M.I.A. Says Her New Album Is ‘Rooted in Prayer, the Book of Revelation and the Ark of the Covenant’

M.I.A. is returning with a new album, M.I.7, and the first single, “Everything,” is out now.The project arrives April 17, and it’s being framed as a full-on faith record. According to the release, M.I.7 is “rooted in prayer, the Book of Revelation and the Ark of the Covenant,” and it features the Sunday Service gospel choir.M.I.A.’s move toward explicitly Christian music also doesn’t come out of nowhere. Back in 2022, she spoke to RELEVANT about her conversion, saying a vision