Pharrell Williams Masterclass with Students at NYU Clive Davis Institute 

Mean Vaseline she appeared on his radio show after

Definitely

I said the same thing as soon as I heard him say that. That alone, holds so much value its crazy. Its solidifying the discovery of a gem no one knows yet. I like lorde and lana del ray, but i think i love maggie rogers.

yes exactly what I thought at that moment. what an HONOR!!! He had to get her name! 👏👏

This Song was played over 60 Million times by now on spotify.

Yeah you can tell he knew at that moment he didn’t have to try to like it hahahah. The other songs were good but they were missing something

Everything sounded relatable for everyone else, so he was able to give production tips because he knew how they wanted their songs to sound like. With Maggie, he can't tell her how her production should sound because she was in her own lane

@@Marceles45 I totally agree with you.. it's not that the other artist necessary where trying to make something that sounded comparable to another artist work, but they where just heavily influenced by people they have looked to. the other artists I think were more technical but with Maggie she came from something super spiritual and so she was able to depict that with her music.

I think you need to look up the meaning of "speechless" !

@@Marceles45 Thats a good observation right there my man.

shut yo fatass up

People pursuing their passion tend to attend class

@@greenlotuskid or they get sick, death in the family. Things like that occur.

They knew he was coming

BRO YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE TO SCHOOL YESTERDAY PHARRELL VISITED AND REACTED TO OUR MUSIC

Love this observation 👑

Agreed

His name is Bob Power, a great recording engineer, producer and obviously a great teacher too. Look up his name, he has worked with all the greats such as Tribe Called Quest, Erykah Badu, The Roots or Meshell Ndegeocello.

pharoah well he is amazing! It really shows

Bob power - hands down the best sounding engineer in the history...hear meshell ngeocollo

He is a VERY BIG Guy in the industry LOL

wtf is a grammy

ksks djjd really?

SUCCESS IS DOInG SOMETHING GOOD. THATS THE REAL SUCCESS ....GRAMMY AWARDS ETC IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF SUCCESS, VALID TOO BUT NOT THE MAIN ONE. .

@@ksksdjjd2254 it’s like the super bowl ring or oscar of music, bagging grammy’s is a clout mechanism fasho but it’s nice to be introduced as “grammy winner”

cringe🤣🤣🤣🤣

I agree. He was making the "that's just nasty" look. Haha. I was doing the same thing. Such unique talent and this was 4 years ago?!? Mind blowing.

Crazy confidence in her

Thats where the good stuff comes from. Game recognizes game

oh please

Nah fr I'd be heated if I was another kid in the class. Like aight there goes my once in a lifetime chance.

@@MMCLLC7 Bleh, everyday is a day and a chance or whatever. Creativity and authenticity will often be rewarded. Most people are just followers.

@@MMCLLC7 Does jealousy or regret get anyone anywhere good?

@@joshua9448 Agree. But, jealousy can be very healthy and positive, if the focus of that feeling is not geared towards another individual, rather used as a tool to learn from and motivate oneself. Regret is a word for quitters. You can never stop being, a student of the game.

but the Wu tang reference!!! menn that's dopeee! at the end, wish all of them success!!

wooow really?

Does she care though?

Luc P. I hope not. Artists should just be in awe acknowledging someones creativeness and supporting it.

Not that deep y'all

@@aceaquigg8141 I don't know her, but what I can tell is she's in her own world and you'll either join her there or go do something else and she'll be fine with it. I felt her music the most. A little Joni...but today!

+Chris Klemens anyone know the song of her?

OMG WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!!! I LOVE YOU

is that the chick from like 19-22? cause her song is really freaking amazing!

SAME DUDE

LEGENDS SUPPORTING LEGENDS

tytytytyty is she? Wtf

@@cristiansoria3000 yes

That’s amazing ! Did she won ?

@@youmatandia4111 No she lost to Billy Eye Lash

WHO?!

this might be too late to reply but i remember maggie said she was trying to balance looking like she enjoys her own music but not too much lol. she would've bopped harder but she was holding back.

@@jurinaissancethat’s exactly what I picked up on

​@@jurinaissance yesss I love that first moment when Pharrell hears her vocals come in and his eyebrows go up just a bit like 'damn'. And then progressively his face becomes more reflective of the sentiment of 'this is ridiculously good'.

