M.I.A. teases upcoming new single ‘Widespread’

M.I.A. has shared a snippet of a brand new single referred to as ‘Widespread’ – take a look at the submit under.

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The English-Sri Lankan musician posted the clip of the track on her official Instagram web page yesterday (August 10). Within the caption, she wrote: “MIA IS DEAD AF, THE FUTURE IS HERE ITS MAI BITCHES [sic].”

M.I.A. tagged Diplo within the video, including within the feedback part: “This isn't me i might by no means make a track with Diplo. I’m engaged on a Christian LP rn.” The producer, in the meantime, added a sequence of fireside emojis beneath the visuals.

Later, M.I.A. shared one other ‘Widespread’ teaser on-line. That add included the message: “M.I.A. is irrelevant … She’s received an expiry date … I'm M.A.I. … I'm techno humanoid. I’m eternally.”

‘Widespread’ will arrive tomorrow (August 12) – see the announcement under, and pre-save/pre-add the track here.

M.I.A. returned again in Might with the one ‘The One’ and confirmed her first album in six years, ‘MATA’, which serves because the follow-up to 2016’s ‘AIM’. The file will arrive by way of Island, who she’s inked a brand new world take care of. A launch date shouldn't be but recognized.

Chatting with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, the singer defined of her subsequent full-length effort: “I believe there’s a little bit of a battle on the file. That there's a little bit of a conflict, however the conflict is like your ego and spirituality. These are the clashes. As a result of as a musician, you want some ego, in any other case you possibly can’t do it.”

This summer time has seen M.I.A. carry out at numerous European festivals, together with Primavera Sound, NOS Alive and Bilbao BBK Reside.