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M.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

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

Omg the lyrics are so powerful, I love it!

[SUPREME]

Don't really like the song but I'm excited she's back

[AIDS!]

Oh wown

[Admin]

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.

[mauza]

[mauza]

[yekim]

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
>>>>>>>>>>

[yekim]

but I don't luv this song

her visuals tho>

[FINE.]

I liked her last album. "Bring The Noize" >
And the video was sick.

[yekim]

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

[FINE.]

Matangi went off I'm sorry

"Warriors" >

All these bops

[Annie]

best vid this year

[Miranda]

OMG I can write my thesis about this instead of Matangi now.

Thanks for sharing.