1 00:00:47,758 --> 00:00:50,838 Maya, can you film this? 2 00:00:56,558 --> 00:01:00,598 You have to give it time to adjust the focus. 3 00:01:06,998 --> 00:01:09,478 It looks good. 4 00:02:32,158 --> 00:02:34,198 Yuli. 5 00:02:34,758 --> 00:02:39,198 Where is Yuli? with Raj Kamal's boat? 6 00:02:47,158 --> 00:02:50,258 Why are you a problematic pop star? Can't you just...? 7 00:02:50,418 --> 00:02:54,618 Clap in. How about clapping in and make a hit? 8 00:02:54,778 --> 00:02:57,178 Yes, why not? 9 00:03:02,118 --> 00:03:04,998 If I clap and makes a hit, - 10 00:03:05,158 --> 00:03:08,518 - then I will have to stay addict and get an OD. 11 00:03:08,678 --> 00:03:14,278 Or die tragically, because that is what happens, - 12 00:03:14,438 --> 00:03:18,678 - if you don't express it, one needs to express. 13 00:03:23,918 --> 00:03:29,158 Music is my medium, but I have always had to express myself. 14 00:03:43,518 --> 00:03:46,478 I would be documentary filmmaker. 15 00:03:47,638 --> 00:03:52,718 I felt that I had a lot to tell on film. 16 00:04:01,358 --> 00:04:04,518 CENTRAL SAINT MARTIN'S ACADEMY OF ARTS 17 00:04:05,918 --> 00:04:10,318 I met Maya in 1996, when we went to art academy together. 18 00:04:10,478 --> 00:04:15,798 We became friends and helped each other with film projects. 19 00:04:15,958 --> 00:04:20,158 Pure first year video project. - Yes, right? 20 00:04:22,038 --> 00:04:24,958 Central Saint Martins wasn't a diverse place. 21 00:04:25,118 --> 00:04:28,798 There were no blacks or browns people of our generation, - 22 00:04:28,958 --> 00:04:30,678 - so she stood out. 23 00:04:30,838 --> 00:04:32,558 Action. 24 00:04:34,518 --> 00:04:39,198 She made films about her friends. About the young people in his block of flats. 25 00:04:40,318 --> 00:04:44,478 But it was her own story, that fascinated me. 26 00:04:56,358 --> 00:05:01,198 There are many, which can familiarize itself with, - 27 00:05:01,358 --> 00:05:03,638 - what it's like to have a father, - 28 00:05:03,798 --> 00:05:09,278 - who became a banker, lawyer, judge or whatever the fuck. 29 00:05:09,438 --> 00:05:14,238 And this is what happened with a girl whose father became a terrorist. 30 00:05:14,398 --> 00:05:17,478 And it's like this, it shattered her family. 31 00:05:17,638 --> 00:05:22,118 And it's like this, it smashed the people and the country. 32 00:05:27,238 --> 00:05:31,598 During the ten years we lived in Sri Lanka, we were surrounded by the civil war. 33 00:05:32,878 --> 00:05:36,518 My father was the founder of the Tamil resistance movement, - 34 00:05:36,678 --> 00:05:40,078 - and my family was constantly in danger. 35 00:05:44,078 --> 00:05:47,598 We came to England as refugees. It was me, my mother, - 36 00:05:47,758 --> 00:05:51,758 - my sister and my brother in May 1985. 37 00:05:51,918 --> 00:05:56,158 My father stayed in Sri Lanka to fight in the war. 38 00:05:57,638 --> 00:06:01,238 For many years there have been around 30,000 Tamils in Britain, - 39 00:06:01,398 --> 00:06:04,558 - but only in the last ten days are at least 100 refugees - 40 00:06:04,718 --> 00:06:10,438 - arrived in South London. They stay placed with resident Tamils. 41 00:06:11,518 --> 00:06:16,158 Now the government says they are in favor many that they burden the system. 42 00:06:27,198 --> 00:06:29,758 Kala Maya's mother 43 00:06:50,118 --> 00:06:53,078 Music was my medicine. 44 00:06:55,158 --> 00:07:00,638 I had to deal with the fact that I was different. I was an immigrant. 45 00:07:00,798 --> 00:07:03,798 One day I was shot at in Sri Lanka for being Tamil, - 46 00:07:03,958 --> 00:07:08,318 - and then I was spat on in England to be perker. 47 00:07:09,558 --> 00:07:11,918 We had an old, used radio. 48 00:07:12,078 --> 00:07:14,838 I put on headphones and fell asleep to the music every night. 49 00:07:14,998 --> 00:07:21,558 I listened to Madonna and Taylor Dayne and the other hits. 50 00:07:23,318 --> 00:07:28,038 One day I came home from school, and all my neighbors lined up. 51 00:07:28,198 --> 00:07:30,398 They took things out of our home. 52 00:07:30,558 --> 00:07:34,558 "You must take it all. I know You did it because I saw you. 53 00:07:34,718 --> 00:07:38,958 But I would like to have my radio again." "No." 54 00:07:39,118 --> 00:07:45,998 That night I went to bed without headphones. Without pop music. 55 00:07:46,158 --> 00:07:49,838 And then I heard a bass line from inside the neighbor. 56 00:07:49,998 --> 00:07:53,438 He heard hip hop. 57 00:07:53,598 --> 00:08:00,078 It was the first time I heard Public Enemy and all the other hip-hop. 58 00:08:00,238 --> 00:08:04,838 It was the most insane bass walk. "What is it?" 59 00:08:10,078 --> 00:08:14,238 The first part of Western culture, I cultivated was the music. 60 00:08:19,838 --> 00:08:24,478 We watch the evening news that you can see. 61 00:08:24,638 --> 00:08:29,438 Maya is reading a mashup book. What is it called? 62 00:08:29,598 --> 00:08:32,558 "Black Skin, White Masks". 63 00:08:32,718 --> 00:08:35,758 It is about black power and black supremacy. 64 00:08:35,918 --> 00:08:39,158 Black power and black supremacy? 65 00:08:39,318 --> 00:08:43,958 About the oppression of blacks. 66 00:08:44,118 --> 00:08:47,278 Here is a list of all the borrowers. 67 00:08:47,438 --> 00:08:53,318 It was lent out for the first time in 1986, and I borrowed it here in 1996. 68 00:08:53,478 --> 00:08:58,638 Ten years and it's still only on it first page. So few people have read it. 69 00:09:11,198 --> 00:09:13,638 So what, nigga? 70 00:09:15,718 --> 00:09:17,398 What the...? 71 00:09:20,038 --> 00:09:25,078 Mom, do the butterfly dance in your butterfly dress. 72 00:09:25,238 --> 00:09:29,318 Dance the butterfly dance. Dance the butterfly dance. 73 00:09:29,598 --> 00:09:32,478 Dance the butterfly dance. 74 00:09:46,478 --> 00:09:52,718 Out of the blue we stayed called by my father: 75 00:09:52,878 --> 00:09:57,598 "It's your father. I will come to London tomorrow.” 76 00:09:57,758 --> 00:09:59,638 Then we picked him up. 77 00:09:59,798 --> 00:10:03,638 Arular Maya's father Say something. 79 00:10:04,918 --> 00:10:08,678 I hadn't seen him since I was 11 years old. 80 00:10:15,598 --> 00:10:19,238 I remember seeing you two times in Sri Lanka. You gave us apples. 81 00:10:19,398 --> 00:10:21,518 It was the first time, I tasted an apple. 82 00:10:21,678 --> 00:10:27,038 The second time you came at night, and I got two rupees to buy ice cream with. 83 00:10:27,918 --> 00:10:33,238 And we still didn't know who you was. We thought you were our uncle. 84 00:10:35,278 --> 00:10:39,438 But tell me about the tree spirit. - I bought it in Beirut, in Lebanon. 85 00:10:39,598 --> 00:10:42,398 And what happened then? 86 00:10:42,558 --> 00:10:48,718 I tried to smuggle a suitcase full of - 87 00:10:48,878 --> 00:10:53,278 - explosives, weapons and ammunition to Sri Lanka. 88 00:10:54,958 --> 00:10:59,358 I put the duck at the top of the suitcase. 89 00:11:00,678 --> 00:11:06,718 Along with some other toys and some clothes I bought for you. 90 00:11:06,878 --> 00:11:12,238 I put it on top of the explosives to hide it. 91 00:11:13,758 --> 00:11:17,038 You are one of the founders of... 92 00:11:17,198 --> 00:11:22,478 I am the founder of the Tamil resistance movement. 93 00:11:22,638 --> 00:11:26,158 When founded ...? - In 1976. 94 00:11:26,318 --> 00:11:30,398 I was the first, there were people training there. 95 00:11:32,038 --> 00:11:36,078 All Tamil Leaders Today is trained by me. 96 00:11:38,198 --> 00:11:43,038 Sri Lanka breaks human rights, - 97 00:11:43,198 --> 00:11:46,998 - but there is hope for an independent tamil nation for which we are fighting. 98 00:11:47,158 --> 00:11:50,198 What is positive about it? 99 00:11:50,358 --> 00:11:54,318 The positive is... 100 00:11:56,158 --> 00:11:59,918 You could call it self-esteem. 101 00:12:00,078 --> 00:12:02,878 A form of identity. 102 00:12:04,678 --> 00:12:09,598 I am 23. He was 29 or 35 or something, - 103 00:12:09,758 --> 00:12:12,078 - when he was in the war. 104 00:12:12,238 --> 00:12:15,198 He could have dropped it and said: "Why are we doing this shit?" 105 00:12:15,358 --> 00:12:19,278 "It's our own people." But they didn't. 106 00:12:19,438 --> 00:12:23,678 There is no point in sitting here as a 50-year-old without ... 