Music
M.I.A has slammed MTV and US TV producers after they heavily edited the video for her latest single 'Paper Planes'.
The British rapper accused the music channel of censorship and claimed she felt "bullied" when the song was edited during a US talk show.
On her MySpace blog she said: "I made the 'Paper Planes' video. I made it how they wanted. No violence. Ambiguous. MTV-friendly.
"Now today, I check YouTube and see the leaked MTV 'Paper Planes' video up for the first time. I clicked on it and out comes this f**ked up mess with double-tracked bulls**t mess. Who the f**k is doing this to me?"
M.I.A added: "The video was sabotaged for whatever reason and I'm disappointed that MTV has had such a major role in this."
The artist also complained about US programme The Late Show With David Letterman for changing the way she sounded when she sang the track on the show. She said: "I was able to sound check for that show and they let me sound check fine, then on the actual taping my sound was sooo different from what I'd agreed.
"As soon as I opened my mouth, the difference blew me away. I felt I was getting bullied on national television, and I couldn't even reach out to my labels or my management to help, since they are new to what happens to an artist like me in mainstream American culture."
The British rapper accused the music channel of censorship and claimed she felt "bullied" when the song was edited during a US talk show.
On her MySpace blog she said: "I made the 'Paper Planes' video. I made it how they wanted. No violence. Ambiguous. MTV-friendly.
"Now today, I check YouTube and see the leaked MTV 'Paper Planes' video up for the first time. I clicked on it and out comes this f**ked up mess with double-tracked bulls**t mess. Who the f**k is doing this to me?"
M.I.A added: "The video was sabotaged for whatever reason and I'm disappointed that MTV has had such a major role in this."
The artist also complained about US programme The Late Show With David Letterman for changing the way she sounded when she sang the track on the show. She said: "I was able to sound check for that show and they let me sound check fine, then on the actual taping my sound was sooo different from what I'd agreed.
"As soon as I opened my mouth, the difference blew me away. I felt I was getting bullied on national television, and I couldn't even reach out to my labels or my management to help, since they are new to what happens to an artist like me in mainstream American culture."
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