The backlash over the Maroon 5 video comes three months after Robin Thicke's "Paula" triggered similar outrage.
WARNING: The following video contains images of a violent and sexual nature On mobile? Read some Twitter reaction here, here and here While some fans labelled the video "disgusting" and "appalling" and called for it to be pulled from rotation, others defended Maroon 5's use of graphic and sexually violent images as artistic expression. The sentiment was echoed by fans who took to Twitter to express their outrage. "The trivialization of these serious crimes, like stalking, should have no place in the entertainment industry." "No one should ever confuse the criminal act of stalking with romance," said Katherine Hull Fliflet, RAINN's vice-president of communications in a statement to CBC News on Friday. anti-sexual violence organization, slammed the video, calling it "a dangerous depiction of a stalker's fantasy." The Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), a U.S. The twisted cat and mouse theme is clear when the chorus hits and a blood-covered Levine begins fondling animal carcasses in a meat locker while singing "Maybe you think that you can hide/I can smell your scent from miles." He sings "Baby, I'm preying on you tonight/Hunt you down eat you alive/Just like animals," while stalking a young woman (played by his real-life wife Behati Prinsloo).
The video released Monday features Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine as an obsessed butcher. Maroon 5's new "Animals" video is being blasted by a sexual assault support group for trivializing serious crimes against women.