--- description: He's still "Happy" title: Watch Oprah Make Pharrell Williams Cry image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Oprah Make Pharrell Williams Cry by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 15, 2014 3:57 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 15, 2014 3:57 PM CUT While Pharrell Williams may be known for being happy, Oprah Winfrey made him cry. The [frequently-hatted](http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/03/03/arbys-bought-pharrells-weird-grammys-hat-for-44000/ "undefined") singer stopped by _Oprah Prime_ for a heart-to-heart chat with the talk show host. The wide-ranging conversation between the two celebrities covered everything from Williams’s humble beginnings to his career trajectory that kept him behind-the-scenes for so long to marriage and fatherhood, including [why he named his son Rocket](http://www.oprah.com/own-oprahprime/Why-Did-Pharrell-Williams-Name-His-Son-Rocket-Video "undefined"). But the waterworks didn’t start until Oprah questioned Williams about his big year in music: 2013, a.k.a. the Year of Pharrell when “Lucky” (his collaboration with Daft Punk), “Blurred Lines” (his song with Robyn Thicke), and his own debut solo album, [_Girls_](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/21/pharrell-g-i-r-l-justin-timberlake/ "undefined")_,_ all topped the charts and made Williams a superstar. When Oprah showed a clip of people around the world, from Iceland to Malawi, dancing to his hit song [“Happy”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM "undefined"), Williams burst into tears. They may be tears of joy, but still: Oprah definitely made Pharrell Williams cry. **MORE**: [Alicia Keys, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams Star In Video For “It’s On Again”](http://time.com/62374/alicia-keys-kendrick-lamar-pharrell-williams-star-in-video-for-its-on-again/ "undefined") **MORE**: [Watch an Adorable Children’s Choir Perform Pharrell’s ‘Happy’](http://time.com/28444/watch-an-adorable-childrens-choir-perform-pharrells-happy/ "undefined") **MORE**: [Should Pharrell Williams be on the 2014 Time 100?](http://time.com/pollmusic "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/63402/watch-oprah-make-pharrell-williams-cry/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/63402/watch-oprah-make-pharrell-williams-cry/"},"headline":"Watch Oprah Make Pharrell Williams Cry","datePublished":"2014-04-15T15:57:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:48.700Z","description":"He's still \"Happy\"","url":"https://time.com/63402/watch-oprah-make-pharrell-williams-cry/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","celebrities","Music","Oprah","Oprah Winfrey","Pharrell Williams"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/63402/watch-oprah-make-pharrell-williams-cry/","name":"Watch Oprah Make Pharrell Williams Cry"}}]}] ```