Video: M.I.A.: "Bird Flu"
M.I.A. finally posted "Bird Flu" to her MySpace page after dropping
hints about her new song back in September. Back then she said that
she called the track "Bird Flu" because "...THIS BEAT GON KILL
EVERYONE!!" But it also seems like an appropriate title since, over the past few years, bird flu, like SARS, has been one of those
foreign-borne diseases (this one originating from Southeast Asia) that
terrified Westerners think they can ward off by closing up their
borders. Still, "Bird Flu"'s menacing drum line beat is pretty killer.
And the high-pitched voices that urge on M.I.A.'s lead vocal sound too
angry to belong to a pack of little girls-- we're guessing it's M.I.A.'s
voice at triple speed.
Her lyrics are, again, autobiographical, though they've been updated to the present day, where she's straddling the line between major-label success and her own crazy-ass major-label-bucking tendencies.
"I'm too cool to be a Rocawear model," she sings, adding that the label wouldn't have her because "...my beats were too evil."
Stream: > M.I.A.: "Bird Flu"
Bonus: "M.I.A. Tele-Video" also posted this video of a four-legged man dancing. It's credited as "Bird Flu, Audition Re-mix", although there's no hint of the original track here.