Robin Thicke Admits to Lying About Writing 'Blurred Lines': 'I Was Jealous, I Wanted Some Credit'
The R'n'B star says he was jealous that the biggest hit of his career was written by someone else and admits that his addiction to Vicodin and alcohol limited his involvement in the studio.
Nasty truths behind Robin Thicke's 2013 mega hit single "Blurred lines" have been revealed. In a court deposition obtained by The Hollywood Reporter for his lawsuit from Marvin Gaye's family for allegedly ripping off the late singer's classic called "Got to Give It Up", the R&B star admitted he lied about writing the controversial track and said that collaborator Pharrell Williams wrote most of the song on his own.
Thicke said he lied about his involvement in the songwriting process out of jealousy. "After making six albums that I wrote and produced myself, the biggest hit of my career was written and produced by someone else and I was jealous and I wanted some of the credit," he said. "I tried to take credit for it later because [Pharrell] wrote the whole thing pretty much by himself and I was envious of that."
The 37-year-old musician went on saying that he was present at the studio when he, Pharrell and T.I. recorded the song. "I was present. Obviously, I sang it. I had to be there," he said. He was also there when the track was being made, but his addiction to Vicodin and alcohol had limited his involvement in the studio.
"I was high on Vicodin and alcohol when I showed up at the studio. So my recollection is when we made the song, I thought I wanted to be more involved than I actually was by the time, nine months later, it became a huge hit and I wanted credit. So I started kind of convincing myself that I was a little more part of it than I was and I - because I didn't want him - I wanted some credit for this big hit. But the reality is, is that Pharrell had the beat and he wrote almost every single part of the song," he explained.
Pharrell appeared to agree with Thicke in his deposition, saying, "This is what happens every day in our industry. You know, people are made to look like they have much more authorship in the situation than they actually do. So that's where the embellishment comes in."
However, he gave Thicke so much credit (Thicke receives about 18-22 percent of publishing royalties) because he believed it's Thicke's voice that holds the song together. "It's the white man singing soulfully and we, unfortunately, in this country don't get enough... we don't get to hear that as often, so we get excited by it when the mainstream gives that a shot," he added.Jacked from Ace Showbiz
14 comments:
This guy is a absolute fraud. The only reason why this drug addict/alcoholic is famous is because his daddy gave him his fake singing career! What did Paula Patton see in him?
Robin Thicke is just another privileged white guy trying to steal the soul away from the black race. This modern day Milli Vanilli is just as bad as Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber and that white girl slut from Australia. I have no respect for them.
Pharrell comes over all cute and fluffy, but he's probably not someone to mess with. Thicke just hung Pharrell out to dry. Big, big mistake
"Pharrell comes over all cute and fluffy, but he's probably not someone to mess with."
If Robbin' (pun intended) were Black, I'd believe that. But to me, Pharrell comes across as too much of a whitey lover to do anything except dutifully lie still while the train Robbin' threw him under rolls right over his body. Him being all "new Black" and everything.
Both of the jackasses can STFD and STFU stealin the whole essence if that hit from Marvin..and yea Robin there is no revelation here..we all knew you were tanked outta your skull most of the time
He jus killed his career...
Skeevy, lying ass lush and pill head. he just one step away from being naked under a brown trench coat, scoping out elementary school in a white serial killer van.
"It's the white man singing soulfully and we, unfortunately, in this country don't get enough... we don't get to hear that as often,...
Is this fool kidding? I can name three White men that sing him under the table.
1.Jay Kay, lead singer of Jamiroquai
2. George Michael
3. Daryl Hall
Pharell is satanic just like will I Am. Notice how Pharell wears a big hat imitating Saturn and its big rings
@8'09 I know that's right!
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 AT 8:09 PM are for real? name somen that has had a hit int he last decade at least. those 3 clearly dont feed the need american has for a white soul singer anymore. that why he named robin , justin christina aka people still relevant and the music business .
blame the execs behind this fraud
^^^^ You can also blame the execs for Miley Cyrus, the rat Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Katy Perry, Ugly Azalea and JLo. These new artists are doing what Milli Vanilli did twenty years ago. If you want to listen to real music, you won't find it on a top 40 radio station.
@12:42am
Are you saying there are others? If so, can you get your point across in regular English? Not a grammar class but...damn, either spell it right or use the right words before you go in. WTH is a 'somen'?
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