M.I.A. Says New Video Won’t Be Released Due to "Cultural Appropriation"
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M.I.A. has taken to Twitter to say that a planned music video is being prevented from release due to charges of “cultural appropriation.” “I’ve been told I can’t put out a video because it’s shot in Africa,” she wrote.
M.I.A. didn’t specify who was attempting to prevent the video from release, or what song it would be for. Earlier this month, she shared a demo for a new song called “Platforms”. The song, which was uploaded to her official Soundcloud, was subsequently removed.
I wanna talk about clutrural appropriation! I’ve been told I can’t put out a video because it’s shot in Africa. Discuss
— M.I.A (@MIAuniverse) May 18, 2015
What happens when I shoot videos in America or Germany it makes no sense to the 00.01% of artists like me.
— M.I.A (@MIAuniverse) May 18, 2015
The video is 1 take shot of a dancer ! The best in the wide world! And he wasn’t ever gonna make “_____got talent”
— M.I.A (@MIAuniverse) May 18, 2015
If the music industry allows an African artist to come through this year on intnl level, I would gladly give him this video for free.
— M.I.A (@MIAuniverse) May 18, 2015
Fingers crossed emoji Holding breath emoji
— M.I.A (@MIAuniverse) May 18, 2015
The video was shot in http://t.co/Zb1lRad8yq . Took me 2 years to locate him
— M.I.A (@MIAuniverse) May 18, 2015
Watch the video for “Bad Girls”:
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