Robin Thicke Says He Didn’t Write “Blurred Lines,” Gives Pharrell Full Credit

After wowing the nation with his hit record, "Blurred Lines," Robin Thicke was dubbed a genius. While he credited himself for the creation of the song, it appears that everything Robin once told the media was a complete and utter lie. Thicke spoke earnestly of Pharrell to The Hollywood Reporter and eventually spilled the beans in regards to the origin of the record.

“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 — I — 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.”

In past interviews, Thicke took credit for the song and lied simply because he wanted to take all of the glory. When he was interviewed by GQ, he originally cited a Marvin Gaye song as a source of inspiration.

“Pharrell and I were in the studio and I told him that one of my favorite songs of all time was Marvin Gaye’s "Got to Give It Up." I was like, ‘Damn, we should make something like that, something with that groove.’ Then he started playing a little something and we literally wrote the song in about a half hour and recorded it.”

As far as what caused Thicke to lie from the get-go, he said that he “had a drug and alcohol problem for the year” and “didn’t do a sober interview.”

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