Pharrell Williams came under fire from viewers of The Graham Norton Show on Friday for his choice of outfit.
The musician, 51, appeared on the latest episode of the BBC chat show alongside Billy Crystal and Paddington In Peru stars Emily Mortimer and Hugh Bonneville.
But many viewers weren’t very impressed with Pharrell’s decision to wear sunglasses throughout the show.
On X, fans expressed their displeasure at his clothing choice, writing: ‘Why does Pharrell wear sunglasses? I know it’s great, but please!’
‘Why is he wearing sunglasses indoors?’… ‘I love Pharrell, but take off your sunglasses #GrahamNortonShow.’
Pharrell Williams came under fire from viewers of The Graham Norton Show on Friday for his choice of outfit.
The musician, 51, appeared on the latest episode of the BBC chat show alongside Billy Crystal and Paddington In Peru stars Emily Mortimer and Hugh Bonneville.
But many viewers weren’t very impressed with Pharrell’s decision to wear sunglasses throughout the show.
“I have a lot of respect for Pharrell Williams as a musician, but I lose interest when someone wears sunglasses at a show like this.”
‘Why is Pharrell Williams wearing sunglasses on Graham Norton… are you embarrassing me in front of Billy Crystal?’
“Sorry, but how rude is Pharrell sitting there with his sunglasses on, very disrespectful.”
Pharrell was on the show to promote his new biopic Piece By Piece, which tells the story of his rise to fame in Lego form.
During the interview, Graham asked the Happy creator about the medical condition synesthesia discussed in the film.
That means he doesn’t just listen to music, for him the melodies, choruses, and refrains have a textual rainbow of colors.
The medical phenomenon makes people experience one sense through another, from seeing music to tasting words and smelling shapes.
In the documentary, he confesses to having been “hypnotized” by music when he was young and remembers “staring into the speaker and seeing these colors.”
On X, fans expressed their displeasure at his clothing choice, writing: ‘Why does Pharrell wear sunglasses? I know it’s great, but please!’
Pharrell was on the show to promote his new biopic Piece By Piece, which tells the story of his rise to fame in Lego form.
During the interview, Graham asked the Happy creator about the medical condition synesthesia discussed in the film.
“It’s not something you see with your physical eyes, it’s something you see in your mind,” he explains.
“I would just start the record over, and start it over, and do whatever it took to make it happen,” he added.
For him, it not only improves the sound but also the way he writes music.
Previously, in a 2013 interview with NPR radio, Pharrell explained that seeing colors also helps him recognize if something is in the right shade.
He said, “It’s the only way I can identify what something sounds like.”
‘I know when something is in key because it matches the same color or not. Or it feels different and it doesn’t feel right.’
Synesthesia is neither a disease nor a disorder, but a rare neurological condition that affects around four per cent of people, according to Professor Jamie Ward, a cognitive neuroscientist specializing in synesthesia at the University of Sussex.
‘One sense can trigger another. Music can have colors, shapes and textures and they change dynamically over time. “It’s not just thinking about scenes like countryside or houses, it’s more like seeing a dynamic image of abstract art,” he told MailOnline.