--- description: It's her first single in three years title: Watch Missy Elliott's New Video With Pharrell Williams image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Missy Elliott's New Video With Pharrell Williams for 'WTF (Where They From)'  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 12, 2015 2:33 PM CUT  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 12, 2015 2:33 PM CUT In the decade between her last solo album and her show-stealing appearance at Katy Perry’s [Super Bowl halftime show](http://time.com/3689856/super-bowl-half-time-show-katy-perry-missy-elliott-lenny-kravitz/ "undefined") this year, Missy Elliott has been relatively quiet, writing and producing for other artists and making the occasional guest appearance. But on Thursday, she released “WTF (Where They From),” which features her old pal Pharrell Williams and marks her first single in three years. She also shared the song’s music video, which is an even rarer treat—the rapper-singer hasn’t released one of those in _seven_ years. See her highly anticipated comeback in the clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4109821/missy-elliott-wtf-where-they-from-pharrell/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4109821/missy-elliott-wtf-where-they-from-pharrell/"},"headline":"Watch Missy Elliott's New Video With Pharrell Williams for 'WTF (Where They From)'","datePublished":"2015-11-12T14:33:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:32:47.294Z","description":"It's her first single in three years","url":"https://time.com/4109821/missy-elliott-wtf-where-they-from-pharrell/","keywords":["Music","Pharrell","Missy Elliott"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4109821/missy-elliott-wtf-where-they-from-pharrell/","name":"Watch Missy Elliott's New Video With Pharrell Williams for 'WTF (Where They From)'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Giorgio Moroder Describes the Perfect Pop Dance Song","description":"At the age of 74, electronic music producer Giorgio Moroder is releasing his first album in three decades.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/J4PWndMR/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-06T22:07:47.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/J4PWndMR.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4109821/missy-elliott-wtf-where-they-from-pharrell/","duration":"PT1M15S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4109821/missy-elliott-wtf-where-they-from-pharrell/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```