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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,033 Subscene.Com 2 00:00:01,126 --> 00:00:03,492 PEN SCRATCHING 3 00:00:06,757 --> 00:00:08,293 BARKING 4 00:00:38,997 --> 00:00:42,330 CLICKING AS CAMERA IS SET UP 5 00:00:48,006 --> 00:00:49,587 - WOMAN: Maya? - MAYA: Hm? 6 00:00:49,675 --> 00:00:52,132 WOMAN: Can you film on this? 7 00:00:52,219 --> 00:00:56,633 FOOTSTEPS, CLICKING AND WHIRRING 8 00:00:56,723 --> 00:01:00,841 MAYA: You have to give it, erm, time for the camera to adjust focus. 9 00:01:06,984 --> 00:01:09,521 That looks good. 10 00:01:11,947 --> 00:01:16,987 J‘ Gravity's my enemy 11 00:01:17,411 --> 00:01:22,997 J“ It grabs at me like I'm on E 12 00:01:23,250 --> 00:01:28,335 J“ The stars are banging close to me 13 00:01:28,380 --> 00:01:34,376 J“ As I'm floating in the life odyssey 14 00:01:34,678 --> 00:01:39,718 I My lines are down You can't call me 15 00:01:39,808 --> 00:01:45,769 J‘ As I float around in space odyssey 16 00:01:45,856 --> 00:01:50,976 I My lines are down You can't call me 17 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:56,656 J‘ As I float around in space odyssey 18 00:01:56,700 --> 00:02:02,161 I Ooh, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah, ah... I 19 00:02:11,673 --> 00:02:15,837 (CONVERSATION IN TAMIL) 20 00:02:32,319 --> 00:02:34,401 Yuli! 21 00:02:35,364 --> 00:02:38,982 Where is Yuli with Raj Kamal's boat? 22 00:02:47,084 --> 00:02:50,451 STEVE: Why are you a problematic pop star? Why don't you just... 23 00:02:50,545 --> 00:02:54,458 Shut up? Why don't you just shut up and get a hit? 24 00:02:54,549 --> 00:02:57,006 Yeah. Why don’t you? 25 00:03:01,973 --> 00:03:05,215 MAYA: IfI shut up and get a hit, 26 00:03:05,310 --> 00:03:08,518 I would have to become a drug addict and overdose 27 00:03:08,605 --> 00:03:14,350 or, like, meet a very bad ending to the story, because that’s what happens 28 00:03:14,444 --> 00:03:18,813 when you don ’t express the shit you need to express. 29 00:03:23,662 --> 00:03:25,948 I came to music as a medium, 30 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:29,748 but the need to express myself through anything existed before. 31 00:03:36,174 --> 00:03:37,710 CAMERA CLICKS 32 00:03:37,801 --> 00:03:40,008 I Growin' up, brewin' up Guerrilla gettin' trained up 33 00:03:40,095 --> 00:03:41,881 I Look out, look out From over the rooftop 34 00:03:41,972 --> 00:03:43,633 I Growin‘ up, brewin' up Guerrilla gettin‘... I 35 00:03:43,724 --> 00:03:46,431 I wanted to be a documentary film-maker. 36 00:03:47,602 --> 00:03:52,687 I felt like I had, like, a million stories to put on film. 37 00:03:52,774 --> 00:03:54,935 I Row da boat straight to da ocean 38 00:03:55,694 --> 00:03:57,525 I Give him a run a run at his own game 39 00:03:57,612 --> 00:04:00,069 I Signal the plane An' I landed on the runway 40 00:04:00,157 --> 00:04:02,523 I A survivor, independent foreigner 41 00:04:02,617 --> 00:04:06,075 I First your beats had me running To the running man... I 42 00:04:06,163 --> 00:04:09,701 STEVE: I met Maya in 1996 when we were at art school together. 43 00:04:09,791 --> 00:04:13,329 After a while we made friends and we started working together, 44 00:04:13,420 --> 00:04:16,287 helping each other out on our film projects. 45 00:04:16,339 --> 00:04:19,581 Oh, dear, let's first do a video project! 46 00:04:22,596 --> 00:04:25,303 Central Saint Martins wasn 't very diverse. 47 00:04:25,390 --> 00:04:29,383 There were no black people or brown people in our year at all. 48 00:04:29,478 --> 00:04:31,014 So, she kind of stood out. 49 00:04:31,855 --> 00:04:32,935 Action! 50 00:04:35,358 --> 00:04:40,478 She made films about the friends she grew up with, the kids on her council estate. 51 00:04:40,572 --> 00:04:44,235 But the thing that really fascinated me was her own story. 52 00:04:46,620 --> 00:04:48,906 (CONVERSATION IN TAMIL) 53 00:04:56,755 --> 00:04:59,497 MAYA: You know, there are loads of people here 54 00:04:59,591 --> 00:05:04,005 who can empathise with what it's like to have a dad 55 00:05:04,095 --> 00:05:09,635 who became a banker, a lawyer, a judge, a fucking whatever. 56 00:05:09,726 --> 00:05:14,561 And this is what happened to a kid whose dad went off and became a terrorist. 57 00:05:14,648 --> 00:05:17,856 And this is how it fucked up the family. 58 00:05:17,901 --> 00:05:22,486 And this is how it fucked up the people. This is how it fucked up the country. 59 00:05:23,782 --> 00:05:26,239 TANK RUMBLES 60 00:05:27,410 --> 00:05:33,781 For the ten years we lived in Sri Lanka we were surrounded by civil war. 61 00:05:33,875 --> 00:05:37,038 My dad was the founder of the Tamil Resistance Movement 62 00:05:37,128 --> 00:05:40,245 and my family was in danger all the time. 63 00:05:44,386 --> 00:05:49,380 We came to England as refugees - myself, my mum, my sister, my brother - 64 00:05:49,474 --> 00:05:51,465 in May 1985. 65 00:05:52,394 --> 00:05:55,306 My dad stayed in Sri Lanka to fight the war. 66 00:05:57,774 --> 00:06:01,562 REPORTER: For many years there have been about 30,000 Tamils in Britain. 67 00:06:01,653 --> 00:06:06,647 But in the last ten days alone, at least 100 refugees have arrived in South London 68 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:10,534 and are being placed with Tamil families already here. 69 00:06:11,788 --> 00:06:14,700 Now, the government say there are too many of them, 70 00:06:14,791 --> 00:06:17,282 placing an enormous strain on the system. 71 00:06:35,478 --> 00:06:38,265 DANCE MUSIC ON PLAYER 72 00:06:50,619 --> 00:06:53,406 MA YA: Music was my medicine. 73 00:06:55,415 --> 00:06:58,657 I had to deal with the fact that I was something else 74 00:06:58,752 --> 00:07:01,289 and I was different and I was an immigrant. 75 00:07:01,379 --> 00:07:04,166 In Sri Lanka I was getting shot at for being a Tamil 76 00:07:04,257 --> 00:07:07,920 then I came to England and was getting spat at for being a Paki. 77 00:07:09,846 --> 00:07:12,258 We had this second-hand radio. 78 00:07:12,349 --> 00:07:15,261 I'd put my headphones on and sleep to it every night 79 00:07:15,352 --> 00:07:19,095 listening to...Madonna and Taylor Dean 80 00:07:19,189 --> 00:07:21,896 or whatever that was, like, a hit at the time. 81 00:07:23,401 --> 00:07:26,939 One day, I was coming home from school and all my neighbours 82 00:07:27,030 --> 00:07:30,739 were stood in, like, a line passing all this stuff out of our house. 83 00:07:30,825 --> 00:07:34,784 I was, like, you can keep everything. I know you did it cos I saw you. 84 00:07:34,871 --> 00:07:37,863 But can I have my radio back? And they were, like, "No". 85 00:07:37,958 --> 00:07:44,329 And, erm, so that night I went to sleep without headphones 86 00:07:44,381 --> 00:07:46,372 and without pop music. 87 00:07:46,466 --> 00:07:50,334 And then I heard the bass line come from the other neighbour's house 88 00:07:50,428 --> 00:07:53,545 which was, you know, he was listening to hip hop. 89 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,803 And it was, like, the first time I heard Public Enemy 90 00:07:56,893 --> 00:08:00,385 and all these, erm, hip—hop songs. 91 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:05,190 And... and the bass line was so insane and I was like, “What is that?" 92 00:08:05,276 --> 00:08:07,813 HIP HOP PLAYS 93 00:08:09,990 --> 00:08:14,654 The first bit of Western identity I embraced was through music. 94 00:08:19,874 --> 00:08:24,618 MAN: As we are watching the nine o’clock news, as you can see, 95 00:08:24,713 --> 00:08:29,673 Maya ls, erm, reading some mash-up book, which is... What is it? 96 00:08:29,759 --> 00:08:32,717 MA YA: It's called Black Skin, White Mask. 97 00:08:32,804 --> 00:08:35,841 And it's about black power and black supremacy. 98 00:08:38,435 --> 00:08:44,101 It's about the supremacy oppressing black equality. 99 00:08:44,190 --> 00:08:47,307 This sheet tells you who took it out when. 100 00:08:47,402 --> 00:08:50,644 And the first date on here is 1986 101 00:08:50,739 --> 00:08:53,230 and the last date is what I took out, '96. 102 00:08:53,324 --> 00:08:56,816 That‘s ten years, but it‘s still on this page. 103 00:08:56,911 --> 00:09:00,529 That's how much people read it. 104 00:09:00,582 --> 00:09:02,789 HIP HOP PLAYS 105 00:09:11,301 --> 00:09:13,667 Hey, Mika, what‘s up? 106 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:18,262 Hey, Mika, what's... SCREAM 107 00:09:20,185 --> 00:09:25,396 Ama! Ama! Ama, let me see you do the butterfly in your butterfly dress. 108 00:09:25,482 --> 00:09:27,313 Do the butterfly! 109 00:09:27,859 --> 00:09:29,815 Do the butterfly! 110 00:09:29,903 --> 00:09:33,487 Do the butterfly! LAUGHTER 111 00:09:34,157 --> 00:09:36,239 CLUNK 112 00:09:40,330 --> 00:09:42,446 DOOR SHUTS 113 00:09:42,540 --> 00:09:45,282 ENGINE HUMS 114 00:09:47,003 --> 00:09:52,873 Out of the blue we got a phone call from my dad and he’s like, 115 00:09:52,967 --> 00:09:57,927 "This is your dad speaking. I'm going to be in London tomorrow". 116 00:09:58,014 --> 00:10:01,506 And we went to pick him up at the airport. 117 00:10:01,601 --> 00:10:03,683 Say something! (LAUGHTER) 118 00:10:05,063 --> 00:10:09,102 I hadn't seen him since I was... 11 or something. 119 00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:19,358 In Sri Lanka I remember seeing you twice, and once you gave us apples. 120 00:10:19,452 --> 00:10:21,659 And that’s the first time I'd had an apple. 121 00:10:21,746 --> 00:10:24,704 And then, I remember the other time you came at 3am 122 00:10:24,791 --> 00:10:28,124 and you gave me two rupees to go and buy ice cream. 123 00:10:28,211 --> 00:10:31,920 And we still didn't know who you were. We thought you were our uncle. 124 00:10:32,006 --> 00:10:34,292 We didn’t know you were our dad. 125 00:10:34,384 --> 00:10:37,217 But tell me about the wooden duck. 126 00:10:40,390 --> 00:10:42,506 And? What happened? 127 00:11:14,424 --> 00:11:16,961 MAYA: You're one of the founders of... 128 00:11:23,016 --> 00:11:24,256 When did you found...? 129 00:12:04,807 --> 00:12:07,765 Man, I'm 23. He was something like 29 130 00:12:07,852 --> 00:12:12,471 or 35 or whatever, when he was in the war. 131 00:12:12,565 --> 00:12:17,685 He could've turned round and said, "Look, man, this is shit. Why are we doing this?" 132 00:12:17,779 --> 00:12:19,315 But they didn‘t do that, man. 133 00:12:19,405 --> 00:12:23,444 There's no point in sitting here when he's 50, and he‘s got no... 134 00:12:23,534 --> 00:12:27,698 His whole life is like, at a dead end, sort of thing. He doesn't know what to do. 135 00:12:27,789 --> 00:12:31,953 So, now, he's talking about peace because he can't do anything else. 136 00:12:32,043 --> 00:12:34,034 He can't fight now. 137 00:12:34,128 --> 00:12:38,872 He could have sent a birthday card or a Thank You card or a Valentine's card 138 00:12:38,967 --> 00:12:41,674 or Well Done card. Come on! 139 00:12:41,761 --> 00:12:43,752 You know, a Christmas card. 140 00:12:43,846 --> 00:12:46,758 Just one card between the whole family. 141 00:12:46,849 --> 00:12:48,840 Just anything. 142 00:12:48,935 --> 00:12:53,099 I'm glad for everything he's made us out to be. 143 00:12:53,189 --> 00:12:56,397 He's made us so strong for what he's put us through. 144 00:12:56,484 --> 00:13:00,193 He's made us damn interesting. He's given us a bloody background. 