Pharrell Williams has been brought to tears by a video of fans around the world dancing to his song ‘Happy’. Oprah Winfrey showed him the video during an interview on Oprah Prime this week.
The singer became so emotional speaking about his career and the success of the song that when the clip was played he began to cry.
‘Zero air play, nothing,’ said Pharrell about the original reception to the song. ‘And the next thing you know, we put out the video on November 21st and all of a sudden – boom. I mean, when I say boom, I mean booom.’
‘And we were like, what’s happening? First of all, people are putting up their own videos. It was like no longer my song.’
Oprah Winfrey had compiled a montage of the many fan dance videos that have been uploaded YouTube in response to Happy. The clip showed fans dancing in Slovakia, Portugal, Germany London and the Philippines.
The song has had incredible success internationally, and was nominated for an Academy Award. Last month, the United Nations Development Programme Philippines even produced a video of ‘Yolanda’ survivors dancing to the tune.
‘It’s overwhelming because it’s like I love what I do. And I just appreciate the fact that people have believed in me for so long, that I could make it to this point to feel that.’
Watch Pharrell Williams’ crying on Oprah Winfrey below:
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