Today, the most talented hat stand in the world (Pharrell Williams) teamed up with Tron cover band Daft Punk on a music video for "Gust of Wind." The funky, upbeat track is off Pharrell's latest album, Girl, and the video was directed by Edgar Wright of Shaun of the Dead fame. While this probably won't be the next "Happy," the video is still a feast for the eyes—the main course being two Stonehenge-worthy boulders standing in for Daft Punk, with generous sides of aerial contortionists twirling in the air like Cirque du Soleil extras.But while everyone will be talking about those giant Daft Punk heads, we'd like to give it up for the less ostentatious (but equally great) moments in this video:Totally Betsey Johnson meets APC.These sleeves remind me of the long spools of TP that I cover the toilet seat with at a bar, when I'm still sober enough to know that I shouldn't sit without first protecting myself from STDs and ebola. But with fewer piss stains!Ang Lee would be so proud.Around the 3:22 mark, Pharrell spins around and shakes his butt a little—ostensibly to show off that ridiculous pair of Adidas jeans. Nobody puts this fuccboi in a corner.We're not sure why Pharrell decided to straddle two rocks, or why those disembodied hands keep popping out of nowhere clap in everyone's faces, but this scene is so flush with fall foliage and unabashed earnestness, it has happiness written all over it. And "Gap commercial."@MichelleLhooq
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