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MIA has released her seventh studio album “MI7” via her own label OHMNIMUSIC. The record contains seven songs that were created in seven different locations – each over a period of seven days per location – and feat. the American gospel group Sunday Service.
MI7 was written and recorded in Ethiopia, Egypt, India, the United Kingdom, Greece and Australia, as well as in the United States at Rick Rubin’s Shangri La Studio. The album’s structure is based on the seven trumpets from the Revelation of John, each announcing a biblical judgment before clearing the way for the next song.
According to a press release, the album concept emerged as “a vision that was revealed before the recording process began and that had to be followed.” Also included is the already released single “Everything”.
Returning after four years
MIA’s last album, “MATA”, was released in 2022. ROLLING STONE wrote in a review: “Her sixth studio album reaches into the past while simultaneously reconnecting with the zeitgeist in a different way. … Yes, MIA is still here – but it remains unclear whether she still has anything new to say.”
MIA will join Kid Cudi on his The Rebel Ragers tour of North America, which runs from April 28th to June 27th. The tour begins in Phoenix at the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheater and ends in Chula Vista, California at the North Island Credit Union Amphitheater.
This past weekend, MIA shared the stage with Diplo at the Coachella Festival to perform her single “Paper Planes,” which appeared on her 2007 album Kala.
