Robin Thicke Opens Up About HIs "Personal Hell" And We Can't Help But Feel A Tad Sorry For Him
Star admits his 'Blurred Lines' case with Pharrell wasn't important to him thanks to the collapse of his marriage...
Robin Thicke has spoken about THAT trial concerning his smash hit single ‘Blurred Lines’, revealing he was going through “personal hell” at the time.
In March, the 38-year old and collaborator Pharrell Williams were ordered to pay $7.4million to Marvin Gaye’s estate for copyright infringement.
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey (Uh)
Hey, hey, hey (Ha-ha!) (Woo!)
Tune me up
If you can't hear what I'm trying to say (Hey girl, come here!)
If you can't read from the same page (Hey)
Maybe I'm going deaf (Hey, hey, hey)
Maybe I'm going blind (Hey, hey, hey)
Maybe I'm out of my mind, mind (Hey, hey, hey)
Okay, now he was close
Tried to domesticate you
But you're an animal
Baby, it's in your nature (Meow)
Just let me liberate you (Hey, hey, hey)
You don't need no takers (Hey, hey, hey)
That man is not your maker (Hey, hey, hey)
And that's why I'm gon' take a good girl (Everybody get up)
I know you want it (Hey)
I know you want it
I know you want it
You're a good girl (Hey, hey)
Can't let it get past me (Oh yeah)
You're far from plastic (Alright)
Talkin' 'bout getting blasted
I hate these blurred lines
I know you want it (Hey)
I know you want it (Oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah-yeah)
I know you want it
But you're a good girl (Ah, hey)
The way you grab me
Must wanna get nasty (Ah, hey, hey)
Go ahead, get at me (Everybody get up) (Come on!)
What do they make dreams for
When you got them jeans on? (Why?)
What do we need steam for?
You the hottest bitch in this place
I feel so lucky (Hey, hey, hey)
You wanna hug me (Hey, hey, hey)
What rhymes with hug me? (Hey, hey, hey)
Hey! (Everybody get up)
Okay, now he was close
Tried to domesticate you
But you're an animal
Baby, it's in your nature (Uh-huh)
Just let me liberate you (Hey, hey, hey) (Uh-huh)
You don't need no takers (Hey, hey, hey) (Uh-huh)
That man is not your maker (Hey, hey, hey) (Uh-huh)
And that's why I'm gon' take a good girl (Everybody get up)
I know you want it
I know you want it (Hey)
I know you want it
You're a good girl
Can't let it get past me (Hey)
You're far from plastic (Oh)
Talkin' 'bout getting blasted (Everybody get up)
I hate these blurred lines (Hate them lines)
I know you want it (I hate them lines)
I know you want it (I hate them lines)
I know you want it
But you're a good girl (Good girl)
The way you grab me (Hustle Gang, homie)
Must wanna get nasty (Let go) (I say Rob)
Go ahead, get at me (Let me holla at 'em real quick)
One thing I ask of you
Let me be the one you back that ass up to (Come on!)
Go from Malibu to Paris, boo (Yeah)
Had a bitch, but she ain't bad as you (Uh-uh, ayy)
So, hit me up when you pass through (Oh)
I'll give you something big enough to tear your ass in two
Swag on 'em even when you dress casual
I mean, it's almost unbearable (Hey, hey, hey!) (Everybody get up)
In a hundred years not dare would I
Pull a Pharcyde, let you pass me by
Nothin' like your last guy, he too square for you
He don't smack that ass and pull your hair like that (You like it)
So I'm just watchin' and waitin'
For you to salute the true big pimpin'
Not many women can refuse this pimpin'
I'm a nice guy, but don't get it confused, get pimpin' (Everybody get up)
Shake your rump
Get down, get up
Do it like it hurt, like it hurt
What, you don't like work?
Hey! (Everybody get up)
Baby, can you breathe?
I got this from Jamaica
It always works for me
Dakota to Decatur (Uh-huh)
No more pretending (Hey, hey, hey) (Uh-huh)
'Cause now you're winning (Hey, hey, hey) (Uh-huh)
Here's our beginning (Hey, hey, hey) (Uh-huh)
I always wanted
You're a good girl (Everybody get up)
I know you want it (Hey)
I know you want it
I know you want it
You're a good girl
Can't let it get past me (Oh yeah)
You're far from plastic (Alright)
Talkin' 'bout getting blasted
I hate these blurred lines (Everybody get up)
I know you want it (Hey)
I know you want it (Oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah-yeah)
I know you want it
But you're a good girl (Ah, hey)
The way you grab me
Must wanna get nasty (Ah, hey, hey)
Go ahead, get at me
Everybody get up
Everybody get up
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Now, during an interview with the New York Times, Thicke was keen to state that he knows the difference between being inspired and theft, stating: “I'm constantly inspired, but I would never steal. And neither would Pharrell."
He went on to admit that the trial was overshadowed by the break-down of his marriage to childhood sweetheart Paula Patton, claiming: “What I will - what I can say - is that when I did the deposition, it was two weeks after my separation from my wife.
"I was going through personal hell at the time. And I was careless in the deposition. I can't go into the details of what was said in the deposition beyond that, because of the ongoing litigation.”
He continued: "My personal issues were all that mattered to me at the time. That's why I use the word 'careless' to describe my attitude at the time.
"Obviously, I didn't give my all to the trial. It simply wasn't as important to me as what was going on in my personal life. I was lost at the time. I had lost my way."
Thicke and Pharrell continue to appeal the verdict, with a spokesperson for the ‘Happy’ singer branding the result “a horrible precedent for music and creativity".
Despite losing the case, Williams still continues to include ‘Blurred Lines’ in his set, most recently performing the track at the Glastonbury Festival last weekend.