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Title: M.I.A. embarks on a refugee's journey in her new 'Borders' video
Post by: mauza on November 27, 2015, 05:51:18 PM
 :loose2when: :loose2when: :loose2when:

QuoteM.I.A. released new single "Borders" last week, and she's followed up the song's availability with a self-directed video that tackles Europe's refugee crisis head-on. She performs in front of snaking lines of refugees made to climb wire fences and sail crammed together on tiny, crowded boats; at one point, she stands in front of a group of men made to spell out "life" with their positions on a fence. The song's lyrics are simple and cyclical, but they're making the same point. "Borders - what's up with that," she asks. "Identities - what's up with that? / Your privilege - what's up with that?" When combined with the video's striking imagery, the questions are particularly pointed.

"Borders" is going to be included in M.I.A.'s forthcoming fifth studio album Matahdatah, the follow-up to 2013's lukewarm Matangi. The album's also going to include "Swords," a recent track released as part of the July audiovisual experiment "Matahdatah Scroll 01 Broader Than a Border." It doesn't have a confirmed release date yet. "I want to dedicate this video to my uncle Bala, my icon and role model," M.I.A. wrote in a tweet posted this morning. "One of the first Tamil migrants to come to the UK in the '60s who went [on] to inspire so many people as a creative, daring man... Thank you for helping my family come to England and taking us out of Sri Lanka and saving us."

http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/27/9807064/mia-borders-music-video-matahdatah-album-refugee-crisis

(http://redmp3.cc/cover/3090598-460x460/borders.jpg)

https://twitter.com/MIAuniverse/status/669193221755523072

Omg the lyrics are so powerful, I love it! :stressed:

Title: Re: M.I.A. embarks on a refugee's journey in her new 'Borders' video
Post by: SUPREME on November 27, 2015, 05:57:15 PM
Don't really like the song but I'm excited she's back
Title: Re: M.I.A. embarks on a refugee's journey in her new 'Borders' video
Post by: AIDS! on November 27, 2015, 05:59:37 PM
Oh wown
Title: Re: M.I.A. embarks on a refugee's journey in her new 'Borders' video
Post by: Admin on November 27, 2015, 06:01:05 PM
I like Maya, but she seems sooo invested in making a political statement while the music is just shit. That last album was a mess. And this sounds like a rehash from MaFLOPgi.
Title: Re: M.I.A. embarks on a refugee's journey in her new 'Borders' video
Post by: mauza on November 27, 2015, 06:02:36 PM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CU09GzAXIAAsKNz.jpg)
Title: Re: M.I.A. embarks on a refugee's journey in her new 'Borders' video
Post by: mauza on November 27, 2015, 06:05:35 PM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUlzsIJWsAEuPq7.jpg:large)

:stressed:
Title: Re: M.I.A. embarks on a refugee's journey in her new 'Borders' video
Post by: yekim on November 27, 2015, 06:46:30 PM
M.I.A.>

and I don't get the matangi hate. it slayed

sexodus
bad girlz
double bubble trouble
YALA
bring the fucking noize
know it aint right
>>>>>>>>>>
Title: Re: M.I.A. embarks on a refugee's journey in her new 'Borders' video
Post by: yekim on November 27, 2015, 06:49:00 PM
but I don't luv this song

her visuals tho>
Title: Re: M.I.A. embarks on a refugee's journey in her new 'Borders' video
Post by: FINE. on November 27, 2015, 06:51:25 PM
I liked her last album. "Bring The Noize" >
And the video was sick.
Title: Re: M.I.A. embarks on a refugee's journey in her new 'Borders' video
Post by: yekim on November 27, 2015, 06:58:18 PM
Quote from: FINE. on November 27, 2015, 06:51:25 PM
I liked her last album. "Bring The Noize" >
And the video was sick.

it might just be my fave MIA song and vid ev' tbh
Title: Re: M.I.A. embarks on a refugee's journey in her new 'Borders' video
Post by: FINE. on November 27, 2015, 07:43:25 PM
Matangi went off I'm sorry

"Warriors" >

All these bops
Title: Re: M.I.A. embarks on a refugee's journey in her new 'Borders' video
Post by: Annie on December 02, 2015, 08:27:01 PM
best vid this year
Title: Re: M.I.A. embarks on a refugee's journey in her new 'Borders' video
Post by: Miranda on December 02, 2015, 08:28:20 PM
OMG I can write my thesis about this instead of Matangi now.

:stressed: Thanks for sharing.