107 00:12:23,838 --> 00:12:27,358 His life is a dead end. He doesn't know what to do, - 108 00:12:27,518 --> 00:12:32,558 - so now he talks about peace, because he can nothing else. He can't fight now. 109 00:12:34,358 --> 00:12:38,438 He could have sent a birthday card, a thank you card. 110 00:12:38,598 --> 00:12:41,558 A card that said "nicely done". 111 00:12:41,718 --> 00:12:46,078 Or a Christmas card. Just one card for the whole family. 112 00:12:47,158 --> 00:12:48,678 Whatever. 113 00:12:48,838 --> 00:12:53,038 I'm glad that he has made us. 114 00:12:53,198 --> 00:12:56,158 He has made us strong because of of what he has put us through. 115 00:12:56,318 --> 00:12:59,798 He has damned us interesting. Gave us a story. 116 00:12:59,958 --> 00:13:03,958 I'm glad that he not just own a gas station. 117 00:13:04,118 --> 00:13:07,038 I am glad that that he is not just a doctor. 118 00:13:07,198 --> 00:13:11,118 We don't have wealth and safety nets, - 119 00:13:11,278 --> 00:13:14,718 - but it has made us strong. We are so independent. 120 00:13:17,638 --> 00:13:20,478 I actually feel sorry for him. 121 00:13:20,638 --> 00:13:24,798 He sacrificed everything for so many years - 122 00:13:24,958 --> 00:13:29,398 - and fought for his country, and that He hasn't succeeded yet. 123 00:13:33,518 --> 00:13:36,718 Are you interested in what is happening in sri lanka? 124 00:13:38,878 --> 00:13:42,358 Not just Sri Lanka, the whole world. Africa. Other countries. 125 00:13:42,518 --> 00:13:45,198 Yes, but you are directly connected to Sri Lanka. 126 00:13:45,358 --> 00:13:48,998 And what if I was born there? So what if I am Tamil? 127 00:13:49,158 --> 00:13:52,798 Children are dying all over the world, and I care about them all. 128 00:13:52,958 --> 00:13:56,478 Now I play a video for you. A film in fifteen minutes, - 129 00:13:56,638 --> 00:13:59,998 - like the Tamil Tiger women have made. 130 00:14:05,398 --> 00:14:08,878 This is the northern front in the country's civil war. 131 00:14:09,038 --> 00:14:13,118 Sri Lanka forces has fought Tamil separatists. 132 00:14:13,278 --> 00:14:16,798 The Tamil Tigers have a reputation for to be fearless warriors. 133 00:14:16,958 --> 00:14:22,038 Anbihir is a member of the Tamil people Independence Movement, - 134 00:14:22,198 --> 00:14:26,518 - Freedom fighter tigers for Tamil Elam, LTTE. 135 00:14:26,678 --> 00:14:31,558 When I first saw this tape with women my own age, - 136 00:14:31,718 --> 00:14:35,358 - who had cut his hair short, who wears a uniform, - 137 00:14:35,518 --> 00:14:39,758 - then I realized that it would have been my reality. 138 00:14:41,838 --> 00:14:46,838 What do they get to eat? What are they doing, when they menstruate? 139 00:14:48,038 --> 00:14:51,038 How do they survive in the jungle? 140 00:14:53,758 --> 00:14:57,198 Why was it I who got away? 141 00:15:15,678 --> 00:15:19,518 I didn't go to concerts that often, but I got a free ticket. 142 00:15:19,678 --> 00:15:23,678 Then we were invited backstage, and then I met Justine, - 143 00:15:23,838 --> 00:15:27,318 - and we came well out with each other. 144 00:15:28,158 --> 00:15:32,798 Britpop was the leader in British culture at the time, - 145 00:15:32,958 --> 00:15:36,198 - but I didn't know Elastica, and their music was not my music. 146 00:15:42,318 --> 00:15:44,558 Break and break. 147 00:15:46,638 --> 00:15:48,518 Break and break. 148 00:16:05,998 --> 00:16:09,638 We came from different environments. 149 00:16:09,798 --> 00:16:13,718 She had no idea about urban music and what I grew up with, - 150 00:16:13,878 --> 00:16:18,638 - and I had never been inside a house in Notting Hill. 151 00:16:24,158 --> 00:16:27,118 It's a little dark here. - Yes. 152 00:16:37,798 --> 00:16:41,038 Why is it like this? Yesterday it was so beautiful. 153 00:16:41,198 --> 00:16:45,038 You look like someone from a James Bond movie. You look good. 154 00:16:45,198 --> 00:16:49,638 I look like Mowgli. - Yes, you always do. 155 00:16:51,918 --> 00:16:56,118 She offered me that I could make the video for her song "Mad Dog", 156 00:16:56,278 --> 00:17:00,158 - and she gave me 100 pounds to make it for. 157 00:17:01,198 --> 00:17:06,478 And I just wanted to bring my world into her world. 158 00:17:13,158 --> 00:17:17,038 I brought some girls like me had met the night before at a club. 159 00:17:17,198 --> 00:17:20,798 We filmed in the morning under the Westway. 160 00:17:20,958 --> 00:17:24,718 It was the first indie video with dancers in. 161 00:17:36,718 --> 00:17:40,718 She asked if I wanted to come on tour and film them. 162 00:17:40,878 --> 00:17:45,198 And I was interested in making documentary, so I said yes. 163 00:18:12,078 --> 00:18:14,038 I hated it. 164 00:18:14,198 --> 00:18:17,958 I was only there because I well liked Justine. I said: 165 00:18:18,118 --> 00:18:21,958 "You have access to a microphone and a thousand people every night.” 166 00:18:22,118 --> 00:18:25,918 "Use it to say something." 167 00:18:26,078 --> 00:18:30,078 Her band didn't care, that we were such close friends. 168 00:18:30,238 --> 00:18:34,478 They were mad at me and kept me outside. 169 00:18:43,198 --> 00:18:47,238 Wish I had someone to talk to right now. 170 00:18:47,398 --> 00:18:52,078 That's probably why I'm speaking to the camera. I'm going to take the shit out. 171 00:18:53,518 --> 00:18:56,638 So I can get to sleep. 172 00:19:01,238 --> 00:19:04,878 I'm so angry about, - 173 00:19:08,238 --> 00:19:13,038 - that people don't take me seriously. 174 00:19:19,398 --> 00:19:23,478 That they don't care what is going on. 175 00:19:25,758 --> 00:19:30,958 I don't know if this is it, I should make right now. 176 00:19:37,078 --> 00:19:40,158 You're fucked up because you don't got enough attention. 177 00:19:40,318 --> 00:19:44,198 It's not that. I'm used to not getting attention. 178 00:19:44,358 --> 00:19:48,278 You've never had so little before. You can't handle it and then… 179 00:19:48,438 --> 00:19:54,438 Do you care? - Okay, forget it. 180 00:19:54,598 --> 00:19:59,118 It's been too long where you have thought something but not said it. 181 00:19:59,278 --> 00:20:02,838 I'm just so touched by it. 182 00:20:02,998 --> 00:20:06,518 Yes, and we are both sensitive. 183 00:20:07,478 --> 00:20:13,278 I'm trying to rise above it. - Yes, you are bigger than I am. 184 00:20:13,438 --> 00:20:18,198 That's you. You are bigger than me. I know that well. 185 00:20:27,038 --> 00:20:31,878 Let's not talk about this now. We can talk about it when we get home. 186 00:20:32,038 --> 00:20:35,718 Now we're going home. Now we're going home. 187 00:20:45,118 --> 00:20:48,918 Fuck talking about youth culture in Great Britain. 188 00:20:49,078 --> 00:20:54,678 Fuck talking about fashion. Fuck talking about pretentious, snobbish shit. 189 00:20:54,838 --> 00:21:00,838 After 25 years, I'm ready to put the whole puzzle together. 190 00:21:02,638 --> 00:21:07,078 For all the years I have denied the life I had in Sri Lanka. 191 00:21:09,238 --> 00:21:15,238 I live in London now and I am trapped in a superficial lifestyle. 192 00:21:15,398 --> 00:21:22,078 And many I know, and me too himself, looking for a deeper meaning. 193 00:21:22,238 --> 00:21:27,558 I think about how it would be if I lived in Sri Lanka. 194 00:21:28,238 --> 00:21:32,358 If you have some extra camera batteries, is that cool, - 195 00:21:32,518 --> 00:21:35,758 - but if not, I just have to... 196 00:21:37,358 --> 00:21:39,118 ... improvise. 197 00:21:40,718 --> 00:21:46,718 No. It says, that I'm a fucking journalist. 198 00:21:46,878 --> 00:21:52,958 I told them I did silly, short experimental films. 199 00:21:53,118 --> 00:21:56,238 Or I said that I make art films. 200 00:21:56,398 --> 00:21:59,118 They shoot journalists. 201 00:21:59,278 --> 00:22:03,558 I can apply for another visa, if I do it tomorrow. 202 00:22:03,718 --> 00:22:07,958 Maybe you can peel it off. 203 00:22:09,238 --> 00:22:11,678 Okay, let's get going. 204 00:22:11,838 --> 00:22:17,638 I'm going back to my old one school. To the ones I hung out with. 205 00:22:17,798 --> 00:22:20,198 Hello. 