145 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,989 I‘m glad he's notjust a 9 to 5 petrol-station owner. 146 00:13:04,075 --> 00:13:07,442 You know? I'm glad he‘s notjust a doctor or whatever. 147 00:13:07,537 --> 00:13:11,155 OK, we didn't have wealth and the richness and security, 148 00:13:11,249 --> 00:13:14,867 but that's made us so strong. We‘re so independent. 149 00:13:17,714 --> 00:13:20,046 I actually feel sorry for him 150 00:13:20,133 --> 00:13:24,672 cos he sacrificed everything for, like, how many years 151 00:13:24,762 --> 00:13:26,844 and went to fight for the country. 152 00:13:26,931 --> 00:13:29,673 And he hasn't succeeded yet, or anything. 153 00:13:33,021 --> 00:13:38,641 Are you interested in what's happening in Sri Lanka? 154 00:13:38,735 --> 00:13:42,603 Not just Sri Lanka, man. The whole world. Africa and all them countries. 155 00:13:42,697 --> 00:13:44,983 But you’ve got a direct link to Sri Lanka. 156 00:13:45,074 --> 00:13:49,488 No, I haven‘t. So what if I'm born there? I'm Tamil, so who gives a shit, man. 157 00:13:49,579 --> 00:13:52,537 There‘s kids dying. I care about all of that. 158 00:13:52,623 --> 00:13:54,739 Right, I’m gonna play you a video. 159 00:13:54,834 --> 00:14:00,329 It's just at 15-minute film... that the Tamil Tiger women made. 160 00:14:05,470 --> 00:14:09,713 MALE REPORTER: this is the northern frontier of the country’s civil war. 161 00:14:09,807 --> 00:14:13,265 The Sri Lankan security forces have been fighting Tamil separatists 162 00:14:13,353 --> 00:14:17,642 and the Tamil Tigers have gained a reputation as fearless fighters. 163 00:14:17,732 --> 00:14:19,893 FEMALE REPORTER: Anhibir is a member 164 00:14:19,984 --> 00:14:22,942 of the Tamil people '5 pro-independence movement, 165 00:14:23,029 --> 00:14:26,817 the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the LITE. 166 00:14:26,908 --> 00:14:30,901 MAYA: When I first saw this tape of women my age, 167 00:14:30,995 --> 00:14:35,238 you know, they cut their hair off and they're in uniform, 168 00:14:35,333 --> 00:14:39,292 I realised that would have been my reality. 169 00:14:41,798 --> 00:14:46,918 Like, what are they eating and like, what do they do when they’re on their period? 170 00:14:49,013 --> 00:14:51,880 How do they survive in the jungle? 171 00:14:53,601 --> 00:14:56,217 Why was it me that got away? 172 00:14:56,312 --> 00:14:59,019 FOOTSTEPS 173 00:14:59,107 --> 00:15:01,393 HINGE CREAKS, THUD 174 00:15:11,327 --> 00:15:14,034 ROCK MUSIC INTRO 175 00:15:15,998 --> 00:15:19,911 I didn’t go to concerts a lot, but somebody gave me a free ticket 176 00:15:20,002 --> 00:15:23,915 then we got invited backstage and then I met Justine. 177 00:15:24,006 --> 00:15:26,668 And we just hit it off. 178 00:15:29,011 --> 00:15:33,095 Britpop was at, like, the forefront of British culture at the time. 179 00:15:33,141 --> 00:15:38,135 But I didn’t know Elastica and their music wasn’t my music. 180 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,812 Break a leg! 181 00:15:46,696 --> 00:15:48,687 Break a leg! 182 00:15:48,739 --> 00:15:50,650 CHEERING 183 00:15:52,952 --> 00:15:55,568 MUSIC: ELASTICA - CONNECTION 184 00:15:58,749 --> 00:16:02,367 I Riding on any wave That is the luck you crave 185 00:16:02,420 --> 00:16:06,004 I They don‘t believe it now They just think it‘s stupid... I 186 00:16:06,090 --> 00:16:09,799 MAYA: We came from a different set of people. 187 00:16:09,886 --> 00:16:14,425 She had no idea about the urban culture and stuff that I'd grew up on 188 00:16:14,515 --> 00:16:18,428 and I’d never been inside a house in Notting Hill. 189 00:16:21,230 --> 00:16:23,061 Urgh! 190 00:16:24,275 --> 00:16:27,267 - JUSTINE: Seems a bit dark. - Yeah. 191 00:16:31,782 --> 00:16:33,238 JUSTINE SINGS 192 00:16:33,326 --> 00:16:38,036 I Boy, you're turning me inside out And round... I 193 00:16:38,122 --> 00:16:40,989 Why is it like this? Yesterday, it was really nice. 194 00:16:41,083 --> 00:16:44,496 JUSTINE: You look like you just walked out of seeing a James Bond film. 195 00:16:44,587 --> 00:16:47,704 - You look so great. Honestly. — I look like Mowgli. 196 00:16:47,798 --> 00:16:51,916 - You always look like Mowgli, but... — It‘s just the fringe... 197 00:16:52,011 --> 00:16:56,050 MA YA: She offered to let me do her video called Mad Dog 198 00:16:56,140 --> 00:16:58,597 and she gave me £100 to make it. 199 00:17:01,187 --> 00:17:06,181 And I just wanted to bring the world I was in into the world she was in. 200 00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:11,728 MAD DOG MUSIC VIDEO 201 00:17:14,408 --> 00:17:18,117 I got some girls that I'd met in a club the night before and we just, like, 202 00:17:18,204 --> 00:17:20,946 shot in the morning under the Westway 203 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,874 and then it was, like, the first indie music with some dancers in it. 204 00:17:24,961 --> 00:17:27,623 I Don‘t need no credit card 205 00:17:27,713 --> 00:17:29,829 I To make my charge complete 206 00:17:29,924 --> 00:17:33,257 I Don‘t want you on your back Ijust got on my feet 207 00:17:33,344 --> 00:17:36,711 I Don‘t want the same boy Another time... I 208 00:17:37,807 --> 00:17:42,892 She asked me to come on tour and film and I was interested in making documentaries 209 00:17:42,979 --> 00:17:45,891 so I was, like, 'Yeah, cool'. 210 00:17:45,940 --> 00:17:48,306 MUSIC PLAYS - ELASTICA: GENERATOR 211 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,993 I I'm a sonic generator It's as far as I can take it 212 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:02,991 I Aren‘t you glad that I can make it 213 00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:05,664 I Oh, oh, in the money Baby put your arms around me 214 00:18:05,751 --> 00:18:08,493 I Aren't you glad That you have found me... I 215 00:18:08,588 --> 00:18:10,169 MUSIC FADES 216 00:18:12,216 --> 00:18:17,131 MAYA: I hated it. I was there because I liked Justine. 217 00:18:17,179 --> 00:18:22,094 And I was, like, 'You've got access to a microphone and 1,000 people every night. 218 00:18:22,184 --> 00:18:24,971 ’Please use it to say something.’ 219 00:18:26,188 --> 00:18:31,308 Her band didn’t like the fact me and her were so close. 220 00:18:31,402 --> 00:18:35,645 And they were pissed off at me and theyjust shut me out all the time. 221 00:18:43,205 --> 00:18:46,789 TEARFULLY: Ijust wish I had someone to talk to right now. 222 00:18:46,876 --> 00:18:49,413 I guess that's why I‘m talking to the camera 223 00:18:49,462 --> 00:18:53,375 cos Ijust need to get this shit out of the way 224 00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:56,208 so I could just go to sleep. 225 00:19:01,390 --> 00:19:05,224 You know, I‘m so pissed... off... 226 00:19:08,397 --> 00:19:12,436 at people not really taking me seriously. 227 00:19:12,526 --> 00:19:14,312 And... 228 00:19:19,533 --> 00:19:22,991 not really caring about what's going on. 229 00:19:23,079 --> 00:19:28,369 And... I don‘t even know if this 230 00:19:29,251 --> 00:19:32,584 is what I should be doing right now. 231 00:19:37,218 --> 00:19:40,381 You're just fucked off cos you didn‘t get enough attention. 232 00:19:40,471 --> 00:19:42,177 - That's not it at all. - It totally is. 233 00:19:42,264 --> 00:19:44,676 I've gone through life without having it. 234 00:19:44,767 --> 00:19:49,602 You've never had this little attention, obviously and your ego can‘t deal with it. 235 00:19:49,689 --> 00:19:51,975 - Please! — All right, whatever. 236 00:19:52,066 --> 00:19:54,603 - D'you know what I mean? - Whatever! 237 00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:59,313 Too many days have gone by with you thinking shit and not saying it to people. 238 00:19:59,407 --> 00:20:02,274 BOTH TALK AT ONCE 239 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,401 Iknow ou're ver sensitive. , Y Y 240 00:20:05,496 --> 00:20:08,033 Instead of me going home, 241 00:20:08,124 --> 00:20:12,493 I'm just sitting there going, 'No, I‘m bigger than that. I don't need this shit‘. 242 00:20:12,586 --> 00:20:18,331 I know. You‘re bigger than I am. I know you are. 243 00:20:18,426 --> 00:20:20,633 WATER POU RS 244 00:20:27,309 --> 00:20:32,019 Come on, Maya, let‘s not talk about this now. Let's talk about it when we get home. 245 00:20:32,106 --> 00:20:35,849 Going home. I'm taking you home. I'm taking you home. 246 00:20:45,202 --> 00:20:48,945 MA YA: You know what? Fuck talking about youth culture in Britain, 247 00:20:49,039 --> 00:20:51,121 fuck talking about fucking fashion, 248 00:20:51,208 --> 00:20:55,326 fuck talking about all this pretentious cliquey bullshit. 249 00:20:55,421 --> 00:21:02,714 After 25 years, I 'm ready to go and fucking put all the pieces together. 250 00:21:02,803 --> 00:21:07,888 All this time I 've been denying the life that I had in Sri Lanka. 251 00:21:10,186 --> 00:21:15,397 I'm now living in London and sort of caught up in a superficial lifestyle. 252 00:21:15,483 --> 00:21:18,850 And a lot of people I know, including myself, 253 00:21:18,944 --> 00:21:22,277 were just constantly going around and searching for meaning. 254 00:21:22,364 --> 00:21:24,025 And Ijust began to wonder 255 00:21:24,116 --> 00:21:27,654 what the alternative would have been ifI lived in Sri Lanka. 256 00:21:27,745 --> 00:21:32,739 Ijust wondered if you had, like, spare camera batteries, that would be great. 257 00:21:32,833 --> 00:21:39,295 But if you don't, then I'll just have to... get round that problem. 258 00:21:39,340 --> 00:21:40,580 GASPS 259 00:21:40,674 --> 00:21:42,414 N0! 260 00:21:42,510 --> 00:21:46,219 Fucking "journalist" it says, my occupation. 261 00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:48,796 A journalist! I told them I was a... 262 00:21:48,891 --> 00:21:53,055 just a stupid ten-minute experimental film-maker. 263 00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:55,602 Well, I said I do fine-art film and video. 264 00:21:56,482 --> 00:21:59,474 They do shoot journalists. 265 00:21:59,568 --> 00:22:01,809 I can apply for a different one. 266 00:22:01,862 --> 00:22:04,695 I suppose ifI do it tomorrow morning... 267 00:22:04,740 --> 00:22:06,480 Maybe it peels off. 268 00:22:09,161 --> 00:22:11,152 OK, let's go. 269 00:22:11,247 --> 00:22:14,535 I'm gonna go back to my school that I went to 270 00:22:14,625 --> 00:22:17,788 and go back to the fucking girls that I hung out with. 271 00:22:17,878 --> 00:22:19,288 Bye! 272 00:22:20,381 --> 00:22:23,839 I’m gonna go and film that 21-year-old in Sri Lanka 273 00:22:23,926 --> 00:22:27,510 because that so could have been my reality. 274 00:22:27,596 --> 00:22:31,384 Oh, you wanna hear my story? I 'm gonna fucking show you my story. 275 00:22:31,475 --> 00:22:34,137 I will show you my fucking story. 276 00:22:34,228 --> 00:22:39,689 JUSTINE: Wait! Maya! You’ve forgotten the camera! 277 00:22:44,405 --> 00:22:47,897 That's a good one. You nearly left without your camera. 278 00:22:52,413 --> 00:22:54,495 - MAYA: See you later. - Yeah. 279 00:22:59,962 --> 00:23:02,999 MUSIC: M.I.A. - BIRD FLU 280 00:23:16,979 --> 00:23:19,061 HORN TOOTS 281 00:23:19,148 --> 00:23:22,982 I Big on the underground What's the point of knocking me down 282 00:23:25,404 --> 00:23:29,317 I Everyone knows I'm already good on the ground 283 00:23:31,785 --> 00:23:34,117 I Most of us stay strong... I 284 00:23:37,041 --> 00:23:39,032 MAYA: Yeah. 285 00:24:07,863 --> 00:24:11,151 Halin is my dad's cousin. 