You might have thought that Robin Thicke, the man responsible for one of the biggest selling and most successful singles of last year, wouldn't have much to worry about when it came to releasing his new album. But, perhaps owing to the disastrous reviews, or the fact that Thicke comes off as a bit of a creep, his new album Paula has shifted just 530 copies so far in the UK.
This is good enough to secure the lucrative #200 spot in the album charts, some 150 or so places below albums like Bob Marley's 'Legend', a record released thirty years ago.
What's the reason for this overwhelming display of ambivalence towards Robin? Well, in spite of its catchiness, his 'Blurred Lines' song drew a litany of criticism in the singer's direction when people began to actually listen to the lyrics that he had written and realised that they sort of call into question his sexual ethics. Queen's University even banned the song from their campus.
Robin Thicke apparently released Paula in an attempt to win back his wife of the same name, but how would you feel if your estranged husband released an album in your honour - only for it to go down as being one of the biggest failures of the year?
Better luck next time, Robin.
(via heatworld)
