Timbaland Reveals Willy Wonka Inspired The Production Behind Aaliyah’s ‘Are You That Somebody’

Loading the player... During a virtual appearance at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Record Music’s 2023 Pop Conference, Timbaland revealed how Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory inspired the late Aaliyah’s 1998 hit “Are You That Somebody.” “I actually was trying to make the Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory beat from…