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The backlash over the Maroon 5 video comes three months after Robin Thicke's "Paula" triggered similar outrage. On mobile? Watch Maroon 5's Animals video here.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." 'A dangerous depiction' Katherine Hull Fliflet, RAINN's vice-president of communications
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No one should ever confuse the criminal act of stalking with romance. 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). (adamlevine/Instagram)The video released Monday features Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine as an obsessed butcher. Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine posted this photo with his wife, Behati Prinsloo, on his Instagram in September.