Well said, man. There's so many of us who love music and love playing but have yet to find ourselves and what we want. And if you haven't found yourself, you're passion, then you're bound to mostly mimic your idols. I've only ever had 2 great songwriting spurts in my 18 years of playing music. The rest has been fun but not really having that spark. I'm looking forward to my 3rd spurt. I know I just need to live more life to have a reason to express myself. Not just playing to play or writing to write.

I love it I think this is important

Pen

@@roseancunningham6698 Thank heavens you wrote that. I mean I was sitting there thinking, "why are these folks responding in English to this young Danish fellow?" I mean it was just a bunch of gibberish until you offered your services.

Word that is so true....

who else clicked on every time stamp to see if the facial expressions matched? lol

best comment ever lol

lmao nice comments

If you think Pharrell started making music when he was 35, check out The Neptunes and look at how many #1's they produced. Pharrell has been in the game for a long time

upotheke 23:40 should be "Wow... I want a Reese's peanut butter cup"

man it's always the "do you know who he is???" that Pharrell says before the whole thing starts that gets me lol

@@josiah566 “She talked to my mother and she gave him $100 bucks” 😂

I did not realize who that was. He’s done some amazing work wow. Much respect and it makes sense why he thought so highly big Maggie and her background. I feel like Maggie didn’t really go intimate background like he wanted her to but all around great show and shout out to Bob. Awesome!

You can hear Tip ask him on the album "Bob Power, you there? Yeah"

+Gerd Valo hahaha

my girlfriend *-*

yo zoe

hey ly

Your girlfriend looks at him that way?? Better reel her back in!

Bone

''I want to reproduce with this girl''

just imagine what kind of music their child would produce :D

Renee Kelley fxx

@Normal Misha but he never did

Can we use past experiences in life to write about ? Or does it only count when it's an experience now in the present moment ?

@@festy111 I mean anything counts, the point of the comment is that there is no true arbitrary rule. If the fire of the feeling is still ignited then it’s still good, or also you can talk in retrospect about how something shaped you.

Pretentious bull

Cafune slaps idc

Idk, I preferred the song @ 9 minutes if I'm being honest. Maybe I'm insane

And you will if not already did!!

Omg right?! Same girl, SAME. I get exactly what youre saying...i mean really tho... Exactly. & Tbh yeah. it really kind of is lowkey terrifying/nerve wracking af even just watching this from my own bedroom! Lol. Im over here totally getting nervous for them. Smh...we both seriously need to get over that shit tho asap. If we honestly expect to achieve the impossible... (& by that i mean make it in the music industry) dont worry its the same struggle when it comes to me personally too. Cuz if im 100% honest with myself, i know in my heart that there is SOO much i want to do....more music to write/songs i desperately want to record & release publicly & just, u know, creativity in general, that ive still yet to feel couragous enough to unleash upon the world. Lol. Im laughing but im serious too. Theres soo much more that i desperately want to share, create, accomplish, do & BE music wise....so much that i know im capable of, & that i still (somewhat secretly) want the world to hear & want people to see me create & perform...and im just scared to just go out there & fkn DO it! Its really hard. Its scary enough for me to upload a new video to you tube when i finish writing a new song! Ffs... 😭 i want a career for myself in music soo bad i can fkn taste it! & plz dont take this wrong, cuz im not trying to brag, i just dont know any other way to put this....but, i def have talent. Everytime i play one of my original songs for someone who hasnt heard me play yet they all say the same thing. "Omg Youre so good! Why arent you doing something with your talent? You know the only thing holding you back is you, right?" Like, wow...ok, thanks alot! How tf am i supposed to get out of my OWN way tho!? Nobody ever seems to have an answer for that...& i honestly dont know wtf to do. The worst fkn part is im turning 36 this year...which ok, lets be honest, is way too fkn old to "make it" now. i really hate so much to say this but its prob not gonna happen for me this time around. (Sigh....) Maybe next lifetime i guess... 😪😔😞

Hypnotic♋Harmonic bloody hell girl, you’re talented. I just listened to your song, it’s beautiful ❤️. Im in same boat, 34. Feel so old. But hey, there’s no fixed blueprint, we gotta remember this 💚 x

