U2's idea to release an album for free certainly turned into quite the controversy.

As music listeners around the world know, the iconic Irish rock band released any early digital copy of their new album "Songs of Innocence" to all iTunes users for free in early September. However, many people felt the band and Apple had gone too far with the move, forcing the U2 songs onto into their iTunes libraries without consent.

In a Facebook chat with fans on Tuesday, the band's frontman Bono addressed the issue.    

"Can you please never release an album on iTunes that automatically downloads to peoples playlists ever again? It's really rude," wrote Harriet Madeline Jobson, a disgruntled recipient of "Songs of Innocence."

Surrounded by his bandmates, Bono apologized for the promotional act, explaining U2's reasoning behind it.

"Oops," said the musician. "I'm sorry about that. We had this beautiful idea-we got carried away with ourselves. Artists are prone to that kind of thing."

Bono then described the decision to release the album for free, calling the choice a "drop of megalomania, touch of generosity, dash of self-promotion and deep fear that these songs that we poured our life into over the last few years mightn't be heard."

"There's a lot of noise out there," he added, "I guess we got a little noisy ourselves to get through it. "

It's true that many individuals were furious about U2 uploading their 13^th studio album to their iTunes accounts for free. Musician Tyler the Creator tweeted about the release, writing, "WOW ITS KINDA SICK THAT THEY ARE ON PEOPLES PHONE OUT OF NO WHERE."

However, many of U2's fans are grateful to have been gifted the album.     

On Facebook, Joshua Schmidt wrote, "Thank you U2 for freely giving us the toils of your souls! I really appreciate your generosity. I must apologize for the actions of some of the other humans in our race, please forgive them as I think they may have forgotten what life is about: freely giving your love. It is evident to me that you do understand because most people don't go spend thousands upon thousands to make a record just to give it away for free. Once again, you are too far ahead of the rest of the planet."

Apple has since released a tool to allow its users to remove the album from their computers.

"Songs of Innocence" was officially released on Tuesday, Oct. 14 and can now be purchased for $9.99 on iTunes.