Rico Gagliano: Hertz - like wave frequency. Pharrell Williams: The simplest way to explain it is that the electromagnetic spectrum has everything from gamma rays to X-ray,s and there’s a small portion in there that we can see that’s also equivalent, mathematically, to hertz. Rico Gagliano: How is the color assigned to the note?
Pharrell Williams: And even Stevie Wonder, who they say is blind - but he’s also a synesthete.ĭid you know that for every musical note there is an equivalent of a color and a frequency? Rico Gagliano: I did look at a list of musicians that have synesthesia and it’s pretty impressive. There are so many musicians and so many artists who see music in colors. And I know all of this sounds so crazy to people who are probably listening! But trust me when I tell you this, it’s not just me. Whereas the verses are very triangle-y and yellow. Rico Gagliano: Ohhh, so they’re sort of laying on top of each other, and creating a new, less primary color? When you hear that “ because I’m happyyy…” that part? Those harmonies, each one of those harmonies sort of has a color. Those minor chords give me a more exotic set of colors. Pharrell Williams: The yellow part is the verses, and then the red… well, I could be wrong it’s not red, it’s more like orange, but then it’s a little pink, a little rainbow-y, because of the minor chords or whatever. Rico Gagliano: The yellow makes sense to me because it’s sunshiney, but what’s the red, do you think? Pharrell Williams: Believe it or not, “Happy” has always been yellow and red for me. My question is: what does that song “Happy” look like to you? Which is a condition, in your case, that means you can actually see sound. Something that caught our eyes: you have synesthesia. I’ve never really been the host of the party.
Pharrell Williams: Yeah, I was sort of making the meal. Rico Gagliano: Yeah - you produce big hits. Pharrell Williams: Listen, even this interview, and having questions like this, I’m having to pinch myself, like, “Is this real? Are they talking to me?” Because I’ve always been the guy that’s been in the kitchen for that. He told Rico about that, but not before reflecting on the fact “Happy” is the third multi-million-selling #1 single on which he’s appeared in just the last year. Pharrell released his new solo album “ G I R L” this week, and in addition to upbeat roof-raisers and at least one song about an alien, it features his megasmash tune “Happy”… which, it turns out, he sees in a very unusual way - literally. While he didn’t pick up the Best Song Oscar for which he was nominated this month, he does already hold ten Grammys among his many other honors. Singer, rapper, rocker, songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, occasional fashion designer, hat enthusiast, and general pop star of the highest order Pharrell Williams must have a pretty big trophy cabinet at this point.
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