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MIA Drops Political Self-Directed Video For 'Borders'

What's up with that

MIA in 'Borders'
MIA in 'Borders'
More M.I.A. M.I.A.

Ever-political propagandist British artist MIA has dropped her newest video from her upcoming record, Matahdatah — the refugee-depicting Borders which is self-directed and debuted on Apple Music.

Portraying refugees on boats, climbing barbed wire fences and fleeing cross-country, MIA stands amidst them flinging lyrics like "What's up with that?", "What's up with that?" and "What's up with that?", questioning the validity of concepts like the police, boat people, privilege and "bein' bae".

Her intentions are great, her political stances solid and the videography superb, but the lyrics… we're not so sure about.

Take a look at the video below.

MIA has been drip feeding songs and videos off upcoming Matadatah, but has not announced a release date as of yet.