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TORONTO — Singer Lido Pimienta ripped into organizers of the Polaris Music Prize with an expletive-laden tirade over sound troubles with her performance as she accepted this year’s best album recognition.

“All of my … monitors were off,” the Colombian-born musician shouted into the microphone at the end of the show, which was webcast by the CBC. Earlier she performed two songs live.

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“I could not hear myself when I was up here. I’m (expletive) pissed off. Thank you though, mother (expletive).”

The explosive finale capped off a Polaris show full of surprises on Monday night, including an unsettling performance of Nirvana’s “Rape Me” by nominee Tanya Tagaq and another round of sound problems for rock band Weaves.

But it was Pimienta — the winner of the $50,000 Polaris prize — who shook everything up and appeared to leave an audience of mostly industry professionals either stunned or cheering over her candid frustrations.