206 00:22:20,358 --> 00:22:23,998 I want to film a 21-year-old woman in Sri Lanka, - 207 00:22:24,158 --> 00:22:27,598 - because it could have been me. 208 00:22:27,758 --> 00:22:31,638 Do you want to hear my story? So must I fucking show you my story. 209 00:22:31,798 --> 00:22:34,478 I'll show you my fucking story. 210 00:22:34,638 --> 00:22:38,918 Wait. Maya, you forgot the camera. 211 00:22:44,518 --> 00:22:47,278 You almost left without your camera. 212 00:22:52,318 --> 00:22:55,158 See you later. 213 00:23:35,558 --> 00:23:38,678 Do you have it all? - Yes. 214 00:23:42,038 --> 00:23:44,558 Grandmother! 215 00:23:44,718 --> 00:23:50,438 Is it Kali? - Grandma, it's Matangi. 216 00:23:51,878 --> 00:23:56,518 Matangi has come back to us after all these years. 217 00:23:59,598 --> 00:24:04,918 May 218 00:24:07,838 --> 00:24:10,918 That's my father's cousin. 219 00:24:11,078 --> 00:24:16,398 She takes care of all those children, who flee to Colombo from the north. 220 00:24:16,558 --> 00:24:19,558 My relatives. 221 00:24:19,718 --> 00:24:22,078 Keep it here. 222 00:24:22,238 --> 00:24:25,438 Keep it like this. 223 00:24:26,598 --> 00:24:30,798 When I was your age, I lived in that room there. 224 00:24:31,918 --> 00:24:34,558 You live in there, right? 225 00:24:38,918 --> 00:24:41,198 See. 226 00:24:47,878 --> 00:24:52,118 Keep it here. Can you see my face? 227 00:24:52,278 --> 00:24:54,878 I'm going to interview you before I go back. 228 00:24:55,038 --> 00:24:58,118 Because I came here to find out what life is like here. 229 00:24:58,998 --> 00:25:03,598 They gave me some equipment and some money in London, - 230 00:25:03,758 --> 00:25:06,518 - so I can ask you about the war. 231 00:25:07,838 --> 00:25:11,718 Now please don't run away. 232 00:25:11,878 --> 00:25:16,238 I have traveled so far just to talk to you. 233 00:25:19,678 --> 00:25:22,958 I haven't seen my family for 16 years, - 234 00:25:23,118 --> 00:25:25,998 - and I must be with them with camera off, - 235 00:25:26,158 --> 00:25:31,118 - so they can get used to me and get to know me. 236 00:25:31,278 --> 00:25:35,398 When they see me, they assume, that I am a Tamil girl, - 237 00:25:35,558 --> 00:25:39,478 - and that I like the same things like everyone else here. 238 00:25:39,638 --> 00:25:44,918 They suggest we can take in the shopping centre. 239 00:25:45,078 --> 00:25:49,638 It's hard for me to explain, that I am not interested in that. 240 00:25:49,798 --> 00:25:52,878 That this is not why I am here. 241 00:26:10,118 --> 00:26:12,278 What are we going to do? 242 00:26:12,438 --> 00:26:15,118 We must report that you live here in this house. 243 00:26:15,278 --> 00:26:21,558 If you do not have this form, when they come and check at night, - 244 00:26:21,718 --> 00:26:26,238 - then you will have big problems. 245 00:26:26,398 --> 00:26:31,118 What do you mean by "at night"? - They come at night. The police. 246 00:26:31,278 --> 00:26:33,278 Or the army. - When? 247 00:26:33,438 --> 00:26:37,678 Sometimes at midnight. - Any time. 248 00:26:42,678 --> 00:26:48,358 Everyone is afraid to talk about anything any time with the camera on. 249 00:26:48,518 --> 00:26:55,438 They are afraid that falls into the hands of the police. 250 00:26:58,798 --> 00:27:05,158 Kolian argues with me about that I have lived in England for 16 years, - 251 00:27:05,318 --> 00:27:07,318 - and that I know nothing. 252 00:27:07,478 --> 00:27:11,358 She was born in 76. She left in 85. 253 00:27:11,518 --> 00:27:17,198 She was nine years old then, so what she remembers... 254 00:27:17,358 --> 00:27:21,398 It must be limited. - Yes, it must be. 255 00:27:21,558 --> 00:27:26,158 You gain knowledge by asking and reading. - That's something else. 256 00:27:27,678 --> 00:27:30,638 You have no experience. 257 00:27:30,798 --> 00:27:36,518 No, but the experiences I had when I was 6-10 years old, - 258 00:27:36,678 --> 00:27:41,358 - were very intense, for the army came to our house all the time - 259 00:27:41,518 --> 00:27:43,918 - because of father. 260 00:27:44,078 --> 00:27:48,998 Compared to other people - 261 00:27:49,158 --> 00:27:52,478 - was our family more... 262 00:27:53,718 --> 00:27:56,318 Influenced by it. - Yes. 263 00:27:56,478 --> 00:28:01,558 So that cancels it out. - This is your only experience. 264 00:28:03,358 --> 00:28:06,318 You have never really experienced the war. 265 00:28:09,318 --> 00:28:11,278 It's you. 266 00:28:11,438 --> 00:28:14,558 And this is my little brother, and it's me. 267 00:28:14,718 --> 00:28:17,278 And that's Willsy. 268 00:28:17,438 --> 00:28:20,478 Two out of six boys are dead. 269 00:28:24,118 --> 00:28:29,358 Willsy died in 1993 aged 22. 270 00:28:31,318 --> 00:28:36,958 Everything in this bag is, like when Willsy took it with him. 271 00:28:37,118 --> 00:28:41,118 He studied medicine and he was here to visit his mother. 272 00:28:41,278 --> 00:28:45,478 He was killed, while he was waiting for the boat. 273 00:28:49,078 --> 00:28:55,198 I'm starting to get close the things I wanted to find out, - 274 00:28:56,918 --> 00:29:00,838 - so I'll stay here a little longer. 275 00:29:00,998 --> 00:29:05,918 I will stay here for two months instead of one. 276 00:29:06,078 --> 00:29:08,558 Then we'll see what happens. 277 00:30:43,518 --> 00:30:48,118 What is all that? - These are 505s. I have five of them. 278 00:30:49,318 --> 00:30:52,158 I have four 505s, and so I have the four-track tape recorder, - 279 00:30:52,318 --> 00:30:57,918 - which is the little machine, I recorded on. 280 00:30:59,878 --> 00:31:03,038 I never thought that I wrote songs for myself. 281 00:31:03,198 --> 00:31:07,198 I thought that I wrote songs for Justine. 282 00:31:10,158 --> 00:31:13,718 I can play the first tape with songs we made. 283 00:31:22,438 --> 00:31:26,118 I think we were very happy for the word "elevator". 284 00:31:26,278 --> 00:31:30,638 Then I made this beat, which is called "Chicken Choker". 285 00:31:30,798 --> 00:31:33,598 It's the first beat I made. 286 00:31:43,878 --> 00:31:48,758 At that time we were writing songs about anything. 287 00:31:49,878 --> 00:31:55,238 And then when I got back to London, I started writing about those things, - 288 00:31:55,398 --> 00:31:57,678 - I would like to write about. 289 00:31:57,838 --> 00:32:01,838 My lyrics were just that, there was in my head, - 290 00:32:01,998 --> 00:32:07,558 - combined with my obsession of urban music. 291 00:32:51,518 --> 00:32:56,678 I could tell the story, because it was all right there in front of me. 292 00:32:56,838 --> 00:33:00,718 When you entered my room, there were photos I had taken. 293 00:33:00,878 --> 00:33:06,918 Videotape with the Tigers. I found something I could put together. 294 00:33:07,078 --> 00:33:10,638 No matter what I did, then it would burst through, - 295 00:33:10,798 --> 00:33:13,718 - just because I was so desperate. 296 00:33:16,638 --> 00:33:19,558 Let's see what's on here. 297 00:33:22,438 --> 00:33:27,438 The best song I have today must be this one. 298 00:33:48,998 --> 00:33:52,118 I had recorded four songs for "Arular", - 299 00:33:52,278 --> 00:33:56,118 - and I took them to XL. I knocked on the door. 300 00:33:56,278 --> 00:33:58,838 She says she knocked on the door and said: “You have been looking for me.” 301 00:33:58,998 --> 00:34:04,278 And that was a bit like that. She appeared just turn up at the office one day - 302 00:34:04,438 --> 00:34:07,878 - with a demo CD with homemade cover. 303 00:34:08,998 --> 00:34:11,918 She had a strong vision for his music, - 304 00:34:12,078 --> 00:34:15,838 - and I'm always looking for that, when I meet an artist. 305 00:34:15,998 --> 00:34:17,838 Visions and ambitions. 306 00:34:17,998 --> 00:34:20,958 I'm just moving all this crap here. 307 00:34:21,118 --> 00:34:24,678 And she had buckets of both those things. 308 00:34:24,838 --> 00:34:27,238 We just need to get the reverb off. 309 00:34:27,398 --> 00:34:30,278 The first song I wasn't so keen on. 310 00:34:30,438 --> 00:34:32,998 "I'm coming with a new song tomorrow,” she said. 311 00:34:33,158 --> 00:34:36,238 The next day she came and played "Galang" for me. 312 00:35:09,998 --> 00:35:16,078 It was very homemade, but that not about a big budget. 