M.I.A. has announced ‘M.I.7,’ her seventh studio album, arriving April 17 via Ohmni Music, her independent label. Seven songs, written in seven places over seven days, recorded across Ethiopia, Egypt, India, London, Australia and Los Angeles, and featuring American Gospel group Sunday Service. The lead single “Everything” is out now. This is her first release fully on her own terms, and it arrives as one of the most intentional projects of her career.
‘M.I.7’ is M.I.A.’s gospel album, not in genre but in spirit. Rooted in the Book of Revelation, the Ark of the Covenant and her own relationship with Christianity, it’s Biblical in its references and deeply personal in its delivery. She leaves politics aside here and moves toward something more ancestral and existential, channeling the production instincts and vocal presence that have defined her for two decades into a framework that feels entirely new. The album lands alongside the second launch of Ohmni, her protective-fabric clothing collection built around digital sovereignty. M.I.A. also joins Kid Cudi on his ‘The Rebel Ragers’ North American tour from April 28 through June 27.