M.I.A. wants to sell you $100 tinfoil hats

[tanglespiders]

M.I.A. drops conspiracy-tinged streetwear line, including a 5G-blocking tin foil bucket hat https://t.co/lMTY8kzlwR pic.twitter.com/eZjYARvn8v
- The Daily Dot (@dailydot) June 24, 2024
- M.I.A. has launched a new conspiracy theory-laced fashion line where else but TikTok, followed by an appearance on the soon-to-be-liquidated Infowars (incidentally,

Comments

[squirrels_oh_no]

TIL that she is a born-again Evangelical Christian so yikes.

[la_petite_singe]

Imagine going from being outspoken about racism and refugees and stuff to joining the side of the colonizers. Wild shit.

[squirrels_oh_no]

I can only assume like Kanye she has had a psychotic break at some point, or else she is just going full right wing thinking that will keep her relevant (and failing) idk.

[fruitchews]

Saying someone had a psychotic break when they convert new religion is a bit much. That said, what other things has she said to make her on the same level as Kanye? Like truly, idek.

[squirrels_oh_no]

She said she became a Christian because Jesus Christ came to her in a vision, but tbh that sounds like what a lot of born agains say so I really don't know. It's obviously not just that she became a Christian given the 5G-blocking bucket caps, unless she is going the Russell Brand scamming Christian path.

[fruitchews]

Having an existential moment and finding religion doesn't quite equal a psychotic break. Whether she saw Jesus or her grandma/another fam member, I don't think it's odd she sought out answers and found some that fit her.

Could she be scamming? Could be so. All religion, every single one, is filled with scammers.

[syntheses]

She performed at a festival I regularly go to but didn’t this year. She was apparently really weird at her set, going on rants about 5G, vaccines and tigers (which I think was a more oblique reference to the Tamil genocide). I think she genuinely believes in the first two.

I don’t think psychotic break really leads out a lot of context of her life. I might find her opinions to be pretty revolting (especially as someone who lost their grandmother to Covid) but I think when you consider her upbringing, experiences as a refugee, enduring diplo, etc. i have to stop short of calling it psychotic. It just seems like punching down as a description to an extent that makes me uncomfortable. Even one of the 3, I know I wouldn’t be cut out for so I feel more inclined to give her some grace vs. Kanye and I do agree with your points that it was the religion that caused it

[syvlie0o0]

"Having an existential moment and finding religion doesn't quite equal a psychotic break."

That sounds exactly like a psychotic break to me lmfao. If someone has an "existential moment" and sees a vision of rainbow brite riding a unicorn does that make it more or less likely to be a psychotic break?

[5368f65]

Didn't they do some collab at one point?

[irajaxon]

always a bummer when someone turns to white jesus