286 00:24:11,408 --> 00:24:15,242 She takes care of all the young kids that come to Colombo 287 00:24:15,329 --> 00:24:19,698 as refugees from the North. You know, my relations. 288 00:24:19,792 --> 00:24:21,498 Hold this. 289 00:24:26,590 --> 00:24:30,549 When I was your age I used to live in this room. 290 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,097 (SPEAKS TAMIL) 291 00:25:19,601 --> 00:25:22,308 You know, I haven't seen my family for 16 years 292 00:25:22,396 --> 00:25:26,059 and I'm having to spend a lot of time with them off camera 293 00:25:26,150 --> 00:25:31,270 and get them to be comfortable with me and understand what my personality is like. 294 00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:34,196 Because when they see me, they straight away assume 295 00:25:34,283 --> 00:25:38,617 that I’m a Tamil girl and I’m into the same things as everybody else. 296 00:25:38,704 --> 00:25:44,415 And they sort of suggest taking me out to the shopping mall. 297 00:25:45,210 --> 00:25:47,201 And it’s really difficult for me 298 00:25:47,296 --> 00:25:51,289 to get across the point that I 'm not interested in those things. 299 00:25:51,341 --> 00:25:53,753 That’s not why I’m here. 300 00:25:53,844 --> 00:25:56,335 KENNY ROGERS ON RADIO: LUCILLE 301 00:26:00,059 --> 00:26:04,143 SINGING: ...time to leave me, Lucille. 302 00:26:05,522 --> 00:26:08,639 ...a fine time to leave me, Lucille. 303 00:26:10,402 --> 00:26:12,393 What are we gonna do? 304 00:26:26,460 --> 00:26:28,451 What do you mean, a night check—up? 305 00:26:32,466 --> 00:26:33,876 When ? 306 00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:48,517 Everybody is scared to talk to the camera, basically, about anything. 307 00:26:48,607 --> 00:26:52,566 They let me know that whatever they say 308 00:26:52,653 --> 00:26:56,191 might get in the hands of police officers. 309 00:27:30,899 --> 00:27:36,690 No, but the experience I had when I was like, six, seven, eight, nine, ten 310 00:27:36,780 --> 00:27:38,736 was intense, ’cos. .. 311 00:27:56,550 --> 00:27:58,711 So, that cancels that... 312 00:28:09,396 --> 00:28:11,603 - That’s you. - KOLIAN: Mm-hm. 313 00:28:11,690 --> 00:28:14,727 And that’s my little brother, and that’s me. 314 00:28:17,988 --> 00:28:20,525 So, that’s two out of six boys are dead. 315 00:28:24,203 --> 00:28:27,946 Wil/sy, he died in 1993 316 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,577 aged 22. 317 00:28:37,216 --> 00:28:41,255 He was at medical school and he was coming to visit his mum 318 00:28:41,345 --> 00:28:45,634 and while he was waiting for the boat he got killed. 319 00:28:49,186 --> 00:28:52,474 I 'm just beginning to get close to 320 00:28:53,607 --> 00:28:56,770 the things that I wanted to find out. 321 00:28:56,860 --> 00:29:00,978 So, I’m gonna extend my stay and stay for a little longer. 322 00:29:02,699 --> 00:29:09,616 And spend two months as opposed to one and see what happens. 323 00:29:09,706 --> 00:29:12,948 BACKG ROUN D CHAT 324 00:29:13,043 --> 00:29:15,910 BOB DYLAN ON RADIO: MOZAMBIQUE 325 00:29:28,016 --> 00:29:30,223 (SPEAKS TAMIL) 326 00:29:36,817 --> 00:29:39,058 SINGING: ...aqua blue 327 00:29:39,152 --> 00:29:42,565 SONG CONTINUES 328 00:29:50,414 --> 00:29:53,781 (CONVERSATION IN TAMIL) 329 00:30:01,383 --> 00:30:04,375 AMBIENT STREET SOUNDS 330 00:30:23,697 --> 00:30:25,688 FOOTSTEPS 331 00:30:31,204 --> 00:30:32,569 SPEAKERS CLATI'ER 332 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:48,009 - STEVE: What is all this? — This is a 505. I've got five of them. 333 00:30:48,096 --> 00:30:49,461 STEVE CHUCKLES 334 00:30:49,556 --> 00:30:51,137 I've got four of the 5055 335 00:30:51,224 --> 00:30:55,718 and then I've got a four-track, which is the little machine... 336 00:30:55,812 --> 00:30:58,053 that I recorded on. 337 00:30:59,608 --> 00:31:02,190 I never thought I was writing songs for myself. 338 00:31:02,277 --> 00:31:05,690 CLATTER I thought I was writing songs for Justine. 339 00:31:05,781 --> 00:31:07,362 You know. 340 00:31:10,410 --> 00:31:13,823 I'll play you the first tape of songs we used to make. 341 00:31:13,914 --> 00:31:17,577 CASSETTE CLICKS AND PLAYS ELEVATOR SONG 342 00:31:22,798 --> 00:31:25,631 I think we were really into the word "elevator". 343 00:31:25,717 --> 00:31:27,002 STEVE CHUCKLES 344 00:31:27,094 --> 00:31:30,757 Then I wrote this beat, here. It's called Chicken Choker. 345 00:31:30,847 --> 00:31:32,963 This was the first beat I wrote. 346 00:31:33,058 --> 00:31:35,674 PLAYS BEAT 347 00:31:44,403 --> 00:31:49,989 At this point we were just writing, like, any old songs about random things. 348 00:31:50,075 --> 00:31:52,566 And then, when I got back to London 349 00:31:52,661 --> 00:31:57,325 I actually started writing about the things that I wanted to write about. 350 00:31:57,416 --> 00:31:59,407 You know? RA‘I‘I’LING 351 00:31:59,459 --> 00:32:02,451 My lyrics were just things that was in my head 352 00:32:02,546 --> 00:32:08,917 combined with me being obsessed with dance, you know, urban music. 353 00:32:09,010 --> 00:32:10,875 BEEPING 354 00:32:15,559 --> 00:32:18,676 I I mashed up a coconut Outside by the back door 355 00:32:18,770 --> 00:32:20,886 I Should be closed I'm eating up my mango 356 00:32:20,981 --> 00:32:23,222 I Daddy was home Huntin' up a wild boar 357 00:32:23,316 --> 00:32:25,602 I Get your mum now Cook up the whole lot 358 00:32:25,694 --> 00:32:28,606 I We had no idea We were cooking for commandos 359 00:32:28,697 --> 00:32:31,609 I Our camp had videos made by Arsenio 360 00:32:31,700 --> 00:32:34,032 I Show the films like Rocky & Rambo 361 00:32:34,119 --> 00:32:36,280 I Role models from Hollywood to jungle 362 00:32:36,371 --> 00:32:38,612 I We learned to fight using our heroes 363 00:32:38,707 --> 00:32:40,993 I Aviator shades, gold rims With the grenades 364 00:32:41,084 --> 00:32:43,621 I Home-made tin weapons that ricochet 365 00:32:43,712 --> 00:32:45,953 I When it's hot we all made lemonade 366 00:32:46,047 --> 00:32:51,633 I Now we, we, we rock like we're macho Like that's what we wanted... I 367 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:55,804 MA YA: I knew how to tell the story because it was all there in front of me. 368 00:32:55,891 --> 00:33:00,555 Like, when you walked into my room there was photographs I 'd just taken, 369 00:33:00,645 --> 00:33:02,727 tapes of the Tigers. 370 00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:06,102 I found something that I knew how to put together 371 00:33:06,193 --> 00:33:11,733 and whatever I did, it was gonna pop just because I was desperate. 372 00:33:11,781 --> 00:33:14,523 I Oh, oh, oh, ho I 373 00:33:16,786 --> 00:33:20,028 Let's see what's on... BEAT PLAYS 374 00:33:22,584 --> 00:33:28,079 The best song I’ve got today has got to be... this. 375 00:33:36,515 --> 00:33:38,471 I My hips do the flicks As I walk, yeah 376 00:33:38,558 --> 00:33:42,016 I With the good hair I can do what I can 377 00:33:42,062 --> 00:33:43,848 I Did your mama tell you about me? 378 00:33:43,939 --> 00:33:45,804 I What did she say? Don't go play there 379 00:33:45,899 --> 00:33:49,733 I Gonna make that hot boy want me Gonna make that hot boy... I 380 00:33:49,819 --> 00:33:54,688 I 'd recorded four songs for Arular and I took it to XL Recordings 381 00:33:54,741 --> 00:33:56,277 and knocked on the door. 382 00:33:56,368 --> 00:33:58,780 She tells it like she knocked on the door and said, 383 00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:02,988 ” I hear you've been looking for me". It was a little bit like that. 384 00:34:03,083 --> 00:34:06,416 She did just turn up at the office one day with this demo, this CD 385 00:34:06,503 --> 00:34:09,870 with, like, hand-made artwork. 386 00:34:09,965 --> 00:34:12,297 She seemed to have a very strong vision. 387 00:34:12,384 --> 00:34:15,000 That’s one of the things I always look for 388 00:34:15,095 --> 00:34:18,007 when I 'm meeting artists: vision and ambition. 389 00:34:18,098 --> 00:34:21,215 I'm gonna move all this shit out of the way. 390 00:34:21,309 --> 00:34:24,847 She kinda had both of those things in bucket loads, really. 391 00:34:24,938 --> 00:34:27,304 - We didn't take the reverb off. - Yeah... 392 00:34:27,399 --> 00:34:30,641 When I heard the first song, I wasn't that blown away. 393 00:34:30,735 --> 00:34:33,602 She’s like, ”I'll come back tomorrow and play another song”. 394 00:34:33,697 --> 00:34:36,359 She came back and played me Galang. 395 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,412 I London calling Speak the slang now 396 00:34:47,460 --> 00:34:49,872 I Boys say wha’, wha’ And girls say wha', wha' 397 00:34:49,963 --> 00:34:52,170 I London calling Speak the slang now 398 00:34:52,257 --> 00:34:54,589 I Boys say wha’, wha’ And girls say wha', wha' 399 00:34:54,676 --> 00:34:59,545 I Slam, galang galang galang Gala gala galang galang gala 400 00:34:59,639 --> 00:35:02,676 I Shotgun, get down Get down, get down, get down... I 401 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:05,099 CLEARS THROAT 402 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:15,645 It was really home-made, but it's not about production value 403 00:35:15,739 --> 00:35:20,199 or, you know, how much money you have to make it shiny. 404 00:35:21,870 --> 00:35:24,156 Itjust has to come from a real place. 405 00:35:25,206 --> 00:35:26,912 Voila! 406 00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:28,990 BEATS 407 00:35:34,924 --> 00:35:39,588 I had really strong ideas about what music I liked and what made me dance 408 00:35:39,679 --> 00:35:41,761 and what I wanted to say. 409 00:35:41,848 --> 00:35:45,466 All of these things became Arular. 410 00:35:46,519 --> 00:35:50,853 I want to tell you about another singer, Maya Arulpragasm, born in Sri Lanka. 411 00:35:50,940 --> 00:35:53,306 Her father part of the Tamil Tiger guerrillas. 412 00:35:53,401 --> 00:35:57,019 Her mom fled with her to England, where Maya grew up in a refugee ghetto. 413 00:35:57,113 --> 00:36:00,071 She's an up-and-coming hip-hop artist and goes by the name, M.I.A. 414 00:36:00,158 --> 00:36:02,399 I Blaze a blaze Galang alang alang lang 415 00:36:02,494 --> 00:36:04,576 I Purple haze Galang alang alang lang I 416 00:36:04,621 --> 00:36:07,078 I Blaze a blaze Galang alang alang lang 417 00:36:07,165 --> 00:36:09,622 I Purple haze Galang alang alang lang I 418 00:36:09,709 --> 00:36:11,745 I London calling Speak the slang now 419 00:36:11,836 --> 00:36:13,952 I Boys say wha', wha' And girls say wha', wha' 420 00:36:14,047 --> 00:36:16,538 I London calling Speak the slang now 421 00:36:16,633 --> 00:36:18,715 I Boys say wha', wha' I And girls say wha', wha' 422 00:36:18,802 --> 00:36:23,341 I Slam, galang galang gala Gala gala galang galang gala 423 00:36:23,431 --> 00:36:27,515 I Shotgun, get down Get down, get down, get down 424 00:36:27,602 --> 00:36:29,433 I Get a, get a, get a down get down 425 00:36:29,979 --> 00:36:33,221 I Too late, you down Dan dan da dan, da da 426 00:36:33,316 --> 00:36:36,308 I Dana dana dana Da na da na da I 427 00:36:36,403 --> 00:36:39,736 NEWS REPORTER: She’s made a debut record on a $300 keyboard 428 00:36:39,781 --> 00:36:42,397 and the assistance of some producers in London. 