313 00:35:16,238 --> 00:35:19,558 About how much money you have to put glitter on. 314 00:35:21,318 --> 00:35:23,998 It must spring from a real place. 315 00:35:24,158 --> 00:35:26,718 Voila. 316 00:35:34,838 --> 00:35:38,518 I had strong opinions about, what music I liked, - 317 00:35:38,678 --> 00:35:42,278 - and what made me dance, and what I wanted to say. 318 00:35:42,438 --> 00:35:45,318 All those things became "Arular". 319 00:35:46,438 --> 00:35:49,598 Here is a singer. Her name is Maya Arulpragasam. 320 00:35:49,758 --> 00:35:52,478 She was born in Sri Lanka, and her father was Tamil Tiger. 321 00:35:52,638 --> 00:35:56,158 Her mother fled with her to England, where she grew up. 322 00:35:56,318 --> 00:35:59,238 Now she is an upcoming hip-hop star. 323 00:36:36,518 --> 00:36:39,558 She made her debut album on a cheap keyboard - 324 00:36:39,718 --> 00:36:42,238 - and with a little help from some produce in London. 325 00:36:42,398 --> 00:36:45,798 She sold over 100,000 records, and Interscope took her in. 326 00:36:45,958 --> 00:36:50,078 She had a lot of hype about her, before her debut came out. 327 00:36:50,238 --> 00:36:54,438 It is partly due to a producer from Philadelphia named Diplo. 328 00:36:56,318 --> 00:36:59,758 I control the computer remotely. 329 00:36:59,918 --> 00:37:03,958 This makes the track hot. It's the crunk button. 330 00:37:05,398 --> 00:37:08,878 Where's the crunk button? - This is it. 331 00:37:10,318 --> 00:37:14,158 This sounds extremely good. Just the snare drums. 332 00:37:16,958 --> 00:37:21,958 I like the last one too. - A love song from space. 333 00:37:30,038 --> 00:37:34,318 M.I.A. is in the house. Come on, M.I.A. 334 00:37:39,638 --> 00:37:44,118 You best. - How's it going? Many thanks. 335 00:37:44,278 --> 00:37:48,078 Just stand here. How is it going? 336 00:37:48,238 --> 00:37:50,718 Fine. - Nice to meet you. 337 00:37:50,878 --> 00:37:53,118 In the same way. - Thank you very much. 338 00:37:53,278 --> 00:37:56,278 My girlfriend is out there. - No, then. Where? 339 00:37:56,998 --> 00:37:59,678 Is he the one jumping? - Yes. 340 00:37:59,838 --> 00:38:04,838 That is true love. He jumps outside. Let's get him in. 341 00:38:04,998 --> 00:38:09,758 How does it feel now that you get recognition in the press? 342 00:38:09,918 --> 00:38:13,278 Does it mean anything to you, or is it just about the music? 343 00:38:13,438 --> 00:38:16,998 I try not to to think too much about it, - 344 00:38:17,158 --> 00:38:24,078 - but I think it's good for me as a Tamil from Sri Lanka. 345 00:38:24,238 --> 00:38:28,438 The Tamil girls are screaming. - They love it. 346 00:38:31,038 --> 00:38:34,438 2004 India 347 00:38:36,318 --> 00:38:39,038 It's getting too crazy. 348 00:38:46,398 --> 00:38:49,158 Look right there. You best. - These are the props. 349 00:38:49,318 --> 00:38:52,198 Walkie talkies. Radios. - Perfect. 350 00:39:07,638 --> 00:39:09,638 He is insane! 351 00:39:16,598 --> 00:39:20,558 There are many indifferent videos. Pretty girls, clubs. 352 00:39:20,718 --> 00:39:23,998 Cars. Guys. People are afraid of to experiment. 353 00:39:24,158 --> 00:39:29,078 Your video should be a tool, one uses to give people - 354 00:39:29,238 --> 00:39:33,558 - images and visions, they haven't seen before. 355 00:40:17,758 --> 00:40:20,478 Here we are at Coachella 2005. 356 00:40:22,718 --> 00:40:25,638 It's the main stage. 357 00:40:31,318 --> 00:40:36,038 When "Arular" came out in 2005, was Napster big. 358 00:40:36,198 --> 00:40:40,598 One million copies was downloaded without payment. 359 00:40:42,038 --> 00:40:44,958 It got big so fast. 360 00:40:45,118 --> 00:40:47,318 So fast. 361 00:41:41,358 --> 00:41:44,278 Make some noise! 362 00:41:44,438 --> 00:41:47,998 Coachella, thanks for letting me come! 363 00:41:48,358 --> 00:41:51,838 It's my first festival in the US. I love it here. 364 00:41:58,918 --> 00:42:01,398 One more! One more! 365 00:42:03,878 --> 00:42:07,918 Congratulations. Wasn't that amazing? - Yes! And an encore! But what? 366 00:42:43,038 --> 00:42:46,838 That piece must be repeated, so we know how far it is. 367 00:43:22,678 --> 00:43:25,958 Okay. See you in a bit. 368 00:43:32,558 --> 00:43:38,198 What is that song about? - The wrong image of immigrants. 369 00:43:38,358 --> 00:43:41,758 That they will come and takes people's work and money. 370 00:43:41,918 --> 00:43:45,638 It's a funny, parody song about it. 371 00:43:51,598 --> 00:43:53,798 What should I say? 372 00:43:53,958 --> 00:43:56,718 1, 2, 3 ... I don't know. 373 00:43:56,878 --> 00:44:01,958 Say what I have to say. - You are the Hollywood type. 374 00:44:02,118 --> 00:44:05,198 “Hi, my name is Spike Jonze. We film with VBS." 375 00:44:07,798 --> 00:44:11,278 Hello, my name is Spike Jonze, VBS. We are with Maya. 376 00:44:11,438 --> 00:44:14,278 We're going out to talk with her friend Afrikan Boy. 377 00:44:14,438 --> 00:44:18,238 And then we'll talk about hers new record she made, - 378 00:44:18,398 --> 00:44:20,958 - which is named after her mother. 379 00:44:27,558 --> 00:44:28,918 How is it going? 380 00:44:29,078 --> 00:44:32,478 Who were you fighting with? - Some Somalis attacked me. 381 00:44:32,638 --> 00:44:36,678 Should I get the Sri Lankan boys to fix the Somalia boys? 382 00:44:43,358 --> 00:44:48,358 All the new immigrant cultures, who have come to the West, - 383 00:44:48,518 --> 00:44:55,558 - they are so deep and strong. They are part of every city now. 384 00:44:55,718 --> 00:44:59,878 But people are afraid of it. It's almost a dirty word. 385 00:45:00,038 --> 00:45:03,558 People are afraid of to go against the flow. 386 00:45:03,718 --> 00:45:09,078 You can't rap about to be an immigrant. It's embarrassing. 387 00:45:09,238 --> 00:45:12,478 How did you meet each other? - Myspace. 388 00:45:12,638 --> 00:45:17,158 She just found me. She found me. A pearl in the dust. 389 00:45:28,918 --> 00:45:31,958 There will always be something different about us, - 390 00:45:32,118 --> 00:45:36,718 - which cannot be compared to white or black life. 391 00:45:36,878 --> 00:45:42,158 There is always something extra, one has to do, - 392 00:45:42,318 --> 00:45:48,038 - which is that you have to relate to one's home country. 393 00:45:49,918 --> 00:45:53,438 What "Arular" was about to carry things from there to here, - 394 00:45:53,598 --> 00:45:56,758 - so was "Kala" a "send money home" record. 395 00:45:56,918 --> 00:46:02,078 Where to send the DVD home. The box with the color TV. 396 00:46:02,238 --> 00:46:04,238 The microwave oven. 397 00:46:04,398 --> 00:46:08,278 I could go back with some things this time. 398 00:46:10,238 --> 00:46:15,198 This is M. This is I. And this is A. 399 00:46:15,358 --> 00:46:18,278 Maya, Mia. 400 00:46:20,998 --> 00:46:23,318 It was really fun to make "Kala". 401 00:46:23,478 --> 00:46:27,318 Everyone was on board. Even some animals. 402 00:46:27,478 --> 00:46:33,158 The dogs, the chickens and the flies. The children who played outside. 403 00:46:33,318 --> 00:46:35,838 1, 2, 3. 404 00:46:46,158 --> 00:46:49,998 It was like going back until the time I was six years old. 405 00:46:50,158 --> 00:46:53,118 What would I have wanted? 406 00:46:53,278 --> 00:46:56,238 That that person came and gave me key rings - 407 00:46:56,398 --> 00:47:01,278 - like the ones I had. And buy me some sweets. 408 00:47:01,438 --> 00:47:05,438 Hold a cool party and give me some money at the end. 409 00:47:19,958 --> 00:47:22,758 It was like solving a Rubik's cube, - 410 00:47:22,918 --> 00:47:28,318 - and I threw more and more colors on. 411 00:47:28,478 --> 00:47:31,238 I think you should play there. 412 00:47:43,398 --> 00:47:46,718 I went to basically any continent. 413 00:47:48,518 --> 00:47:52,758 We worked on the same song in each country. 414 00:47:53,918 --> 00:48:00,278 First we recorded in Trinidad. It should make sense to them, - 415 00:48:00,438 --> 00:48:04,478 - so we changed things up a bit. Then we recorded in Jamaica. 416 00:48:09,958 --> 00:48:14,198 We had to adjust things again, when we went to Brooklyn. 