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Blurred Lines" is a song by American singer-songwriters Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams and rapper T.I., produced by Williams. It was released on March 26, 2013, through Williams's label Star Trak Recordingsas the lead single from Thicke's album Blurred Lines.
Pharrell Williams says the controversy surrounding Blurred Lines made him realise some of his songs "catered" to a sexist culture.
The singer says at first he didn't understand why some people saw the lyrics as "rapey".
But he later realised that "there are men who use the same language when taking advantage of a woman".
Blurred Lines was criticised by some who claimed the lyrics referred to non-consensual sex.
The singer said he saw that some women really liked the song and would sing those type of lyrics all the time.
"So it's like 'What's rapey about that?'
"And then I realised that there are men who use that same language when taking advantage of a woman, and it doesn't matter that that's not my behaviour. Or the way I think about things.
"It just matters how it affects women. And I was like 'Got it. I get it. Cool'."
He added: "I realised that we live in a chauvinist culture in our country. I hadn't realised that. Didn't realise that some of my songs catered to that. So that blew my mind."
Blurred Lines spent five weeks at number one in the UK charts and Pharrell has previously defended its lyrics.