@@anoushadewan Wait, what...? 😮You actually listened to my song without me having to beg you to? & you LIKED it? 😍 Holy sh*t.1st of all, THANK YOUUU Soo much....🙏 thats pretty damn awesome of you. Seriously tho. 💗 & 2nd...you know what girl? I think you might literally be one of the coolest fkn people i ever met before on you tube. Like, Ever.... Yeah...actually, you def ARE. Yep. So its official then. Youre rad AF & If anyone ever tries to get you to compromise who you are for any ridiculous/nefarious reason at all, i sincerely hope that youll tell them to F*CK THE HELL OFF... (TWICE🤘😉2x!) Lol. And if you dont want to, then i hope youll at least consider allowing me to do so on your behalf. 😬 the kind of people who exist purely to spread negativity shouldnt be trusted with your dry cleaning, let alone your 💗 👌😏 And finally onto My 3rd point; omg! its nice to meet another aspiring singer/songwriter/musician?? (im assuming here...plz feel free to correct me if im wrong) who actually knows how scary it is to chase your dreams into your 30's..cuz tbh this shit hits differently after 30 imo. & i swear to god if i had to hear one more kid whining on (unrelatably) about how 23 is "getting old" ugh...🙄 christ on a bike dude! my entire body may or may not have spontaniously burst into flames for no apparent reason....🔥🔥🔥 😂😂😂😭😭😭 💀💀💀Oh, & btw; you wanna be internet besties? 😉😎😘 im checking your channel to see if i can find any of your music there as soon as i finish typing this...or if you happen to have a link to any music youve recorded over the years id love to hear it! Where can i go to hear your music? 💁

@@anoushadewan and btw youre right about there being no fixed blue print. Screw it. I guess as long as we still have air in our lungs then its neither "over" nor is it too late to try, right? I mean idk who th im trying to kid here anyways, lol, tbh i really couldnt stop making music anymore than i could suddenly wake up tomorrow and decide not to breathe oxygen anymore. #music=life #thatsthetruth #truestory 😏

She's nasty with it, for real!

it was incredible to be in that crowd! I skipped seeing Bad Bunny to see her and don’t regret it one bit!! The outpouring of love from the crowd to her, her humbleness and openness, her music live!! omg such an experience I will always remember!

@@rachelthomas5993 I’ll never forget it

@@rachelthomas5993 see I did the opposite,… after she sang “Say It” (WHICH I CRIED CUZ IT WAS SO DAMN BEAUTIFUL) I left with the group I was with ….😔💔

@@erickapanayi5630 no way! I’m so sorry! I’ve gotten really comfy with making my own plans! Me and my girls (who went to bad bunny) picked out a sculpture to meet at after the shows. only do that with people you trust though. If I didn’t show up my friends would still be there today waiting for me lol.

+Bundess @21:25 Those eyebrow muscles say it all when that ending harmony in the chorus hits. lol

I just heard her song on Pandora!

thats pretty standard where im from

Isn't that what everybody on the planet says when you meet someone for the first time?

@@Jaqvander but she just introduced herself minutes before-hand.

I can see the start of a movie here

@@mattiemclean9882 LMFAOOO AHH

well said

I think it was the harmonies and vocals.

@HammerBann Yeah, but there is a difference between inspiration and imitation.

LOL...Artists who make it big are usually the ones with the most promotion behind them, especially these days. The most unique artists tend to stay underground and many throughout history have died before any popularity was attained.

her song literally sounded like Sylvan Esso. It’s lovely tho

Atleast a 100xs for me too🙋‍♂️

Me to

Impossible. That would mean you spent 58 years watching this same clip, which is Impossible considering maggie is 28.

Well they are actors playing musicians

Yeah. As a producer it's his language to an artist to get the best from them.

He's probably the best person to give a feedback, i mean, he's a superproducer/ singer/ rapper and he's been making hits since the 00's

@Normal Misha, "Bless your heart"... I offer this pearl to you: It happens daily that someone will do the "right thing", , , "the wrong way". Keep living. You'll learn.

