The Daily Dose: Pharrell - "Happy (Woodkid Sad Remix)"

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Parisian Yoann Lemoine, better known as Woodkid, has done the impossible: made Pharrell's infectiously (and even overpoweringly) excited "Happy" into a more somber song (the track debuted over on Stereogum yesterday). While the lyrics of the original are nearly impossible to render sad, Woodkid's remix brings in a slightly unsettling irony, a poignancy in the strings and piano that doesn't really belong with the lyrics but nonetheless manages to slow them down and drag them into a more contemplative mood. Stream the track below.

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