Bad girls do it well?
Has M.I.A. recovered after all that negative publicity about her luxurious lifestyle? Or is she confirming it? What is all this about racing BMWs and the oppression of women? Gold chains and car sex? What?
Is this video a political statement about women driving in Saudi Arabia? Or does it blatantly orientalize? Is M.I.A. allowed to cash in on the dangerous allure of the exotic because of her own national origins?
Her flow is not usually this stilted, and her choruses not usually so cliché. It seems that the verses should rhyme, but they fall awkwardly short. Sure, M.I.A. looks killer and it's a cool music video, but it's perplexing as hell.
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