collaborated with such recognized stars as Madonna, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Shakira and others.
"Despicable Me"
Collaboration with Hans Zimmer helped Farrell Williams to take a new step in his career. The singer recorded the soundtrack for the cartoon "Despicable Me" in conjunction with the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra, which they also performed at the 84th Academy Awards.
New Horizons
Farrell released a new album by signing with Columbia Records.
In the spring of 2014, Williams became a mentor in the American voice show. In 2015, it was his ward who became the winner of the project.
At the same time, Farrell Williams and Cara Delevingne released a clip, which is the full version of the advertising short film of the Chanel fashion house.
In June 2015, work was completed on the single Freedom, which was written for the Apple Music service. A few days before its premiere, the rapper published a fragment of the song on his page on social networks. In full, the video clip directed by Paul Hunter was published only next month. Subsequently, this video received a Grammy Award.
In the summer of 2017, a video appeared where Farrell Williams starred in the quartet along with Katy Perry, rapper Big Sean and DJ Calvin Harris. The composition of the star quartet turned out to be very fiery, and the clip was exotic. The song has long held a leading position in charts around the world.
A family
Model Helen Lasichan after five years of civil marriage in October 2013 became the official wife of Farrell Williams. Long before the wedding, in the fall of 2008, they had a son, Rocket, whom the musician named after Elton John’s composition Rocket Man. The rapper dedicated a song to his son, which later became the soundtrack in the cartoon "Despicable Me".
The wedding celebration was magnificent. It was held in the Miami Botanical Garden, and the party was with guests on a yacht.
In January 2017, another replenishment took place in the musician's family: Helen gave birth to triplets. Williams does not like to talk about the details of his happy family life.
Continuation of a creative career
In the summer of 2017, the premiere of the cartoon Despicable Me-3 took place. Especially for him, the musician wrote the song Yellow Light, which became a hit.
In 2017, Farrell takes an active part in advertising Chanel's Gabrielle. He became the first man to star in an ad for this fashion house.
Farrell produced the video for Cara Delevingne for the song, which is the soundtrack for the film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, in which the famous model played the main role.
Williams leads a page on his social network for his fans on which he uploads photos, videos from recent concerts and short videos from his personal archive recorded on vacation.