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In 2012, it was announced on Lupe Fiasco's website that he and
Lupe will work on a collaborative album and work on Waka Flocka
Flame's album Triple F Life: Friends, Fans and Family.
He has also collaborated with Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller on
the Pink Slime EP. The first track, "Onaroll" was followed by
"Glow". It was produced by Williams, with vocals from Mac Miller.
Williams composed and produced the music for the 84th Academy
Awards alongside composer Hans Zimmer. He also collaborated
with Miley Cyrus on her album Bangerz and composed the new
intro music for Chelsea Lately in 2012. He later contributed four
tracks to The Game's California Republic mixtape called "When My
Niggas Come Home" and "It Must be Tough"; produced two tracks
on Usher's 2012 seventh studio album, Looking 4 Myself, titled
"Twisted" and "Hot Thing"; collaborated with Mika on his new
track "Celebrate"; co-produced the tracks "Sweet Life" and
"Golden Girl" from Frank Ocean's debut album Channel Orange;
and is working with Solange Knowles on her third studio album.
Williams was featured on Daft Punk's fourth studio album Random
Access Memories on the songs "Get Lucky" and "Lose Yourself to
Dance". In addition, Williams contributed to Azealia Banks's debut
studio album Broke with Expensive Taste, featuring on the song
"ATM Jam". Williams penned three new original songs, included
alongside composer Heitor Pereira's score, for the sequel Despicable
Me 2. These were "Just a Cloud Away", "Happy", and "Scream"
(featuring CeeLo Green). His two original songs from the first film
were also reprised on the soundtrack – "Despicable Me" and "Fun,
Fun, Fun".He also participated in the drummer sessions of the
soundtrack of Man of Steel by Hans Zimmer.
In March 2013, Robin Thicke's hit single "Blurred Lines" - written
and produced by Williams - was released. The song was a worldwide
hit, peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and reaching
number one in 13 more countries including the United Kingdom and
Germany. It was Williams's third Billboard Hot 100 number one
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