Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines Controversy

There has been a lot of controversy about the song Blurred Lines because of the reference that the lyrics suggest about rape. University College London student union (UCLU) took a step to ban Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines. Another 20 student unions have decided to join as well. This song has become the most controvserial song of the decade. which can be seen as a unexpected achievement though not one that Thicke can be especially proud of. In April, one blogger has branded it as a "rape song", this then caught fire of many other media outlets. Although the song has already critics firing at every aspect of the song, there seems to be different versions of the song where the dancers in the song are topless. Throughout the summer, the song even started to overshadow the biggest hit of 2013, Daft Punk's Get Lucky. Edinburgh University Student's Association (EUSA) became the first student body to ban Blurred Lines. They said that "It promotes a very worrying attitude towards sex and conssent." Basically they are implying that the song is suggesting rape also even when the woman may be saying no, she really means yes. This is seen in the song lyrics: 'Ok now he was close, tried to domesticate you. But you're an animal, baby, it's in your nature.'

The video of the song was made and directed by 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 isvery intentional and they do this 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 ****."
In my personal opinion, I don't believe that the aong is suggesting anything about rape because there is no actual reference of it plus the word is never used throughout the song. I think that because of the explicit content of the video and what some of the lyrics is suggesting is making people assume that it is what the song is about.
 There are also wider issues that have been made about the song. One of Blurred Lines most prominent models, Emily Ratajkowski, (shown on the right) has said "I'm glad that people are criticising pop lyrics, because I think that's an important thing to do." This has been an issue before when MC Rick Ross rapped on Rocko's single UOENO, which is about spiking someone's drink in a club in order to have sex with her. There was a public outcry where the general public was attempting to force an apology.