Ice Spice has shared a new single, “Baddie Baddie.” The rousing track was produced by the rapper’s longtime collaborator RiotUSA and samples M.I.A.’s 2012 hit “Bad Girls.” The song is Ice Spice’s first solo release since she dropped Y2K!:I’m Just A Girl (Deluxe)last December. The album added five new songs …
Read More »M.I.A. Looks to the Past While Trying to Wiggle Her Way Into the Moment on 'MATA'
As a progenitor of digital DIY art and the genre-melding noise pop that preceded the likes of Death Grips and 100 gecs, M.I.A. has made a seemingly full-circle return with MATA. Her sixth studio album grasps for the past and, in other ways, wiggles right back into the zeitgeist. In …
Read More »M.I.A. Has More Unfounded Doubts About the Safety of Covid-19 Vaccines
Hours after her infamous Alex Jones/vaccine skepticism tweet, M.I.A. shared some additional unfounded thoughts about the efficacy and safety of the Covid-19 vaccine in an interview with The Guardian. M.I.A. — whose comments come alongside the arrival of her new album, Mata, today, Oct. 14 — reportedly tied her vaccine …
Read More »M.I.A. Equates Alex Jones Lying About Massacred Children to 'Celebrities Pushing Vaccines'
M.I.A. has decided to compare a conspiracy theorist lying about the massacre of innocent children to promoting the Covid vaccine. On Wednesday, after a jury decided that Alex Jones will have to pay the families of the children who died at Sandy Hook Elementary School nearly $1 billion in damages …
Read More »M.I.A. Celebrates Finally Securing 'Mata' Album Release Date With New Single 'Beep'
M.I.A. is giving herself her own flowers on her latest single, “Beep,” set to appear on her sixth studio album Mata. Hours after releasing the track, M.I.A. finally announced the launch date for Mata, Oct. 14. “Beep” is a self-celebration that reflects on the musician’s decades-long career. “Went from tryna …
Read More »A Creepy Robot Doll Auditions to Replace M.I.A. in 'Popular' Video
A robot by the name of M.A.I. took over the Instagram page of musician M.I.A. over the last week. Her message was simple: “M.I.A. is irrelevant. She’s got an expiry date… I am techno humanoid. I’m forever.” Now, audiences are finally introduced to the singer’s replacement through her audition video …
Read More »RS Charts: Travis Scott's 'Franchise' Debuts at Number One
Travis Scott‘s “Franchise” debuted at Number One on the latest Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart, ending the multi-week reign of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s “WAP.” Scott’s low-slung collaboration with Young Thug and M.I.A. earned 15.5 million streams and nearly 36,000 downloads. While “WAP” still out-streamed “Franchise,” Scott’s …
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