Nine minutes long, explicit, violent, graphic, politically-charged and directed by Romain Gavras (who directed Justice’s ‘Stress‘.) The tune samples Suicide’s ‘Ghost Rider’.
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
The video is pretty intense but it kinda takes away the emphasis of the music.
the music is kinda boring really
Mental! I hope our day will come.
This is visceral brilliance. M.I.A is always ten steps ahead of the pack. And the sample is ridiculous!
the edit of the song in the video definitely takes the emphasis off the song, but the actual album mix is quite savage. I can’t tell if this video is trying to generate controversy to sell her record, or if she’s trying to undermine her own fame by trying to make herself less accessible. (gingersplosions, sampling suicide, kinda ambient vocals)
Certainly underlines her criticism of lady gaga
ive yet to hear the track on its own ,i like the fact shes experimenting ,never a bad thing .
ive yet to hear the track on its own ,i like the fact shes experimenting ,never a bad thing .