429 00:36:42,492 --> 00:36:45,950 Sold over 100,000 copies, got picked up by Interscope Records. 430 00:36:46,037 --> 00:36:50,201 REPORTER: She was creating a buzz long before her debut CD was released 431 00:36:50,291 --> 00:36:55,081 and that is in part because of the work of a Philadelphia producer named Dip/o. 432 00:36:56,798 --> 00:36:59,835 I wonder who paid for this remote control? 433 00:36:59,926 --> 00:37:01,416 This makes the shit hot. 434 00:37:03,012 --> 00:37:05,128 It's the crunk button. 435 00:37:06,182 --> 00:37:09,049 - MAYA: Where’s the crunk button? - This one. 436 00:37:10,395 --> 00:37:14,729 This one just has this really amazing sound. Just the snares. 437 00:37:14,816 --> 00:37:16,807 DREAM-LIKE MUSIC 438 00:37:16,860 --> 00:37:21,024 - MAYA: I like the last one too, though. — Kind of space—love song... 439 00:37:21,114 --> 00:37:22,229 Ahh! 440 00:37:30,123 --> 00:37:34,708 M.I.A. is in the house, so M.I.A., come on down! 441 00:37:34,794 --> 00:37:37,251 CHEERING 442 00:37:39,716 --> 00:37:41,126 MAYA: Oh, my God! 443 00:37:41,217 --> 00:37:43,378 - How are you? - They're loud! 444 00:37:43,470 --> 00:37:46,837 Thank you so much. You wanna come and stand over here? 445 00:37:46,931 --> 00:37:49,297 - How are you doing? — I'm good. 446 00:37:49,392 --> 00:37:51,758 - It's a pleasure to meet you. - Good to meet you, too. 447 00:37:51,853 --> 00:37:56,438 - Thank you so much! - Look, my boyfriend‘s out there! 448 00:37:56,524 --> 00:37:58,810 - What one? Is he the one jumping up? - Yeah, yeah. 449 00:37:58,860 --> 00:37:59,940 HOST LAUGHS 450 00:38:00,028 --> 00:38:03,441 That's true love, man. He's jumping up outside. He should come in. 451 00:38:03,531 --> 00:38:05,817 - We'll have him come in. - Come in! 452 00:38:05,909 --> 00:38:10,653 What does it feel like now that you're getting recognition with the press? 453 00:38:10,747 --> 00:38:13,454 Does it mean something to you, or do you not really care? 454 00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:17,368 Personally, I try not to think about it too much. 455 00:38:17,420 --> 00:38:22,084 But I think it's really great for, like, being a Tamil, Sri Lankan, whatever. 456 00:38:22,175 --> 00:38:23,335 CHEERING 457 00:38:23,426 --> 00:38:26,918 It matters to them. The Tamil girls are screaming. 458 00:38:27,013 --> 00:38:28,594 They love it! 459 00:38:36,397 --> 00:38:40,140 - It's gonna kick arse, the whole shebang! - STEVE: Uh-huh? 460 00:38:40,860 --> 00:38:43,602 HAMMERING, WORKERS TALKING 461 00:38:46,407 --> 00:38:50,491 - STEVE: Look at all this! Oh, my God! - MAYA: That's the props. Walkie-ta/kies. 462 00:38:50,578 --> 00:38:52,364 - That's the radio. - Perfect! 463 00:38:52,455 --> 00:38:55,447 (WORKERS TALKING IN TAMIL) 464 00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:05,419 STEVE: Hey! Go, Maya! 465 00:39:06,636 --> 00:39:09,093 (LAUGHS) He's mad! 466 00:39:10,473 --> 00:39:12,509 SMOKE MACHINE DRONES 467 00:39:16,437 --> 00:39:19,474 MA YA: There 's a lot of cookie-cutter videos. 468 00:39:19,566 --> 00:39:24,606 Pretty girls, clubs, cars, guys. People are scared to experiment. 469 00:39:24,696 --> 00:39:29,281 Your video should be a tool to... bring to people 470 00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:33,485 scenes and sights and images that they’ve not seen before. 471 00:39:33,997 --> 00:39:35,533 I I bongo with my lingo 472 00:39:35,582 --> 00:39:38,119 I And beat it like a wing, yo 473 00:39:38,209 --> 00:39:39,870 I To combo, to Colombo 474 00:39:39,961 --> 00:39:42,293 I Can't stereotype my thing, yo 475 00:39:42,380 --> 00:39:46,339 I I salt and pepper my mango Shoot spit out the window 476 00:39:46,426 --> 00:39:48,883 I Bingo, got them in the thing, yo 477 00:39:48,970 --> 00:39:50,426 I Now what? I'm doing my thing, yo 478 00:39:50,513 --> 00:39:54,381 I The sun showers that fall on my troubles 479 00:39:54,475 --> 00:39:58,013 I Are over you, my baby 480 00:39:59,272 --> 00:40:02,309 I And sun showers I'll be aiming at you 481 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,391 I Cos I'm watching you, my baby I 482 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:09,942 VOCAL WARM-UP 483 00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:20,122 We're here at Coachella 2005. 484 00:40:23,004 --> 00:40:25,541 That’s the main stage. 485 00:40:26,382 --> 00:40:29,749 I Ah, that's how I write... I 486 00:40:31,179 --> 00:40:35,969 When Arular came out in 2005, Napster was happening 487 00:40:36,059 --> 00:40:40,678 and a million copies got downloaded for free. 488 00:40:41,981 --> 00:40:44,893 Itjust blew up so quickly. 489 00:40:44,984 --> 00:40:47,600 Like, so fast. 490 00:40:47,695 --> 00:40:50,528 CROWD CHANTS: M.I.A., M.I.A 491 00:40:53,493 --> 00:40:56,030 CHEERING 492 00:41:07,632 --> 00:41:10,214 I I'm a fighter, fighter god 493 00:41:10,259 --> 00:41:12,250 I I'm a soldier on that road 494 00:41:12,345 --> 00:41:14,961 I I'm a fighter, a nice nice fighter 495 00:41:15,056 --> 00:41:17,138 I I'm a soldier on that road 496 00:41:17,225 --> 00:41:19,511 I Bring me the reaper Bring me a lawyer 497 00:41:19,602 --> 00:41:21,388 I I'll fight, I'll take them on 498 00:41:21,479 --> 00:41:23,936 I You treat me like a killer I never hate ya 499 00:41:24,023 --> 00:41:26,139 I I'm a soldier on that road 500 00:41:26,234 --> 00:41:28,816 I I'm a fighter, fighter god 501 00:41:28,861 --> 00:41:30,522 I I'm a soldier on that road 502 00:41:31,489 --> 00:41:34,231 I Slang tang That's the M.I.A. thang 503 00:41:34,325 --> 00:41:36,816 I I got the bombs to make you blow 504 00:41:36,911 --> 00:41:39,072 I I got the beats to make you bang I 505 00:41:39,872 --> 00:41:43,706 Ho! Make some noise. CHEERING 506 00:41:44,460 --> 00:41:47,827 Coachella! Thank you for having me. 507 00:41:47,922 --> 00:41:51,961 It's my first festival in America and I loved it. 508 00:41:58,766 --> 00:42:01,724 WOMAN: One more! 509 00:42:03,604 --> 00:42:08,974 - Congratulations! Wasn't that amazing? — I know. A fucking encore! What do I do? 510 00:42:09,068 --> 00:42:10,933 CHEERING 511 00:42:29,213 --> 00:42:32,000 I I fly like paper, get high like planes 512 00:42:32,091 --> 00:42:34,924 I If you catch me at the border I got visas in my name 513 00:42:35,011 --> 00:42:37,798 I If you come around here I make 'em all day 514 00:42:37,889 --> 00:42:40,676 I I get one down in a second If you wait 515 00:42:40,767 --> 00:42:41,756 I I fly like... I 516 00:42:43,186 --> 00:42:47,270 You should repeat that, so we know the length of it. 517 00:42:47,356 --> 00:42:49,972 MUSIC CONTINUES 518 00:42:51,986 --> 00:42:54,352 I All I wanna do Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom 519 00:42:54,447 --> 00:42:57,405 I And the boom, boom, boom And take your money 520 00:42:57,492 --> 00:42:59,904 I All I wanna do Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom 521 00:42:59,994 --> 00:43:02,986 I And boom, boom, boom And take your money 522 00:43:03,081 --> 00:43:05,493 I All I wanna do Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom 523 00:43:05,541 --> 00:43:08,499 I And the boom, boom, boom And take your money 524 00:43:08,586 --> 00:43:11,328 I All I wanna do Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom... I 525 00:43:11,380 --> 00:43:14,167 MUSIC FADES 526 00:43:21,224 --> 00:43:22,634 HANDBRAKE PULLED 527 00:43:22,725 --> 00:43:26,468 All right. So, I'll see you in a minute. 528 00:43:27,855 --> 00:43:30,346 I I fly like paper, get high like planes 529 00:43:30,441 --> 00:43:32,807 I If you catch me on the border I got visas in my name I 530 00:43:32,860 --> 00:43:34,350 SPIKE: What's that song about? 531 00:43:34,445 --> 00:43:38,654 The stereotype that‘s attached to, like, immigrants and stuff like that. 532 00:43:38,699 --> 00:43:41,941 That they come and take the jobs, the money and everything. 533 00:43:42,036 --> 00:43:44,994 So, it was like a funny... like a spoofy song about that. 534 00:43:45,081 --> 00:43:47,572 It's like, all I wanna do is... (IMITATES GUNFIRE) 535 00:43:47,667 --> 00:43:51,535 and then, ka—ching, and take your money. 536 00:43:51,629 --> 00:43:56,498 - So, what should I say? — OK, one two, three. I don 't know. 537 00:43:56,592 --> 00:43:59,675 - Tell me... - You’re the Hollywood one! Shit! 538 00:43:59,762 --> 00:44:01,343 THEY LAUGH 539 00:44:01,430 --> 00:44:04,092 — Um... - Hi, this is Spike Jonze 540 00:44:04,142 --> 00:44:05,723 recording for PBS. 541 00:44:07,019 --> 00:44:12,104 Uh, all right. Hi, this is Spike Jonze for PBS and we are spending the day with Maya 542 00:44:12,191 --> 00:44:15,058 and she‘s gonna take us out to meet her friend, Afrikan Boy. 543 00:44:15,153 --> 00:44:17,314 And she‘s gonna tell about the new record 544 00:44:17,405 --> 00:44:21,068 she's been working on for the last year that she named after her mom. 545 00:44:21,159 --> 00:44:25,027 I Ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh I 546 00:44:25,121 --> 00:44:28,204 Hey! How are you? 547 00:44:43,389 --> 00:44:48,725 Like, all these new immigrant cultures and stuff, that have settled in the West. 548 00:44:48,811 --> 00:44:50,927 It's so deep and strong 549 00:44:50,980 --> 00:44:55,815 and it's part of, like, the fabric of, I don't know, any city. 550 00:44:55,860 --> 00:44:59,978 But people feel threatened and scared about it, or it‘s like a dirty word. 551 00:45:00,072 --> 00:45:03,690 Yeah. A lot of people are, like, scared to go against the grain. 552 00:45:03,784 --> 00:45:06,776 Yeah, you can't rap about being an immigrant. 553 00:45:06,871 --> 00:45:08,987 It's too embarrassing for people. 554 00:45:09,081 --> 00:45:11,993 - SPIKE: And how did you meet this one? - Um, Myspace. 555 00:45:12,084 --> 00:45:16,418 - Myspace? - Yeah, she just found me. She found me. 556 00:45:16,505 --> 00:45:18,962 MUSIC PLAYING: LIDL BY AFRIKAN BOY 557 00:45:21,636 --> 00:45:25,094 I One day I went to Lidl I was really, really hungry 558 00:45:25,181 --> 00:45:28,639 I I went to shoplift in Lidl Cos I had no money, money... I 559 00:45:28,726 --> 00:45:29,932 THEY LAUGH 560 00:45:30,019 --> 00:45:32,977 MA YA: There ’5 always gonna be something different about us 561 00:45:33,064 --> 00:45:36,727 that isn’t gonna relate to a white experience or a black experience. 562 00:45:36,817 --> 00:45:39,433 There’s always something extra that's... 563 00:45:39,528 --> 00:45:46,445 Something else that you have to go and do, which is connect with, you know... 564 00:45:46,535 --> 00:45:50,244 your, sort of, back-homeness. 565 00:45:50,331 --> 00:45:54,165 Whereas Arular was like coming from there and taking it over here. 566 00:45:54,252 --> 00:45:56,459 Kala was definitely the send-money-home record, 567 00:45:56,545 --> 00:46:00,288 where you're sending the DVD box back home. 568 00:46:00,383 --> 00:46:04,342 Colour TV box and the microwave, d’you know what I mean? 569 00:46:04,428 --> 00:46:08,262 I was able to go back with some stuff this time. 570 00:46:08,933 --> 00:46:10,719 TYRES SCREECH 571 00:46:10,810 --> 00:46:15,304 This is M, this is I, this is A. 572 00:46:15,398 --> 00:46:17,389 Yeah, Maya, MIA. 573 00:46:21,445 --> 00:46:23,436 MA YA: Making Kala was really fun. 574 00:46:23,531 --> 00:46:25,192 Everybody went on the record. 575 00:46:25,283 --> 00:46:26,693 KID BLEATS 576 00:46:26,742 --> 00:46:30,985 Even animals! The dogs and the chickens and the flies. 