In a ranting, all-cap post on her blog, M.I.A. claims MTV has "sabotaged" her video for "Paper Planes," scheduled to premiere on the network today.
The song's hook features four gun-shots, but the video has replaced those sounds with something more like a snare-drum.
How did M.I.A. find out about this tomfoolery? Through YouTube, of course.
"I MADE THE PAPER PLANES VIDEO," the rapper wrote on her MySpace blog. "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 ----UP MESS WITH DOUBLE-TRACKED ---- MESS."
This isn't the first time M.I.A. has run afoul of the Standards & Practices department at a network. In September, she performed the song live for "Late Show With David Letterman" with the gunshots similarly replaced.
By the way, speaking of sabotage, look for a couple of Beastie Boys in the "Paper Planes" video. Here's the unedited version, which M.I.A. posted on MySpace:
And here's that weird-sounding Letterman performance: