Emily Ratajkowski appeared in the music video for "Blurred Lines" in 2013.
Blurred Lines . It became Thicke 's first , T.I. 's fourth , and Pharrell 's third number-one single in the US , where it was also the longest running number one single of 2013 . Emily Ratajkowski . Born to American parents in London and raised primarily in California , she rose to prominence in 2013 after appearing in the music video for Robin Thicke 's `` Blurred Lines '' , which became the number one song of the year in several countries and attracted controversy over its purportedly sexist content . , which led to her being asked to appear in two music videos -- `` Blurred Lines '' and Maroon 5 's `` Love Somebody '' .