February 11, 2017 | Arts / Entertainment

YouTube pulls Brendan MacLean's porn-inspired music video

Brendan Maclean "House of Air"Australian singer Brendan Maclean did not expect his new video to last long on YouTube, so when the very NSFW music video "House of Air" was pulled, he wasn't overly upset.
 
The video explores the kinky side of gay sex, from watersports to bondage to scat (ick!). Maclean insisted it was an art project of sorts, though he admitted the content was a clear violation of YouTube's terms of use.
 
That said, the video managed to remain on the streaming site for an impressive 10 days, getting over 700,000 views. The same video lasted less than a day on Facebook.
 
"We put it on YouTube as a joke," he explained. "We had bets on when it would be pulled down -- nobody won."
 
He stood by his argument that this was an art piece and not a PR stunt. (Yeah, right.). "This was never a 'marketable' idea, but it was an original one that I cared about," he said. "Was it for everyone? Absolutely not. Has it been the most success I've had with anything ever? Absolutely. You spend a lot of time as an independent musician worrying about how to appease the vanilla masses; it's why I called my record ... funbang1. This whole project has been about looking at topics, sounds and visuals that kind of just entertained me. What a surprise that the advice about not trying to please everybody has been true this entire time, I just had to believe it."
 
But with the success of the video, there was a down side. Maclean said he received death threats and a heaping helping of bigotry and abuse.
 
"House of Air" Brendan Maclean
 
"I knew people would be 'grossed out' by some scenes but to see this white hot fury, the homophobia, the anti-semitism -- none of us are Jewish anyway, but that's the alt-right for you -- and such kind of shook us all. Some days I just burst into tears, particularly when gay artists said I'd let down the community. I see now that people were mad that we displayed kink and fetish in a joyful manner. For something so pornographic it's quite happy, just like the song, and that seems to infuriate people. 'How dare you not apologize for showing sex! You should be ashamed!' And now I just smile and think, cool, that's your own issue, not mine."
 
You can read more about his thoughts on the controversy at The Hollywood Reporter. You can also check out the video here!

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