Thicke’s performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards certainly didn’t do much to help the situation. However, the “sarcasm” elicited began arguments that the models were more passive, sexualized objects to be fawned upon, which further reinforced a man’s power over them.
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“We took something that on paper sounded really sexist and misogynistic and made it more interesting, which is why women love that video and why it became a viral success,” she told the Los Angeles Times in 2015 - and indeed, there’s hardly anything wrong with being confident in the skin you’re in. In 2013, model Emily Ratajkowski revealed that the video girls were directed to appear uninterested, yet playfully “sarcastic” with Thicke and company, adding that the widely banned visual was celebrating women and their bodies. The topless beauties are featured snuggling in bed with Thicke, Mick Jagger-struttin’ along to the intoxicatingly funky beat, and meowing seductively at the camera. It’s also hard not to notice the stark contrast between the fully clothed male performers and the nearly-naked female models in the NSFW version of the “Blurred Lines'” clip. Although the lyrics were concealed by the upbeat Pharrell production, issue was taken with the “no means yes” thought process and inherent misogyny that seems to emanate throughout the track. Supposed “come hither” lyrics such as “I know you want it…you’re a good girl” echoed the argument that the track was “kind of rapey.” Not to mention, guest rapper T.I.’s verse - which brought the signature bravado we’ve come to expect from the ATLien - featured eyebrow-raising one-liners, such as “I’ll give you something big enough to tear your ass in two” (adding startlingly straightforward context to the “ Robin Thicke Has a Big Dick” sign spelled out in silver Mylar balloons in the video). Quickly after its release, the tune sparked an uproar from several corners of the Internet. The uncensored version of the video was removed from YouTube for violating the site's terms of service, but restored with an age restriction.Michael Henderson, Pioneering Singer And Bassist, Dead At 71Įither way it’s observed, the inescapable ditty and the fallout that followed seemingly christened the track as one of the more polarizing, conversation-starting pop songs in recent memory, and contributed to the derailment of a once promising R&B career.
The song's music video was released in two versions: one featuring models Emily Ratajkowski, Jessi M'Bengue, and Elle Evans topless, while the other censored the nudity. Williams and Thicke were found liable for copyright infringement by a federal jury in March 2015, and Gaye was awarded posthumous songwriting credit (based on the royalties pledged to his estate).
The song became the subject of a bitter legal dispute with the family of Gaye and Bridgeport Music, who argued the song infringed on copyrights to the song that inspired it. However, Thicke claimed writing credits on the track, according to a Reuters article.
I.'s rap, was entirely the work of Williams. Recorded in 2012, the drumming was inspired by the Marvin Gaye song "Got to Give It Up", and apart from T. It was released on March 26, 2013, through Williams's label Star Trak Recordings as the lead single from Thicke's album Blurred Lines. "Blurred Lines" is a song by American singer-songwriters Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams and rapper T.
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