M.I.A.

Feb
6
New Music: Madonna f/ Nicki Minaj & M.I.A. – ‘Give Me All Your Luvin’ (LMFAO Remix)’

LMFAO and Madonna

Fresh off party rocking with Madonna at the Super Bowl halftime show, LMFAO remix the pop queen’s new single “Give Me All Your Luvin’” featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. The animated duo of Redfoo and SkyBlu turn the bubblegum pop confection into a rave-ready record, tacking on their own rap verses that will have you fist pumping all night long.

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Feb
5
M.I.A. Flips the Bird at Super Bowl Halftime Show, NFL and NBC Apologize

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Madonna may have put on a show-stopping performance at the Super Bowl halftime show, but it was M.I.A. who stole the spotlight with one single gesture. The “Paper Planes” hitmaker flipped the bird while performing with the pop queen, causing the NFL and NBC to issue apologies.

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Feb
5
Madonna Performs at Super Bowl Halftime Show with Nicki Minaj & M.I.A. [Video]

Nicki Minaj and Madonna

The Giants and the Patriots weren’t the only stars on the field on Super Bowl Sunday. Madonna put on a thrilling performance during the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The pop queen delivered a dazzling medley of her greatest hits in front of over 100 million viewers.

Dressed as a gladiator in Givenchy, she made a grand entrance to “Vogue” before joining acrobats from Cirque du Soleil for “Music” and LMFAO on their hits “Party Rock Anthem” and “Sexy and I Know It.” Pom poms in hand, she marched into her new single “Give Me All Your Luvin’” with her cheerleading squad including firecracker Nicki Minaj and a middle finger-flipping M.I.A.

After segueing into “Open Your Heart” and “Express Yourself,” Cee Lo Green helped the Material Girl take it to church with “Like a Prayer,” accompanied by a gospel choir. Twelve minute later, she disappeared through a cloud of smoke to roaring applause and the words “World Peace” spelled out on the floor.

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Feb
3
Video: Madonna f/ Nicki Minaj & M.I.A. – ‘Give Me All Your Luvin”

M.I.A., Madonna, and Nicki Minaj

With Super Bowl XLVI just days away, halftime show headliner Madonna returns to the front lines with the video for “Give Me All Your Luvin’,” the first single from her 12th album MDNA, due March 26. The pop queen assembles an all-star team of femme fatales for the cheerleading and football-themed visuals, directed by Megaforce.

Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. raise their pom poms as they flank the Material Girl in cheerleading outfits, and Young Money’s First Lady delivers her own feisty verse as her alter ago Roman Zolanski. “I’m Roman, I’m a barbarian, I’m Conan,” she raps.

Madonna expressed her admiration for her co-stars. “I love [Nicki and M.I.A.] and I wanted to collaborate with both of them on my record because I’m a big fan of their music, but also I like their independence,” she told Anderson Cooper. “They’re cheeky and unique and they have individual voices and they’re not conventional pop stars, and I really admire them both.”

The trio will perform the song live for the first time at Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show in Indianapolis.

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Feb
3
Video: M.I.A. – ‘Bad Girls’

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Make way for M.I.A. The pop crusader storms Morocco in a BMW in the action-packed video for “Bad Girls,” the first single from her fourth album, due this summer. “Live fast, die young, bad girls do it well,” she chants on the Danja-produced banger. The gritty visuals, directed by Romain Gavras (“Born Free”), were shot in Ouarzazate, Morocco.

“It was dope to have so many people from so many different backgrounds speaking so many different languages come together to create something that we believed in,” said M.I.A. “I thought I was gonna die on the shoot when I saw the drifting. It was a four day shoot so everyone was on edge the whole time specifically ME when I had to do bluesteel singing to the camera while the cars did doughnuts on the wet road ten feet away. In my mind I was thinking how I was gonna deliver the video to Vice with no legs.”

Watch the dangerous results below.

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Feb
2
Sneak Peek: Madonna f/ Nicki Minaj & M.I.A. – ‘Give Me All Your Luvin”

M.I.A., Madonna, and Nicki Minaj

Put your pom poms up. Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. join Madonna’s cheerleading squad in the Megaforce-directed video for “Give Me All Your Luvin’,” the first single from the Material Girl’s 12th album MDNA (March 26). A one-minute preview aired tonight on “American Idol,” and the full video will premiere on YouTube tomorrow at 9 a.m. EST.

“I love [Nicki and M.I.A.] actually and I wanted to collaborate with both of them on my record because I’m a big fan of their music, but also I like their independence, I like their spirit,” Madonna told Anderson Cooper. “They’re cheeky and unique and they have individual voices and they’re not conventional pop stars, and I really admire them both.”

Both ladies will join the pop queen at Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show in Indianapolis. “Omfg. Madonna’s show is about to murdaaaa everything movinggg. Wow. Such a surreal moment,” tweeted Nicki during rehearsals.

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Feb
2
M.I.A. Flips a BMW in ‘Bad Girls’ Video

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M.I.A. is coming back with power, power. With less than a day to go until her video for the Danja-produced “Bad Girls” premieres, the rebellious artist offers a sneak peek with two photos from the shoot. Maya turns a BMW on its side as she rides through the Middle East in one scene. The video, directed by Romain Gavras (“Born Free”), will debut online tomorrow and she will perform with Madonna and Nicki Minaj at this Sunday’s Super Bowl.

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Feb
2
New Music: Madonna f/ Nicki Minaj & M.I.A. – ‘Give Me All Your Luvin” [Snippet]

Give Me All Your Luvin'

Nicki Minaj unleashes her alter ego Roman Zolanski on a 90-second snippet of Madonna’s “Give Me All Your Luvin’,” the first single from her 12th studio album MDNA. You can also hear M.I.A. on the finished version of the Martin Solveig production. The song and video will debut in full tomorrow.

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Jan
30
M.I.A. Talks Madonna, Super Bowl, and New Album

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M.I.A. has remained out of the spotlight since the release of 2010’s /\/\/\Y/\. Today she resurfaced with a new single “Bad Girls,” produced by Danja, and her first interview in months. Speaking with BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe from the Super Bowl rehearsals, the firecracker femcee dished on her upcoming performance with Madonna at Sunday’s halftime show, collaborating with the pop queen, and her fourth album, due this summer.

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