"P.O.W.A" | ||||
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Single by M.I.A. | ||||
Released | 8 February 2017 | |||
Length | 3:16 | |||
Label | Interscope | |||
Songwriter(s) | Maya Arulpragasam | |||
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Music video | ||||
"P.O.W.A" on YouTube |
"P.O.W.A" (pronounced "power") is a song by British musician M.I.A., released on 8 February 2017 by Interscope Records. The video was released alongside the single, and was directed by M.I.A. [1] [2] [3]
A "politically-charged track", [4] "P.O.W.A" features lyrical references to Rihanna, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden and the Spice Girls. [5] The song also features chanting from M.I.A. [6]
"P.O.W.A" samples " Blue Moon" by The Marcels. [4]
"P.O.W.A"'s music video was directed by M.I.A and shot in Jammu & Kashmir, India. It displays the singer lying on a marigold truck, wandering several different desolate landscapes in J&K, capturing the state's natural beauty while wearing vividly-colored saffron saris to reference the famous colours of J&K, and a line of men dancing against a saffron wall. [6]