417 00:48:27,398 --> 00:48:31,638 The boy in Kovalam where we filmed the video for "Bird Flu", - 418 00:48:31,798 --> 00:48:36,798 - and the child on the playground in Liberia is completely the same. 419 00:48:36,958 --> 00:48:43,038 They have nursery rhymes, they play games. They have an opinion about their hairstyle - 420 00:48:43,198 --> 00:48:45,998 - and about, which T-shirt they should wear. 421 00:48:46,158 --> 00:48:49,638 And they have dreams. And they have ... 422 00:48:49,798 --> 00:48:52,878 ... an idea about, what they want to be. 423 00:48:54,718 --> 00:48:58,038 Can you turn up my microphone? 424 00:50:46,838 --> 00:50:50,478 Rolling Stone published its list of the year's 50 best albums. 425 00:50:50,638 --> 00:50:52,878 There is great diversity. 426 00:50:53,038 --> 00:50:57,518 Best album of the year according to Rolling Stone Magazine is not ... 427 00:50:57,678 --> 00:51:01,518 ... Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black", it's "Kala" by M.I.A., - 428 00:51:01,678 --> 00:51:03,998 - who is British, born in Sri Lanka. 429 00:51:08,558 --> 00:51:10,838 Popular. 430 00:51:13,318 --> 00:51:17,518 Fucking popular. - Fucking popular. 431 00:51:17,678 --> 00:51:20,998 Sick. - Fucking popular. 432 00:51:23,038 --> 00:51:25,278 I hang out at the club and is popular 433 00:51:25,438 --> 00:51:27,758 I stay at home and is popular 434 00:51:27,918 --> 00:51:32,198 pops pills and is popular on Myspace I'm popular 435 00:51:32,358 --> 00:51:35,598 popular I'm fucking popular 436 00:51:35,758 --> 00:51:39,078 popular I'm really popular 437 00:51:39,238 --> 00:51:43,318 it' difficult it' difficult it' really really hard 438 00:51:43,478 --> 00:51:44,998 I'm popular 439 00:51:52,078 --> 00:51:53,918 Stay there. 440 00:52:00,078 --> 00:52:04,118 June 441 00:52:41,078 --> 00:52:44,998 The Tamil Tigers attacked early in the morning ... 442 00:52:46,758 --> 00:52:53,438 The tigers have moved into Colombo and have bombed the airport. 443 00:53:00,638 --> 00:53:05,918 It is Colombo that must represent to be a safe zone. 444 00:53:07,878 --> 00:53:12,878 I felt otherwise, that now the war was about to end. 445 00:53:14,078 --> 00:53:18,118 In reality it is stuck in the middle somewhere. 446 00:53:24,358 --> 00:53:27,558 What happened to your eye? 447 00:53:27,718 --> 00:53:31,438 The army did not know whether we were Sinhalese. 448 00:53:31,598 --> 00:53:35,318 And there was curfew throughout the country. 449 00:53:35,478 --> 00:53:40,878 And then they saw the car and thought: "They must be Tigers." 450 00:53:41,038 --> 00:53:44,758 "Are you brave enough to drive now, then you must be Tiger." 451 00:53:44,918 --> 00:53:47,758 Then they threw a bomb at the car. 452 00:53:47,918 --> 00:53:52,598 The army and the police are afraid of The tigers, so they have to shoot everyone. 453 00:53:52,758 --> 00:53:55,398 And because it's a war zone, - 454 00:53:55,558 --> 00:53:59,758 - then they have the right to to do anything. 455 00:53:59,918 --> 00:54:02,158 CATALOG OF ABUSES 456 00:54:02,318 --> 00:54:04,638 It is the most cruel thing. 457 00:54:04,798 --> 00:54:08,318 A grenade was detonated in the woman's vagina, - 458 00:54:08,478 --> 00:54:11,278 - after she had stayed raped and killed, - 459 00:54:11,438 --> 00:54:14,918 - to remove the traces after the sexual assault. 460 00:54:16,998 --> 00:54:18,718 Terrible. 461 00:54:20,078 --> 00:54:22,918 "Terrible" cannot describe it. 462 00:54:23,078 --> 00:54:27,038 And the world just watches. I don't understand it. 463 00:54:27,198 --> 00:54:31,518 No one is interested. The Americans are not interested. 464 00:54:37,638 --> 00:54:40,198 The more I find out, - 465 00:54:40,358 --> 00:54:43,478 - the more I feel powerless, - 466 00:54:43,638 --> 00:54:49,318 - because it happens in large numbers. That is why. It happens in droves. 467 00:54:51,398 --> 00:54:56,118 I sense that there is someone by the window. I'm just looking. 468 00:55:03,918 --> 00:55:08,118 While I was filming myself inside room, there was a boy outside. 469 00:55:08,278 --> 00:55:10,918 He stood and glared for three quarters of an hour. 470 00:55:14,958 --> 00:55:18,398 He stood and glared at you and at me. 471 00:55:18,558 --> 00:55:22,198 He panicked. He thought something was going on here - 472 00:55:22,358 --> 00:55:27,038 - behind his back so he came and asked me about it. 473 00:55:27,198 --> 00:55:31,278 "What is going on in this house?" 474 00:55:38,358 --> 00:55:41,558 Today I rode the bus with my mother. 475 00:55:41,718 --> 00:55:44,678 I was surrounded by soldiers. 476 00:55:47,318 --> 00:55:51,878 They stood in front of our seat, in front of my mother and me. 477 00:55:53,278 --> 00:55:56,238 And every time the bus rumbled, - 478 00:55:56,398 --> 00:55:59,678 - then they fell on me and towered over me. 479 00:56:01,878 --> 00:56:04,838 I started to cry, and my mother said: 480 00:56:04,998 --> 00:56:09,838 “If you say something, they stop the bus, pulling you into the jungle, - 481 00:56:09,998 --> 00:56:13,518 - and then they kill us in there, and no one will respond to it.” 482 00:56:16,798 --> 00:56:21,278 I looked around and thought: "Who can I ask for help?" 483 00:56:21,438 --> 00:56:25,398 "Who?" But there isn't anyone. 484 00:56:25,558 --> 00:56:28,518 Then you start looking out at the window and think: 485 00:56:28,678 --> 00:56:33,918 "Somewhere in the jungle there is someone, that fights for me.” 486 00:56:42,038 --> 00:56:44,558 I will not forget... 487 00:56:45,958 --> 00:56:50,518 What I hear here is becoming a part of me. 488 00:56:50,678 --> 00:56:54,038 It feels like I has opened Pandora's box. 489 00:56:54,198 --> 00:57:00,758 I can't control it and I know it not how it will affect me. 490 00:57:17,678 --> 00:57:20,438 I miss being at home. 491 00:57:20,598 --> 00:57:23,918 And I miss sewing curtains. 492 00:57:25,998 --> 00:57:30,958 There's Steve, who's had his first day of work at Interscope. 493 00:57:38,838 --> 00:57:41,198 You are being filmed. 494 00:57:48,958 --> 00:57:51,998 Seriously, was it only ten seconds? 495 00:57:52,158 --> 00:57:54,038 Fuck you, how insane. 496 00:57:54,298 --> 00:57:59,538 20 minutes corresponds to an hour and a half in the gym. 497 00:57:59,718 --> 00:58:02,978 How much do they cost? 498 00:58:03,238 --> 00:58:06,398 You get up to speed. 499 00:58:16,398 --> 00:58:20,278 In 2009 was the biggest contradiction in my life - 500 00:58:20,438 --> 00:58:24,358 - that I should give birth and be a mother, - 501 00:58:26,158 --> 00:58:31,238 - and that I was famous and nominated for an Oscar and a Grammy. 502 00:58:32,198 --> 00:58:35,678 I thought that was it, there was the challenge. 503 00:58:40,318 --> 00:58:44,158 But then the war escalated in Sri Lanka. 504 00:58:46,438 --> 00:58:50,598 An emergency worker reports that nearly 400 people were killed - 505 00:58:50,758 --> 00:58:53,878 - in what should be a ceasefire zone. 506 00:58:54,038 --> 00:58:58,958 A ceasefire zone where civilians should be safe for the war. 507 00:58:59,118 --> 00:59:04,398 But the pictures show that innocent people are still being shelled. 508 00:59:06,038 --> 00:59:10,478 The UN has criticized Sri Lanka government and the Tamil Tigers - 509 00:59:10,638 --> 00:59:13,118 - to expose civilians to danger. 510 00:59:13,278 --> 00:59:16,758 The outside world doesn't know much about, what the population is exposed to. 511 00:59:16,918 --> 00:59:20,718 The Tamils are invisible. 512 00:59:22,678 --> 00:59:25,918 M.I.A. is a talented singer, songwriter and hip hop artist, - 513 00:59:26,078 --> 00:59:31,598 - which is nominated for both an Oscar and a Grammy that same year. 514 00:59:31,758 --> 00:59:34,598 A Grammy and an Oscar. It's big. 515 00:59:34,758 --> 00:59:38,878 As the only Tamil, that is visible in the Western media, - 516 00:59:39,038 --> 00:59:44,358 - I now have the opportunity to tell about what is happening in Sri Lanka. 517 00:59:44,518 --> 00:59:48,958 The more success I get, the worse becomes the situation in Sri Lanka. 518 00:59:51,678 --> 00:59:55,518 I think it's the simplest to explain it like this: 519 00:59:55,678 --> 01:00:00,918 Under the pretext of wanting to fight terrorism commits genocide. 520 01:00:01,078 --> 01:00:04,718 A tied back, naked man blindfolded. 