It was supposed to be creepy! I play the role of the creep, it's literally a character out of a movie. It was the last video I would have expected to receive any criticism on that front. The trivialisation of these serious crimes, like stalking, should have no place in the entertainment industry." Levine reacted to the controversy in a 2018 interview with The Independent, saying "That was fucking ridiculous. Jessica Valenti of The Guardian criticized the video for attempting to make violence against women seem "edgy" stating that "there is nothing 'alternative' about showing women being stalked, hunted, raped or killed because it’s something that happens every damn day." RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) released a statement condemning the video, which wrote that "No one should ever confuse the criminal act of stalking with romance. The music video was heavily panned by critics and has been condemned for dehumanizing women and glamorizing violence. The final scenes feature Levine and Prinsloo as obsessed lovers having sex-whilst disrobed and covered in real blood (referenced to Carrie (1976). After an erotic dream, Levine wakes up in a shock and returns to stalking Prinsloo by standing outside her apartment in the rain watching in a dazed state, leading to the similar opening. Eventually, Levine is left with no luck, so he goes back to fantasizing about the girl. Though Prinsloo is amused by Levine and his interest in her, she spends the evening talking to her girlfriends instead. One evening, Levine follows the woman into a nightclub, where he tries to talk to her. Intercut with this are scenes of a shirtless Levine dripping in fake blood, singing the song inside a meat locker and using animal carcasses for punching bags (referencing to the film Rocky (1976). He also watches the woman in her sleep and takes numerous photos of Prinsloo, which he later trims and places on wires around a dark room. After she leaves, an infatuated Levine begins to stalk the woman by following her in the streets and standing outside her apartment in the pouring rain to watch her. The video starts with a woman entering a slaughterhouse, where Levine's character works. Synopsis Ī scene from video what it presents a fantasy that features feature Levine and Prinsloo as obsessed lovers having sex whilst disrobed and covered in real blood. The story of the video is inspired by the film American Psycho (2000). The other musicians of Maroon 5 (including their touring member Sam Farrar, who appeared in a music video of the band for the very first time) also make an appearance - they are seen playing at a nightclub in some scenes of the video. Directed by Samuel Bayer, the video features Adam Levine and his wife, Behati Prinsloo who portrays the woman.
The music video was released on Septemon Vevo. Rolling Stone ranked "Animals" at number 32 on its year-end list of the 50 best songs of 2014. Lyrically, it describes a relationship Levine desperately wants to have with his love interest, with animal-related double entendres: "Baby, I'm preying on you tonight / Hunt you down, eat you alive / Just like animals, animals, like animals-make / Maybe you think that you can hide / I can smell your scent from miles / Just like animals, animals, like animals-mals." Critical reception "Animals" is written in the key of E minor with a tempo of 95 beats per minute, following an Em-D-C chord progression.
The commercial also appeared at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards on August 24, and the song was released the next day
Later, Maroon 5 released the song's lyric video on August 22, 2014, from their YouTube channel.
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For a limited time after the commercial premiered, "Animals" was available for free download on the Kia website only. To promote the song, Kia Motors debuted an advertisement of 2015 Kia Soul EV model on August 21, 2014.
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