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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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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“Live fast, die young, bad girls do it well,” chants M.I.A. on “Bad Girls,” the first single from her upcoming fourth album, due this summer. An early version of the rattling Danja production appeared on her 2011 mixtape Vicki Leekx, and the final song will hit iTunes tomorrow. A video, directed by Romain Gavras (“Born Free”) will premiere Friday, the same day as her collaboration with Madonna and Nicki Minaj (“Gimme All Your Luvin’”). And then there’s that little thing called the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday.

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Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. join Madonna’s cheerleading squad in the brief teaser for “Give Me All Your Luvin’,” the first single from the pop queen’s upcoming album MDNA (March 26). A longer preview will air Thursday on “American Idol,” with the full video and song premiering February 3.

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After months of chatter, Madonna has officially announced plans for her return. The pop queen will release her new single and video featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. early next month.

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Make way for M.I.A. Pop’s resident rebel is coming back with a new single and video. “Bad Girls” is set to debut online on Monday, January 30, at 2:30 p.m. EST. Recorded in Miami, the Danja (Timbaland, Madonna) production will hit iTunes the next day. The song was originally included on her 2010 mixtape Vicki Leekx.

An accompanying video by Romain Gavras, who directed the controversial “Born Free,” will premiere on February 3.

M.I.A. will also join Madonna during her halftime performance at the Super Bowl on February 5, where they will perform Madge’s new single “Gimme All Your Luvin’,” also featuring Nicki Minaj.

Madonna invited “20/20’s” cameras inside the studio for the first time in 30 years as she recorded a new song with M.I.A. The “Paper Planes” hitmaker received direction from the pop queen while laying down her vocals on a track entitled “Birthday Song.”

“Na na na, na na na na na na na, gonna sing my song tonight,” sings M.I.A. on the catchy pop tune.

She also appears on “Gimme All Your Luvin’,” the first single from Madonna’s upcoming album M.D.N.A., which features Nicki Minaj. The trio may perform together at the Super Bowl next month.

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Nicki Minaj got extra friendly with pop royalty. The hip-hop Barbie puckered up to Madonna on set of the music icon’s new video for “Give Me All Your Love.”

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