Pharrell Williams is Back With a New Visual for "Yellow Light"

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Unless you’ve been living on another planet, you’re aware of the impact that Pharrell Williams‘ “Happy” had on music back in 2013 — this was all started via his collaboration with the successful animated film franchise Despicable Me (it was part of the franchise’s second installment, and also appeared on Pharrell’s album G I R L). Now, Pharrell, Gru and the Minions look to strike again with/for Despicable Me 3 (hitting theatres June 30th).

This week, Pharrell liberates the new track and visual for “Yellow Light,” which he co-produced with Mike Larson and keeps with the theme of finding positivity in an oft-not-so-bright world:

Kill whatever you want
And undo what was done
But one thing you can’t kill is the fun
The yellow light shining down…

The clip keeps with the warm sentiment, as Pharrell finds himself (dance) fighting against (Despicable Me 3 supervillain) Balthazar Bratt to save the Minions from their digital world trap.

Enjoy “Yellow Light” below. As expected, the song will appear on the official soundtrack for the film, which is essentially another Pharrell Williams album (as can be seen in the provided tracklisting). You can pre-order that via iTunes before it drops in a couple of weeks.

Despicable Me 3 Soundtrack (Tracklisting):
1. Pharrell – “Yellow Light”
2. Pharrell featuring Trey Parker – “Hug Me”
3. Michael Jackson – “Bad”
4. a-ha – “Take On Me”
5. The Minions – “Papa Mama Loca Pipa”
6. Pharrell – “There’s Something Special”
7. The Minions – “Tiki Tiki Babeloo”
8. Pharrell – “Freedom”
9. Pharrell – “Doowit”
10. Nena – “99 Luftballoons”
11. Madonna – “Into The Groove”
12. Pharrell – “Chuck Berry”
13. Pharrell – “Fun, Fun, Fun”
14. Pharrell – “Despicable Me”
15. Heitor Pereira – “Despicable Me 3 Score Suite”
16. The Minions – “Malatikalano Polatina”

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