{"id":12048,"date":"2019-10-16T09:46:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T09:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=12048"},"modified":"2019-10-16T09:46:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T09:46:10","slug":"pharrell-reflects-on-blurred-lines-i-realized-we-live-in-a-chauvinist-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2019\/10\/16\/pharrell-reflects-on-blurred-lines-i-realized-we-live-in-a-chauvinist-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharrell Reflects On ‘Blurred Lines’: ‘I Realized We Live In A Chauvinist Culture’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pharrell has had an irrefutable impact on music as one of the industry\u2019s most influential and prolific artists. But even Skateboard P admits he missed a beat when it comes to his mega-hit \u201cBlurred Lines\u201d (a 2013 collaboration with R&B crooner and T.I. and Robin Thicke). The song drew criticism for its misogynistic lyrics and racy visuals that many felt promoted rape culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the years since, Pharrell has defended the song. But in an interview with\u00a0GQ\u2019s<\/i> Masculinity Issue, which came out Monday (Oct. 14),\u00a0 the 46-year-old admits he\u2019s had a change of heart.<\/p>\n

In the interview, Pharrell admitted that he\u2019s now ’embarrassed’ by some of his past music.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSome of my old songs, I would never write or sing today,\u201d he told the publication. \u201cI get embarrassed by some of that stuff. It just took a lot of time and growth to get to that place.\u201dOn the topic of ‘Blurred Lines’ specifically, Pharrell confessed that he initially ‘didn’t get’ the outrage over the song.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBecause there were older white women who, when that song came on, they would behave in some of the most surprising ways ever. And I would be like, wow. They would have me blushing,\u201d Pharrell explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo when there started to be an issue with it, lyrically, I was, like, \u2018What are you talking about? There are women who really like the song and connect to the energy that just gets you up.’ And \u2018I know you want it\u2019 \u2014 women sing those kinds of lyrics all the time. So it’s like, \u2018What’s rapey about that?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Pharrell was quick to point out that masculinity isn\u2019t new but that the conversation around it today is heading in a positive direction that, he hopes, will lead to actual change.<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen are waking up every day, more and more, to the fact that they have the power. Women, millennials, and the Gen-Zers have the power. And there are a lot of men who recognize their privilege, and they use it for good,\u201d he said. \u201cThat excites me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Written by Danielle Ransom<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pharrell has had an irrefutable impact on music as one of the industry\u2019s most influential and prolific artists. But even Skateboard P admits he missed a beat when it comes to his mega-hit \u201cBlurred Lines\u201d (a 2013 collaboration with R&B crooner and T.I. and Robin Thicke). The song drew criticism for its misogynistic lyrics and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[8590,3513,5494,8534,6543,11493,3874,12309,5058,11973,8353,5762,3125,3132,6571,3954,5320,594],"class_list":["post-12048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-conversation","tag-culture","tag-energy","tag-gq","tag-growth","tag-interview","tag-lead","tag-men","tag-music","tag-one","tag-outrage","tag-rape","tag-robin-thicke","tag-t-i","tag-white","tag-will","tag-women","tag-who"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}