521 01:00:04,878 --> 01:00:08,998 His last human contact is a kick in the head. 522 01:00:09,158 --> 01:00:15,638 Extrajudicial killings have become documented in Sri Lanka for years, - 523 01:00:15,798 --> 01:00:19,958 - but never before have we seen evidence like this. 524 01:00:20,118 --> 01:00:23,758 Is the Sri Lankan government committing genocide? 525 01:00:23,918 --> 01:00:29,638 M.I.A. is a skilled artist, but she is wrong. 526 01:00:29,798 --> 01:00:34,278 She should stick to it, she is good at, namely music. 527 01:00:36,838 --> 01:00:39,318 TO SUPPORT M.I.A. IS TO SUPPORT TERRORISM 528 01:00:39,478 --> 01:00:44,278 There is no doubt that she roused the anger of the Sinhalese, - 529 01:00:44,438 --> 01:00:51,598 - when she blamed the Sri Lanka Army for committing genocide on Tamils. 530 01:00:51,758 --> 01:00:57,158 Anyone who opposes the government, is killed, thrown into prison, - 531 01:00:57,318 --> 01:00:59,038 - thrown out of the country. 532 01:00:59,198 --> 01:01:06,438 It is therefore difficult to obtain information the Americans about, - 533 01:01:06,598 --> 01:01:08,318 - what is happening. 534 01:01:08,478 --> 01:01:13,998 Tell us why you as a Sri Lankan sounds like Mick Jagger. 535 01:01:15,838 --> 01:01:20,518 I'm just one of those... - But they don't usually sound like that. 536 01:01:20,678 --> 01:01:24,158 No, but we'll never find out for they keep killing them. 537 01:01:24,318 --> 01:01:28,198 Reach? Maybe they have cockney accents in Sri Lanka? I didn't know that. 538 01:01:28,358 --> 01:01:31,598 They dismissed me. - M.I.A., everyone. 539 01:01:34,558 --> 01:01:39,038 "Go home, little girl." They wanted me to clap. 540 01:01:50,598 --> 01:01:55,318 Tell us what you're frustrated about over at CNN's feature. 541 01:01:55,478 --> 01:02:01,638 I would like to have the facts checked and know why I was cut out, - 542 01:02:01,798 --> 01:02:06,518 - when I said that there genocide is committed in Sri Lanka. 543 01:02:06,678 --> 01:02:11,318 We talked for a quarter of an hour, and they focused only on me and my song. 544 01:02:11,478 --> 01:02:14,998 You are the first to complain about, - 545 01:02:15,158 --> 01:02:19,558 - that something is too much about them. Otherwise, people would like that. 546 01:02:21,118 --> 01:02:25,878 People thought it was bad news. One should not talk about death. 547 01:02:26,038 --> 01:02:31,238 "We don't want to look at bombed babies." “Can't you talk about Beverly Hills?” 548 01:02:31,398 --> 01:02:34,398 It was very difficult to be two things at once. 549 01:02:36,878 --> 01:02:41,278 I tried to do it that way, they wanted me to do it, - 550 01:02:41,438 --> 01:02:45,558 - which is learning the script by heart. Memorize the five sentences, - 551 01:02:45,718 --> 01:02:51,718 - you will repeat in the media. Achieve success in the media. 552 01:02:52,798 --> 01:02:56,358 But I couldn't. 553 01:02:56,518 --> 01:02:59,798 I felt, that I was about to explode. 554 01:03:00,918 --> 01:03:03,838 Instead I did it my way. 555 01:03:39,878 --> 01:03:43,358 You little shit! - Sit down and shut your ass! 556 01:03:53,798 --> 01:03:57,078 OUR TIME WILL COME 557 01:04:29,038 --> 01:04:32,718 It was M.I.A. here on KROQ, 106.7 K-R-O-Q. 558 01:04:32,878 --> 01:04:37,518 We get angry emails from people, who says that M.I.A. is a terrorist, - 559 01:04:37,678 --> 01:04:40,598 - and that KROQ is mean, because we support her. 560 01:04:40,758 --> 01:04:46,678 Maybe there is a connection. Maybe she'll send money. 561 01:04:46,838 --> 01:04:49,998 They drive me further into it. 562 01:04:50,158 --> 01:04:54,678 They associate my name, my career and my achievements - 563 01:04:54,838 --> 01:05:00,038 - with the same words: M.I.A., Tamil terrorist. 564 01:05:00,198 --> 01:05:05,518 Respected news broadcasters committing lazy journalism. 565 01:05:05,678 --> 01:05:08,078 When you released the "Born Free" video, - 566 01:05:08,238 --> 01:05:13,918 - then you probably knew very well that the would engender negative reactions? 567 01:05:17,158 --> 01:05:21,998 What was it that people didn't like? It was ketchup and artificial blood. 568 01:05:22,158 --> 01:05:26,518 That it was too violent. - That was what was so insane. 569 01:05:26,678 --> 01:05:30,518 The video of the real execution, I tweeted about a few months before, - 570 01:05:30,678 --> 01:05:33,198 - people were very happy with it. 571 01:05:33,358 --> 01:05:34,918 A real execution. 572 01:05:35,078 --> 01:05:38,318 Two months later I filmed it same with some redheaded people - 573 01:05:38,478 --> 01:05:43,878 - and some artificial blood, and that's it the worst thing people have ever seen. 574 01:05:44,038 --> 01:05:46,558 Are you a victim of censorship? - Yes, then. 575 01:05:53,478 --> 01:05:56,478 What experiences can we share from those places? 576 01:05:56,638 --> 01:06:01,158 Which ones are you okay with? Which ones can you easily digest? 577 01:06:01,318 --> 01:06:04,758 If one is born out of the struggle, so how do you talk about the fight - 578 01:06:04,918 --> 01:06:07,798 - without talking about the match? 579 01:06:09,798 --> 01:06:13,038 Hi, Maya. Yes or no? It will be 16 pages and you get the cover. 580 01:06:13,198 --> 01:06:16,478 Lynn Hirschberg writes the portrait, Ryan McGinley takes the photos. 581 01:06:16,638 --> 01:06:19,078 I need an answer by Thursday at the latest. Thanks. J. 582 01:06:19,998 --> 01:06:23,518 If she can get Maya on the cover, why hasn't she - 583 01:06:23,678 --> 01:06:26,998 - prevented them from to screw her up in the past? 584 01:06:27,158 --> 01:06:31,278 If we get the cover, so be it first time a Tamil ends up there. 585 01:06:31,438 --> 01:06:35,558 We are so blind to this. Do they then, as Tavis Smiley did, - 586 01:06:35,718 --> 01:06:40,238 - and gets a minister to say, - 587 01:06:40,398 --> 01:06:43,718 - that M.I.A. must hold to the music? We must know that. 588 01:06:43,878 --> 01:06:46,958 They don't reveal what they want to do. 589 01:06:47,118 --> 01:06:50,118 You have to prepare for the worst. 590 01:06:50,278 --> 01:06:53,838 If they want to fuck with you, then the worst they can do is - 591 01:06:53,998 --> 01:06:58,478 - to do your political position irrelevant. 592 01:06:58,638 --> 01:07:03,038 Saying it doesn't mean anything. 593 01:07:03,198 --> 01:07:09,118 “You're just another artist on Interscope. We write about the music." 594 01:07:12,318 --> 01:07:13,398 Cool. 595 01:07:13,558 --> 01:07:17,598 Lynn Hirschberg Editor, New York Times Magazine 596 01:07:17,758 --> 01:07:20,198 You don't like technology. - No. 597 01:07:20,358 --> 01:07:23,398 It makes a little noise, and it lasts nine minutes. 598 01:07:23,558 --> 01:07:27,398 So much the better. Noise and nine minutes is good. 599 01:07:34,878 --> 01:07:38,318 Oh god. Couldn't you hear me scream? 600 01:07:38,478 --> 01:07:44,438 I would let you stay in that world. - It's really fantastic. 601 01:07:44,598 --> 01:07:47,158 Very disturbing but amazing. 602 01:07:47,318 --> 01:07:50,478 You must say, if you don't like it. 603 01:07:50,638 --> 01:07:54,758 I think it's pretty brilliant. I really think so. 604 01:07:54,918 --> 01:07:56,758 Thank you. - It was so little. 605 01:07:56,918 --> 01:08:00,038 Did you like the song? - Yes, you know I can. 606 01:08:01,398 --> 01:08:05,518 ... a searing portrait article in the New York Times' magazine, - 607 01:08:05,678 --> 01:08:09,238 - where writer Lynn Hirschberg points to some inconsistencies. 608 01:08:09,398 --> 01:08:12,318 M.I.A. portrayed as a woman, that is trapped in the need for - 609 01:08:12,478 --> 01:08:15,798 - to come with politically charged pseudo-statements. 610 01:08:15,958 --> 01:08:19,038 Which is produced as a thoughtless hypocrite. 611 01:08:19,198 --> 01:08:22,478 She is engaged to an heir to The Seagram fortune. 612 01:08:22,638 --> 01:08:26,918 She leads a rather elitist and comfortable existence now, - 613 01:08:27,078 --> 01:08:30,718 - and yet she sings about rebellion on his plate. 614 01:08:30,878 --> 01:08:33,718 The symbol, as the article plunges over, is, - 615 01:08:33,878 --> 01:08:36,798 - that M.I.A. eating truffle fries. 616 01:08:36,958 --> 01:08:39,318 "I always want to wanted to be an outsider. 617 01:08:39,478 --> 01:08:43,158 Then they can call me a terrorist, if they want.” 618 01:08:43,318 --> 01:08:49,438 Yes, she bites into a truffle fry. As Lynn Hirschberg ordered. 