Controversial music videos

Controversial Music video

Blurred lines by Robin Thicke is one of the most modern controversial music videos it was released in two different version the unrated version and the normal version. There was a huge scandal surrounding this music video as it was portrayed to glorify rape and encourage violent sex. The university of Edinburgh was the first to ban the blurred lines video as well as a large number of other universities. Although I personally believe that Thicke did not mean to encourage rape or violent sex , as he has said in many interviews it is aimed at his wife . On the other hand the music video was always going to cause some problems as it does include naked women and children's parents are not going to want their children to view this content, I believe that these parents are being quite naïve : due to the digital age and new technological advances children of a younger age are going to me open to this content throughout the entirety of the internet and it is only a matter of time before they come across something like this over the internet , which I do believe is quite sad that the internet can have this massive effect on peoples lives. Some people and fans may argue that Thicke was aiming towards making a political statement of women having to cover up and are looked down upon if they show too much skin , this ties in with the shots within the video itself. As in one of he shots it show the women in the video in see through clothing and underwear which suggests they are made to cover up but they shouldn't have to. My personal view on the reasoning behind this video is purely to cause a scandal and attention. As the video has got so much attention and has been banned in many different places it actually entices people into watching the video. In essence they want to know ' whats the big deal ' This obviously in turn makes more money for the artist and inevitably gets the artist and/or group more attention and therefore more profits.