Generally if a video is intended to be sexually provocative, it is less likely to be acceptable for YouTube.” Per YouTube guidelines: “Most nudity is not allowed, particularly if it is in a sexual context. Of course, my theory falls apart somewhat in the face of YouTube’s fairly stringent policies, which tend to frown upon such content. Basically, my thinking is, anything tagged “NSFW” is automatically more enticing than anything not tagged “NSFW,” and it’s not like bands today have to worry about some gatekeeping cable networks’s standards & practices department shutting them down, so why not just make every video “NSFW”? Foals, for instance, have released four videos from their new album, Holy Fire three of them have merited “NSFW” tags. I have a half-cocked theory - backed up by no statistical evidence - about the social media value of “NSFW” music videos. The uncensored video was banned by YouTube, but the YouTube-approved version still shows the ladies barely wearing anything.Ĭlick the link Here to watch the unrated version of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines". The unrated version of “Blurred Lines” featured models dancing and walking around naked, while being grabbed and checked out by Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and T.I. His name is strong and I suppose it has subconscious connotations.” “I like that it’s hard to see what’s going on behind the graphics and a bit awkward. The hashtag, which help the video become a social media success was a “pretty obvious idea” according to Martel. This would get some attention for the song and the artist.” “I love Helmut Newton and as I sat and thought about the ideas for what the girls could wear in the video, some images of his work came to mind. The veteran music video director said that the idea for the video was inspired by Helmut Newtown’s work to create a bold music video with the white background Thicke wanted. That said, I respect women who are watching out for negative images in pop culture and who find the nudity offensive, but I find meta and playful.”
The lyrics are ridiculous, the guys are silly as f***. “I directed the girls to look into the camera, this is very intentional and they do it most of the time they are in the power position. She added that the idea of the video forces the men to “feel playful and not at all like predators.” That’s what is fresh to me,” Martel said. “Look at Emily Ratajkowski’s performance it’s very, very funny and subtly ridiculing. The director said that she actually saw the women as the powerful figures in the video. Martel claims that the video was meant to be playful and taboo, but not degrading.
Video sharing giant YouTube even banned the explicit version, which you can watch below through VEVO. Billboard’s Hot 100 and UK’s Official Charts Company, it continues to attract widespread criticism from feminists. The video has been controversial since it was released and has been accused of being degrading to women and the lyrics of the music as “rapey.” Despite it becoming a worldwide hit and nabbing the no. Diane Martel said that she wanted to “deal with the misogynist, funny lyrics in a way where the girls were going to overpower the men,” according to UInterview. The director of Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” unrated video has come forward to defend the creative concept behind the explicit MV.