The FADER Interview

Bonus Episode from The FADER Uncovered: Host Mark Ronson is once again joined by Pharrell Williams for the second part of their epic interview. This time out they discuss Pharrell’s punk education at the iconic 9:30 Club in DC, his love of go-go music, why Lenny Kravitz is underrated, and the surprising origins of N.E.R.D.’s rock sound before the pair stop to give A Tribe Called Quest legend Q-Tip his flowers as one of the most influential figures in musical history.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonus Episode from The FADER Uncovered: Host Mark Ronson is joined by Pharrell Williams for the first in a two part interview. Together they revisit The Neptunes’ 2002 FADER cover and look back on the breakthrough period of Pharrell’s career, discussing the magic of working with colorful characters including Mystikal, N.O.R.E. and Ludacris. Pharrell also lifts the lid on what it’s like in the studio with Jay-Z and how a refusal to be confined to any one kind of music led him to where he is today. Be sure to join us next week for Part II of the conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the second part of a two-episode special, The FADER's Editorial Director Alex Robert Ross talks to Alicia Keys about collaborating with Lil Wayne on her new album KEYS, recording a cover of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" with her son Egypt, and giving her first-ever interview to The FADER in 2001. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first part of a two-episode special, The FADER's Editorial Director Alex Robert Ross talks to 15-time Grammy-winning artist Alicia Keys about the expectations she had placed on her as a young artist, the creative challenges she faced in lockdown, and the two decades that led up to her new album KEYS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the latest in our long-running Gen F series, we speak to experimental artist 8485, who is moving between genres and building a world of her own.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jessy Lanza tells The FADER's David Renshaw about about channeling a life’s worth of parties and DJ sets into her new DJ-Kicks mix, how she managed to make it more than just a live set, and what it means to finally be able to get back out in the world and see people dancing again.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dijon talks to The FADER's Editorial Director Alex Robert Ross about his new album Absolutely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Snail Mail's Lindsey Jordan tells The FADER's Salvatore Maicki about her new album Valentine, the pitfalls of being labeled a queer artist, and the one Snail Mail conspiracy theory that irks her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BADBADNOTGOOD’s Chester Hansen and Alex Sowinski tell The FADER's Sajae Elder about recovering from burnout and working with their heroes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maxo Kream tells The FADER’s Jordan Darville about growing up in Houston, his fashion line Persona, and getting in fights at church. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Blake talks to The FADER's David Renshaw about new album Friends That Break Your Heart and why you rarely hear a break-up song about a friendship.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New York rapper Wiki talks to The FADER's Jordan Darville about songwriting, gentrification, and coming into his own as an artist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The FADER's Editorial Director Alex Robert Ross calls Tom Delonge to talk about Angels & Airwaves's new album Lifeforms, but the conversation quickly turns to the unknown, the likelihood that the Star of Bethlehem was a UFO, and the ways in which consciousness can manipulate matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Experimental artist Moor Mother talks to The FADER's Jordan Darville about paying tribute to people’s stories through music, her new album Black Encyclopedia of the Air, and her favorite song on Kanye West’s Donda.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The FADER's Sajae Elder talks to Usain Bolt, the fastest man in history, about his favorite music, his desire to be the DJ Khaled of dancehall, and his new album Country Yutes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices