We Are All Immigrants

Just in time for the Arizona events, M.I.A. releases a new single: Born Free. The sound is decidedly more electro-punk than anything she has done before (think Suicide, ATR, Kap Bambino), but the true bomb is the video directed by Romain Garvas of the Kourtrajmé collective. Romain Garvas is previously responsible for the Justice Stress video controversy, which in France touched on some uncomfortable memories of the banlieue riots of 2005 that started in Clichy-sous-Bois (triggered coincidentally by the death of two teenagers in a police chase to avoid identity check). He continues his tactical mix of violence, resistance and the global urban condition but detonates it into a universal slogan:

M.I.A, Born Free from ROMAIN-GAVRAS on Vimeo.