MIA maybe more famous for stealing headlines than shows (recent video for Born Free sparked mass controversy, first praised, then villified and banned from YouTube), but with a new album, focus and determined approach the elder lady of electro has bagged the cover of Nylon magazine.
A section soundtrack favourite since her first single Galang in 2004, and her first album Arular in 2005, hear tunes from her third and latest /\/\/\Y/\ after the jump...
The Sri Lanka born, West London raised filmmaker-turned-musician-and-activist is never of spouting opinions, and this latest conversation, with Nylon journalist Luke Crissell, is every bit as honest and out there as you'd expect.
From her disappointment with St Martins, to her US immigration problems, via social media brainwashing and drill sound effects, Mathangi 'Maya' Arulpragasamer makes a fascinating read - far more stimulating than recent Hollywood-lite stars the mag has featured.
Here's a little extract...
On being cautious on the Internet:
"Anybody who is called the government is right. And anybody who isn't called the government is not right... And you know, all governments are connected to Google, and all governments can shift their search engines so only what they want you to see comes up... I want kids to be aware of this digital circumstance... Everyone on the Internet is like, "Oh my God, come and join Facebook!" They're all so optimistic... and really, everyone is fucking you up behind the screens. And I don't like that. It makes it difficult for me to interact with my fans knowing that. Google and Facebook were developed by the CIA, and when you're on there, you have to know that."
Her film school interview (i.e. St Martins, University of The Arts, London):
"I said, 'If you don't accept me, you're going to change my life completely, because I'm going to go outside and get on the bus and I'll be a crackhead prostitute and go to jail. And three years from now, I'll come out of jail and make the best film."
Read more on nylonmag.com...
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