MIA

tbh i would be quite happy if the video just consisted of the bit where she's dressed in black in front of the bonfire for the entire length of the track. she is stunning.

whereas I was hoping for a continuous shot of her chilling on the side of the car while it's up on two wheels

that was p cool tbf

VIdeo fer the lazy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uYs0gJD-LE

lol and the screenshot for the vid is DJP's fav bit!

The video is great. Wonder why noone thought of making a music video of people doing the two wheel stunt before.

It reminds me of Beyonce's 'run the world' but this one is actually fun to watch and it probably was 1/20 of the production costs of Beyonce.

genuinely surprised people love it. it looks like an advert to me

Adverts can be fun to watch.

Also crosspost from the Madonna thread. MIA as a cheerleader... her contribution is pretty much null but she looks great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=cItHOl5LRWg

Wonder why noone thought of making a music video of people doing the two wheel stunt before

is this a joke

hey, that's kind of fun. silly, but fun. chorus reminds me strongly of the dandy warhols' "bohemian like you", but that's okay, i love that song.

(speaking of the madonna song/vid)

Also crosspost from the Madonna thread. MIA as a cheerleader... her contribution is pretty much null but she looks great.

ugh this is embarassing. would have preferred ZZ Top cover.

(wrong thread)

anyway, the bad girls video is fantastic. <3 the song, too.

Wonder why noone thought of making a music video of people doing the two wheel stunt before

is this a joke

― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier)

Why would it be... it's visually impressive. When you talk about the video you say oh yeah it's the one that does the two wheel thing. And you get great stills like the frozen frame in the video.

I'm positive I've seen that stunt in other hip hop videos is all

neon car is awes. do worry about those guys shoes though.

tilt ride the whip

Love the video because it's a continuation of what she does best (besides music). Trolling. It's 2 Fast 2 Furious: Orientalism Edition but after the panning MAYA got, consensus was 'quit with the politics and noise and just make more global pop hitz.' Et voila.

I dunno. I remain convinced that she knows what she's doing and laughing her ass off the whole time.

she prob does, but the music can still be terrible

Arab Spring for Top Shop is hilarious tho.

I mean. Oil barrels! Women driving! Hijabs! Bling! Swag!

For sure. I was just talking about the video. The song isn't bad. Don't know if I love it or not. I was hoping for something a bit less rote/well-trod, especially after stuff like Space and Tell Me Why and Born Free and Teqkilla but it might grow on me.

after the panning MAYA got,

is that the general consensus? I kinda love the album myself

Ditto. I was disappointed on first listen, but it quickly grew on me. And the VickiLeekcx mixtape was even better.

MAYA was pretty much stomped on by most critics, yeah

is that the general consensus? I kinda love the album myself

me too! MAYA's far and away my favorite MIA album. except for piracy funds terrorism, but maybe that doesn't count.

Arab Spring for Top Shop is hilarious tho.

I mean. Oil barrels! Women driving! Hijabs! Bling! Swag!

^ this. love the shit out of that video, way more than the song itself, which is good but kind of a retrenchment. she is trolling HARD tho.

I love MAYA, but it mostly got panned by critics in the bigger venues - newspapers, bigger music sites, etc. etc.

That + truffle fries, etc.

Honestly, I wish Bad Girls was a little bit more in the direction that MAYA and the rest of Vicki Leekx were going. The song feels a little safe by comparison.

It's the video that makes it knowing for me, and more than a rote KALA retread.

if she was gonna retread kala couldn't she at least have retrod "hussel" or "bamboo banga" rather than the dodgy timbaland track

(i don't hate the song but it's not exactly demanding to be heard again)

(god "hussel" is her peak 4 real though)

if she was gonna retread kala couldn't she at least have retrod "hussel" or "bamboo banga" rather than the dodgy timbaland track

now that I will OTM without reservation

Hussel is fucking astounding. Up there with Amazon and 10 Dollar.

Actually, that entre run of KALA's first five tracks is pretty much perfect.

honestly I can (and usually do) skip "Jimmy" without reservation or regret

"$20" and "XR2" later on totally make up for it and more, though

"world town" is the best track on KALA imo

well, there is one track towards the end that's pretty good. forget what it's called though.

she looks amazingly gorge for 37 don't she?

She's 37 for real? Yeah, she does.

At any rate, I unsurprisingly love this.

the video is so great. the whole thing has an amazing swagger and style !
the song itself was good and still is but I find the extra part doesn't bring much to was was already there and by the end it gets a bit boring.
still, this could and should be a huge hit !

to what was

I will be amazed if this is a hit

well, my "pop instinct" (whatever that means !) hasn't been that excited by a song (thanks to its video) for a long time and from the first reactions on youtube, FB, etc, there might be a big buzz starting... we'll see !

The video's gorgeous ("2 Fast 2 Furious: Orientalism Edition" is exactly what i like from her) but the song's so dull and repetitious. I'm not disappointed by it bcz by now my expectations are pretty low but it's not exactly exciting, is it.

I just watched the new madonna MIA/NM video on youtube and it has about 3 million hits since Feb 2 and bad girls has around 1 million since the same day : so MIA has 1/3 of the success of a new madonna's single, not too bad !

if only either of them were worth getting excited over

no way will it be a hit. i like it though.

hard for me to separate out my 'objective' feelings about the video with my feelings that MIA is a total babe

well, I haven't cared for madonna for a long time and this track won't change that (MIA is not doing anything special in it and Minaj is cool). but the bad girls package is great ! although this version doesn't add much to the mixtape one, at least it's properly released. It would have been a shame to let that track without giving it a chance as a single.

no way will it be a hit.

there should be a "I love bets" !

i was talking about the MIA track fwiw but i dont think either one will be a hit

arguing over whether a new pop song will be "a hit" is the most boring boring thing to do or see, leave that to fora like popjustice

they may well both be hits but even if that's the case they will still both be mediocre songs

says you !