Before Pharrell Williams He was a Grammy-winning artist and worked at McDonald’s.

In an interview with BBC Radio 2 On Tuesday, November 5, the 51-year-old “Happy” musician opened up about his quick trip while working at a fast food store.

“McDonald’s was my first and only job,” she told the outlet. “I was fired three times. “I was eating chicken pieces.”

Williams later explained in more detail why his time at McDonald’s was so short-lived.

“The first two times it was just because I was lazy,” he explained. “The third one was: ‘What are you doing? Just sitting there eating nuggets?'”

The “Freedom” musician has since gone on to have a hugely successful music career, starting with his music production duo. neptunes She is with Chad Hugo, whom she met in seventh grade in 1992. They wrote many hit songs together: Snoop Dogg“Drop It Like It’s Hot” Gwen Stefani“Hollaback Girl” nelly“Hot in Herre” and Justin Timberlake“Rock Your Body” in the 2000s.

Pharrell, Hugo and drummer Shay Hale formed the band NERD in 1999 and released their debut album. Wanted… three years later.

The “Just a Cloud Away” artist has also found success as a solo artist and through his own collaborations. “Blurred Lines”, 2005 collaboration Robin Thicke And T.I.and “Get Lucky”, on which he collaborated in 2013. Daft Punkbecame the top of the list.

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Pharrell’s “Happy” became one of the best-selling songs in history, with sales of more than 13.9 million copies.

Per Forbes And CNNThe single was also declared the most played song on British radio in the 2010s and even held the record for the longest music video at one point. 24 hours long until Twenty One Pilots In 2020, he broke the record with a video that lasted 177 days.

The multi-hyphenate recalled the trio of songs: “When I was about 40, ‘Get Lucky,’ ‘Blurred Lines,’ and ‘Happy’ these were all in the same year.” report with Zane Lowe for Apple Music 1. “And these were all songs that got more orders than they were, so one day I woke up and decided to write about X, Y, and Z.”

Pharrell has also found success beyond music as a fashion designer with labels Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream. In 2023, he was named men’s creative director of Louis Vuitton.