Robin Thicke 'Blurred Lines,' Singer Talks New Album As 'Rape-y Lyrics' Allegations Fly

Apparently, all of the accusations lobbed against Robin Thicke's current no 1 single 'Blurred Lines' can't get the Canadian crooner down. He says his new album (also called Blurred Lines) will have a 'feel-good" vibe.

After his last album posted poor sales numbers, Thicke decided to call in some pop heavy-hitters for his new album.

"I realized, this time, I'm not going to do it all on my own. I'm going to hire some of the great hit-makers in the business and try to make some music everybody can enjoy instead of just my small fan base," the singer said in an interview with Radio.com.

While the singer has attracted a dedicated following with his self-released albums of slow, bedroom jams, prior to "Blurred Lines" his highest charting single on the U.S. pop charts was 2007's "Lost Without U" which landed at 14 (Both "Lost" and 2009's "Sex Therapy" topped the R&B charts).

The decision to bring in outside help has clearly paid off. The lead single "Blurred Lines" (which features Pharrell and T.I. is number 1 in the US,UK, Netherlands, France, Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland. It's holding down the number 2 spot in Denmark.

All this in spite of the fact that Robin Thicke's single has been accused of being 'rape-y.' 

Via a column from the Daily Beast:

'The subject [of the song] itself is enough to make some female music fans uncomfortable. The song is about how a girl wants crazy wild sex but doesn't say it - positing that age-old problem where men think no means yes into a catchy, hummable song.'

NPRu  Music editor Frannie Kelley (like much of the music-buying public) takes the opposite approach.

"I feel more like, more violated by people trying to tell me that that song and video is problematic than I do by that song and video. Honestly." 

What do you think? Are you excited for the rest of Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke? Do you think his lead single comes off as 'rape-y'?

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