577 00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:33,287 The kids that were playing in the yard. 578 00:46:33,374 --> 00:46:35,456 One, two, three. 579 00:46:36,043 --> 00:46:38,204 (TAMIL CLAPPING RHYME) 580 00:46:46,304 --> 00:46:50,968 It was just like going back to meet the kid I was when I was, like, six years old 581 00:46:51,058 --> 00:46:52,923 and be, like, what would I want? 582 00:46:53,019 --> 00:46:56,511 I would have wanted this person to come and give me free key rings, 583 00:46:56,605 --> 00:46:58,812 like the ones I had. 584 00:46:58,899 --> 00:47:02,858 And buy me some candy, throw the best party 585 00:47:02,945 --> 00:47:06,437 and give me some money at the end ofit. 586 00:47:08,534 --> 00:47:11,241 MUSIC AND BEATS PLAY 587 00:47:19,837 --> 00:47:24,206 It was like doing a little Rubik’s Cube and I just kind of, like, 588 00:47:24,300 --> 00:47:28,418 started throwing more and more colours onto the side of this cube. 589 00:47:28,512 --> 00:47:30,673 I think you should play loud. 590 00:47:30,765 --> 00:47:34,053 MUSIC: EXTRACTS FROM ‘BOYZ' 591 00:47:43,194 --> 00:47:47,358 I went to practically every continent. 592 00:47:49,408 --> 00:47:54,573 We kept working on the same song in every country. 593 00:47:54,622 --> 00:47:56,988 I started recording music in Trinidad. 594 00:47:57,083 --> 00:48:02,999 You had to make it make sense to the Trinidad/ans so, it would change slightly. 595 00:48:03,089 --> 00:48:06,422 And then record some stuff in Jamaica. 596 00:48:06,509 --> 00:48:08,921 'BOYZ' CONTINUES TO PLAY 597 00:48:10,012 --> 00:48:14,722 We would have to adjust it again when you bring him to Brooklyn. 598 00:48:19,313 --> 00:48:22,555 I Can we go riding up a dirty track Up in Laventille 599 00:48:22,650 --> 00:48:25,107 I Will you show me before I make it back 600 00:48:25,194 --> 00:48:26,809 I Somewhere I can chill I 601 00:48:26,862 --> 00:48:31,822 The kid in the village where we shot the 'Bird Flu’ video 602 00:48:31,909 --> 00:48:34,867 and the kid in Liberia playing on that playground 603 00:48:34,954 --> 00:48:37,195 is exactly the same. 604 00:48:37,289 --> 00:48:40,406 And they have nursery rhymes and they play games. 605 00:48:40,459 --> 00:48:43,792 They have an opinion about what kind of hairstyle they want 606 00:48:43,879 --> 00:48:46,370 and what T-shirt they're gonna put on in the morning. 607 00:48:46,465 --> 00:48:52,335 And they have dreams and they have, like, an idea of what they wanna be. 608 00:48:54,932 --> 00:48:57,639 Can you turn my mic up, please. 609 00:49:01,397 --> 00:49:04,810 I Road runner, road runner 610 00:49:04,900 --> 00:49:07,312 I Going hundred miles per hour 611 00:49:08,863 --> 00:49:11,195 I Road runner, road runner 612 00:49:12,741 --> 00:49:14,948 I Going hundred miles per hour 613 00:49:16,412 --> 00:49:18,698 I With your radio on 614 00:49:20,624 --> 00:49:22,535 I With your radio on 615 00:49:24,003 --> 00:49:27,120 I Road runner, road runner 616 00:49:27,923 --> 00:49:31,381 I Going hundred miles per hour 617 00:49:31,469 --> 00:49:34,552 I With your radio on 618 00:49:35,014 --> 00:49:38,723 I With your radio on 619 00:49:39,602 --> 00:49:42,560 I Somalia, Angola, Ghana, Ghana, Ghana 620 00:49:42,646 --> 00:49:45,433 I Hey India, Sri Lanka, Burma 621 00:49:45,524 --> 00:49:47,105 I Bamboo banga Hey 622 00:49:47,193 --> 00:49:49,058 I This the bamboo banga Whoo hoo 623 00:49:49,153 --> 00:49:50,984 I I said bamboo banga Whoo 624 00:49:51,071 --> 00:49:52,936 I This the bamboo banga Whoo hoo 625 00:49:53,032 --> 00:49:54,988 I I said bamboo banga Whoo 626 00:49:55,075 --> 00:50:06,327 I Yeah, I‘m knocking on the doors Of your hummer hummer 627 00:50:06,420 --> 00:50:10,208 I Yeah, we‘re hungry like the wolves Hunting dinner dinner 628 00:50:10,299 --> 00:50:13,416 I And we're moving with the packs Like hyena ena 629 00:50:13,511 --> 00:50:15,672 I I'm a road runner 630 00:50:15,888 --> 00:50:17,503 I I'm a world runner 631 00:50:17,598 --> 00:50:19,259 I I'm a road runner 632 00:50:19,350 --> 00:50:21,386 I I'm a world runner 633 00:50:21,477 --> 00:50:23,013 I I'm big timer 634 00:50:23,103 --> 00:50:25,515 I It‘s the bamboo banga Bamboo banga 635 00:50:25,689 --> 00:50:27,020 I I'm big timer 636 00:50:27,107 --> 00:50:29,189 I It‘s the bamboo banga Bamboo banga 637 00:50:29,276 --> 00:50:30,766 I I'm big timer 638 00:50:30,819 --> 00:50:33,231 I It‘s the bamboo banga Bamboo banga 639 00:50:33,322 --> 00:50:34,687 I I'm big timer 640 00:50:34,740 --> 00:50:36,776 I It‘s the bamboo banga Bamboo banga 641 00:50:36,867 --> 00:50:38,357 I I'm big timer 642 00:50:38,452 --> 00:50:40,784 I It‘s the bamboo banga Bamboo banga 643 00:50:40,871 --> 00:50:42,577 I I'm big timer 644 00:50:42,665 --> 00:50:45,828 I It‘s the bamboo banga Bamboo banga I 645 00:50:46,877 --> 00:50:50,586 REPORTER: Rolling Stone put out its annual list of the top 50 albums 646 00:50:50,673 --> 00:50:53,005 and it shows the diversity of modern music. 647 00:50:53,092 --> 00:50:56,835 The number one album, according to Rolling Stone magazine, 648 00:50:56,929 --> 00:51:01,639 is notAmy Winehouse's 'Back to Black’, it's ’Ka/a’ from M.I.A. 649 00:51:01,725 --> 00:51:04,091 who’s British by way of Sri Lanka. 650 00:51:08,607 --> 00:51:11,098 Popular. LIGHTER CLICKS 651 00:51:13,404 --> 00:51:15,395 Fucking popular. 652 00:51:15,489 --> 00:51:18,526 MAN: CHUCKLES Fucking popular! That's wicked. 653 00:51:18,617 --> 00:51:23,156 - Fucking popular! — Fucking popular! 654 00:51:23,247 --> 00:51:27,707 I I go to the club and I‘m popular I stay at home and I'm popular 655 00:51:27,793 --> 00:51:30,455 I I get phone calls and I'm popular... I MAN LAUGHS 656 00:51:30,546 --> 00:51:33,333 - I On Myspace, you know I'm popular I - MAN: Fucking popular! 657 00:51:33,382 --> 00:51:39,343 I Popular, I'm fucking really popular Popular, I'm really, really popular 658 00:51:39,430 --> 00:51:43,639 I It's hard, it‘s hard It's really, really hard 659 00:51:43,726 --> 00:51:45,091 I I'm popularI 660 00:51:49,732 --> 00:51:52,018 MUSIC PLAYS 661 00:51:52,109 --> 00:51:54,225 Stay! 662 00:51:56,822 --> 00:51:59,029 TURNS MUSIC OFF 663 00:52:15,883 --> 00:52:17,874 SEWING MACHINE CLACKS 664 00:52:27,811 --> 00:52:30,348 RAIN POUNDS 665 00:52:34,026 --> 00:52:36,733 TV IN BACKGROUND 666 00:52:46,789 --> 00:52:53,536 Basically, Tamil Tiger boys entered Colombo and they’ve bombed the airport. 667 00:53:00,719 --> 00:53:05,884 This is Colombo. This is meant to be the government—controlled safe zone. 668 00:53:07,935 --> 00:53:08,924 GUNSHOT 669 00:53:09,019 --> 00:53:14,013 I really felt as though this is gonna be the end of the war. 670 00:53:14,108 --> 00:53:16,975 It's in fact stuck in the middle. 671 00:53:47,975 --> 00:53:50,307 The army and police are scared of the Tigers 672 00:53:50,394 --> 00:53:52,726 so they're allowed to shoot who they want. 673 00:53:52,813 --> 00:53:57,807 And, because it's a war zone... they‘ve got... 674 00:53:57,860 --> 00:53:59,851 they've got the right to do anything. 675 00:54:02,531 --> 00:54:08,401 "The most gruesome, that of Koneswari, was a grenade was exploded inside her vagina 676 00:54:08,495 --> 00:54:15,708 after being raped and killed, to remove all traces of the sexual offences." 677 00:54:15,794 --> 00:54:18,831 Hm? Terrible, uh? 678 00:54:20,215 --> 00:54:22,376 Terrible is not the word. 679 00:54:22,468 --> 00:54:27,178 And what this... bloody world is looking at this and reading, I don‘t understand. 680 00:54:27,222 --> 00:54:28,678 Nobody's interested. 681 00:54:28,766 --> 00:54:33,180 The Americans are not interested. The whole world is not interested. 682 00:54:37,399 --> 00:54:39,731 The more I learn about things 683 00:54:39,818 --> 00:54:42,935 the more I feel I have absolutely no control 684 00:54:43,030 --> 00:54:47,364 because it's happening in the masses. That's the only reason. 685 00:54:47,451 --> 00:54:50,363 It's happening in the masses. 686 00:54:51,413 --> 00:54:54,325 I've got a feeling someone's at my windowsill. 687 00:54:54,416 --> 00:54:57,328 I'm gonna just go and investigate. 688 00:55:04,551 --> 00:55:08,260 So, while I was in the room taping myself, this boy... 689 00:55:08,347 --> 00:55:11,805 This guy had been standing there and watching, maybe 45 minutes. 690 00:55:15,020 --> 00:55:19,764 Watching through the window you, and also watching me through this thing. 691 00:55:19,858 --> 00:55:23,771 And he got panic. He thought there is something is going on behind his back. 692 00:55:23,821 --> 00:55:26,733 And he wanted to... He came and he asked me, 693 00:55:26,824 --> 00:55:32,444 ‘Do you know you're supposed to tell me what's going on in this house', you know. 694 00:55:38,585 --> 00:55:44,296 Today, I got on the bus with my mum and I completely got surrounded by soldiers. 695 00:55:47,386 --> 00:55:53,222 And they came in to the seat and stood in front of my mum and me. 696 00:55:53,308 --> 00:55:56,425 And every time when the bus was, like, bumpy 697 00:55:56,520 --> 00:56:00,638 they would fall on top of me and, like, grope me. 698 00:56:02,192 --> 00:56:06,777 And so, I started crying. And my mum was like, ’If you open your mouth, 699 00:56:06,822 --> 00:56:10,189 they will stop the bus. They will drag you into the jungle '. 700 00:56:10,284 --> 00:56:15,495 'And then, they’re gonna kill us both in the jungle and no—one’s even gonna care.’ 701 00:56:16,790 --> 00:56:21,409 And I was looking around and I’m like, ’Who do I ask for help?’ 702 00:56:21,503 --> 00:56:25,667 Like, 'Who is that person ?' And there’s nobody else. 703 00:56:25,757 --> 00:56:28,624 So then, you start looking out the window, going, 704 00:56:28,719 --> 00:56:34,510 ’Somewhere in that fucking jungle, there's somebody who's fighting for me'. 705 00:56:41,982 --> 00:56:47,227 I'm not gonna forget... what I'm hearing over here. 706 00:56:47,321 --> 00:56:51,155 It's becoming a part of me and it's becoming a part of my life. 707 00:56:51,241 --> 00:56:54,233 And I kind of feel like I‘ve opened a can of worms 708 00:56:54,328 --> 00:56:56,694 and I don‘t really know how to control it 709 00:56:56,788 --> 00:57:00,872 and how it's gonna manifest inside my head. 710 00:57:03,420 --> 00:57:04,705 CLICK 711 00:57:09,009 --> 00:57:11,170 BIRDSONG 712 00:57:17,601 --> 00:57:20,718 I miss home. WHIRRING 713 00:57:20,812 --> 00:57:23,519 And I miss making curtains. 714 00:57:26,026 --> 00:57:30,019 There's Steve, who's had his first day at Interscope (GIGGLES) 715 00:57:39,039 --> 00:57:41,280 You're on camera! 716 00:57:47,381 --> 00:57:50,714 Whoa! Seriously, this is ten seconds? 717 00:57:50,801 --> 00:57:52,086 LAUGHTER 718 00:57:52,177 --> 00:57:54,168 Holy shit! That's crazy. 719 00:57:54,221 --> 00:57:57,054 And you know, you do 20 minutes and basically, 720 00:57:57,140 --> 00:58:00,052 it‘s the equivalent of doing an hour and a half in the gym. 721 00:58:00,143 --> 00:58:03,806 How much does one of these cost? LAUGHTER 722 00:58:03,897 --> 00:58:06,639 And you come out so pumped, you know? GROWLS 723 00:58:06,733 --> 00:58:09,019 I I'm a Shake it to the ground Bring it back up 724 00:58:09,111 --> 00:58:10,817 I Twirl it all around Yeah, you know what's up 725 00:58:10,904 --> 00:58:13,020 I I'm a Shake it to the ground And bring it back up 726 00:58:13,115 --> 00:58:15,071 I Twirl it all around Yeah, you know what's up 727 00:58:15,158 --> 00:58:16,648 I Shake it to the ground I 728 00:58:16,702 --> 00:58:19,910 In 2009, the biggest contradiction in my life 729 00:58:19,997 --> 00:58:24,366 was being a mum who’s about to give birth... 