Celeb News: "Miley Cyrus inspired Blurred Lines." - Pharrell

SlayMeQueen

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In the ongoing “Blurred Lines” trial, Pharrell Williams is now testifying that he was actually inspired by Miley Cyrus and Earl Sweatshirt, rather than Marvin Gaye. The Gaye family claims that the Robin Thicke song sounds too much like Marvin’s “Got To Give It Up,” but Pharrell told the court on Wednesday that he only modeled the song after “the feel” of the ’70s.

“I had Earl Sweatshirt in one room and Miley Cyrus in the other. I was doing a bunch of country-sounding music with Miley,” he said, according to The Hollywood Reporter, saying that bluegrass and “yodeling” were on his mind when we went to work on Thicke’s song. “It was like blending this country sound with this up-tempo groove.”

However, in previous media interviews, both Pharrell and Thicke said they fashioned the song after “Got To Give It Up.” Thicke has testified that he was drunk and high on Vicodin during the interviews. He also claims that, while he has songwriting credit for the track, he didn’t write it, and only took credit for the song because he didn’t want to accept that he didn’t come up with it himself. Pharrell corroborated this story. The song has made $16 million, according to figures presented in court. P has made $5.2 on the song, while Thicke has made $5.6 million.

Now that it’s on Pharrell, the super-producer is saying that he only tried to mimick the sound of an era: “I must’ve been channeling —” he paused — “that feeling, that late-’70s feeling. Sometimes when you look back on your past work, you see echoes of people. But that doesn’t mean that’s what you were doing.”

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/2096982/phar...e-miley-cyrus/

Not the queen of pop being the inspiration behind one of the biggest songs of the decade!

BadX

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Not the queen of pop being the inspiration behind one of the biggest songs of the decade!

which later blocked her own song from #1

J a y

He's TESTIFYING that he was inspired by Miley and not Marvin?!

BeyonceHatesMe

why tf is her tongue so big. wtf

SlayMeQueen

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Originally posted by BadX

which later blocked her own song from #1

Her impact on blocking her own sales!

Her follow-up was one of the biggest and most iconic songs/music videos of all time, so I think it was all worth it.

J a y

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However, in previous media interviews, both Pharrell and Thicke said they fashioned the song after “Got To Give It Up.” Thicke has testified that he was drunk and high on Vicodin during the interviews. He also claims that, while he has songwriting credit for the track, he didn’t write it, and only took credit for the song because he didn’t want to accept that he didn’t come up with it himself.

OMG, shut up. Is this real?!

He claims he was DRUNK during interviews when he and Pharrell mentioned Marvin Gaye's track.

Thicke took credit for the songwriting because he was TOO ASHAMED that he didn't come up with the lyrics himself?!

Thicke is so done. Pharrell needs to be quiet if he cares about his career. I'm embarrassed for them!

Romantica

Of course he was inspired by the queen

avi

queen inspiring the lessors.

Eglė

Robin's over. No money, no family, 72 in the middle of absolutely nowhere.

Miley looks so good in that picture, though. I miss the times when she used to be down-to-earth country-pop girl.

rac7d

iconicmiley

Queen of inspiring one of the biggest songs of this decade

MileyRayChrist

Queen

Rider

SlayMeQueen

Lose My Breath

The fact that it was one of the biggest songs ever and it only earned 16 million

KeirGrey

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Originally posted by Lose My Breath

The fact that it was one of the biggest songs ever and it only earned 16 million

Only? lol

Queen of inspiring people

bobbymfw

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Originally posted by Lose My Breath

The fact that it was one of the biggest songs ever and it only earned 16 million

It's one song, not one album. Your expectations are not to scale and inflated.

The song itself, promo and all, probably cost 3-4 million which means there was a huge return on investment.

Mezter

Legend M

Hey Gurl Hey

Queen Miley inspiring fradulent singles

I was just watching the We Can't Stop and Wrecking Ball videos and I miss ha. Come slay us Miley we are waiting

FreeBitch

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The fact that it was one of the biggest songs ever and it only earned 16 million

Girl BYE. 16 million is too much for 1 song + the royalty for the next 70 years