Pharrell Williams’ “Something In The Water” music festival won’t be returning to D.C. next year, the performer and megaproducer confirmed on Wednesday.

Instead, the festival will return to Williams’ hometown of Virginia Beach in 2023. Last year, Williams moved the festival to the District — a decision he said he made because of the way Virginia Beach officials communicated with him after police there fatally shot his cousin, Donovon Lynch.

But on Wednesday, Williams announced that the festival would be returning to his hometown indefinitely.

“This is really about the 757. It’s always been about the 757. Something In The Water is returning to Virginia Beach in 2023,” said Williams. “It was for our region, to bring our region together, and let’s just continue to do it every year.”

“Pharrell, we can’t tell you how jazzed we are to have the opportunity to have our favorite son build that bridge of positivity and come back home,” said Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dyer at the announcement.

ABC7 reported Wednesday that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser hoped to collaborate with Williams in other ways going forward.

“I had a call the other day with Pharrell, who is the founder of ‘Something in the Water’ and he’s decided to take it back to his hometown,” Bowser said at a news conference. “We’ll get him back in another form.”

Earlier this year, during Juneteenth Weekend, Williams held the festival at the National Mall. It was a decision that excited some locals but brought criticism from others, including activists who said that the minimum $350 ticket price was unaffordable for the city’s average Black resident.

Logistically, the festival experience was a disappointment for many ticket holders. Festival goers said they struggled with overcrowding and a lack of shade. Some were turned away; the D.C. Fire Marshal had to close all entrances to the festival before Pharrell’s set because of overcrowding.

But the festival did bring D.C. one incredibly valuable (or scarring?) memory: The indelible image of Justin Timberlake attempting the “beat ya feet” dance. Timberlake later apologized for his dancing — and the khakis he wore during the performance. He also promised to make it up to D.C., but we’re still waiting for that.