M.I.A. drops new single "MIA OLA - FOREIGN FRIEND"
17 March 2016, 15:51
| Written by
Laurence Day
M.I.A. has shared another new single to SoundCloud - this one's named "MIA OLA - FOREIGN FRIEND".
This latest track follows the NFL-aimed "Boom ADD", "Borders", and "Swords", and it samples The Lion King at a few points. It doesn't seem like M.I.A. has the right signatures to do so, however:
pirates! throw that shit on dj sites WORLDWIDE no borders - b 4 Disney shut it down!
— M.I.A (@MIAuniverse) March 17, 2016
The SoundCloud blurb reads: "OLA TO ALL MY FLYPIRATES and DJS - THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT !!!! LIVE FROM THE MEXICAN BORDER OLA !!!! MIA ON THE WAVES"
Stream "MIA OLA - FOREIGN FRIEND" below.
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