730 00:58:24,459 --> 00:58:26,541 CHEERING 731 00:58:26,628 --> 00:58:32,294 ...versus a famous person who's been nominated for an Oscar and a Grammy. 732 00:58:32,384 --> 00:58:34,921 And I thought that was the predicament. 733 00:58:35,012 --> 00:58:37,469 I I fly like paper, get high like... I 734 00:58:37,556 --> 00:58:39,638 EXPLOSION 735 00:58:40,892 --> 00:58:46,228 But then, the war in Sri Lanka began to escalate. 736 00:58:46,314 --> 00:58:50,899 An aid worker says nearly 400 people were killed by government shelling 737 00:58:50,986 --> 00:58:53,898 in what is supposed to be a no-fire zone. 738 00:58:53,989 --> 00:58:59,655 A no-fire zone, an area to keep civilians safe as war rages around them. 739 00:58:59,745 --> 00:59:02,157 These pictures, purported/y from that zone, 740 00:59:02,247 --> 00:59:05,910 show that innocent people are still being caught in shelling. 741 00:59:06,001 --> 00:59:09,459 The United Nations has been critical of the Sri Lankan government 742 00:59:09,546 --> 00:59:13,255 and the Tamil Tigers for putting civilians in harm ’5 way. 743 00:59:13,300 --> 00:59:17,589 The outside world has little knowledge of what civilians are up against. 744 00:59:17,679 --> 00:59:20,762 It's like the Tamil people are invisible. 745 00:59:22,768 --> 00:59:26,056 M.I.A. is a talented singer, songwriter and hip-hop artist 746 00:59:26,146 --> 00:59:29,183 who has the rare honour of being nominated, get this, 747 00:59:29,274 --> 00:59:31,640 for an Oscar and a Grammy in the same year! 748 00:59:31,735 --> 00:59:34,647 Grammy, Oscar, same... That's huge! 749 00:59:34,738 --> 00:59:38,947 Being the only Tamil, you know, in the western media 750 00:59:39,034 --> 00:59:43,403 I have a really great opportunity to, sort of, bring forward 751 00:59:43,497 --> 00:59:45,533 what‘s going on in Sri Lanka. 752 00:59:45,582 --> 00:59:47,573 The more successful I'm getting, 753 00:59:47,667 --> 00:59:50,579 the direr the situation in Sri Lanka‘s getting. 754 00:59:51,630 --> 00:59:58,377 I think the simple thing to explain it as, is, under the guise of fighting terrorism, 755 00:59:58,470 --> 01:00:00,961 there's a genocide going on. 756 01:00:01,056 --> 01:00:04,469 REPORTER: A naked man, blindfolded and bound. 757 01:00:04,559 --> 01:00:07,517 His last human contact, a kick in the head. 758 01:00:07,604 --> 01:00:08,764 GUNSHOT 759 01:00:08,855 --> 01:00:12,894 Extrajudicial killings by government soldiers and paramilitaries 760 01:00:12,984 --> 01:00:15,475 have been documented in Sri Lanka for years. 761 01:00:15,570 --> 01:00:18,357 But there’s never been evidence like this. 762 01:00:20,075 --> 01:00:24,284 IS the government of Sri Lanka engaged in genocide? 763 01:00:24,371 --> 01:00:29,866 M.I.A. is a great artist. But, sorry, I think she is misinformed. 764 01:00:29,960 --> 01:00:34,954 And it‘s best that she stay with what she is good at, which is music. 765 01:00:35,048 --> 01:00:37,289 CROWD CHANTS 766 01:00:39,427 --> 01:00:43,796 REPORTER: There is no doubt she infuriated many Sinhalese Sri Lankans 767 01:00:43,890 --> 01:00:48,179 when she reported/y accused the army there of committing ethnic cleansing 768 01:00:48,270 --> 01:00:52,309 and systematic genocide against the Tami/s. 769 01:00:52,399 --> 01:00:54,685 Anyone who's against the government 770 01:00:54,776 --> 01:00:58,360 is getting assassinated, killed, jailed, whatever - kicked out. 771 01:00:58,446 --> 01:01:03,156 So, it's really difficult to get that information, you know, 772 01:01:03,243 --> 01:01:08,363 that you can share with the American public, to go, 'This is what‘s going on‘. 773 01:01:08,456 --> 01:01:10,617 And tell the American public why, 774 01:01:10,709 --> 01:01:14,042 if you're from this island nation, you sound like Mick Jagger. 775 01:01:14,129 --> 01:01:15,494 LAUGHTER 776 01:01:15,589 --> 01:01:17,580 Well, I'm just one of them! Like... 777 01:01:17,674 --> 01:01:20,541 But that's not what they all sound like, right? 778 01:01:20,635 --> 01:01:24,002 No, but we'll never know, cos they keep killing them all. 779 01:01:24,097 --> 01:01:28,215 Really? They could all have Cockney accents in Sri Lanka? That's interesting! 780 01:01:28,310 --> 01:01:29,766 MA YA: They dismissed me. 781 01:01:29,853 --> 01:01:32,595 M.I.A., everybody. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 782 01:01:32,689 --> 01:01:36,181 Good luck with that. I know it‘s a difficult situation. 783 01:01:36,276 --> 01:01:39,063 Like, go home, little girl! They shut me down. 784 01:01:40,155 --> 01:01:42,146 GENERAL CLAMOUR 785 01:01:51,541 --> 01:01:55,910 REPORTER: Tell us what you were frustrated about with the CNN piece. 786 01:01:56,004 --> 01:01:59,337 I wanna be, like, checking the fact that... 787 01:01:59,424 --> 01:02:02,257 Ijust wanna know why I was edited out 788 01:02:02,302 --> 01:02:06,591 when I said there's a genocide going on in Sri Lanka. 789 01:02:06,681 --> 01:02:09,343 We talked for 45 minutes and they edited it out, 790 01:02:09,434 --> 01:02:11,675 made it about me and my song, and... 791 01:02:11,770 --> 01:02:15,228 You're the first person that we’ve interviewed that says, 792 01:02:15,315 --> 01:02:18,853 ’The piece was too much about me’. People mostly want it about them. 793 01:02:18,944 --> 01:02:21,560 I know. It‘s not about me because... 794 01:02:21,655 --> 01:02:26,319 MAYA: People were just like, ’This is ugly news. We don’t wanna talk about death.’ 795 01:02:26,409 --> 01:02:31,529 ’We don’t wanna see blown-up babies.’ You know, ’Talk about Beverly Hills.’ 796 01:02:31,581 --> 01:02:34,414 It was very hard being two things at once. 797 01:02:36,711 --> 01:02:39,623 I tried to do it the way they wanted me to do it, 798 01:02:41,675 --> 01:02:44,087 which is, learn the script, 799 01:02:44,177 --> 01:02:48,170 learn the five sentences you wanted to repeat in the news. 800 01:02:48,265 --> 01:02:52,474 Go on the news and be successful. 801 01:02:52,560 --> 01:02:56,018 But... I couldn’t. 802 01:02:56,106 --> 01:02:59,314 I literally felt like I was exploding. 803 01:02:59,401 --> 01:03:00,811 GUNFIRE 804 01:03:00,860 --> 01:03:03,442 So, I did it my way. 805 01:03:04,489 --> 01:03:06,525 EXPLOSION 806 01:03:31,391 --> 01:03:32,631 Boo! 807 01:03:41,401 --> 01:03:44,063 Sit down and shut the fuck up! 808 01:03:57,208 --> 01:03:58,744 Get off this bus trip! 809 01:03:59,210 --> 01:04:03,249 Let‘s go! Go! Go! Go! Move! 810 01:04:06,009 --> 01:04:08,546 Move! Go! Go! 811 01:04:09,054 --> 01:04:10,760 GUNSHOT 812 01:04:11,181 --> 01:04:13,172 EX PLOSIONS 813 01:04:24,402 --> 01:04:25,391 GUNSHOT 814 01:04:29,366 --> 01:04:32,529 RADIO HOST: M.I.A. on KROQ, 106.7. 815 01:04:32,619 --> 01:04:36,111 Every time we call that, we get frantic emails from people 816 01:04:36,206 --> 01:04:40,540 who say M.I.A. is a terrorist and KROQ are bad people for supporting her. 817 01:04:40,627 --> 01:04:43,414 Maybe there’s a connection, maybe she’s sending money. 818 01:04:43,505 --> 01:04:46,042 I don ’t think that’s a bad question to ask. 819 01:04:46,132 --> 01:04:47,372 CALLER: I agree. 820 01:04:47,467 --> 01:04:52,006 MA YA: What they’re doing is dragging me into it and associating my name 821 01:04:52,097 --> 01:04:55,180 and my achievement and my career and whateverI do 822 01:04:55,266 --> 01:05:00,056 to, again, the same words: M.I.A., Tamil, Terrorist. 823 01:05:00,146 --> 01:05:05,561 Like, respectable news outlets are... doing lazy journalism. 824 01:05:05,652 --> 01:05:08,018 But when you put out Born Free, that video, 825 01:05:08,113 --> 01:05:12,652 you don't put that out without knowing that it's gonna cause a stir 826 01:05:12,700 --> 01:05:15,112 and a lot of people are not gonna like it. 827 01:05:17,205 --> 01:05:19,867 Uh, what part of that didn't they like, by the way? 828 01:05:19,958 --> 01:05:23,450 - It was just ketchup and fake blood. — Too gratuitous. 829 01:05:23,545 --> 01:05:25,627 That was what blew my mind. 830 01:05:25,713 --> 01:05:30,548 It was like the real execution video I Twittered two months beforehand. 831 01:05:30,635 --> 01:05:33,217 No one gave a shit. No one even talked about it. 832 01:05:33,304 --> 01:05:35,636 The real thing. Yet when you make a video... 833 01:05:35,723 --> 01:05:39,011 Two months later, I refilmed that with some ginger people 834 01:05:39,060 --> 01:05:43,929 with fake blood and it‘s the most horrific thing people had ever seen. 835 01:05:43,982 --> 01:05:47,850 - You think you're a victim of censorship? — Yeah, of course! 836 01:05:53,408 --> 01:05:57,196 What experience are we allowed to share from these places 837 01:05:57,287 --> 01:06:01,200 that makes you comfortable and makes it easy for you to digest? 838 01:06:01,291 --> 01:06:05,409 If you come from the struggle, how the fuck do you talk about the struggle 839 01:06:05,503 --> 01:06:07,915 without talking about the struggle? 840 01:06:19,184 --> 01:06:22,551 PEOPLE TALKING AT ONCE STEVE: If she can get Maya on the cover, 841 01:06:22,645 --> 01:06:25,933 why hasn’t she stopped them slandering Maya before? 842 01:06:25,982 --> 01:06:28,849 You have to see it like this. If we do get the cover, 843 01:06:28,902 --> 01:06:31,985 it’d be the first time a Tamil's been on the cover. 844 01:06:32,071 --> 01:06:34,528 We can be so blind. 845 01:06:34,616 --> 01:06:35,947 Are they gonna do a smiley 846 01:06:36,034 --> 01:06:39,026 when they get a dude representing the Sri Lankan government 847 01:06:39,120 --> 01:06:42,829 to come on TV the next week and say, ”Oh, M.I.A. She should stick to music”. 848 01:06:42,916 --> 01:06:44,656 We need to know these moves. 849 01:06:44,751 --> 01:06:47,618 They're not gonna give you what they’re gonna do after. 850 01:06:47,712 --> 01:06:50,954 You just have to be prepared for the worst-case scenario. 851 01:06:51,049 --> 01:06:54,462 If they're gonna fuck you over, the worst thing they could do 852 01:06:54,552 --> 01:06:59,421 is make you irrelevant with your, like, political position. 853 01:06:59,516 --> 01:07:03,350 And just go, 'This doesn't mean anything. Yeah, whatever.’ 854 01:07:03,436 --> 01:07:07,304 'You're just another artist coming out on Interscope this month 855 01:07:07,398 --> 01:07:11,016 and we wanted a story on the musician.’ 856 01:07:11,110 --> 01:07:13,101 GENERAL CHATTER 857 01:07:17,075 --> 01:07:19,612 MAYA: We were just saying you don ’t like technology. 858 01:07:19,661 --> 01:07:22,198 - I don’t. - It's a bit loud and it's nine minutes. 859 01:07:22,288 --> 01:07:24,870 OK, good! All the better. 860 01:07:25,583 --> 01:07:27,824 I like loud. I like nine minutes. 861 01:07:35,593 --> 01:07:38,585 Oh, my God! Did you hear me screaming? 862 01:07:38,680 --> 01:07:43,094 MAYA: No, I wanted to just leave you in your element, there. 863 01:07:43,142 --> 01:07:46,885 Really amazing! Very upsetting, but very amazing. 864 01:07:46,980 --> 01:07:49,096 ROMAN: You can say if you don’t like it. 865 01:07:49,190 --> 01:07:53,559 I would say ifI didn't like it. I think it's actually quite brilliant. 866 01:07:53,653 --> 01:07:55,234 I really do. 867 01:07:55,321 --> 01:07:57,482 - Thank you. - You're welcome. 