Sri Lankan born emblem of multi-cultural pop M.I.A. has revealed in a new interview that she has recorded a cover of ‘Way Down In The Hole’ by Tom Waits.
The singer is riding the crest of a wave after her single ‘Paper Planes’ breached the US Billboard Top Ten. Although she revealed that she has recorded a version of the 1987 Tom Waits classic ‘Way Down In The Hole’ M.I.A. did not confirm a release date for any new material.
In addition to the good news about her ‘Paper Planes’ single, M.I.A. also received a surprise in her personal life when she found out she was pregnant. In a new interview the singer the singer said “I’ve got two kids, that’s what it feels like. When I found out I was pregnant and [recent single] ‘Paper Planes’ was in the iTunes Top 10 it seemed like the whole world was reshuffled in one week, and all my plans went out the window. And that’s the lesson: you can’t make plans, and you can’t say shit.”
As previously reported, M.I.A. is working on material for her forthcoming third album.