David Bowie’s ’The Next Day’ Returns To YouTube Following Ban - Watch Now
Thursday, 09 May 2013
Written by Elliott Batte
David Bowie’s brand new music video for ‘The Next Day’ has been reuploaded to YouTube, after the site deemed it inappropriate as it had ‘contravened’ their ‘terms of use’.
The super-selling superstar took the music world by storm earlier this year after returning with ‘The Next Day’, his first new album for 10 years. But, after releasing the video for it’s title track - the third single from the record - he created a different kind of storm, due to it’s controversial nature.
The video - directed by Floria Sigismondi - sees Bowie and actors such as Gary Oldman dressed as religious figures, with the singer appearing as a Jesus Christ type character. Considered to be a statement against the church, it also features a fair bit of graphic content, causing YouTube to pull it from their site.
But now, YouTube have reuploaded it, and claimed it was removed ‘mistakenly’. A spokesperson told Billboard:
“With the massive volume of videos on our site, sometimes we make the wrong call. When it's brought to our attention that a video has been removed mistakenly, we act quickly to reinstate it.”
You can check out the video below - let us know what you think of it and whether you agree that it’s overly controversial by leaving us a comment in the box underneath. Stick with Stereoboard for future David Bowie news, too - we’ll let you know if he ever decides to hit the road on tour!
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