The British Electro-/HipHop-Act M.I.A released a video of her new single “Born Free”. The French director Romain Gavras, who was also responsible for videos like Justice’s “Stress” or Simian Mobile Disco’s “I Believe” made a nine minute long clip in which a race against red-haired people takes place.
A special forces unit is fighting through dwellings, arresting red-haired children and young guys and shoot them or let them run over mine fields. M.I.A shows a dramatic and shocking picture of her political statement against racism.
Here is the clip (uncensored):
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The releasedate for her still untitled new album ist announced for june 28th.
Producer Diplo promised a few musical surprises – it should go into an entirely new direction . The fact that M.I.A is not afraid to clarify political statements, she already proved with her song “Paper Planes” for the movie “Slumdog Millionaire”, addressed to the poverty in the Third World.