868 01:07:57,574 --> 01:08:01,783 - MAYA: Did you like the song? — You know I love the song. (LAUGHS) 869 01:08:01,869 --> 01:08:05,908 REPORTER: The scathing profile in the New York Times Sunday magazine 870 01:08:05,999 --> 01:08:09,833 in which the writer Lynn Hirschberg pointed out some inconsistencies. 871 01:08:09,919 --> 01:08:12,911 REPORTER: M.I.A. comes off as a woman trapped by a need to make 872 01:08:13,006 --> 01:08:15,998 politically-charged pseudo-important statements 873 01:08:16,092 --> 01:08:19,755 but who comes off as little more than an airhead and a hypocrite. 874 01:08:19,846 --> 01:08:22,508 She’s about to marry an heir of the Seagram’s fortune. 875 01:08:22,599 --> 01:08:26,968 She’s living a pretty high-level, cushy existence, 876 01:08:27,020 --> 01:08:30,729 yet here she is, singing about these rebel causes on her record. 877 01:08:30,815 --> 01:08:33,773 REPORTER: The kind of symbolic object the piece seizes upon is, 878 01:08:33,860 --> 01:08:37,273 M.I.A eats a truffle fry as she says: 879 01:08:39,240 --> 01:08:43,984 WOMAN: ”If people call me a terrorist, let them. ” Something like that. 880 01:08:44,078 --> 01:08:47,411 MAN: Right. As she crunches into a truffle fry which, as it turns out, 881 01:08:47,498 --> 01:08:49,489 Lynn Hirschberg ordered. 882 01:08:52,003 --> 01:08:54,244 I Yo, what's up everybody 883 01:08:54,339 --> 01:08:56,330 I This is M.I.A. 884 01:08:56,424 --> 01:08:58,289 I I moved to Brentwood 885 01:08:58,343 --> 01:09:00,334 I I got a baby now 886 01:09:00,428 --> 01:09:03,386 I This one goes out to all the ladies Whose values have changed 887 01:09:03,473 --> 01:09:06,590 I And are looking for some stability Love 888 01:09:06,684 --> 01:09:08,640 I And pilates on the beach 889 01:09:08,728 --> 01:09:12,016 I All I wanna do is... And a... 890 01:09:12,106 --> 01:09:13,846 I Invest my money 891 01:09:13,900 --> 01:09:15,765 I All I wanna do is... And a... 892 01:09:17,820 --> 01:09:19,651 I Check out my Monet 893 01:09:19,739 --> 01:09:23,903 I M.I.A. investing in Third-world democracy 894 01:09:23,993 --> 01:09:26,029 I These shades Were made in Sri Lanka 895 01:09:26,120 --> 01:09:29,362 I Don‘t you dare Write anything else funny about me I 896 01:09:35,129 --> 01:09:37,586 They want to go, ’It doesn’t mean anything.‘ 897 01:09:37,674 --> 01:09:41,258 'This girl, everything she says is shit. None of it‘s authentic.‘ 898 01:09:41,302 --> 01:09:45,796 'Her experiences are not authentic because she’s a musician, or she lives here.’ 899 01:09:45,890 --> 01:09:49,929 You know, this shit. They feel that I have way more responsibility 900 01:09:50,019 --> 01:09:54,433 to be this, like, global world poster child who's just like, 901 01:09:54,524 --> 01:09:58,813 'Hi, I‘m the starving child from the mud hut that made it, 902 01:09:58,903 --> 01:10:02,737 and I’m always going to stay that way, just for you.‘ 903 01:10:02,824 --> 01:10:05,315 You know, ’Just so you get the message‘. 904 01:10:06,160 --> 01:10:08,401 This is from... I have to link this. 905 01:10:08,496 --> 01:10:13,456 This is from New York Times three days ago, on 8th January. 906 01:10:17,338 --> 01:10:21,547 This is from New York Times... today. 907 01:10:21,634 --> 01:10:24,376 31 places to go in 2010. 908 01:10:24,470 --> 01:10:27,086 STEVE: So, what? They’re saying now the war’s over 909 01:10:27,140 --> 01:10:29,472 it’s OK to go back there on honeymoon again? 910 01:10:29,559 --> 01:10:31,641 MA YA: It’s fucked up. 911 01:10:53,499 --> 01:10:55,956 MUSIC: M.I.A. - BORN FREE 912 01:11:03,384 --> 01:11:05,966 I Yeah, man made power Stood like a tower 913 01:11:06,053 --> 01:11:07,964 I Higher, higher, hello 914 01:11:10,808 --> 01:11:13,925 I And the higher you go You feel lower 915 01:11:14,437 --> 01:11:15,517 IOh 916 01:11:15,605 --> 01:11:20,520 I I was close to the ants Staying under cover 917 01:11:20,610 --> 01:11:22,441 I With the nose to the ground 918 01:11:22,528 --> 01:11:24,735 I I found my sound 919 01:11:25,990 --> 01:11:28,106 I Got myself an interview tomorrow 920 01:11:28,201 --> 01:11:30,783 I I got myself a jacket for a dollar 921 01:11:30,870 --> 01:11:33,282 I And my nails are chipped but I'm eager 922 01:11:33,372 --> 01:11:36,034 I And the car doesn‘t work So I'm stuck here 923 01:11:36,667 --> 01:11:39,124 I Born free 924 01:11:39,462 --> 01:11:41,919 I Born free 925 01:11:42,006 --> 01:11:44,292 I Born free I 926 01:11:49,305 --> 01:11:51,387 CHEERING 927 01:12:01,818 --> 01:12:03,809 I loved America. 928 01:12:03,861 --> 01:12:08,104 Even the footage you have coming up to 2001, 929 01:12:08,199 --> 01:12:12,192 got, like, a pair of American Converse on and an American jumper. 930 01:12:12,286 --> 01:12:14,493 There's an American poster behind me. 931 01:12:14,580 --> 01:12:18,619 I didn‘t have issues with America. I loved America. 932 01:12:18,709 --> 01:12:21,371 Yeah, and since then... 933 01:12:26,801 --> 01:12:31,044 you know, they've been chiselling away at me, bit by bit. 934 01:12:34,433 --> 01:12:37,049 HAMMERING IN BACKGROUND 935 01:12:44,402 --> 01:12:47,394 How do you manage an artist who’s unmanageable? 936 01:12:49,115 --> 01:12:50,525 LAUGHTER 937 01:12:50,616 --> 01:12:58,204 I‘m opening this question out to the board, which consists of me and you. 938 01:12:58,291 --> 01:13:01,624 - DYANA: Jesus fucking Christ! — What are we gonna do? 939 01:13:01,711 --> 01:13:05,704 I mean, Maya, you’ve gotta give a little. You’ve gotta trust a little. 940 01:13:05,798 --> 01:13:10,542 - You’ve got to communicate. — Dyana, can you manage me? 941 01:13:10,636 --> 01:13:13,093 LAUGHTER 942 01:13:14,891 --> 01:13:18,133 - Can we get a song on the radio? — DYANA EXHALES 943 01:13:18,227 --> 01:13:21,139 Can we get Double Bubble Trouble on the radio 944 01:13:21,230 --> 01:13:25,314 cos it's the most radio-friendly song? Can I have any of them on the radio? 945 01:13:25,401 --> 01:13:30,862 You need drivers. It all adds up. That’s how we get there these days. 946 01:13:31,741 --> 01:13:35,404 Especially when it’s not, you know, Katy Perry. You know? 947 01:13:41,792 --> 01:13:45,376 Yeah, I'm gonna go back to school. That's what I wanna do. 948 01:13:46,339 --> 01:13:48,330 STEVE: What kind of school? 949 01:13:54,805 --> 01:13:58,297 Maybe I need to be, like, a nautical engineer 950 01:13:58,392 --> 01:14:00,883 and design boats. 951 01:14:00,978 --> 01:14:07,269 Or maybe Ijust need to work in the capacity of rescuing refugees on the sea. 952 01:14:15,660 --> 01:14:18,572 - Madonna rang. - STEVE: So, you're in Whole Foods. 953 01:14:18,621 --> 01:14:20,327 CHILD GIGGLING 954 01:14:20,414 --> 01:14:24,783 I'm in Whole Foods cos I was in West London. I get a phone call. 955 01:14:24,877 --> 01:14:26,538 GIGGLING AND CHAT IN BACKGROUND 956 01:14:26,629 --> 01:14:29,291 - STEVE: People! - And it was Scott. 957 01:14:29,340 --> 01:14:33,629 Basically, Madonna wants to do a track with me and Nicki Minaj 958 01:14:33,719 --> 01:14:37,803 and she's gonna sing at the Super Bowl in January and she wants me to do it. 959 01:14:37,890 --> 01:14:40,347 WOMAN: Oh, my God! 960 01:14:40,434 --> 01:14:45,144 With Nicki Minaj, too? Oh, my God! That’s crazy. 961 01:14:45,231 --> 01:14:50,771 Italian, Sri Lankan and African American. Wow, that’s real crazy! 962 01:14:58,202 --> 01:15:00,864 STEVE: So, what’s Madonna’s video about? 963 01:15:00,955 --> 01:15:03,867 Everything American. 964 01:15:03,958 --> 01:15:09,919 Haven‘t you realised? The candles in this room are called Yankee Candles. 965 01:15:10,006 --> 01:15:14,591 I'm dressed as a cheerleader in a Madonna video 966 01:15:14,677 --> 01:15:17,384 and it's sponsored by Coca-Cola. 967 01:15:17,471 --> 01:15:19,883 - Is it? - And it's about NFL. 968 01:15:21,809 --> 01:15:24,596 I was scheduled to appear in Madonna's video. 969 01:15:24,687 --> 01:15:27,349 But I was already working on my own video. 970 01:15:27,440 --> 01:15:32,525 And itjust so happened they both came out the same day, within ten minutes apart. 971 01:15:36,615 --> 01:15:39,857 Hey, America! 972 01:15:41,495 --> 01:15:44,737 I L... U... V... Madonna 973 01:15:44,832 --> 01:15:47,790 I Y... O... U... You wanna 974 01:15:48,586 --> 01:15:51,794 I I see you coming And I don't wanna know your name 975 01:15:51,881 --> 01:15:54,623 I L... U... V... Madonna 976 01:15:55,301 --> 01:15:58,043 I I see you coming And you‘re gonna have to change the game 977 01:15:58,137 --> 01:15:59,798 I Y... O... U... You wanna I 978 01:16:01,515 --> 01:16:14,690 I Live fast, die young Bad girls do it well 979 01:16:14,779 --> 01:16:17,771 I My chain hits my chest When I’m banging on the dashboard 980 01:16:17,865 --> 01:16:21,107 I My chain hits my chest When I'm banging on the radio 981 01:16:21,202 --> 01:16:24,569 I Get back Get down 982 01:16:24,622 --> 01:16:27,455 I Pull me closer If you think you can hang 983 01:16:28,292 --> 01:16:38,133 I Live fast, die young Bad girls do it well 984 01:16:38,219 --> 01:16:41,677 I Live fast, die young Bad girls do it well I 985 01:17:04,870 --> 01:17:07,486 AMBIENT STADIUM SOUNDS 986 01:17:16,549 --> 01:17:19,165 BACKGROUND CHATTER 987 01:17:26,475 --> 01:17:28,636 CHEERING 988 01:17:36,402 --> 01:17:39,769 This is like being at school. Back of the class. Back of the school. 989 01:17:39,864 --> 01:17:43,573 Back of the line. Always the last one. Really late. Still getting dressed. 990 01:18:09,185 --> 01:18:12,097 I L... U... V... Madonna 991 01:18:12,188 --> 01:18:15,055 I Y... O... U... You wanna 992 01:18:15,733 --> 01:18:18,850 I Sw sw swag Shh No one gives you this 993 01:18:18,903 --> 01:18:21,940 I It‘s supersonic, bionic, uranium 994 01:18:22,031 --> 01:18:23,942 I So, I break 'em off tricks 995 01:18:24,033 --> 01:18:25,739 I I pray that it sticks 996 01:18:25,826 --> 01:18:28,693 I I'ma say this once, yeah I don't give a shit 997 01:18:29,330 --> 01:18:35,542 I Don't play that stupid game Cos I‘m a different kind of girl... I 998 01:18:42,259 --> 01:18:44,796 The New York Giants just won the Super Bowl, 999 01:18:44,887 --> 01:18:47,924 but it was rapper M.I.A. who has a lot of people talking. 1000 01:18:48,015 --> 01:18:51,428 She flipped off the audience during her Super Bowl performance with Madonna. 1001 01:18:51,685 --> 01:18:55,894 That's why she got me in, cos I can say the shit she can’t. 1002 01:18:55,940 --> 01:19:00,400 Exactly, it’s true! I'm the fucked-up part of her brain. 1003 01:19:00,486 --> 01:19:02,602 LAUGHTER 1004 01:19:04,406 --> 01:19:06,271 Everyone give the finger. 1005 01:19:08,994 --> 01:19:14,205 WOMAN: I Every record sounds the same You’ve got to step into my world 1006 01:19:14,291 --> 01:19:17,704 I Give me all your luvin' Give me your love I 1007 01:19:17,795 --> 01:19:19,626 — Hi! — Hi, we’re with the NFL. 1008 01:19:19,713 --> 01:19:21,294 - Hello. - Hi! 1009 01:19:21,340 --> 01:19:24,047 We just needed to talk about that. 1010 01:19:27,054 --> 01:19:27,918 MA YA : Yes? 1011 01:19:28,013 --> 01:19:30,379 MAN: It means everyone’s gonna be talking about it. 1012 01:19:30,474 --> 01:19:34,433 MAYA: Can Ijust get...? We 're still getting dressed. 1013 01:19:34,520 --> 01:19:39,139 - Can we get just like five minutes? — We're just waiting for my manager. 1014 01:19:39,233 --> 01:19:42,725 She's still changing her clothes. 