Blurred Lines
- Christ, the way Feminists rant and rave about this, you'd think Robin Thicke was literally Hitler and this song was the absolute biggest social issue of our time.
- The song is not about rape. The song does not condone or advocate rape. The song does not contribute to a rape culture.
- Read the lyrics and stop taking lines out of context.
- "Blurred Lines" is about consent. The song is not lyrically offensive.
- Robin Thicke didn't even write "Blurred Lines."
- Pop songs are deliberately made to be controversial in order to get more attention. More views = more money. By complaining so much about "Blurred Lines" you're effectively telling the record label executives to make more songs like this. They're loving the attention; money is just rolling in.
- The music video was conceived and directed by a woman, Diane Martel, who said: "It forces the men to feel playful and not at all like predators. I directed the girls to look into the camera. This is very intentional and they do it most of the time; they are in the power position. I don't think the video is sexist. The lyrics are ridiculous, the guys are silly as fuck. That said, I respect women who are watching out for negative images in pop culture and who find the nudity offensive, but I find [the video] meta and playful."
- "It really did boggle my mind when people started freaking out about it. This is just a cheesy pickup line song and everyone was like: 'No, it's about forcing a woman against her will.' There are so many songs out there that are worse about demeaning women. Maybe it's an easy target because Robin Thicke is kind of slimy. Right now there's a lot of tension between women and men online so this was a way of women taking a piece of pop culture and saying: 'No, we're against this.' But it's weird to me because I didn't see it and I still don't." — US music critic Maura Johnston
- During an interview with NPR, "Blurred Lines" producer and co-writer Pharrell defended the song, saying "There's nothing misogynistic about it... if you're looking at the lyrics, the power is right there in the woman's hand. That man — me as a human being, me as a man, I'm not your maker, I can't tell you what to do."
- "The song and the video are two completely different things. The song has nothing to do with belittling a woman or misogyny or anything. Obviously, when a guy's standing there fully clothed and the girls are naked, I totally welcome the conversation of what does this video say about men and women, but the song itself, the title, "Blurred Lines", is about men and woman [as] equals." — Robin Thicke
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