619 01:08:52,958 --> 01:08:56,318 So what, everyone? M.I.A. here. 620 01:08:56,478 --> 01:09:00,238 I've moved to Brentwood, and I have a child now. 621 01:09:00,398 --> 01:09:03,358 This one goes out to all the ladies who whose values have changed, - 622 01:09:03,518 --> 01:09:08,598 - who are looking for stability, love and beach pilates. 623 01:09:08,758 --> 01:09:13,798 I just want to ... and ... invest my money 624 01:09:13,958 --> 01:09:19,598 I just want to ... and ... look at my Monet 625 01:09:19,758 --> 01:09:23,878 M.I.A. I invest in democracy in the third world. 626 01:09:24,038 --> 01:09:25,998 The sunglasses are from Sri Lanka. 627 01:09:26,158 --> 01:09:29,118 You dare to write anything funny about me. 628 01:09:35,198 --> 01:09:39,358 They want to say that what I say is meaningless shit. 629 01:09:39,518 --> 01:09:43,158 That it is not authentic. That my upbringing is not authentic. 630 01:09:43,318 --> 01:09:46,558 Because I'm a musician, or because I live here, - 631 01:09:46,718 --> 01:09:51,038 - then they think I have a lot more responsibility to be - 632 01:09:51,198 --> 01:09:55,638 - a global example. I'm supposed to be like... 633 01:09:55,798 --> 01:09:59,238 A starving child from a mud hut, which has been successful, - 634 01:09:59,398 --> 01:10:01,838 - and I must not change. 635 01:10:01,998 --> 01:10:05,278 Only for your sake, so you can understand the message. 636 01:10:06,198 --> 01:10:09,558 It's from ... I have to to connect it here. 637 01:10:09,718 --> 01:10:13,158 It's from the New York Times three days ago, on January 8. 638 01:10:13,318 --> 01:10:17,318 Video of Sri Lankan executions looks real, says the UN. 639 01:10:17,478 --> 01:10:21,238 This is from the New York Times today. 640 01:10:21,398 --> 01:10:24,718 "31 Places to Travel to in 2010." 641 01:10:24,878 --> 01:10:29,238 So now that the war is over, people must just go on honeymoon there. 642 01:10:29,398 --> 01:10:31,598 It's far out. 643 01:10:31,758 --> 01:10:35,798 ONCE AGAIN: FUCK THE NEW YORK TIMES 644 01:10:40,758 --> 01:10:44,558 IS IT A GREAT PLACE TO GO ON HOLIDAY? 645 01:12:01,878 --> 01:12:08,078 I loved the USA. Look at pictures up to 2001. 646 01:12:08,238 --> 01:12:12,078 I'm wearing American Converse shoes. An American jersey. 647 01:12:12,238 --> 01:12:14,518 There is an American poster behind me. 648 01:12:14,678 --> 01:12:17,478 I didn't have a problem with the US. I loved the USA. 649 01:12:18,718 --> 01:12:21,158 And since then... 650 01:12:26,718 --> 01:12:30,078 Have they chopped piece by piece of me. 651 01:12:43,638 --> 01:12:47,358 How to be a manager of an artist who is unruly? 652 01:12:48,958 --> 01:12:53,798 I ask the question to the whole panel, - 653 01:12:53,958 --> 01:12:57,198 - which consists of me and you. 654 01:12:57,358 --> 01:13:00,278 Cross in the fucking ass. 655 01:13:00,438 --> 01:13:04,438 What should we do? - You have to give in, Maya. 656 01:13:04,598 --> 01:13:09,318 You have to show some trust. You must ... - Dyana, can you be my manager? 657 01:13:14,918 --> 01:13:20,558 Can we get a song on the radio? Coming "Double Bubble Trouble" on the radio? 658 01:13:20,718 --> 01:13:25,278 It's the most radio-friendly song. Can we have a song played? 659 01:13:25,438 --> 01:13:31,278 Some kind of driving force is needed. That's how it can succeed. 660 01:13:31,438 --> 01:13:35,358 Especially when it's not Katy Perry. 661 01:13:41,478 --> 01:13:44,518 I am starting an education again. 662 01:13:46,158 --> 01:13:48,758 What kind of education? 663 01:13:54,838 --> 01:13:59,638 Maybe I should be a marine engineer and design boats. 664 01:14:00,918 --> 01:14:06,798 Or maybe I just have to work with to rescue refugees at sea. 665 01:14:15,718 --> 01:14:19,158 Madonna called ... - You stood in Whole Foods. 666 01:14:19,318 --> 01:14:25,038 I was in Whole Foods, when the phone rings. 667 01:14:26,078 --> 01:14:28,718 And it was Scott. 668 01:14:28,878 --> 01:14:33,598 Madonna wants to do a number with me and Nicki Minaj, - 669 01:14:33,758 --> 01:14:37,838 - and she's going to perform at the Super Bowl, and she wants me with her. 670 01:14:37,998 --> 01:14:43,278 Oh god! - And Nicki Minaj! Oh god! 671 01:14:43,438 --> 01:14:50,118 Wild! An Italian, a Sri Lankan and an African American. Wild. 672 01:14:58,158 --> 01:15:00,918 What is Madonna's video about? 673 01:15:01,078 --> 01:15:03,838 All that is American. 674 01:15:03,998 --> 01:15:08,478 The candles in here called Yankee candles, - 675 01:15:09,958 --> 01:15:13,958 - I'm dressed as a cheerleader in a Madonna video, - 676 01:15:14,118 --> 01:15:17,358 - which is sponsored by Coca-Cola. 677 01:15:17,518 --> 01:15:20,718 And the song is about the NFL. 678 01:15:21,598 --> 01:15:24,478 I had to join in Madonna's video, - 679 01:15:24,638 --> 01:15:27,558 - but I also worked on my own. 680 01:15:27,718 --> 01:15:32,478 And by chance they came out on the same day within ten minutes. 681 01:15:36,358 --> 01:15:39,238 Hello, USA. 682 01:17:29,478 --> 01:17:32,838 It never stops. 683 01:17:35,838 --> 01:17:40,358 It's like at school. Always at the back, always last in line. 684 01:17:40,518 --> 01:17:43,518 Always late for it. Still getting dressed. 685 01:18:35,678 --> 01:18:42,758 WORLD PEACE 686 01:18:42,918 --> 01:18:47,198 The Giants just won the Super Bowl, but it's M.I.A. we're talking about. 687 01:18:47,358 --> 01:18:51,398 She gave the audience the finger during his performance with Madonna. 688 01:18:51,558 --> 01:18:55,518 That's why she wanted me along. I can do what she can't. 689 01:18:55,678 --> 01:19:00,038 It fits. I am the sick part of her brain. 690 01:19:04,038 --> 01:19:06,238 Forward with the finger. 691 01:19:17,838 --> 01:19:20,478 Hi, we're from the NFL. - Hello. 692 01:19:20,638 --> 01:19:23,278 We need to talk about that. 693 01:19:27,878 --> 01:19:31,838 Everyone wants to talk about it. - Can I have ...? 694 01:19:33,358 --> 01:19:38,798 Can we just have five minutes? She is still changing her clothes. 695 01:19:38,958 --> 01:19:41,638 She is still changing her clothes. 696 01:19:55,518 --> 01:19:57,958 We just ran away. 697 01:20:00,678 --> 01:20:05,678 We ... Sugu, you don't understand, how quickly we slipped away. 698 01:20:05,838 --> 01:20:10,158 With bodyguards as guards. - Dyana wants to talk to you. 699 01:20:10,318 --> 01:20:12,838 Diana. - Hello. 700 01:20:12,998 --> 01:20:16,318 Come here. did you see me - Hello. 701 01:20:16,478 --> 01:20:20,718 No. - Didn't you see me dancing? No? 702 01:20:20,878 --> 01:20:23,238 No. - What? 703 01:20:23,398 --> 01:20:25,798 We then said: "There is mother." 704 01:20:25,958 --> 01:20:30,718 I cried. - Did you just want to leave and go to mom? 705 01:20:30,878 --> 01:20:35,278 Yes, I don't like the Super Bowl. - Can't you? 706 01:20:35,438 --> 01:20:38,918 No. - Like that, my boy. Come here. 707 01:20:40,398 --> 01:20:44,038 The Super Bowl doesn't like me now. 708 01:20:44,198 --> 01:20:47,238 They entered our wardrobe and wanted to talk to me. 709 01:20:47,398 --> 01:20:51,118 We asked, "About what?" "This one." 710 01:20:51,278 --> 01:20:54,678 People liked it. 711 01:20:54,838 --> 01:20:57,958 It was pretty cool. 712 01:21:02,678 --> 01:21:05,438 What have I done? - That's cool. 713 01:21:05,598 --> 01:21:10,798 That's what I do. I have one song out now called "Bad Girls". 714 01:21:11,918 --> 01:21:15,598 Oh god. Okay, so we've done it. 715 01:21:22,398 --> 01:21:26,558 Dyana scolded saying, that I shouldn't talk to anyone. 716 01:21:29,078 --> 01:21:32,078 Will people come to freak out on me in the street? 717 01:21:33,278 --> 01:21:37,118 No, I think Dyana meant, that this was something special. 718 01:21:37,278 --> 01:21:42,718 And it surprised me. Is it really that big of a problem? 719 01:21:46,678 --> 01:21:49,798 But it obviously is. 720 01:21:51,318 --> 01:21:55,158 What made her do that? Who was she angry with? 721 01:21:55,318 --> 01:21:59,398 She could have just waved. Or blinked. 722 01:21:59,558 --> 01:22:02,238 Who do you blame? NBC? NFL? 723 01:22:02,398 --> 01:22:05,438 Or anyone? - M.I.A. 724 01:22:05,598 --> 01:22:10,358 Today we are going to talk about this and more with bowler Josh Blanchard. 