Well, I don't really know about the meaning of those lyrics. But after watching the video and seeing all those guthras, hijab-clad women, and dessert I think it's pretty much about the Saudi women and the fact that they aren't allowed to drive. The music video is trying to portray that irony with pictures of women and men drifting alike. When a man drive, it's considered as okay. But when a woman drives she is being called as a bad girl.
And it's not M.I.A. if it's not about politics, so this time she is having a go at Saudi Arabia and the inequality among women and men.
M.I.A. isn't a Saudi, she's Sri Lankan Tamil and British, and when she was ten she moved to England. She grew up during times of civil war in Sri Lanka and her father was a political activist in the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam). She had a childhood that in sure wasn't pleasant or easy.
M.I.A. isn't a Saudi, she's Sri Lankan Tamil and British, and when she was ten she moved to England. She grew up during times of civil war in Sri Lanka and her father was a political activist in the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam). She had a childhood that in sure wasn't pleasant or easy.
Well, I don't really know about the meaning of those lyrics. But after watching the video and seeing all those guthras, hijab-clad women, and dessert I think it's pretty much about the Saudi women and the fact that they aren't allowed to drive. The music video is trying to portray that irony with pictures of women and men drifting alike. When a man drive, it's considered as okay. But when a woman drives she is being called as a bad girl.
And it's not M.I.A. if it's not about politics, so this time she is having a go at Saudi Arabia and the inequality among women and men.
M.I.A. isn't a Saudi, she's Sri Lankan Tamil and British, and when she was ten she moved to England. She grew up during times of civil war in Sri Lanka and her father was a political activist in the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam). She had a childhood that in sure wasn't pleasant or easy.
M.I.A. isn't a Saudi, she's Sri Lankan Tamil and British, and when she was ten she moved to England. She grew up during times of civil war in Sri Lanka and her father was a political activist in the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam). She had a childhood that in sure wasn't pleasant or easy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A._(rapper)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A._(rapper)
Interviews with M.I.A.:
Interviews with M.I.A.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ji1V0tvFBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgLpT2s64cI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ji1V0tvFBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgLpT2s64cI
@MusicFan555 but she still can sing about political issues in other contries ...
@MusicFan555 but she still can sing about political issues in other contries ...