Pharrell Williams has defended his
controversial 'Blurred Lines' video and despite accusations the song and
promo are misogynistic he insists he respects and loves women more than
most men.
The 40-year-old singer-and-producer collaborated with Robin
Thicke and rapper T.I last year on the worldwide smash hit 'Blurred
Lines' but the song's X-rated video - which featured naked women -
attracted criticism for being sexist and misogynistic.
Pharrell
refutes the accusations and insists he loves all women and believes they
will soon overtake men as the most powerful gender. Speaking about the
inspiration behind his new album, he said: ''My muse for it was women. I
love them ... because I know their importance.
If women wanted
to shut down this country, economically, they could just not go to work
and the UK would be finished. ''And there's going to be a huge shift ...
There will be a time when women get paid as much as men. There will be a
time when, like, 75 percent of our world leaders will be women.''
The
'Happy' hitmaker also compared the infamous 'Blurred Lines' video to
how naked women are depicted in works of art. Pharrell - who will
perform at the BRIT Awards in London on Wednesday night (18.02.14) -
told the latest issue London's Time Out magazine: ''Is it sexist when
you walk around in a museum and a lot of the statues have their boobs
out?
The women in that video weren't doing anything sexual: they
were only dancing. ''Just because they had their boobs out, that was
'sexist'. I didn't do anything sexually suggestive to any of those
women, I wouldn't allow it.''
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