{"id":6989,"date":"2017-01-30T13:03:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T13:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=6989"},"modified":"2025-02-20T11:53:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T11:53:58","slug":"what-do-2016s-biggest-songs-taste-like-synaesthesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/01\/30\/what-do-2016s-biggest-songs-taste-like-synaesthesia\/","title":{"rendered":"What do 2016’s biggest songs taste like?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever heard of synaesthesia? It\u2019s the involuntary connection of two senses; artists like Pharrell Williams and Kanye West have it. For Pharrell and Kanye, they see sounds. So, the jingle of piano keys can conjure up the colours, patterns and textures. For other people, they are able to taste sounds.<\/p>\n

We wondered what it would be like to have synaesthesia and listen to music. What would a person taste when they listen to their favourite album or the top ten charts? So, we teamed up with James Wannerton – President of the UK Synaesthesia Association<\/a> \u201d\u201c to find out.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s been listening to some of the UK\u2019s favourite songs from last year and let us know what each song tastes like…<\/p>\n

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Pillow Talk – Zayn<\/h4>\n

Tastes like…\u00a0a cold slice of ham, marzipan and almond slices!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Pillow<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hello – Adele<\/h4>\n

Tastes like…\u00a0orange pips, Caramac, fresh melon and rubber bands!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Hello<\/a><\/p>\n

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Love Yourself – Justin Bieber<\/h4>\n

Tastes like… boiled egg white, toasted sugar sandwiches and Parma Violets!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Sorry<\/a><\/p>\n

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One Dance – Drake<\/h4>\n

Tastes like…\u00a0Rice Krispies, black Fruit Gums, warm water and wet cotton!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"One<\/a><\/p>\n

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Cheap Thrills – Sia<\/h4>\n

Tastes like… tomato ketchup, thin dark chocolate and Quavers!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Cheap<\/a><\/p>\n

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Closer – The Chainsmokers<\/h4>\n

Tastes like…\u00a0warm buttered toast, smoked ham, apple slices and chocolate orange!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Closer<\/a><\/p>\n

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Work – Rihanna<\/h4>\n

Tastes like…\u00a0stewed rhubarb, green Fruit Gums, ham and soft plums!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Work<\/a><\/p>\n

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Stitches – Shawn Mendes<\/h4>\n

Tastes like…\u00a0thick chocolate mousse, peach slices, chocolate chunks and lemon drops!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Stitches<\/a><\/p>\n

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Can’t Stop The Feeling – Justin Timberlake<\/h4>\n

Tastes like…\u00a0gripe water, corned beef, cold tea, and toast crumbs!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Can't<\/a><\/p>\n

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We also asked James to listen to some other top songs from 2016 and let us know their flavours \u201d\u201c take a look and see what flavours some of the UK’s bestselling songs are linked to!<\/p>\n

\"Top<\/a><\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t want any of this music from last year cluttering up your home in 2017, remember you can sell CDs<\/a> with musicMagpie<\/strong>. Just pop in the barcode to get an instant price, send them to us for free and we’ll pay you the same day they arrive! We have all you need to enjoy your favourite tunes on the musicMagpie Store too – check out our CDs for sale<\/a> and buy vinyl records<\/a>, then take a look at our cheap wireless headphones<\/a> and buy earphones<\/a> too!<\/p>\n

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Ever heard of synaesthesia? It\u2019s the involuntary connection of two senses; artists like Pharrell Williams and Kanye West have it. For Pharrell and Kanye, they see sounds. So, the jingle of piano keys can conjure up the colours, patterns and textures. For other people, they are able to taste sounds. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[1581,1888],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6989"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6989"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18156,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6989\/revisions\/18156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}