M.I.A. Celebrates Christmas With New Mixtape “Bells Collection”

M.I.A. at the
M.I.A. at the "Matangi Maya M.I.A." film premiere, London, UK in 2018. Photo by James Gourley/Shutterstock (9886998ae)

There’s no rest for the wicked, and the British rapper M.I.A. is case in point! She celebrated Christmas in the best way possible—by dropping a new festive mixtape Bells Collection.

M.I.A. teased her new collection of songs by writing, “I present you a gift from the East, star of wonder star of night. Beauty. Bright. Sacred. Cosmic. Magnetism. A collaboration w/ God.”

Her new mixtape features a total of 16 songs, including “Kathal (Love)” featuring an A.R. Rahman sample, and “Solitude” ft. Skrillex. “Never Alone”, “Amen”, “Bella Hadid”, and “Bells in Angel” are also among the titles included on this mixtape.

Bells Collection is available to stream exclusively on the rapper’s OHMNI website, and it marks her first release since her album Mata, which hit the shelves in October last year. M.I.A.’s last album produced singles “The One” and “Popular” and explored the clash between ego and spirituality.

“In a way, it’s kind of rebellious. It’s about the battle of the ego versus you finding yourself and you finding the spiritual leader. Spirituality within, whatever form is given to you. I think that’s really interesting, when you think everything, you get challenged by the universe,” M.I.A. told Billboard ahead of its release.