Unlike Paula , though, Love After War is a confessional. He is not only begging her to return to him, he's admitting he's done wrong. It worked. Thicke and Patton stayed together. In , the tables turned. In the video for "Blurred Lines," almost-naked women drape themselves over a fully-suited Robin Thicke while he smirks. Robin Thicke tried to argue that the whole thing was a "feminist movement itself" telling The Today Show that the song was saying that "men and women were equals as animals and as power.
She pleaded with him to release a video where he is fawned over by beautiful women. That farce if it was that could only last so long. The video was banned from YouTube in March , but lives on on Vevo.
On the whole, the popularity of the song didn't diminish its criticism. Because of aggressive, domineering lyrics like "I know you want it," many saw the song as a clear proponent of rape culture. Tricia Romano at The Daily Beast described the song itself as "rape-y. At Pacific Standard, Sezin Koehler matched the lyrics with the words of rapists. Just the song and video alone were problematic, but the drama grew. After spending hours listening to the entire discography of Robin Thicke, "Blurred Lines" feels like an entirely different artist, which makes sense because Thicke later admitted that Pharrell wrote the whole thing.
The singles on this album are produced by will. It also shifts Thicke's attention. Instead of another song obviously about Paula, this song could be interpreted differently. Blurred Lines , the album, is a total departure from Thicke's sound. This quote from "Blurred Lines" could be interpreted as a song about his wife, but more than any song beforehand, it's open for interpretation. This is a song about a pursuit.
The gloves come off even more in "Feel Good," the fourth single from the album:. If I partied till the morning, would you stay with me Girl would you play with me, or would you hate on me If I ran all out of money, would you pay for me or would you stray from me I need to know it baby. The answer to this, it turned out, was no. Thicke was seen putting his "hands everywhere" on a blonde socialite.
Hogwash, Thicke claimed. She was just a girl " looking for attention. Paula Patton and Robin Thicke separated in February of , just six months after the accusations that his partying until the morning had left him in the arms of another woman. It's unsurprising that Thicke thought that creating Paula was a good move for his relationship, if not for his career. Songs like " Too Little Too Late ," could have been written last week, or the first week of As Sophie Gilbert at The Atlantic pointed out, the album itself is downright creepy.
But it's nothing new. It's an older, more reminiscent "Lost Without U. There's a long list I changed, and I got a little too selfish, a little too greedy, and a little too full of myself.
Every time you walked through that door Should've bought white roses good and plenty and rubbed your toes Every time you walked up in this house baby Shoulda woulda coulda Should've shown some R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Paula is mushy, sure, but it is a true return to what Robin Thicke was originally known for. There are no electronic background noises, no high-caliber producers. The musicians in the background are either Thicke himself on the piano, or his friends. The album won't be a uber-viral worldwide hit like "Blurred Lines" was, but that's because it's not made to do that.
At its core, Paula is a good album with a dual purpose. Thicke may be more successful in the later pursuit, though, than he is at getting Paula back. Despite a Billboard performance and two mushy music videos, Paula probably isn't getting Paula Patton back anytime soon. There's something violating about recording and publicizing a 14 song album that completely ignores what your wife wants, and places her in the limelight when she has been undeniably clear about not wanting to be there.
But that doesn't make the music itself bad. Thicke, with his goatee and poor stage presence, was never meant for the limelight. He's a talented musician, and Paula showcases that in the style that Thicke belongs in: a soulful voice serenading his woman, whether she's with him or not. Writing songs about the love of his life has worked for him so far; why would Robin Thicke stop just because his wife has left him?
The album was far more successful than his first, peaking at number 5 on the albums chart and finally establishing Thicke as a successful recording artist. The album would eventually go platinum, a sign that Thicke had become a star. The success of this album marked the beginning of a lengthy run as a respected singer.
Thicke, who was always heavily influenced by the music and style of the s, has often displayed a sense of self-awareness and been willing to poke fun at himself. Thicke achieved his greatest notoriety and sales in when he collaborated with Pharrell Williams and T.
Its critics claimed that the song was misogynistic and promoted date rape, leading to some institutions in the UK banning it, including university campuses. One year later he signed with Jimmy Iovine and Interscope records. The musician and composer released his critically acclaimed debut album, A Beautiful World, in under the name Thicke.
The collection was followed by a succession of five critically acclaimed gold and platinum selling album releases.
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