Posts Tagged ‘/\/\ /\ Y /\’

Riot Girl Army of M.I.A.’s Shock and Awe Letterman

On the night of her album /\/\ /\ Y /\‘s release, M.I.A. brought along an army of similarly dressed riot girls to the Late Show set for a performance of the album’s first single Born Free. Of course, Ms. Arulpragasam took to her Twitter as a final run through of her last minute preparations before [...]

On /\/\ /\ Y /\ Maya Arulpragasam Lets @_M_I_A_ Take Over

The cover art of M.I.A.’s third album /\/\ /\ Y /\ displays a cascading series of Youtube controls piled up over an image of Ms. Arulpragasam in a Henry Holland / Jeremy Scott-esque hoodie against a black background as neatly stacked piles of MS Paint / Kid Pix-esque gold bullion spell out her name. Though [...]

Like A Rolling Grenade / All I Ever Wanted Was My Story To Be Told

Refuse to forget where you been: war zones, refugee camps, suburbia, but also art school and dance clubs

Fuck a Pharrell : M.I.A. Doesn’t Need No Super Producers

In a cover story for Billboard magazine, Ms. Arulpragasam talks about never bucking to industry trends and letting her bank account determine her collaborators. To Maya, creating a logical progression with her soon to be released third album /\/\ /\ Y /\, was much more important than another collaboration with Timbaland or a duet with [...]