3 February 2013 5:30 PM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Fast, fun and featuring The Flaming Lips, this Hyundai Super Bowl commercial has been one of the more controversial in this year's ad lineup, at least among fans of the band. Though some media mavens have praised the Hyundai clip, several netizens have taken to Twitter to lament the band's descent into the uber-mainstream:
nothing encapsulates America today more than the Flaming Lips doing a Hyundai commercial.
— Morgan Murphy (@morgan_murphy) February 3, 2013 Sketchers running
Wayne Coyne selling out to Hyundai is the worst thing the Flaming Lips have done since every Flaming Lips show I have ever gone to.
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) February 3, 2013
"And this is the saddest day in American History" - Every Flaming Lips fan right now #superbowl
— Jamie Kilstein (@jamiekilstein) February 3, 2013
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