Robin Thicke 'Blurred Lines' Unrated Video w/ 'Rapey' Lyrics Was A Woman's Idea: Singer Blames Nudity on Miley Cyrus 'We Can't Stop' Video Director
Despite the fact that the visual concept was a girl's idea, critics continue to put Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" unrated video on blast for promoting "rapey" lyrics and the mistreatment toward women.
Daily Mail reported that in an interview, Thicke credited video director Diane Martel for the whole nudity idea.
"As long as it'd fun and the girls are comfortable, let's do something silly," said the singer. "Let's take some chances."
On Beats By Dr. Dre TV, Martel explained her creative process.
"We have naked girls and I just decided that I want to have like a really kid of corky maybe not so typical use of props," said Martel who also directed Miley Cyrus' "We Can't Stop" video. "I wanted everything to really be like low brow, do it yourself... I also really like the idea of layering various font from an image and no one really used hashtags on a video before."
Robin Thicke revealed to Radio 1 Breakfast Show that they created the "Blurred Lines" video for barely nothing since the most expensive props on set were the models.
"The girls were quite enjoyable and lots of fun and very comfortable naked...and they got paid very handsomely," said Thicke who also admitted to being drunk on the video set. "The thing was, we spent all the money on the girls being naked."
"Blurred Lines" recently recieved backlash for being "rapey" from The Daily Beast's noteable female writers Lisa Huyne and Tricia Romano.
Lisa Huyne of The Daily Beast weighted in on the situation by agreeing that Thicke's song is pro rape.
"Basically, the majority of the song (creepily named 'Blurred Lines') has the R&B singer murmuring 'I know you want it' over and over into the girls' ear," wrote Huyne. "Call me a cynic, but that phrase does not exactly encompass the notion of consent in sexual activity … Seriously, this song is disgusting, though admittedly very catchy."
Romano sang a similar song when writing:
The nudity might be fine if the song was called, “Let’s All Have Some Fun,” but it’s called “Blurred Lines,” and the subject itself is enough to make some female music fans uncomfortable. The song is about how a girl really wants crazy wild sex but doesn’t say it — posing that age-old problem where men think no means yes into a catchy, hummable song.
Should these female critics reevaluate their argument since the "Blurred Lines" unrated music video was created by a woman?
While contemplating, enjoy Martel's "Blurred Lines" visual concept:
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