“I live a love story with the French, France and Paris“…When he says these words to Madame Figaro in June 2023 when its brand Humanrace, a gender-neutral product for the skin, makes its debut on the shelves of the Samaritaine store, we can question their sincerity. A year has passed and we now know that these were not empty words: the beautiful story between Pharrell Williams and France and more particularly Paris continues to be written.
This is what we learn from reading an article that Release dated Saturday June 15 dedicated to the brilliant creator. And it starts with this information: the native of Virginia, has definitely settled down in the French capital where he now lives like an average Parisian… Well almost. When you, like the artist, have the position of artistic director of the men’s collection at Louis Vuitton, “with a monster salary“, as our colleagues point out, we cannot really be like everyone else.
Pharell Williams lives full time with his wife and children in a palace
While waiting to find the accommodation of his dreams, which he says he has been looking for for months, Pharell Williams resides full-time at the hotel. Not just any…
The man who stunned the fashion world last year, by covering the Pont Neuf with a golden podium for his show in front of Zendaya, Beyoncé, Rihanna, ASAP Rocky and Leonardo DiCaprio, lives in Cheval Blanc, a Parisian palace which adjoins Samaritaine, two properties of the LVMH group, explains Release. His family is by his side: his wife Helen and their four children: Rocket, 15, and tripletsa girl and two boys born in February 2017 whose first names we do not know and for whom he would have already found a school in Hauts-de-Seine. From their luxurious hideaway, they can contemplate Paris, the Seine or Notre-Dame Cathedral. We don’t know what type of accommodation they have, but certainly not the smallest. Perhaps they even live in the most prestigious suite of the establishment which costs 45,000 euros per night…
Contrary to what you might think, Pharell Williams is not a star who lounges until noon in his silk sheets before arriving in a limousine at work. It’s quite the opposite.
Whatever the weather, he walks to work
According to Release, the star arrives at the office on foot a little after 9 a.m. He is always accompanied by a bodyguard who follows him and assistants, one of whom carries his bag, designer Vuitton Of course. Whatever the weather, our colleagues point out, his eyes are hidden behind sunglasses.sometimes encrusted with diamond“. Cordial, tells Releaseman has his habits. He always has a kind word for the reception staff. before joining the office in which he works and where he finds his team: around twenty people.
This is because Pharell Williams, far from the clichés of the artist with a dissolute life, imposes on himself an ascetic discipline. It partly explains the youthful look that, like all his celebrities, he still wears at 51 years old.
No alcohol, like Artus, no tobacco, he’s up every morning at 5 a.m. and begins his day with 500 abs and a plank session. He then takes a bath before taking a Scottish shower under which this tireless worker with a powerful memory and who has “a thousand ideas per minute” sometimes records notes into a dictaphone.
From a nutritional point of view, it’s the same rigor. The American has said goodbye to burgers and is just enjoying a few meals at the table of great chefs. That of Jean Imbert, for example, whom, like many American stars, he knows well.
This life regulated and punctuated by his work with LVMH does not prevent him from devoting himself to new artistic projects. He released an album on April 5. Others are in preparation, and he is preparing a somewhat unusual autobiopic where he will be played by a Lego character however, Michel Gondry is making another film, about his childhood. There is no doubt that Paris is successful for him.
