M.I.A. on what it was like when Paper Planes blew up

M.I.A. talks with George about being too busy to notice when her hit Paper Planes gained widespread popularity because a 25-year-old civil war was coming to an end in her country.

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Music

Tags:

• M.I.A.
• MIA
• Paper Planes
• Katy Perry

[muppyiscool]

I don't know why some people are making it a big deal about her reference to Sri Lanka as her country. She moved there when she was a baby and lived there till 9 and then went back to London where she learned English hence her accent. A lot of people associate themselves with their heritage more and not exactly where they grew up based on how they were raised. Plus it's not even that serious....

[d0ntgetburn3d]

MIA doesn't take shit from no one that's why she owns

[1dmugger1]

marry me

[SpiteSire]

M.I.A is awesome, hence the song 'Paper Planes'.

[armpits17]

Canada welcomes her! She is a great artists and very interesting to listen to. I'm glad she is bringing her heritage and style to our culture because we never hear anything like it. Bringing it into pop culture is a very important thing to do.. Very positive and gets me excited.

[K90P90S90]

British accent is cool :) 

[Bethanylufschu]

Aww im commenting for no reason(:

[OriginFromKansas]

She's like lady gaga, except not stupid.

[KMurdock1974]

@jjoeshaw lol

[GreenAce92]

Her accent is fucking awesome

[Martinchavero]

i like how she keeps saying "ya know" :)