The Best Part of Super Bowl 46
Maya Arulpragasam, or as the rest of the world knows here, M.I.A., short for Missing in Action. Previously she was probably best known for her hit Paper Planes and last week she released an incredible video for her new single, Bad Girls.
If you’re aren’t aware, during yesterday’s Super Bowl performance came out to do a short rap during Madonna’s performance of her new single. At the end of her lines, M.I.A. added the line, “Yeah, I don’t give a shit” and then gave a hundred million people the finger. Here is a clip of the incident (it will probably be taken down soon).
Opinions are all over the place about whether or not it was intentional. A “source” claims she was caught in the moment, but I don’t buy it one bit. The same person who puts out a politically charged music video which YouTube permanently bans, doesn’t accidentally do something like this at the Super Bowl. She knew exactly what she was doing and that’s what makes it so great. In the same Super Bowl that featured former bad boys Motley Crue selling a Kia, M.I.A.’s gesture says something about authenticity and what it actually means to be rebellious these days.
At the same time it should (although it won’t) start a conversation on how ridiculous this outrage actually is, I could say more, but I’ll leave you with the image below.
Update: a quick Google search reveals that this line is actually in the original lyrics, wow that makes the outrage even less relevant.
