NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of NERD on 28 April 2018. NERD has been played on NTS over 110 times, featured on 106 episodes and was first played on 16 November 2012.

NER*D is an alternative rock/funk/rap group which formed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States in 2001. The group consists of lead singer Pharrell Williams (vocals, keys, guitar), Chad Hugo (guitar, bass) and Shay Haley (drums).

Williams and Hugo are also known as the Grammy-winning production duo The Neptunes.

NERD's sound is a blend of rock, hip-hop, and R&B. NERD stands for "No-one Ever Really Dies".

Williams and Hugo originally recorded the band's…