M.I.A. releases new track ‘The One’, confirms album ‘MATA’ is on the way

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M.I.A. has shared a brand new track, called ‘The One’. Listen to the new song below.The English-Sri Lankan musician has also confirmed her new album, ‘MATA’ in on the way.

The follow up to 2016’s ‘AIM‘ will be released via Island Records, who she’s inked a new global deal with.A statement on the yet-to-be released album also promised live performances and festival dates around the world this summer as she gears up for the record’s release with “more details to be revealed soon.” View the list of upcoming tour dates below.Yesterday (May 25), M.I.A.

teased the new track on her socials, writing “If you’re looking for the one… It’s coming early.”A post shared by M.I.A. (@miamatangi)“I know that it was the pandemic, and kind of everything was hitting the fan, but I’d got to a place that was really happy,” she recently told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe about the new track.“In a way, it’s kind of rebellious because everybody’s expecting me to put out that really havoc… Everyone’s expecting that, but it’s not, that’s not what it is,” M.I.A.

continued.“It’s about the battle of the ego versus you finding yourself and you finding the spiritual leader. Spirituality within, whatever form is given to you.