If you haven’t heard already YouTube recently rejected the new promo video from Perfume Genius (for his upcoming album) deeming it as ‘non family safe’. Well Michael Stipe has stepped in to criticise the video platform saying: “I find their actions in doing so disgraceful and cowardly. YouTube, shame on you. You were born of the 21st Century, now act like it.”

Here’s the video on Vimeo: