0Posted on May 12th, 2010 | re: M.I.A. - "XXXO" (39 comments)
MIA was not criticizing Gaga for making pop music that sells well/gets on the charts. Her comments were largely about the record industry as represented by Gaga trying to impose its old business model on a new DIY world. Yes, she was critical of Gaga’s representation of something weird and unusual just because of her fashion while her music is the same type of electro dance we’ve been getting for the last decade. She never said that type of music was bad in an of itself. No hypocrisy here at all.
That being said, the song is catchy and fun, but far from what I want from an MIA song. Born Free is closer to the agit-pop I fell in love with.
MIA was not criticizing Gaga for making pop music that sells well/gets on the charts. Her comments were largely about the record industry as represented by Gaga trying to impose its old business model on a new DIY world. Yes, she was critical of Gaga’s representation of something weird and unusual just because of her fashion while her music is the same type of electro dance we’ve been getting for the last decade. She never said that type of music was bad in an of itself. No hypocrisy here at all.
That being said, the song is catchy and fun, but far from what I want from an MIA song. Born Free is closer to the agit-pop I fell in love with.