It does not seem like it has been a month since boy band One Direction dropped their new single “Steal My Girl” but it seems fans have not been able to stop talking about it.

The song does not have the rock sound of 2013’s “Best Song Ever” but it is definitely going in the musical direction the band has been saying it has wanted to go for a few years now while keeping the lyrics the band is known for.

If the hype had died down any, it kicked back in on Friday when the band released the eagerly anticipated music video.

The video shows the band meeting the “best director,” Danny Devito. He makes each member a different expression before showing them in their individual parts, bringing everyone in the video together at the end.

It is a very random video. The situations the band are put in for their expressions have nothing to do with the actual expressions they have been “assigned” by Devito, bringing together animals, sumo wrestlers, ballerinas, and an African tribe.

Many different critics and magazines said the video was racist, particularly the part with Niall Horan dancing with an African tribe.

Horan is wearing traditional tribal clothing and performing Western dance moves in the middle of a huge group of tribal men. A critic for Yahoo thought that while the men are performing the moves just fine, Horan is “mocking them with his ‘white guy’ moves, ignorantly unable to learn or take part.”

Also, The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wrote a letter to the band, saying their use of chimpanzees in the video for entertainment was not ethical.

While the music video may be bizarre and perhaps a little racist, the song is definitely a hit that will serve as a great opening track on their new album. The band’s new album, “Four,” is available on Nov. 19 and is now available for preorder on iTunes.

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