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The grossly overhyped controversy surrounding M.I.A.'s recent Super Bowl performance - specifically her flipping the bird to camera - has yet to die down, but the hoo ha certainly isn't doing her latest single any harm. In what can only be described as Arabs acting like lunatics, the video to Bad Girls is a must watch. Plus Danja, the guy behind Timbaland's post-Aaliyah renaissance, is on the boards for this one and comes up trumps.

When she isn't telling off the New York times or flipping off millions of Americans during Super Bowl broadcasts, everybody's favorite Sri Lankan rapper/singer M.I.A. is probably doing something else to intentionally or unintentionally piss somebody off. Coming off of a decidedly lacking third release (20102s Maya ), the U.K.-based artist returns with the Danja-produced single, "Bad Girls," a cut originally off of her Vicki Leekx mixtape. Teaming up once again with the seriously-talented director Romain Gavras (Justice's "Stress", M.I.A.'s "Born Free"), Mathangi takes to the Moroccan desert gallivanting around suggestively and doing [...]

M.I.A. did her esoteric thing back in 2010 with /\/\/\Y/\ but now she's ready to claim back the mainstream crowd that she won over in the "Paper Planes" days, without altering her style. Well put one down for M.I.A. because the Danja -produced single and Romain Gavras -directed video is exactly what M.I.A. needs. The single is Danja in his better form with the single's Punjabi-like vibe. The video is another political statement by the British born Sri-Lankan. M.I.A. slaps the Saudi Arabian laws in the face with [...]

Live fast, die young, bad girls do it well... The magnificent M.I.A. comes guns blazin' back onto the scene in 2012 with the Danja -produced "Bad Girls," a track originally featured on her off-the-charts brilliant 2011 mixtape, Vicki Leekx . The accompanying Romain Gavras -directed video, which was released earlier today on Pitchfork , finds the genre-smashing British femcee getting flossy and flying free in the desert, racing dusty cars and pulling some rather insane stunts along the way. Oh...just chilling sideways on top of a [...]

the first official single of M.I.A. 's upcoming fourth studio album produced by Danja [via P4K ]

With the release of /\/\/\Y/\ , M.I.A. released what ended up being an unpredictably disappointing third release for an artist on a quick rise to the top. The album saw the singer at her most experimental and enraged. Having already confronted controversial topics with female empowering aggression, some thought it hit too hard with too little organization. Fast forward to the new "Bad Girls," a song first previewed on the Vicki Leekx mixtape, and she's back to her melodic self, still fueled by her uniquely confident swagger and "live fast, die young" mentality. The song is instantly refreshing, bringing [...]

M.I.A. unleashes her re-worked version of "Bad Girls" as her new single for 2012. The track is produced by Danja

M.I.A. está trabajando en su cuarto álbum de estudio, y acaba de lanzar su nuevo sencillo " Bad Girls ", bajo la producción del aclamado productor y compositor Danja, que ha trabajado con personalidades como Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, Missy Elliot y Madonna, entre muchos más. "Bad Girls", que apareció originalmente en su mixtape Vicki Leekx , será acompañado de un video a estrenarse el 3 de febrero dirigido por Romain Gavras (quien trabajó anteriormente con M.I.A. en el video de "Born Free"). Últimamente ha circulado el rumor de que M.I.A. participará junto con [...]

Pitchfork does the service of premiering the latest audio taste from Sri Lanka Siren M.I.A. , as she embarks upon what will hopefully be a successful return to the scene, with this piece "Bad Girls". The famed envelope-pusher has plenty news and rumors swirling about currently, the factual including a video for this track coming Friday, an LP due out sometime early summer, and that this mastered and Danja-produced version below had it's predecessor appear on M.I.A.'s Vicki Leekx album. On the alleged site, word is she could be performing [...]

Pitchfork gets to call "first" on the latest new material from M.I.A., "Bad Girls," produced by Danja but it's not much of a new drop at all since an early [...]

Hacked out of mixtape ViCKi LEEKX and subsequently polished and spruced up substantially with the aid of Timbaland producer Danja, Bad Girls sees everyone's preferred brattish gal from Mitcham block, M.I.A. , return to the infectious bhangra-infused beats that rendered debut full-length Arular such a compelling listen. Insistent Punjab inflexions underly Arulpragasam's bumpy vox re: her "chain" hitting her chest as she bangs on the dashboard of a corybantic Jeep, the track in question thundering through the speakers. An inevitable single and surely a surefire hit at that, she's still cruising in the fast lane and doing [...]

M.I.A. releases the full version of M.I.A.'s new "Bad Girls", produced by Danja. "Live fast ,die young bad girls do it well". M.I.A. will also be on deck with Madonna & Nicki Minaj at the Superbowl. Pitchfork has the stream. M.I.A. - "Bad Girls" -(stream)

The new single titled "Bad Girls" will drop January 31, but you'll be able to stream the song the day before on Pitchfork . The tune is produced by Danja.

As the scribes behind such colossal pop smashes as David Guetta and Kelly Rowland 's "When Love Takes Over," Ke$ha 's "Fuck Him (He's A DJ)" and Kylie Minogue 's "Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)," it's safe to say that Liv and Mim Nervo-more commonly known as the Nervo Twins-know a thing or two about writing a hit. The drop dead gorgeous Aussie-born duo have written for dozens of today's most beloved pop and dance acts-from Armin van Buuren to Rachel Stevens to the Pussycat [...]

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Another day, another drama... In helping to celebrate Blackout Purchase Week (have you entered the MuuMuse giveaway yet?), MuuMuse is proud to present "Blackout Once Again: A Look Back at Britney Spears' Greatest Album," an incredibly comprehensive, in-depth examination of Britney 's fifth studio album, written by Vertigo Shtick 's David Salter . If there's anything to be said about Blackout , it's featured here in this extraordinary piece. A must read, Muusers! Please click "Read More..." to see the full article. ( MOAH! ) [...]

Last Friday night (no Katy Perry segues, please), MuuMuse contributor Sam Lansky and I had the great pleasure of attending the She's The First: Girls Who Rock 2011 , a benefit concert to raise money for the Arlington Academy of Hope in Uganda. After munching on some free Pop Chips and taking shots of some of the other talent set to hit the stage that night including Nina Sky , Nikki Jean and Kimberly Nichole , Sam and I settled into a nook in the back of the Gramercy Theater [...]

Kevin Cossom could somewhat be confused with a Jason Derülo but only after listening to him you know he brings something else to the table. The guy really is an R&B bomb waiting to explode. Three new tracks have surfaced from the singer. "My Love" is produced by The Runners . A nice midtempo cut with a nice melody and outer-space sound effects. Download audio file (My-Love.mp3) "On and On" is produced by Danja . We already heard the chemistry these [...]

• Kevin Cossom - My Love

In a natural progression from Lady Gaga to Ke$ha, Kay arrives. She's signed to Interscope . Currently finishing up her album - out later this year. Working with Ryan Tedder , Danja , organized noize (Outkast) , Bangladesh, Tiesto , Steve Aoki , Pharrell , Rusko,, Swedish House Mafia and more. There isn't a single biography of her on the web, so we'll just weight for her to get bigger. Meanwhile, listen to her music below. Filed under: Beats , [...]

Okay-new post idea! This is Muusical Chairs , or essentially the "6 Degrees of Separation/Kevin Bacon" game. The idea is to take one pop star, connect the musical dots to another, and maybe share some previously unknown pop tidbits in the process! This one's an easy start, but I'm sure I can dream up more complex connections in the future. Let me know what you think! Volume 1: Siobhan Donaghy to BoA [...]