Arular Turns 20

Don’t try to reconcile it. You can’t, and it ultimately doesn’t matter. M.I.A. was the most exciting young artist in the world two decades ago, and now she hangs out with Alex Jones and hawks clothes that are supposed to block 5G signals. It happens. There’s no natural law that says charismatic young radicals have to age into middle-aged reactionary cranks, and plenty avoid that fate, but it’s still a well-trod path. M.I.A. wasn’t the first great artist to get fucked-up and spun-a...

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