No Doubt Pulls Controversial Music Video From YouTube

Over the weekend, the music video for No Doubt’s latest single, ‘Looking Hot’, hit YouTube. However, it didn’t stay up for long. Thanks to a Cowboys and Indians theme, many viewers pegged the video as racially insensitive and the band responded by taking the video down from their VEVO channel on YouTube.

Over the weekend, the music video for No Doubt’s latest single, ‘Looking Hot’, hit YouTube.  However, it didn’t stay up for long.  Thanks to a Cowboys and Indians theme, many viewers pegged the video as racially insensitive and the band responded by taking the video down from their VEVO channel on YouTube.

The video, which was uploaded to YouTube on Friday, featured the band dressed in Native American motif, including headdresses, tepees and smoke signals. 

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