I answered it. Your "simple mind" can't comprehend@Normal Misha. Troll somewhere else lil girl...

he had to. otherwise these kids are going to murder him for talking shit about his mixtape. the last thing you want to do as a successful artist is telling a nobody artist their music sucks

*day

***** ...k

kek

Where can we hear the ful song? Or you dont know her?

soundcloud.com/maggierogers

The description says he invited high school students from outside of nyu

True😂😂😂

thames21 haha thats sarcasm right?

Looking to the door trying to get the f out there

@@contosreddit2845 that Grammy nomination kinda doesn't work with this comment 🤣

He's looking at the class professor. The look is " you know if it was just me and you we'd have already played that back like 10 times and get a load of her tappin her toe"

Give him credit, Bob Power (the professor) has produced some of the best ever hip hop records. I don’t think he was being submissive.

Wow you can read all that huh

@Eli Osei [VI-UVI] It’s fucking hilarious

You heard his intro of Maggie. Definitely not dismissive. Professor Bob, saved her for last, for a reason.

I think he was just clarifying that he personally isn’t dismissive of any thing, not that he thinks the professor was.

I came back to this like I do about every year or so and was blown away when I noticed that they were in this and now blew up just like Maggie did 7 years ago :O

I know! I recognized that name and looked it up ASAP, so glad they're getting their moment now. Also love how ahead they were in terms of the vibes so glad they're picking up clout now

not always, when he said "great" to the first duo, it means "go find another job"

PentaPanda I mean.. you still get to learn from one of the top producers of the past years. That means a lot.

@@brandonkelly7107 you are right, I was just kidding

Or....Pharell is NOT critiquing your stuff. You hit the jackpot.

Who don't want to receive a criticism from one of the best producers/singers/rappers of the world?? He won 14 grammys working with big artists...he really KNOWS music

right....

Almost looks like he got emotional for the first 30-60 seconds.

Nah 20:49 he looks at her and already knows

wait the girl is a member of Cafune??

@@deepdownbodythirst 29:29, They are in the video

@@deepdownbodythirstno the first duo IS cafune, Bob Power spells it in the beginning even

It launched her successful career and helped get a Grammy nom. So yes, probably.

The best

black don't crack

It's called moisturizer.. That's their god damned secret.. that's it.. they just take care of their fucking skin.

Nah, it's from the sun. The darker the skin the more melanin it has, which protects it from the sun. However, this reduces Vitamin D intake. Basically, if you're white, wear lots a sunscreen every day. If you darker, you need to take Vit D supplements.

the music business is different than usual business. people aren't the competition, they're opportunities (to get gigs, sessions, plugs, new acquaintances, and to just vibe and play with)

Amen....

People who write these long comments do not know music

@@greatworkouttips lol what?? Writing a long comment means you don’t “know music”? Lol where is the correlation?

Thank you!

She's just being herself.

Maggie just being her absolute self. She is just oh so natural and authentic. She is loved for who she is with no pretence. She had produced two original folk albums before taking this college course. Totally knows how to put her unique music into each and every one of her tracks. Her first two albums are wonderfully authentic and beautiful too.

D Man-G your imagining your own truth. She liked her own music cause she was proud and not cause she’s selling a product.

Ok Mr. MBA

I bet you're in sales/marketing and think there are no authentic people out there. she just digs her own music and let's herself flow

After going down the Maggie Rogers ride, really curious how the other groups went. Thanks for the name

their song Tek It is blowing up right now!

just heard of them from their song Tek It that’s girls everywhere!

Cafune had some growing to do. At this it feels like thay were just at the precipice of their style and flow but, maybe, a part of them wanted to cling to something familiar. However, Tek It is something special.

They sound like flight facilities

@Normal Misha lol stfu

The Maggie Rogers song? Coming out this summer. It's called Alaska.

instead of copying it, BUY it so the artist can actually make a living creating this gorgeous music for us. You buy your clothes, your phone, your food, you pay for concerts, you don't steal...so show artist-writers the same respect and pay for their music so that they can a) afford to eat and live and b) continue to create and grow. RU-vid and Spotify royalty payments are tiny compared to what radio play and record sales once brought. You would buy a Reese's candy...be a standup guy and buy good music. It's a huge help to the artist.

she hasn't released this song anywhere though

I need it now

She said on facebook that she's working on and going to release her song "Alaska" this summer, so very soon.

