Robin Thicke divulged details about his split from his estranged wife, Paula Patton, this morning during an interview with Hot 97's Ebro In The Morning.
Fresh of the release of his seventh studio album, he explained why he dedicated it to winning her back.
"This album is what happens when you lose the love of your life and you try to figure out in your head like, 'How am I gonna move on?'" he said. "Because we weren't together anymore, I had so much that I still wanted to apologize for and take responsibility for and that's what the album is about."
Thicke's relationship with Patton started to get complicated after the success of his hit "Blurred Lines."
"Last year was really just kind of a blur in many ways, no pun intended," he said. "Everything happened so fast and you don't realize all the things that come with it. I changed and I got a little too selfish and a little too greedy and a little too full of myself. At this point in our relationship, the only reason we're not together is because of the choices I made."
Those choices ultimately broke up the nine-year marriage of the high-school sweethearts.
As for whether Patton has heard the album, Thicke said she has only heard a few songs but not the whole album.
"I don't think she wants to hear it right now," he admitted. "I can't speak for her, but I think space is an important part of any healing process."
Part of the healing process for Thicke, he said, has been writing and recording this album.
"I messed up and had to lie for a while and then I stopped lying and that was actually good for me because I was tired of lying," he said. "So this whole album is me revealing everything."
He also explained that he and Patton basically live separate lives since the split.
"I try to keep most of that private, but I haven't seen her for four months," he admitted. "And you know, we cool, she's the best girl in the world, a great mother and still a good friend. But I also want to wish her well and let her know that she's a great person and she deserves to have a good life."
He has learned a lot from the experience and it has made him reflect on the fact that he and Patton have shared a life since they were teenagers.
"When you lose your family, that'll slow you down," he said. "We're apart because we just couldn't be together anymore for a while. There's a hundred different reasons, there isn't just one. There's a long list."
He continued, "Sometimes if you've been together that long, you kinda because adults together instead of being adults then meeting. So maybe a year or two off, maybe we'll become our own people without each other and then it will be meant to be."
That's sort of the feel of the album. He knows he isn't going to get her back right now but hopes that one day they will be together again. For now, he says he is trying to get his life in order.
"My music is my therapy," he explained. "When I make these songs, and I listen back to them, they make me feel good about myself because at least I'm admitting my faults. I'm trying to become a better man and better person, better father. This album is dedicated to her, but half of it is about my problems and me getting certain things together so I can be the kind of man that I wanted to be."
Check out the full interview below (via MTV News), and let us know what you think in the comments section!
