'During Covid, no other music hit the sweet spot for comfort like Indian music'
Updated On: 04 January, 2024 04:25 PM IST | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto
British rapper and producer Mathangi Arulpragasam, better known as M.I.A, was recently in India to perform at the NH7 Weekender in Pune in December. In an interview with mid-day.com, she talks about her visit to India, being a female artist, falling in love with India songs, and South Indian food
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Including `Time Traveller`, M.I.A is known for several hits like ‘Paper Planes’ and ‘Bad Girls’. Photo Courtesy: Bacardi NH7 Weekender
At a time when her 2022 song ‘Time Traveller’ is doing the rounds on Instagram reels, British rapper and producer M.I.A has had a busy December in India. The artist, who has a career spanning over two decades, was in the country in Pune to perform at Bacardi NH7 Weekender, two months after she briefly visited the country. While the artist has roots in Sri Lanka, her mother and siblings briefly moved to Chennai, to escape the Sri Lankan Civil War, and that is probably why India somewhere does feel like home.
During her visit, she was also part of an interesting line-up on the second day of the three-day festival that saw only female artists perform, whether that turns the tide to get more women the stage as compared to male artists is to be seen this year. However, Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, better known by her stage name, M.I.A, took the opportunity to perform her heart out.
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