M.I.A. returns with disorientating single ‘Armour’

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M.I.A. has returned with a new single ‘Armour’. Check it out below.The track comes from her independent label OHMNI, which exists as part of her clothing brand that famously features a “tin foil hat” and claims to block 5G waves from entering one’s body.With a psychedelic soundscape, the reverb-heavy track takes inspiration from her 2022 conversion to Christianity, described in a press release as the artist’s “spiritual declaration”.“I’m a prayer/Living a life of favour/I’m a fire/Hallelujah,” M.I.A.

sings. “Put on God’s armour/I can withstand Satan’s power/I got angels watching me, every corner, undercover/With swords of fire.”Check out the track, and its accompanying black-and-white music video, below.It marks the musician’s first new music since her 2023 mixtape titled ‘Bells Collection’, which followed her sixth studio album, ‘MATA’ the year prior. ‘MATA’ included the singles ‘The One’, ‘Popular’ and ‘Beep’.A press release for the track says “M.I.A.

fought some battles in 2024; She shed all blocks and restrictions she faced.” It follows a string of controversies surrounding the artist in recent yearsOver the past few years, M.I.A.

has received backlash for her controversial statements – from comparing InfoWars host Alex Jones’s falsehoods about the Sandy Hook shooting to celebrities “pushing” COVID-19 vaccines and suggesting the latter, too, should “pay for lying”.