Maroon 5: Animals
In case you missed it, the music video for "Animals" features real-life wedded couple Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo. The Maroon 5 frontman (and The Voice coach) plays a creepy butcher who becomes enamored with Prinsloo after she visits his butcher shop. He prints out multiple photos of her, watches her in the windows of her apartment and even follows her into her bedroom at night and out to a club with her friends.
In what seems to be a fantasy, Levine and Prinsloo eventually have sex while getting soaked in blood.
Enough to send chills down anyone's spine. And RAINN is unhappy with the triggering video.
According to Radio.com, the anti-sexual assault organization has condemned the music video and released the following statement:
“Maroon 5’s video for ‘Animals’ is a dangerous depiction of a stalker’s fantasy — and no one should ever confuse the criminal act of stalking with romance. The trivialization of these serious crimes, like stalking, should have no place in the entertainment industry. Survivors everywhere can get help 24/7 through the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1.800.656.HOPE and online.rainn.org."
Maroon 5 has not responded to RAINN's statement or the controversy surrounding "Animals."
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