Pharrell: Blurred Lines was 'misconstrued'

Pharrell: Blurred Lines was &#039;misconstrued&#039;

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last updated 8 January 2015

Pharrell Williams's second album, G I R L, will be released on Monday and received praise from Billboard for its "feminist" overtones and "ode to the creative" power of women. Which makes his participation in last year's much-discussed "Blurred Lines" all the more puzzling. In a new interview with Pitchfork, Pharrell clears up the confusion by clarifying Robin Thicke's lyrics, which were criticized for their attitude towards women and sexual consent:

It was misconstrued. When you pull back and look at the entire song, the point is: She's a good girl, and even good girls want to do things, and that's where you have the blurred lines. She expresses it in dancing because she's a good girl. [Pitchfork]