Pharrell William is known for making statements with his style, but at a London performance, he decided to get serious and talk about women's rights.

At the Brooklyn Bowl in London's O2 Arena, he told the more than 600 attendees that women still had a ways to go, notes the Belfast Telegraph.

"In America, women are paid 7 cents to every dollar, this is the year everything changes," he said, referring to the pay gap between men and women. "You guy are going to have to start voting different. When you see a woman naked, don't tear her down - it's about where she's coming from in her mind. Let's give women the equality they deserve."

His latest album "Girl' is dedicated to women as well, as he said in another occasion.

"'Girl' is about women," he said. "Women are like the centerpiece to humanity. If there are no women, there is no humanity. 'Girl' is like a homage to women, that makes no apologies from A to Z about my [affinity] for women."

Pharrell was featured on Robin Thicke's 2013 song "Blurred Lines," which many thought was promoting rape. But the singer says he wants to represent women positively.

"I'll sing a song about looking her up and down, her smell and her eyes, her curves and her shape, but then there is the other end where there are things she deserve, things that women still go through," he said.

The singer didn't perform in his signature Vivienne Westwood hat, which has lately become a big part of his image. He explained that the hat was vacationing.

"The hat is on vacation somewhere, flying around the world with its own entourage," he said.

Do you agree that Pharrell's "Girl" is a tribute to women?