GlobalGrind Interviews N.E.R.D.

Because of his stature in the music industry and celebrity world, N.E.R.D. will always be perceived as Pharrell's group, but upon closer look, there really is no captain. N.E.R.D., like most good music groups, is a collective force, whose leaders only functions as such off the stage.

On stage and on record, one gets the feeling Pharrell as a solo artist would struggle for credibility if it not for the help of his partners Chad Hugo and Shay Haley. So even though Pharrell is the loudest one in the bunch, it's all for the sake of the group.

After all, the soft spoken Shay and the even softer spoken Chad aren't going to be the ones to get all the cult-like attention they've garnered throughout the years.

The Pharrell as spokesperson role was still in full effect when Shay and he sat down on the phone with GlobalGrind to discuss their oft-delayed next album, Nothing. Though it took place weeks before the album's initial September release, Nothing has been pushed back again until sometime late in the Fall.

But over the summer, the Nelly Furtado assisted first single, 'Hot-N-Fun' was one of the season's more underrated club hits and since the interview, the group has announced a joint tour with electro-pop-rock band The Gorillaz beginning October 6.

GlobalGrind talked with N.E.R.D. (read: mostly Pharrell) about their new album, the video for 'Hot-N-Fun' and what they did about Nothing.

GlobalGrind: Not to start off non-music related, but what were you all wearing in the 'Hot-N-Fun' video?