M.I.A : Can You Hear Me Now??

Musical thunderclap M.I.A. will release the follow-up album to 2007 smash Kala this summer.  Details are slim, but Baltimore producer Blaqstarr is deeply involved, and with track titles like "I Fight the Ones That Fight Me", the album is sure to be full of MIA's typical aggro-jamboree dance anthems.  One track, called "I'm Down Like Your Internet Connection", features actual Philipino Verizon Wireless workers singing the hook, which is bizarrely awesome.

Last week, M.I.A. posted this strange video on her Twitter page, which is rumored to be another new song called "Space Oddity". Check it out.

M.I.A's recent interview with Brian Hiatt of Rolling Stone after the jump.