Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakahokia e Pharrell Williams i muri i te whakatau a te kooti i takahi ai a Blurred Lines i nga ture mana pupuri, me te whakatupato 'Ka ngaro to tatou herekore ki te whakaaweawe'. I a ia e korero ana mo te wa tuatahi mai i te whakataunga a te kooti ko ia me Robin Thicke i kape i tētahi waiata a Marvin Gaye hei waihanga i te waiata kotahi, ka mea te kaiwaiata ka tino whakaitihia te auahatanga. I whakatūpato ia ka taea e te ahumahi whakangahau te 'whakarewa i roto i te whakawakanga' i muri i te whakatau a te kaunihera kua taarua e ia me Robin Thicke a Marvin Gaye's 'Got To Give It Up' ki te hanga i te hit nui rawa atu o te 2013. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. He hari: Pharrell Williams, i whakaahuahia i te Paraire, e whakamarama ana i te Empire State Building mo te United Nations International Day of Happiness i New York City. I whakatūpato a Williams i te umanga whakangahau ka taea te 'whakarewa i roto i te whakawakanga' i muri i te whakatau a te kaiwhakawa ko ia me Robin Thicke i kape i a Marvin Gaye's Got To Give It Up ki te hanga i nga Raina Matapo. Te rangimarie: Kei te korero a Pharrell Williams ki te United Nations' General Assembly i te whakanui i te International Day of Happiness i te Poutu-te-rangi 20, 2015 i New York City. I whakatūpato a Williams ki te Empire State Building i te Paraire ka taea e te ahumahi whakangahau te 'whakarewa i roto i te whakawa' i muri i te whakatau a te kaiwhakawa kua taarua e ia me Robin Thicke a Marvin Gaye's 'Got To Give It Up' Pharrell i kii ki te Financial Times: 'Mena ka ngaro to tatou herekore ki te whakaaweawe ka titiro ake tatou i tetahi ra ka whakarewahia te umanga whakangahau e mohio ana tatou ki te whakawa. 'Ko te tiaki i ngā tika ā-hinengaro o te hunga whai whakaaro. 'E pā ana tēnei ki te kākahu, ki te puoro, ki te hoahoa... ki ngā mea katoa.' I tāpiri atu ia: 'Ko te whakataunga e whakaraerae ana i tetahi kaihanga i reira e hanga ana i tetahi mea e whakaaweawe ana i tetahi atu mea. I a ia e whakamārama ana i te mea 'ko nga mea katoa e karapoti ana i a koe i roto i te ruma' i whakaaweahia e tetahi atu mea, i tetahi atu tangata ranei, ka mea ia: 'Ki te whakamate koe i taua mea, kaore he auahatanga.' I kii ia ko ia me Thicke e whakaaro ana ki o raatau 'taahiraa e whai ake nei', engari kaore i pai ki te korero mena ka tono ratou ki te whakatau. Ko Robin Thicke (māui) rāua ko Pharrell Williams...
I kii a Pharrell ka aukati te pānga i te auahatanga o te umanga whakangahau. I tāpirihia te whakataunga 'ngā ngoikoretanga' ki ia kaihanga i whakaaweahia e tētahi atu. I tono a Nona Gaye, Frankie Gaye me Marvin Gaye III i te Ture i te Rātū. I whakawhiwhia ki ngā tamariki $ 7.4 miriona i roto i tētahi kerēme mō te takahi mana ā-tuhi. Ko te waiata a Pharrell rāua ko Robin Thicke i tangohia mai i te hit o te tau 1977 ko Got To Give It Up. E whai ana te whakahau ki te whakarerekē i te whakataunga kia uru atu ai te kaiwaiata rapper T.I. me ngā tapanga rekoata.