1015 01:19:42,820 --> 01:19:45,732 TV AND COMMENTS IN BACKGROUND 1016 01:19:52,413 --> 01:19:54,825 LAUGHTER 1017 01:19:55,708 --> 01:19:57,539 We just ran out. 1018 01:19:57,626 --> 01:20:00,584 WOMAN IN BACKGROUND: Let me... I need to put you on to her. 1019 01:20:00,671 --> 01:20:06,758 Sugu, you don‘t understand how fast we dashed there, with bodyguards. 1020 01:20:06,844 --> 01:20:08,926 We got all the bodyguards to cover us. 1021 01:20:09,013 --> 01:20:11,379 WOMAN: Maya, Dyana wants to talk to you. 1022 01:20:11,473 --> 01:20:12,883 — Dyana! — DYANA: Hi! 1023 01:20:12,975 --> 01:20:17,059 - Come here! Did you see me? - No. 1024 01:20:17,146 --> 01:20:20,138 Did you see me on the stage, dancing? 1025 01:20:20,232 --> 01:20:22,097 - No? - No. 1026 01:20:22,192 --> 01:20:26,105 BEN: What? We said, ’There’s Mommy, there’s Mommy, there's Mommy! ’ 1027 01:20:26,196 --> 01:20:27,732 I was crying. 1028 01:20:27,781 --> 01:20:30,773 You just wanted to leave and see Mummy? 1029 01:20:30,868 --> 01:20:33,735 Yeah, I don’t like the Super Bowl. 1030 01:20:33,829 --> 01:20:36,320 - You didn't like the Super Bowl? - No. 1031 01:20:36,415 --> 01:20:39,873 (CHUCKLES) That's my boy! Come here and give me a hug. 1032 01:20:39,960 --> 01:20:43,544 Well, the Super Bowl doesn‘t like me now. ALL TALK AT ONCE 1033 01:20:44,173 --> 01:20:47,461 They just stood in our dressing room. They went, ’We're here to talk'. 1034 01:20:47,551 --> 01:20:51,169 We were like, 'What about?’ And they go, 'This‘. 1035 01:20:51,221 --> 01:20:53,337 BEN: People liked it. SON BABBLES 1036 01:20:55,684 --> 01:20:57,925 It was pretty epic. 1037 01:21:02,733 --> 01:21:05,691 - What have I done? - I think it’s cool. 1038 01:21:05,778 --> 01:21:09,737 That's what I do. I have a song out this week called Bad Girls. 1039 01:21:09,782 --> 01:21:12,148 I think it’s appropriate. 1040 01:21:12,242 --> 01:21:16,030 Oh, my God! All right. So, we‘ve done that. 1041 01:21:16,121 --> 01:21:22,287 WOMAN: Hold that down. Put your foot out. Good boy! High five! 1042 01:21:22,378 --> 01:21:27,714 Dyana just gave me a bollocking. She was like, ’Don't talk to no one‘. 1043 01:21:27,800 --> 01:21:28,915 SIGHS 1044 01:21:29,009 --> 01:21:32,922 Are people just gonna freak out at me in the street? 1045 01:21:33,013 --> 01:21:36,926 STEVE: No, I think what Dyana was saying is, this is a really special thing. 1046 01:21:37,017 --> 01:21:39,975 Which... as she was talking, it kinda surprised me. 1047 01:21:46,819 --> 01:21:48,730 But apparently, yeah, it is. 1048 01:21:51,782 --> 01:21:55,195 REPORTER: What motivated her to do such a thing? Who was she mad at? 1049 01:21:55,285 --> 01:21:58,777 Why don‘t you wave? Just wave at everybody. Or wink. 1050 01:21:58,872 --> 01:22:02,865 FEMALE REPORTER: Where do you lay the blame? Is it NBC, the NFL or... ? 1051 01:22:02,960 --> 01:22:05,542 - Or anybody else. — Orjust flat on M.I.A. 1052 01:22:05,629 --> 01:22:10,248 Joining us to discuss this and other topics, pro bowler, Josh Blanchard. 1053 01:22:10,300 --> 01:22:12,666 - Thanks for being with us. — Thank you for having me. 1054 01:22:12,761 --> 01:22:14,376 - Did you see the show? - I did. 1055 01:22:14,471 --> 01:22:17,383 - What did you think? — A little shocking. It was blatant. 1056 01:22:17,474 --> 01:22:20,307 Everybody could see it, like she did it on purpose. 1057 01:22:20,394 --> 01:22:22,635 It was disturbing to me and my wife. 1058 01:22:22,729 --> 01:22:26,347 Madonna has this opportunity to be in front of the world again. 1059 01:22:26,442 --> 01:22:30,651 She looks amazing, she is an amazing performer. We all love those songs. 1060 01:22:30,737 --> 01:22:34,525 And she chooses M.I.A.? Not even an American. 1061 01:22:34,616 --> 01:22:38,950 Give me a break! Did you see Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert? 1062 01:22:39,037 --> 01:22:43,406 They were fantastic! Why can ’t we have some America in our football? 1063 01:22:47,796 --> 01:22:52,290 MA YA: I was centre screen for approximately 15 seconds. 1064 01:22:52,384 --> 01:22:55,421 And they want 15 million for it. 1065 01:22:56,472 --> 01:22:59,134 It‘s worse than being a murderer. 1066 01:23:01,018 --> 01:23:03,009 A brown person... 1067 01:23:04,480 --> 01:23:08,974 standing up there, who is not sucking dick 1068 01:23:09,067 --> 01:23:14,903 is more offensive... than murdering someone. 1069 01:23:14,990 --> 01:23:20,530 They want me like Aziz Ansari. Like... MIMICS AZIZ ANSARI: Love it! 1070 01:23:24,791 --> 01:23:30,377 STEVE: What’s the official... line from you on why you did it? 1071 01:23:31,006 --> 01:23:36,592 There isn‘t one. I was like, ‘It‘s a spiritual gesture‘. 1072 01:23:36,678 --> 01:23:39,465 (CLEARS THROAT) And was it? 1073 01:23:44,811 --> 01:23:47,143 It was a bit insane, you know. 1074 01:23:47,231 --> 01:23:53,602 Seeing Madonna, who I grew up looking at as, like, 1075 01:23:53,695 --> 01:23:56,437 this person who is supposed to be a strong female, 1076 01:23:56,532 --> 01:23:59,365 be like bossed around by these cowboys. 1077 01:23:59,451 --> 01:24:07,449 You know. And like, 'spin around, bend over, spin around, change your shoes‘. 1078 01:24:07,501 --> 01:24:10,538 You know, 'I‘m not sure about that outflt'. 1079 01:24:10,629 --> 01:24:16,875 They were sexist, misogynist, racist. You know, they were all of these things 1080 01:24:16,969 --> 01:24:21,133 and I thought, 'Wow, if no one else is gonna fucking do it‘. You know. 1081 01:24:21,181 --> 01:24:24,298 And be like... And own it... 1082 01:24:27,437 --> 01:24:30,304 And be like, ‘What is going on?‘ 1083 01:24:35,195 --> 01:24:38,312 Then fuck all this shit, I wanna go home. 1084 01:25:10,022 --> 01:25:14,436 Yeah, when Mummy was your size, Mummy drank this all the time. 1085 01:25:14,526 --> 01:25:19,316 — I want one. - No, that‘s how I lost all my teeth. 1086 01:25:19,406 --> 01:25:26,073 - What does it taste like? — It tastes like... It‘s just too sweet. 1087 01:25:27,414 --> 01:25:30,906 - What does it taste like? - It tastes like medicine, actually. 1088 01:25:31,001 --> 01:25:35,335 If you eat it now, you‘d think it tastes like medicine. 1089 01:25:35,380 --> 01:25:37,541 Ooh, look! Food! 1090 01:25:41,595 --> 01:25:43,210 Yum! 1091 01:25:45,474 --> 01:25:46,463 Yum! 1092 01:25:46,558 --> 01:25:48,139 - For me and you? — Mm. 1093 01:25:57,861 --> 01:25:59,271 My dad. 1094 01:25:59,363 --> 01:26:02,196 PRESENTER: The United Nations has said the death toll 1095 01:26:02,282 --> 01:26:08,198 in those final months of war in Sri Lanka could reach 40 to 70,000 Tamil civilians. 1096 01:26:08,288 --> 01:26:12,372 A staggering number, considering the size of the terrain. 1097 01:26:12,459 --> 01:26:17,544 Our first reading is by the British Tamil artist, M.I.A., who speaks on behalf 1098 01:26:24,429 --> 01:26:26,920 “I was returning alone from shopping.“ 1099 01:26:27,015 --> 01:26:30,052 "My husband was at home looking after the child." 1100 01:26:30,102 --> 01:26:33,435 "I saw a white van parked in a lane by my house.“ 1101 01:26:33,522 --> 01:26:36,104 "Though I thought it‘s odd a white van was there, 1102 01:26:36,191 --> 01:26:38,853 it didn‘t cause me any concern at that point." 1103 01:26:38,902 --> 01:26:44,067 “As I passed the van, four, five men got out and demanded to know my name." 1104 01:26:44,157 --> 01:26:48,321 "I started to scream, but they put a cloth over my mouth 1105 01:26:48,412 --> 01:26:50,619 to silence the noise." 1106 01:26:51,707 --> 01:26:56,417 “I started to scream and yelled, 'You can't take me. I have a child‘." 1107 01:26:56,503 --> 01:27:00,212 "When I got to the UK, I called my relative here 1108 01:27:00,298 --> 01:27:03,711 and she came to see me within two days of my arrival.“ 1109 01:27:05,011 --> 01:27:09,345 "I told her, in general terms, some of the things that had happened." 1110 01:27:09,433 --> 01:27:11,264 SHE BECOMES TEARFUL 1111 01:27:13,019 --> 01:27:15,305 "And...“ (CLEARS THROAT) 1112 01:27:15,397 --> 01:27:20,517 "We started with my war experiences and I was confronted by her response." 1113 01:27:20,610 --> 01:27:25,229 "And I told her that I‘d been kidnapped, burned by cigarettes." 1114 01:27:25,323 --> 01:27:27,314 "She could see scars on my arms." 1115 01:27:27,409 --> 01:27:32,028 "And I told her that I was raped, hit with a wire, head shoved in the water 1116 01:27:32,122 --> 01:27:36,536 and a plastic bag with petrol put over my head, and kicked with boots." 1117 01:27:38,003 --> 01:27:42,667 "I actually didn‘t tell her everything because she was already crying." 1118 01:27:48,430 --> 01:27:50,591 (WHISPERS) Thank you. 1119 01:27:58,315 --> 01:28:01,603 This is my first time at something like this. 1120 01:28:01,693 --> 01:28:04,435 - So, that's why I wasn‘t really... - WOMAN: An activist? 1121 01:28:04,529 --> 01:28:08,442 - I don’t know this world at all, so... - You don ’t know the world of...? 1122 01:28:08,533 --> 01:28:13,448 - The world of behind-the—scenes activism. — You did a goodjob. 1123 01:28:13,538 --> 01:28:17,781 I‘m the one that goes out and shouts loads of stuff and gets in trouble. 1124 01:28:17,876 --> 01:28:23,917 It was very real and it was very human and that’s what matters. 1125 01:28:24,007 --> 01:28:25,463 Thank you. 1126 01:28:25,550 --> 01:28:29,293 As a first-generation person that lived through a war 1127 01:28:29,387 --> 01:28:35,929 came as a refugee, that is now a pop star, what are the goalposts? 1128 01:28:42,192 --> 01:28:49,439 It’s amazing that in one lifetime you have to come and figure out so many things. 1129 01:28:52,494 --> 01:28:57,033 But... I’ve made it all fit together. 1130 01:29:00,418 --> 01:29:02,534 HORNS TOOT 1131 01:29:15,016 --> 01:29:18,679 The whole video is planned for one song called What’s Up With That. 1132 01:29:18,770 --> 01:29:21,512 It’s all about refugees. 1133 01:29:21,606 --> 01:29:26,100 So, first verse, second verse... ending. Right? 1134 01:29:27,404 --> 01:29:32,319 All the pictures you see are real, of them actually trying to cross. 1135 01:29:32,409 --> 01:29:35,196 Everybody about them like they don’t have a face 1136 01:29:35,287 --> 01:29:38,154 but there is millions of them. 1137 01:29:39,082 --> 01:29:41,289 GENERAL CHAT 1138 01:29:43,336 --> 01:29:47,329 Yeah, Jerry? We're just getting all the green ones over there. 1139 01:29:47,382 --> 01:29:49,839 - All the...? - Green ones. Those ones. 1140 01:29:59,019 --> 01:30:03,058 I need to keep the immigrant story in all my work. 1141 01:30:03,148 --> 01:30:08,688 Always. Because that is what I ’m trying to make sense of. 1142 01:30:13,450 --> 01:30:19,411 We’re used as a scapegoat for Brexit. We ’re used as a scapegoat to build a wall. 1143 01:30:19,497 --> 01:30:23,991 But people have always mixed and mingled and moved 1144 01:30:24,085 --> 01:30:27,703 and interesting things happen because of it. 1145 01:30:32,594 --> 01:30:36,678 You don’t know. That kid could access a 505 machine and a microphone 1146 01:30:36,765 --> 01:30:39,598 and become Michael Jackson. You don’t know. 1147 01:30:42,812 --> 01:30:44,803 WORKERS TALKING 1148 01:30:47,776 --> 01:30:49,767 (SPEAKS TAMIL) 1149 01:31:02,999 --> 01:31:05,866 We ’re leaving. Back to London. 1150 01:31:05,961 --> 01:31:08,543 And I feel really nervous. 1151 01:31:10,465 --> 01:31:15,459 Kinda don't wanna go to the land of The Spice Girls. I’m just not ready. 1152 01:31:37,993 --> 01:31:40,234 (SINGS IN TAMIL) 1153 01:32:30,712 --> 01:32:34,955 Subtitles by Screen Language, 2018 97122

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