Pharrell i stort interview: Jeg har ændret mening om 'Blurred Lines'
Producer-stjernen taler om nye perspektiver
Pharrell Williams, super-producer, modemogul, rapper, og back in the days frontmand i N.E.R.D, har gennemgået mange forvandlinger gennem tiden, og nu er han at finde på forsiden af GQ's nye magasin 'The New Masculinity Issue'.
Hele magasinet er dedikeret, til at tale om begrebet maskulinitet, og i den forbindelse har GQ skudt et fotoshoot med Pharrell, i nogle ret så 'genderfluid' outfits, det er måske interessant nok, set fra et par modebriller, men interviewet i særdeleshed, har nogle interessante elementer.
I 2013 lavede Pharrell megahittet Blurred Lines, sammen med Robin Thicke. (Nummeret der samtidig katapulterede Emily Ratajkowski ud på alles nethinder.)
Nummeret blev et kæmpe hit, men senere har det været genstand for flere problematikker, blandt andet en copyright sag fra Marvin Gayes familie, og senest: MeToo-klandringer, om at teksten er voldtægtsagtig.
"I hate these blurred lines
I know you want it
I know you want it
I know you want it
But you're a good girl
The way you grab me
Must wanna get nasty"
Teksten er nok hvad man gør det til, men i interviewet med GQ fortæller Pharrell, at det faktisk var Blurred Lines, der fik ham på nye tanker, omkring snakken om 'ny maskulinitet'.
"I think “Blurred Lines” opened me up. I didn't get it at first. Because 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. So when there started to be an issue with it, lyrically, I was, like, What are you talking about?"
Pharrell fortsætter med at fortælle, at han oplevede at mange (både kvinder og mænd) elskede energien i sangen, og at kvinder jo synger sådan noget som "I know you want it" rigtig ofte, så hvad kunne der være galt med det?
"Then I realized 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 behavior. Or the way I think about things. It just matters how it affects women. And I was like, Got it. I get it. Cool. My mind opened up to what was actually being said in the song and how it could make someone feel. Even though it wasn't the majority, it didn't matter. I cared what they were feeling too. I realized that we live in a chauvinist culture in our country. Hadn't realized that. Didn't realize that some of my songs catered to that. So that blew my mind."
Du kan læse hele Pharrell-interviewet på GQ.
