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2 | [[caption-width-right:300:He knows you want it...]] |
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4 | Robin Alan Thicke (born March 10, 1977) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actor. He is the son of Canadian actor Creator/AlanThicke and American singer and actress Gloria Loring. |
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6 | He got his start in the music industry as a songwriter, working with the likes of Music/LilWayne and Music/{{Usher}}, among others. In 2002, he released his debut single, "When I Get You Alone", and a year later, his first album, ''A Beautiful World''. Although it and his following albums were successful, he remained obscure. |
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8 | Things changed in 2013 when he released "Blurred Lines", the lead single to his sixth album of the same name. The song became one of the best-selling singles in history, while its music video quickly went viral, amidst considerable controversy for its content. This culminated in an infamous performance at the [=2013 VMAs=] with Music/MileyCyrus. The song gained further controversy when the family and estate of the late Music/MarvinGaye and music publisher Bridgeport Music successfully sued Thicke and co-writer/co-performer Music/PharrellWilliams for copyright infringement towards Gaye's 1977 song "Got to Give It Up", which led to Gaye's family earning US$7.4 million (though later lowered to US$5.3 million) in damages and Gaye receiving a songwriting credit. |
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10 | Since 2019, Thicke has been one of the judges and permanent panelists on ''Series/TheMaskedSinger''. |
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12 | !!Discography: |
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14 | * ''A Beautiful World'' (2003) |
15 | * ''The Evolution of Robin Thicke'' (2006) |
16 | * ''Something Else'' (2008) |
17 | * ''Sex Therapy: The Session'' (2009) |
18 | * ''Love After War'' (2011) |
19 | * ''Blurred Lines'' (2013) |
20 | * ''Paula'' (2014) |
21 | * ''On Earth, and in Heaven'' (2021) |
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23 | !!I hate these blurred tropes!: |
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25 | * AdamWesting: In his 2016 appearance on ''Series/TheRealHusbandsOfHollywood'', he [[Main/SelfDeprecation parodies]] the troubles his career went through in 2014. |
26 | * BiggerIsBetterInBed: The unrated version of the music video of "Blurred Lines" features the words "Robin Thicke has a big dick" made from balloons. |
27 | * DarkerAndEdgier: Unlike the video of "Blurred Lines" from 2013, his music video for "Get Her Back" from 2014 is nothing but mean text messages from his ex-wife, flashing images of Thicke crying, screaming, beating himself & drowning in water and [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/11efa6b8ad55677b1d136cba667bbfca/tumblr_n7qs1oaGTp1r61gyjo1_500.png this]]. |
28 | * {{Fanservice}}: The video of "Blurred Lines", featuring nude (or scantily clad in the censored version) models. |
29 | * IntercourseWithYou: "Blurred Lines". It couldn't be any more blatant, at least on the uncensored version ("I got something that will split your ass in two!"). |
30 | * LooksLikeJesus: Had this sort of look in his earlier days with his shoulder-length hair paired with his facial hair as shown [[https://i.huffpost.com/gen/1560127/thumbs/o-ROBIN-THICKE-570.jpg in this picture]]. |
31 | * SingingVoiceDissonance: Has a fairly deep speaking voice, but does most of his singing in a very high register. |
32 | * StalkerWithACrush: His 2014 album, ''Paula'' is this. |
33 | * ThreeMinutesOfWrithing: The "Blurred Lines" video features Robin, Music/{{TI}}, and [[Music/PharrellWilliams Pharrell]] dancing with nude/scantily clad female models. |
34 | * AWildRapperAppears: Music/{{TI}} in "Blurred Lines", Music/KendrickLamar and Music/TwoChainz in "Give It 2 U", and Music/NickiMinaj in "Back Together". |
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36 | ''Everybody get up!'' (Woo!) |
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