Here’s the 100 dollar budgeted video for “Space Odyssey,” a recent leak off M.I.A.’s to-be-titled upcoming LP set for a summer release. The track according to Fader’s investigation is a protest song against The New York Times who apparently printed a controversial travel suggestion that Sri Lanka is the best destination for vacation 2010. Peep the video and the statement by M.I.A.’s publicist below. Thanks to Fader.
“It is called ‘Space Odyssey” produced by Rusko and M.I.A. The song and video were made Monday night for $100, after the New York Times, as she says: “fucked up so hard.” Check her tweets – she obviously finds it reckless and ignorant of the paper to not even scratch their own walls on what is reality in Sri Lanka.”