M.I.A. Traumitizes Us (In A Good Way) With “Born Free” Mini-Movie
M.I.A. made a haunting, traumatic, violent and disturbingly beautiful nine-minute mini-movie for her single “Born Free” that could easily be viewed as a statement regarding other recent nine-minute mini-movie music videos that appear to glamorize violence. But we’ll let you be the judge of that. Watch the vid over at M.I.A.’s official site, but be forewarned—it’s incredibly NSFW, ... More »
Pitchfork — "It was a royal mess of all our good buds- Switch, John Hill, and Diplo plus Iggor Cavalera (1/2 Mixhell, ex-Sepultura)! All those dudes in a room, a generous sample of S... more info
Pop Crunch — Gaga hater M.I.A. will not be outdone by the likes of “Telephone.” The Sri Lankan rap star’s new NSFW “Born Free” short film — directed by Romain Gavras — f... more info
ContactMusic — M.I.A.'s hard-to-watch new video has been banned by YouTube.com due to its graphic violence and scenes featuring the killing of young boys.Romain Gavras' Born Free... more info
MVSW — M.I.A. ~ “Born Free”
I’m liking the new MIA track, with the heavier punk vibe. The video is nicely aggressive and abrasive on purpose. MIA’s upcoming and still u... more info
Pop Crunch — In a case of Erykah Badu Deja Vu, M.I.A.’s new video “Born Free” is so graphic its been pulled from YouTube. The Sri Lankan rap star’s nine-minute short film has... more info
E! Online —
M.I.A. is standing up for the rights of gingers everywhere. But the man keeps holding her down.
The Sri Lankan-born singer lashed out at her label, Universal Music G... more info
L.A. Times - Entertainment — With "Born Free," M.I.A. lets her growing cult of fans know that she has no intention of softening her message to court the mainstream.
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L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — M.I.A. protested in the all-caps mode she favors when the rattling, violent video for her brash new single "Born Free" was pulled from YouTube early Tuesday morning. Afte... more info
Perez Hilton — M.I.A, Born Free from ROMAIN-GAVRAS on Vimeo.
Intense!
Check out the disturbing, thought-provoking video for M.I.A.'s new single, Born Free!
It's a total departure from h... more info
Perez Hilton — M.I.A, Born Free from ROMAIN-GAVRAS on Vimeo.
Yesterday, we showed you M.I.A.'s disturbing, but thought provoking new video that had just hit the Internet.
We understand... more info
NME - The Video Blog — The internet is OMG-ing its collective head off right now over M.I.A.'s 'Born Free' video, which features explicit images of ginger people being rounded up and shot, and ... more info
MTV.com News — Site says the clip violates rules that 'prohibit content like pornography or gratuitous violence.'By James Montgomery
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VH1 News — M.I.A.'s "Born Free" video was pulled from YouTube. The site said the clip violates rules that "prohibit content like pornography or gratuitous violence." more info
the fakeRICH weblog!!! — I rarely just put up videos on the site for the sake of putting a video up but this is one of those rare cases when I absolutely had to
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Tastes Like Caramel — M.I.A. kicks the week off with the brand new music video for Born Free (which we posted last week.) Like the song itself the video is totally unexpected with an intense g... more info
M .I.A.'s "Born Free" video was unveiled Apr. 26 on her official website, but the video is not being posted YouTube due to its graphic violence, the singer said on Twitte... more info
MTV.com News — Clip, a statement on treatment of minorities, is 'unflinchingly, unapologetically real,' James Montgomery says.By James Montgomery
M.I.A.'s "Born Free" music video
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Nialler9 — Nine minutes long, explicit, violent, graphic, politically-charged and directed by Romain Gavras (who directed Justice’s ‘Stress‘.) The tune samples Suicide’s ‘... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — M.I.A. @ Outside Lands 2009 (more by Chris Graham) MIA's new record has a release date (June 29th), and she has summer shows coming up in L.A., Europe and New York (where... more info
Pitchfork —
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Wow. What a way to start the week. It's the video for M.I.A.'s new song "Born Free", viewable over on her website and embedded below via Vimeo ... more info
Stereogum — Before last week ended, M.I.A. dropped the Suicide-sampling “Born Free” on the internet, a track likely to appear on her forthcoming long-player. As this week begins,... more info
Pitchfork —
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It's an exciting day here at Pitchfork. We've turned our Twitter over to Maya Arulpragasam herself!
That's right, all day, M.I.A. will be... more info
I Guess I'm Floating — M.I.A. released a video for her new track "Born Free" that's rather violent and has a running time of nine minutes. Although it does a great job keeping you on the edge ... more info
Chorus.fm — Head to the replies to see *M.I.A.* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/mia)'s new video for "Born Free." Once again, the video is NSFW. more info
Radio Exile — I don’t know what to make of the new M.I.A. video, “Born Free”. We posted the track this morning over in our latest mixtape, but this is video is effing with my b... more info
The Playlist — It looks like Romain Gavras is following in the footsteps of the politically charged films like "Z" and "Missing" of his father Costa-Gavras. The actor and filmmaker is b... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — M.I.A. @ Outside Lands 2009 (more by Chris Graham) MIA's new record has a release date (June 29th), and she has summer shows coming up in L.A., Europe and New York (... more info
Dlisted —
Before you start watching M.I.A.'s Born Free video, you should know that it's filled with massive amounts of violence, old lady nipples, grown man fupa, hip... more info
Silent Uproar — According to Rap-Up, a blimp flew over Jay-Z's set at Coachella reporting the new M.I.A. album drops on June 29th (which was later confirmed). Watch the video for "Born F... more info
Idolator — M.I.A. made a haunting, traumatic, violent and disturbingly beautiful nine-minute mini-movie for her single “Born Free” that could easily be viewed as a stateme... more info
Pitchfork - Forkcast — Wow. What a way to start the week. It's the video for M.I.A.'s new song "Born Free", viewable over on her website and embedded below via Vimeo (it has been removed fr... more info
Persona Sauna —
I wasn't really crazy about the song when I first heard it, but with the official video directed by Romain Gavras, it sort of takes it to another WTF level filled with f... more info
We All Want Someone To Shout For — M.I.A. has taken over pitchfork’s twitter today
One of the announcements was the music video for “Born Free”, the song that leaked last Friday. The video is a 9 min... more info
Pop Bytes — you've got to watch this new (bound to be controversial) video / mini-movie from
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for her latest single born free but please be warned ... it's definitely on the ... more info