So it’s like, ‘What’s rapey about that?'' And ‘I know you want it’ – women sing those kinds of lyrics all the time. 'So', he adds, 'when there started to be an issue with it, lyrically, I was, like, ‘What are you talking about? There are women who really like the song and connect to the energy that just gets you up’. on evolving masculinity, 'Blurred Lines,' and 'spiritual warfare' /rvewgRI07r And I would be like, wow – they would have me blushing'.

'There were older white women who, when that song came on, they would behave in some of the most surprising ways ever. 'I didn’t get it at first', he said, discussing the criticism of the 2013 song. It just took a lot of time and growth to get to that place. In a candid interview with GQ, Williams said: 'Some of my old songs, I would never write or sing today. The 46-year-old singer-songwriter has said he would 'never write or sing' some of his old material today and says the 2013 track, which was criticised by many who claimed the lyrics referred to non-consensual sex, 'opened me up'. Pharrell Williams has admitted the controversy surrounding his and Robin Thicke's track Blurred Lines made him realise some of his songs 'catered' to a sexist culture.

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