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"Paper Planes" is a downtempo alternative hip hop and electro hop song with a duration of three minutes and 24 seconds. [18] [19] [20] The song takes a musical approach which incorporates elements of hip hop and African folk music. [21] "Paper Planes" follows what M.I.A. characterised as the "nu world" music style of Kala. [22]
On 8 February 2017, she released a new song, along with a music video, entitled "P.O.W.A", a previously unreleased song from her recording sessions for AIM. [ 160 ] [ 161 ] In 2018, Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. was released, a 90-minute documentary film chronicling M.I.A.'s rise to fame and political activism surrounding the Sri Lankan Civil War . [ 162 ]
Paper Planes, a 2015 film; Paper Plane, a DSiWare game found in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! Paper plane (cocktail), a cocktail named after the song by M.I.A. "Paper Airplane" , an episode of the American comedy television series The Office
The song was re-released on XL as the second official single from the album in September 2004, [38] and again in October 2005, under the title "Galang '05", with a remix by Serj Tankian. [12] The first official single, " Sunshowers ", was M.I.A.'s first on XL and was released on 5 July 2004. [ 39 ]
The song also references “two paper airplanes flying,” which appears to reference the paper airplane necklaces Styles and Swift wore throughout their time together. ‘Style’
The song, which appears on the film's soundtrack album, was released on M.I.A.'s own label N.E.E.T. and was nominated for Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards. [ 15 ] Her third album, Maya , was released in 2010 and reached the top 10 in numerous countries, remaining her highest-charting album both in the UK and the US.
A flight attendant revealed the secret meaning behind the airplane chime sounds you hear during a flight.
The second single, "The Leaving Song Pt. II" charted at No. 16 on the Alternative Songs chart, [ 28 ] No. 31 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, No. 27 in Australia, and No. 43 in the UK. The third and final single, "Silver and Cold" reached No. 7 on the Alternative Songs chart [ 28 ] and No. 39 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.