"It Girl" is a song written, produced, and performed by American recording artist
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973) is an American record producer, rapper, singer, and songwriter. Alongside close colleague Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo the Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom he ...
. The song was released on November 10, 2014 through
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...
as the fifth single from his second studio album ''
Girl'' (2014) in the United Kingdom. The lyrics reference the title in the line ''you the it girl''.
Music video
The official music video for "It Girl" was directed by
Mr.
''Mister'', usually written in its contracted form ''Mr.'' or ''Mr'', is a commonly used English honorific for men without a higher honorific, or professional title, or any of various designations of office. The title 'Mr' derived from earlier ...
and
Fantasista Utamaro and was released on September 30, 2014. Produced by Japanese designer
Takashi Murakami in his company Kaikai Kiki with Animation Production
NAZ, the
anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
-inspired clip features Williams rendered in the style of various Japanese cartoons and video games.
Charts
Release history
References
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2013 songs
2014 singles
Pharrell Williams songs
Animated music videos