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Post by I'M ON ONE on Apr 30, 2010 14:35:30 GMT -5
The lead single from her untitled third album will be available on iTunes May 11.
“I just feel like ‘XXXO’—it is what it is,” she told Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1. “It’s kinda [about] being disconnected in L.A. and not having cell phone service or just not being able to kinda leave there for 18 months.”
While she does not appear in her controversial video for “Born Free,” which has been banned from YouTube, she will soon go in front of the lens to shoot the visuals for “XXXO” with famed director Hype Williams.
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Post by Chains on May 5, 2010 19:14:53 GMT -5
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Post by I'M ON ONE on May 10, 2010 16:46:33 GMT -5
Radio rip:
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Post by Q on May 10, 2010 16:52:59 GMT -5
Wow this is a hit. If she put a rapper on it, this would be huge.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on May 10, 2010 19:34:03 GMT -5
M.I.A. shows her true colors on the angry love letter “XXXO,” the first single from her as-yet-untitled third album, due July 6. The Brit laments about her overbearing boyfriend who’s “tweeting [her] like Tweety Bird on [his] iPhone” over the electro-pop production.
“You want me to be somebody who I’m really not,” the chorus repeats as M.I.A. gives him the cold shoulder. Ouch.
THIS IS HOTTTTT
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Post by Chains on May 10, 2010 19:57:44 GMT -5
Wow this is a hit. If she put a rapper on it, this would be huge. Kanye would be perfect, or Drake. |
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Post by Hallows on May 10, 2010 20:34:08 GMT -5
This track insane, I love it.
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Post by DaveZ35 on May 10, 2010 20:51:37 GMT -5
Sound hot and really different. I like it.
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Post by angeltimes on May 11, 2010 7:55:30 GMT -5
i like it better than anything else i have heard from her.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on May 11, 2010 18:22:22 GMT -5
I thought this was on iTunes today?
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Post by Someone Like You on May 11, 2010 18:51:07 GMT -5
I actually don't like this as much as I thought I would. It's not bad though.
It would sound good with a rapper somewhere. Definitely not Drake though.
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Post by zak on May 11, 2010 22:52:24 GMT -5
This is amazing. Up on iTunes
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Post by That Skipping Rope. on May 12, 2010 2:27:44 GMT -5
Song of the year.
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Post by -m- on May 12, 2010 9:38:44 GMT -5
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Post by Robert J on May 12, 2010 9:45:16 GMT -5
I honestly can't decide whether or not I like this. The opening verse is almost unlistenable, but once the chorus opens up it's more enjoyable...but I'm not sure if it's because I actually like it or if it's just less painful than the verse. The production is interesting, but again I'm not sure if I actually like it or if it's just interesting because it's different from everything else on radio.
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Post by angeltimes on May 12, 2010 10:09:28 GMT -5
Her voice is so horrible to listen to. Annoying
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Post by Chains on May 12, 2010 11:37:35 GMT -5
Her voice is so horrible to listen to. Annoying On the contrary, I think the mixing down of her songs has gotten better with time. If you listen to 'Arular', it was so glitchy and loud compared to "XXXO". There's actually depth and dimension to this song rather than the production that was on the first album, which sounds like it was produced on a Fisher Price keyboard. |
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Post by Grenade on May 12, 2010 12:53:08 GMT -5
I don't "get" her. This is alright, I guess.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2010 17:16:58 GMT -5
I loved both Arular and Kala. I can't stand this or Born Free.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on May 19, 2010 5:21:43 GMT -5
This is a lot more commercial sounding than I would have expected, but it doesn't do much for me as of now.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2010 12:17:36 GMT -5
I'm a huge M.I.A. fan. I loved Arular and especially Kala, and had the opportunity to interview her back in 2008 before she put on a relatively huge show (5,000 people) - especially considering that Paper Planes still hadn't gone to radio - for our public radio/college station in New Orleans. She was awesome.
I thought "Born Free" was alright, but this is really disappointing for a first official single, IMO. I'm all for her singing (my favorite tracks are the ones in which she sings), but not when the songwriting is so mediocre! She's such a clever lyricist, but these lyrics are pretty lame...not to mention that the melody is also pretty forgettable and verges on annoying.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on May 19, 2010 19:41:14 GMT -5
Did this even go to iTunes?
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Post by zak on May 19, 2010 23:01:46 GMT -5
Did this even go to iTunes? Yup. hasn't broken the top 100 though Its my most played song of the past couple of weeks |
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Post by I HATE LA REID on May 19, 2010 23:06:18 GMT -5
This is a lot more commercial sounding than I would have expected yet i like it a lot. I agree about the lyrics though..pretty lame for someone like her. |
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Post by Chains on May 20, 2010 7:56:18 GMT -5
I hate the fact that people think you're supposed to say something profound every time a song comes out. Have fun with the track and wait for the album.
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