Working at a fast-food chain unfortunately has one of the worst reputations in the food business. And working at McDonald’s, in particular, is often used as an indicator of being unsuccessful. The career of Grammy award-winning musician Pharrell Williams, however, proves just how inaccurate that is.
The Biggest Mistakes Everyone Makes When Cooking Burgers. Pharrell Williams may have had a rough start working at McDonald’s during his youth, but the fast-food franchise made an undeniable impact on his music career. The simple “ba da ba ba ba” in the McDonald’s jingle was co-created by a team of music producers headed by Williams and Pusha T, president of Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music. Those five iconic music notes played in every McDonald’s commercial are now a “multibillion-dollar melody.”
You know, I’d go out there, but the problem is is I get caught up in the music, because they would play music in the… I don’t even know what its called. Out in the dining area?’ he said as he continued to struggle with his fast food lexicon.
‘So the music would be playing and I’m like: “I’m a hustler baby!” he sang falsetto as he groovily emulated mopping.
‘At a certain point they just realised that I was no help,’ he conceded. ‘I was only good at eating the chicken nuggets.’
But he revealed he didn’t view this as sweet vengeance for getting booted all those years ago.
‘No it wasn’t revenge,’ he said. ‘I couldn’t believe that that was happening. I couldn’t believe that I got that opportunity. That was just like a crazy thing, because I got fired from McDonald’s.’
I got fired from McDonald’s,’ he told the Late Night With Seth Meyers host. ‘Three times, not just once.
The Voice judge confirmed to a stunned Meyers it was from three different locations, and that ‘you have to figure it out’ if you want to get rehired from the same company that many times.
‘I was lazy. I was very lazy,’ he sheepishly admitted, before doing an impression of his boss barking orders: ‘Williams! Go mop the…. whatever it’s called,’ he trailed off, as Meyers pointed out he deserved to be in trouble if he didn’t even know what a floor was called.
During the interview the Happy hitmaker, who just celebrated his 42nd birthday on Sunday, also admitted he found it awkward at night sneaking dates into the house he lived in with his parents… even though he bought it for them.
‘I wasn’t ready to live on my own,’ he insisted. ‘Girls would be like [whispering] “why are we tiptoeing? And I’d just have to be like: “My mom and dad is in there. Sshhh!”
‘And after a while it was like “Babe… you’re going to be 30 soon.’
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