Producer/DJ Diplo has been a big part of M.I.A.’s music from the get go and with the release of the visual artist’s third upcoming studio album, Diplo is behind-the-scenes once again. MTV caught up with Diplo at South by Southwest (SXSW) where he described the album:

“[The album] is cool. I think that she’s just wrapping up the mixing and stuff. I was in New York on Thursday, before I came here, I was mixing down the last single for it,” Dip explained. “It’s a record I did for her that’s sort of … you can’t even [explain] what it would sound like. It’s sort of like an Animal Collective/ gospel/ giant-drum record. And she’s singing on it. I think you might expect some rap/club music, but nothing on there. It’s more of a heavy record. All kinds of different sounds. We did, like, a punk thing. … It’s weird.” [SOURCE]

Kill this pain of ours because July is too far ‘way, release the music…