At various points, the hashtag "#THICKE" flashes, whilst towards the end, "ROBIN THICKE HAS A BIG DICK" is spelled out in silver balloons. The video features Thicke, T.I., and Pharrell casually standing in front of light-pink backdrop as they flirt with models ( Emily Ratajkowski, Elle Evans, and Jessi M'Bengue) who pose and dance.
The music video, directed by Diane Martel, was released on March 20, 2013. Getting something banned actually helps you." Music videos Its controversial nature was designed to attract attention with Feldstein saying: "I knew it would get it banned quickly. So we had to approach the market in an interesting way." Feldstein came up with the idea of creating a video designed to go viral and brought in experienced music video director Diane Martel to shoot it. It was a non-traditional song it didn't sound like a Timbaland or Benny Blanco record. Feldstein told HitQuarters: "We had an artist that had never had a hit on radio. Thicke and manager Jordan Feldstein decided the song would not have much impact through radio and would need an innovative approach to become a hit. In a separate interview, Thicke clarified the meaning of the song's title, saying it referred to "the good-girl/bad-girl thing and what's appropriate". He and I would go back and forth where I'd sing a line and he'd be like, "Hey, hey, hey!" We started acting like we were two old men on a porch hollering at girls like, "Hey, where you going, girl? Come over here!" Pharrell and I were in the studio and I was like, "Damn, we should make something like that, something with that groove." Then he started playing a little something and we literally wrote the song in about half an hour and recorded it. In an interview with GQ's Stelios Phili, Thicke explained: “ The song was completed in less than an hour. "Blurred Lines" was produced by Thicke and Pharrell with an intention of creating a sound similar to Marvin Gaye's " Got to Give It Up" (1977). 5.2 Marvin Gaye lawsuit and authorship questions.5.1 Content, banning, and subject matter.The song has been parodied and covered numerous times. The single was nominated for two Grammys at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. The song subsequently became one of the best-selling singles of all time, with sales of 14.8 million, simultaneously breaking the record for the largest radio audience in history.
It became Thicke's first, T.I.'s fourth, and Pharrell's third number-one single in the US, where it was also the longest running number one single of 2013.
"Blurred Lines" was an immense success worldwide, peaking at number one in at least 25 countries and becoming the number one song of 2013 in several of them. This has led to the song being banned at universities and other institutions in the United Kingdom and prompted a rebuttal from Thicke. The song's lyrics and music video have proven controversial with some groups, with claims that it is misogynistic and promotes date rape. The uncut version of the video was at one time removed from YouTube for violating the site's terms of service regarding nudity it was later restored, but with an age restriction. The song's music video was released in two versions, with one featuring models Emily Ratajkowski, Jessi M'Bengue, and Elle Evans being topless, while the other censored nudity. Thicke and Williams were found liable for copyright infringement by a federal jury in March 2015. The song became the subject of a bitter legal dispute with the family of Gaye and Bridgeport Music as to whether the song infringed copyrights to "Got to Give It Up". However, Thicke clearly laid claim to writing credits on the track according to a Reuters article. Recorded in 2012, the song was primarily inspired by the Marvin Gaye song " Got to Give It Up", and was largely the work of Williams. It was released on Mathrough Pharrell's label Star Trak Recordings. Produced by Pharrell, it serves as the lead single from Thicke's album of the same name. " Blurred Lines" is a single written and performed by American recording artists Robin Thicke, T.I., and Pharrell Williams.
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