In this week's issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday, the singer, 43, opens up about mending his once-contentious relationship with the actress, 45, over the past seven years for the benefit of their son Julian, Thicke and Patton first met as teens at an under hip-hop club in Los Angeles and wed in They were by each other's side when in , Thicke had his breakthrough moment with his Pharrell Williams and T.
It was a melting pot of trouble brewing, and I was so arrogant that I thought I could handle it all. After 21 years together and almost nine years of marriage, Patton filed for divorce in Alleging infidelity, physical abuse and drug use, Patton and Thicke battled in court over their son. Thicke has denied the cheating and abuse allegations. On his new album, Thicke sings about a boy growing into a good man. Fatherhood has fed my soul and brought me back. Currently building a new home, Thicke and Geary — who got engaged in — are looking forward to the day they can say "I do" safely after the pandemic.
For now, Thicke — who will again appear as a judge on the upcoming season of Fox's The Masked Singer — is relishing extra time with his family. I'm just so grateful. People Exclusive. Brianne Tracy. FB Tweet More. Robin Thicke is reintroducing himself. You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications.
I needed to regain my perspective and my positive intention of what my music was for — and what my life was for. And I think now, obviously, culture, society has moved into a completely different place. Thicke would experience more devastating loss in , when his home in Malibu, California, was destroyed by a wildfire. Then last May, his mentor, groundbreaking Uptown Records founder Andre Harrell, also passed away suddenly.
Of those songs, 97 are about "love," his "baby," or his "girl. The important point to note here is that Thicke writes his own music. We can discredit Thicke for being creepy, for all of his songs sounding the same, or even for his poor facial hair, but this is a point we have to grant him.
Very few artists are writing their music. Almost all stars use producers and writers to create demos and their sound. Robin Thicke, for better or for worse, is writing his own music, which is why we can — unlike other artists — read into the lyrics on his albums for insight into his personal life.
And if we look at Thicke's career, it's obvious that his songs were always about Paula, until "Blurred Lines. Thicke met Patton when he was It was , and the two met in an under club on the sunset strip in Los Angeles. They were still dating when Thicke released his first album, A Beautiful World, in From the beginning, Paula played a massive role in Thicke's work. She was the love of his life and his muse. She posed naked for the album cover.
From the beginning, Thicke's music centered on his life. His first album was riddled with love songs and references to their relationship. I feel such a fool when she calls I can't trust myself From the picket lines She's got my love, got my help Got my control Oh no Got my intentions known Got me aroused, and it shows.
It's a stereotypical love song until you look at it in the context of the rest of the album. All 14 songs on the album are about love and loving the woman you're with. The two were married in In "Lost Without U," Thicke is possessive.
His lyrics are demands. Patton plays his love interest in the video. Tell me how you love me more And how you think I'm sexy babe That you don't want nobody else You don't want this guy You don't want that guy. In retrospect, "Lost Without U" is maybe the most prescient song of Thicke's career. In the end, he really "can't help" himself.
And he did end up lost without Paula. The song is one of Thicke's most desperate, and in light of it, the tone and nature of Paula are hardly a surprise. Paula was Robin Thicke's everything. Or at least she was built up to be. We can't really know if Paula and Robin's relationship was as sensual, tumultuous, and mushy as the lyrics make it out to be.
But as a publicity trick, as a hook to hang his musical career on, his love life with Paula worked. The " wine and bubbly music " of Thicke's third studio album, Something Else , debuted at No. In , something changed. Thicke's fourth studio album Sex Therapy: The Session showed the first hints of the transition he would make with Blurred Lines.
The album, for one, is much more about sex than it is about love. Even Thicke wrote in the liner notes that the album showed his "guilty pleasures have been outweighing my good health. He's right.
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