NEW M.I.A VIDEO (NSFW)

Brace yourself for another WTF? moment, dear readers.  M.I.A has released a video/mini-movie for her new track "Born Free".  As if the song wasn't a strong enough statement of revolt and angst, now director Romain Gavras has unleashed his own horrific visual interpretation.  It starts out like a scene from a Micheal Mann thriller, then offers a glimpse of comedy, before raging into a slightly hard-to-watch genocide of sorts.  This is video is EXTREMELY GRAPHIC AND VIOLENT, and NOT SAFE FOR WORK.  You've been warned.  If you are a ginger like me, please go watch the baseball game.

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.