In case you were unaware, M.I.A.'s birth name is Mathangi, and in accordance, the always-controversial artist has titled her upcoming album Matangi. The work accounts for her fourth studio album as it is being reported that the genre-crossing musician has been in London and India finishing the project. She also has a few collaborations up her sleeve

“I’ve been working on the songs by myself for awhile, and towards the end I got [producer] Switch to sort of bring it together and contribute new songs for it as well. But I’m trying to work with tons of people, I don’t really wanna say any names because I haven’t actually chosen what songs are going on it yet.”

Stay tuned to HYPETRAK for more news regarding M.I.A.'s upcoming album.