Facts

same. and I probably would have started sobbing.

I'm sure it was more than just molly.

she took a pill to show avici she was cool

as soon as she said spiritual experience I instantly knew it was drugs:p

Lmao

Right lol exactly what I was thinking probably true Europe has the good stuff for real

I think that’s why I think he was trying to reassure her about mixing folkish music with dance music like Avicci did with “Hey Brother”

Ok, WHO? I am here because a Tiktok led me here. Pharrell Williams apparently found some artist named Maggie something and also some other girl?

@@rangers94ismMaggie Rogers

She's actually dressed exactly like I would expect it to be. I'm an artist I totally understand.

Yeah, noticed the neck bone chain but that too shows her unique take -- sweet nature girl softness vs the hard reality of a dead animal neckbone. Which is kinda how nature is...sweet and savage.

Poetic. ;P

RR Greenwood Neckbone Chain, new band name.

It’s not about style > substance or substance > style. When you have stylish Pharrell Williams in the room as well it’s just disrespectful to undermine how artists dress. If they want to be assuming that’s fine, if they want to be unassuming that’s also fine. But don’t shame or praise someone for wearing X outfit. That’s not what it’s about

:)

Fuckin TRUE 💁🏻‍♂️

Corporate Warrior he really is

Black don’t crack

Dem blasian genes...

Yoooo Pharrell wants to just go ham on maggies song but he's keeping himself back you can tell he wants to be like DAAAAYYYYYYUMM this is dope

No I am watching videos watching the table and wall

Yeah exactly she felt it for real. Bopping her head and everything. Super in the mode

2 years later, she’s the musical guest on SNL. Gotta love the world sometimes.

@@steelberg23 Yeah man she's doing really well and deserves it!

@@steelberg23 I've been obsessed ever since the snl performance

r u me

***** Hey! Unfortunately, it is. haha

I think my suggestions is just any video you have top comment in

Haha for real

we need it!

more hype than Drake's album

You can find it on Souncloud. I'm listening right now

soundcloud.com/user-732419603/alaska-maggie-rogers

Very good song!

She did

yes!

She also did Coachella and attended the Met Gala!

ok

So cool! I’m really happy I found her thanks to the Grammys and this video

What does it mean? ( I am french btw haha I just discovered her today, and I can agree she is the kind of artist that I like to listen)

Neï Tha She did drugs. Acid is drug.

@@user-tr1zc9kw8g haaaa ptdrrr

@@user-tr1zc9kw8g yes?

@@user-tr1zc9kw8g lsd

adam levine has a songwriting competition show but the contestants have to give up the rights to whatever they come up with so that kind of sets a bad precedent, but something like that where contestants were able to hold on to whatever they create would definitely be interesting, especially if it focused on producers

yes!

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

The first performers, Cafune, have actually been somewhat successful and are currently touring. They have a song on spotify with over 100 million plays.

stil not as famous @@adrian-po6lb

omfg seriously. charli xcx and lorde, too.

Synesthesia is one of the most pretentious things ever rt. Fair enough if you genuinely have it and in terms of music you may have perfect pitch as a result since you associate certain colours with certain notes, but most of the time it’s just people self diagnosing themselves with a condition which they’ve heard online just because they associate two things together. Like if you hear a song or instrument and it makes you think red, that’s no indication you have the condition. Instead it’s more than likely just associating the timbre with colours. But yeah, if you’ve had MRI scans as proof it could be real. 99% of the time it’s just creative people wanting it when they don’t have it and just yearning for real conditions as fashion statements

Kaizer-Man as someone who actually has spatial-sequence synesthesia, I’m genuinely curious as to how the way a person synthesizes information naturally could be “pretentious”? Some people may try and act like they’re special because of it which can be annoying, but nothing about synesthesia itself is “pretentious” and it’s actually a really interesting concept.

Jock Marais ASMR Did you read my comment? I said fair enough if youre in the minority who genuinely have it. The pretentious ones are those who self diagnose themselves with it

Kaizer-Man like Sarah Grace from The Voice. She was pretentious AF

I felt the same

@@fredrumbeats1 Saba Jenga is possible the coolest name ever too haha

I hear that too; sound of nature