Maya

M.I.A.

2010

In MAYA, the album’s tracks center on the theme of information politics and about who controls the internet.

Maya is also a fundamental concept in Hindu philosophy, Maya originally denoted the magic power with which a god can make human beings believe in what turns out to be an illusion.

“Maya is a confusing concept. It’s an illusion. It’s about exactly what I said it was about: truth and lies. – M.I.A.