725 01:22:10,518 --> 01:22:13,358 Thank you for coming. Did you watch the Super Bowl show? 726 01:22:13,518 --> 01:22:17,158 Yes. It was a little shocking. It was right in the camera. 727 01:22:17,318 --> 01:22:20,118 Everyone could see that she did it on purpose. 728 01:22:20,278 --> 01:22:26,118 My wife and I were shocked. - Madonna got the chance to perform. 729 01:22:26,278 --> 01:22:30,838 She is amazing. We love all her eighties. 730 01:22:30,998 --> 01:22:34,478 And she chooses M.I.A., who is not even American. 731 01:22:34,638 --> 01:22:40,118 Did you see Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert? Fantastic! 732 01:22:40,278 --> 01:22:43,758 Why can't we get anything American in our football? 733 01:22:44,958 --> 01:22:47,678 NFL DEMANDS 16.6 MILLION FOR M.I.A.'S SUPER BOWL FINGERS 734 01:22:47,838 --> 01:22:51,238 I was alone on the screen for about 15 seconds, - 735 01:22:51,398 --> 01:22:55,118 - and they want 15 million for that. 736 01:22:56,958 --> 01:22:59,758 It's worse than being a murderer. 737 01:23:01,118 --> 01:23:04,438 A brown person, - 738 01:23:04,598 --> 01:23:08,958 - who stands up there, and who doesn't suck dick, - 739 01:23:09,118 --> 01:23:11,838 - is more offensive to them - 740 01:23:11,998 --> 01:23:14,958 - than murdering someone. 741 01:23:15,118 --> 01:23:17,958 They want me to be like Aziz Ansari. 742 01:23:18,118 --> 01:23:20,478 "Hey, I love it." 743 01:23:24,918 --> 01:23:30,078 What is the official statement from you about why you did it? 744 01:23:31,198 --> 01:23:33,638 There is no opinion. 745 01:23:33,798 --> 01:23:37,198 i said that it was a spiritual gesture. 746 01:23:38,678 --> 01:23:40,998 Was that it? 747 01:23:44,838 --> 01:23:47,678 It was pretty insane. 748 01:23:47,838 --> 01:23:51,278 Seeing Madonna as I ... 749 01:23:51,438 --> 01:23:56,158 ... so like a strong woman, when I was growing up. 750 01:23:56,318 --> 01:23:59,358 And those cowboys dog-sat with her. 751 01:24:00,638 --> 01:24:05,198 “Turn around. Bend forward. Turn around." 752 01:24:05,358 --> 01:24:07,758 "Change shoes." 753 01:24:07,918 --> 01:24:10,518 "I don't know about those clothes." 754 01:24:10,678 --> 01:24:14,718 They were sexist, misogynistic and racist. 755 01:24:14,878 --> 01:24:19,838 They were all that. And then I thought, that if no one else does - 756 01:24:19,998 --> 01:24:23,998 - and stands by it - 757 01:24:27,398 --> 01:24:31,278 - and questions, what's going on, - 758 01:24:35,238 --> 01:24:38,518 - then fuck all this shit. I want to go home. 759 01:25:10,078 --> 01:25:14,638 When mother was little like you, I drank it all the time. 760 01:25:14,798 --> 01:25:18,358 I want one. - No, because all my teeth fell out. 761 01:25:18,518 --> 01:25:21,958 What does it taste like? - It tastes like... 762 01:25:24,438 --> 01:25:26,678 It's just too sweet. 763 01:25:26,838 --> 01:25:30,678 What does it taste like? - It actually tastes like medicine. 764 01:25:30,838 --> 01:25:34,998 If you ate it, you would think it tasted like medicine. 765 01:25:35,158 --> 01:25:37,718 See. Food. 766 01:25:41,758 --> 01:25:44,118 Delicious. - Chickpeas. 767 01:25:45,838 --> 01:25:48,118 Delicious. - To us? 768 01:25:57,918 --> 01:25:59,478 My father. 769 01:25:59,638 --> 01:26:03,518 The UN has established that the death toll in the war in Sri Lanka's last months - 770 01:26:03,678 --> 01:26:08,118 - can come up with 40-70,000 civilian Tamils. 771 01:26:08,278 --> 01:26:12,318 A shocking number when you think about it on the size of the area. 772 01:26:12,478 --> 01:26:16,478 Our first reading is of it British-Tamil artist M.I.A. 773 01:26:16,638 --> 01:26:21,438 She speaks for a young mother, who was abducted in Northern Sri Lanka. 774 01:26:24,518 --> 01:26:29,398 “I was alone on my way home. My husband was at home with our child. 775 01:26:29,558 --> 01:26:32,678 I saw a white wagon, that stopped at our house. 776 01:26:32,838 --> 01:26:38,278 I thought it was weird but I was not troubled. 777 01:26:38,438 --> 01:26:43,198 As I passed the carriage, four or five got up men out and wanted my name. 778 01:26:44,318 --> 01:26:47,758 I started to scream, but they covered my mouth with cloth - 779 01:26:47,918 --> 01:26:50,718 - to silence the noise. 780 01:26:52,478 --> 01:26:56,798 I screamed: 'Don't take me! I have a child!' 781 01:26:56,958 --> 01:27:00,478 When I came to Britain, I contacted a family member here. 782 01:27:00,638 --> 01:27:05,078 She came and looked at me, two days after I arrived. 783 01:27:05,238 --> 01:27:09,718 I told her in broad strokes about the things that had happened to me. 784 01:27:13,278 --> 01:27:15,998 And ... 785 01:27:16,158 --> 01:27:20,358 We began with my experiences with the war and I saw her reaction. 786 01:27:20,518 --> 01:27:24,838 I told her I had stayed abducted, burned with cigarettes. 787 01:27:24,998 --> 01:27:27,118 She could see the scars on my arms. 788 01:27:27,278 --> 01:27:30,598 I told her I was staying raped with a wire. 789 01:27:30,758 --> 01:27:34,838 They kept my head under water. Draw one bag of gasoline over my head. 790 01:27:34,998 --> 01:27:38,038 Kicked me with boots on. 791 01:27:38,198 --> 01:27:42,278 I didn't tell her everything, for she was already crying." 792 01:27:49,118 --> 01:27:51,118 Thank you. 793 01:27:58,358 --> 01:28:03,518 It's my first time there such an arrangement here. 794 01:28:03,678 --> 01:28:08,278 I don't know this world. - What world? 795 01:28:08,438 --> 01:28:11,998 Activism within the system. 796 01:28:12,158 --> 01:28:17,318 I'm the type to say a lot of things and get into trouble. 797 01:28:17,478 --> 01:28:22,758 It felt real and human. That's what matters. 798 01:28:23,958 --> 01:28:25,438 Thanks. 799 01:28:25,598 --> 01:28:28,998 As a refugee, who lived through the war, - 800 01:28:29,158 --> 01:28:33,278 - fled to England and became a pop star, - 801 01:28:33,438 --> 01:28:35,798 - what is the goal then? 802 01:28:41,518 --> 01:28:43,598 That's fantastic, - 803 01:28:43,758 --> 01:28:49,278 - that one must finding out so much in one life. 804 01:28:52,518 --> 01:28:54,438 But... 805 01:28:54,598 --> 01:28:57,398 ... I got it all to fit together. 806 01:29:15,038 --> 01:29:20,158 The video is for the song "What's Up With That". It is about refugees. 807 01:29:21,638 --> 01:29:26,078 First verse, second verse, outro. 808 01:29:27,478 --> 01:29:31,038 All these pictures are real. It's people trying to get over. 809 01:29:31,198 --> 01:29:35,038 Everyone is talking about them, as if they have no face, - 810 01:29:35,198 --> 01:29:38,318 - but there are millions of them. 811 01:29:43,358 --> 01:29:46,438 Jerry, we're about to get the green above. 812 01:29:46,598 --> 01:29:48,478 They...? - The green ones. Those there. 813 01:29:49,918 --> 01:29:51,678 No. 814 01:29:58,998 --> 01:30:03,718 The story of immigrants must always be part of my works, - 815 01:30:03,878 --> 01:30:08,438 - because it is, I try to understand. 816 01:30:13,478 --> 01:30:19,358 We are being used as scapegoats in Brexit and to build a wall. 817 01:30:19,518 --> 01:30:23,918 But people have always interfered with each other and moved around, - 818 01:30:24,078 --> 01:30:27,278 - and interesting things have happened because of that. 819 01:30:32,638 --> 01:30:36,678 You don't know about that child grabs a 505 and a microphone - 820 01:30:36,838 --> 01:30:39,878 - and stays the next Michael Jackson. 821 01:30:51,558 --> 01:30:53,798 July 822 01:31:02,998 --> 01:31:07,558 We are on our way back to London, and I'm very nervous. 823 01:31:10,518 --> 01:31:13,838 In a way, I don't want to go back to the land of the Spice Girls. 824 01:31:13,998 --> 01:31:15,758 I'm not quite ready for that. 825 01:31:46,598 --> 01:31:52,638 Do you have any good life advice? 826 01:31:52,798 --> 01:31:58,158 Live a happy life just like I do. 827 01:32:00,438 --> 01:32:03,878 My life? - I keep singing. 828 01:32:04,038 --> 01:32:06,318 It makes me happy. 829 01:32:06,478 --> 01:32:10,198 What should I do then? - You have to sing too. 830 01:32:10,358 --> 01:32:13,198 It's the kind of thing you need. 831 01:32:13,358 --> 01:32:15,958 It's the kind of there is good for one. 832 01:33:44,198 --> 01:33:48,998 Translation: Jesper Buhl Scandinavian Text Service 2018