Shes finally ready to talk about it.

The year 2013 was a strange moment of repose for pop music.

Taylor Swift was still in herRedera.

Justin Timberlake had just released Mirrors.

Macklemore was… a thing.

I was 28 and busy planning my wedding.

), which practically hopped off the airwaves and into my ears inner cavity when it debuted.

followed by a few slippery yawps and Robin Thickes falsetto.

The song felt like a ride, one that always left me breathless and eager to go again.

The band must have played it three times.

Im sure I asked for more.

The direction we were given is that we were untouchable.

You know, Every single guy in place wants you.

They would do anything to get you, yet youre not giving it up.

She and Ratajkowski had both recently posed nude for photographer Samuel Bayers12-foot triptychs.

And those jobs, they did pay the bills, she says.

I would say to my manager, I dont really want to get stuck in these naked roles.

It also forces the men to feel playful and not at all like predators…

I dont think the video is sexist.

I remember Diane shouting, like, Thats too sexy.

Dont be too sexy.

This is not the club, you know.

This is not a lap dance.

Theres parts where Im sitting on the stool and T.I.

is brushing my hair.

I felt like I was in the power position, even among all these superstar recording artists.

It was a really great feeling.

(Martel declined Bustles request for an interview.)

Blogger Lisa Huynhaskedher followers if theyd heard Robin Thickes new rape song.

Blurred Lines had gone from unassailable song of the summer to groan-inducing punchline.

I was like, OK, weve had enough, you know?

Like, stop force-feeding us this song, Evans says.

People did kind of get tired of it.

I instinctively moved away, looking back at Robin Thicke.

I didnt have any real power as the naked girl dancing around in his music video.

I was nothing more than the hired mannequin.

All the stuff with Emily and Robin there together, that was a closed set.

So they had no one else watching, she says.

But what I remember is that, toward the end of the shoot, Emily did leave very abruptly.

How do we shoot the rest of the video without her?

I was told that she had a flight to catch.

I certainly didnt want to be remembered only as the girl from Blurred Lines, Evans says.

It did become something I didnt want to talk about.

Still, few bring up her appearances in not one but twovideos for BeyoncesLemonadealbum later that same year.

Robin Thicke and Pharrell and T.I.

are big in the industry, but theyre not on Beyonces level.

I mean, Robin Thicke is not even close.

Like its a completely different category.

Anyway, shes no longer a 20-something model seeking her big break in Hollywood.

My life has completely changed.

Im a wife now.

Im a mom now, and thats my main focus.

Still, shes buoyed by the change shes seen from afar.

I think its amazing.

When Evansmarried Muse frontmanMatt Bellamy in 2019, she had her own list of requests.

I remember specifically telling the DJ, Dont play the Cha Cha Slide.

Dont play the Wobble.

And dont play Blurred Lines, she says.