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Galangby M.I.A.
Galang
M.I.A.
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- Mar 22, 2024
6:19 AMReleased on this day in 2005! Before she was a full-time musician, the Sri Lankan rapper M.I.A. was an artist, and was hired to make the cover of Elastica's 2000 album The Menace. She also joined the band on tour, helping film them. This encouraged her to start her own music career, and with the help of Elastica lead singer Justine Frischmann, Pulp bass player Steve Mackey and producer Ross Orton, she wrote this song. M.I.A. said of the track: "I just wanted to put down all the advice everyone had said to me about how to survive in London." - Feb 28, 2024
13:34 PM"Galang" is a Jamaican term meaning "Go In." -- Before she was a full-time musician, the Sri Lankan rapper M.I.A. was an artist, and was hired to make the cover of Elastica's 2000 album The Menace. She also joined the band on tour, helping film them. This encouraged her to start her own music career, and with the help of Elastica lead singer Justine Frischmann, Pulp bass player Steve Mackey and producer Ross Orton, she wrote this song. M.I.A. said of the track: "I just wanted to put down all the advice everyone had said to me about how to survive in London." - Sep 22, 2023
15:56 PMM.I.A. named the album after her estranged father. She explained: "My mum always used to say about my father, 'He was so useless, all he ever gave you was his name.' So I turned it around and turned that something into nothing. And at the same time I thought it would be a good way to find him. If he really was an egomaniac, he'd be looking himself up and he'd get this pop album stealing his name that would turn out to be me, and he'd have to get in touch." The plan worked, but her father only contacted her for one reason: to ask her to change the name of the album. - Aug 9, 2023
0:47 AMM.I.A. named the album after her estranged father. She explained: "My mum always used to say about my father, 'He was so useless, all he ever gave you was his name.' So I turned it around and turned that something into nothing. And at the same time I thought it would be a good way to find him. If he really was an egomaniac, he'd be looking himself up and he'd get this pop album stealing his name that would turn out to be me, and he'd have to get in touch." The plan worked, but her father only contacted her for one reason: to ask her to change the name of the album. - Jun 15, 2023
4:43 AMM.I.A. named the album after her estranged father. She explained: "My mum always used to say about my father, 'He was so useless, all he ever gave you was his name.' So I turned it around and turned that something into nothing. And at the same time I thought it would be a good way to find him. If he really was an egomaniac, he'd be looking himself up and he'd get this pop album stealing his name that would turn out to be me, and he'd have to get in touch." The plan worked, but her father only contacted her for one reason: to ask her to change the name of the album. - Jan 24, 2023
22:50 PMM.I.A. named the album after her estranged father. She explained: "My mum always used to say about my father, 'He was so useless, all he ever gave you was his name.' So I turned it around and turned that something into nothing. And at the same time I thought it would be a good way to find him. If he really was an egomaniac, he'd be looking himself up and he'd get this pop album stealing his name that would turn out to be me, and he'd have to get in touch." The plan worked, but her father only contacted her for one reason: to ask her to change the name of the album. - Dec 1, 2022
22:39 PMM.I.A. named the album after her estranged father. She explained: "My mum always used to say about my father, 'He was so useless, all he ever gave you was his name.' So I turned it around and turned that something into nothing. And at the same time I thought it would be a good way to find him. If he really was an egomaniac, he'd be looking himself up and he'd get this pop album stealing his name that would turn out to be me, and he'd have to get in touch." The plan worked, but her father only contacted her for one reason: to ask her to change the name of the album. - Nov 9, 2022
18:16 PM*CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF 2005 TODAY! M.I.A. named the album after her estranged father. She explained: "My mum always used to say about my father, 'He was so useless, all he ever gave you was his name.' So I turned it around and turned that something into nothing. And at the same time I thought it would be a good way to find him. If he really was an egomaniac, he'd be looking himself up and he'd get this pop album stealing his name that would turn out to be me, and he'd have to get in touch." The plan worked, but her father only contacted her for one reason: to ask her to change the name of the album. - Nov 8, 2022
22:47 PMM.I.A. named the album after her estranged father. She explained: "My mum always used to say about my father, 'He was so useless, all he ever gave you was his name.' So I turned it around and turned that something into nothing. And at the same time I thought it would be a good way to find him. If he really was an egomaniac, he'd be looking himself up and he'd get this pop album stealing his name that would turn out to be me, and he'd have to get in touch." The plan worked, but her father only contacted her for one reason: to ask her to change the name of the album. - Mar 22, 2022
15:38 PMM.I.A. named the album after her estranged father. She explained: "My mum always used to say about my father, 'He was so useless, all he ever gave you was his name.' So I turned it around and turned that something into nothing. And at the same time I thought it would be a good way to find him. If he really was an egomaniac, he'd be looking himself up and he'd get this pop album stealing his name that would turn out to be me, and he'd have to get in touch." The plan worked, but her father only contacted her for one reason: to ask her to change the name of the album. - Sep 3, 2021
15:37 PMReleased as M.I.A.'s first single, co-written with Elastica's Justine Frischmann. M.I.A. was a photographer and music video director for Elastica before she went on to create her own music. - Apr 20, 2021
12:10 PMM.I.A. named the album after her estranged father. She explained: "My mum always used to say about my father, 'He was so useless, all he ever gave you was his name.' So I turned it around and turned that something into nothing. And at the same time I thought it would be a good way to find him. If he really was an egomaniac, he'd be looking himself up and he'd get this pop album stealing his name that would turn out to be me, and he'd have to get in touch." The plan worked, but her father only contacted her for one reason: to ask her to change the name of the album.