Pharrell Williams has released an album that his fans can only purchase on a website.
On Friday, Pharrell unleashed the album, which happened to be his 51st birthday, and only made it available on the website BlackYachtRock.com as opposed to releasing it on digital streaming platforms. There’s no official word on the what the album is called, but according to an X post, the project appears to be titled Black Yacht Rock, Vol. 1: City of Limitless Access.
The album comes with 10 songs, including “Richard Mille,” “Caged Bird Free,” “11:11” and “Going Back to VA.”
Even though Pharrell hasn’t promoted the album himself, his peers have shared it on their social media pages including Tyler, the Creator and Pusha T. “Caged bird free by virginia black yacht rock, great song,” Tyler tweeted.
Pharrell’s last album, GIRL, came in 2014 but he has shared several loose tracks over the years, including “Joy (Unspeakable),” “Cash In Cash Out,” and “Entrepreneur.” The new project comes amid the legal battle between Pharrell and Chad Hugo over name rights to The Neptunes.
Billboard had reported that Hugo accused Pharrell of trying to "fraudulently" claim ownership over the name rights. Hugo’s legal team has stated that Pharrell violated an agreement between them over equally splitting ownership and royalties.
"Throughout their over thirty year history, [Hugo] and Williams agreed to, and in fact, have divided all assets," said Hugo's attorney Kenneth D. Freundlich. "By ignoring and excluding [Hugo] from the any and all applications filed by applicant for the mark ‘The Neptunes,’ applicant has committed fraud in securing the trademarks and acted in bad faith."
A representative for Pharrell said in response, "We have reached out on multiple occasions to share in the ownership and administration of the trademark and will continue to make that offer. The goal here was to make sure a third party doesn’t get a hold of the trademark and to guarantee Chad and Pharrell share in ownership and administration."
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