{"id":12089,"date":"2016-11-11T20:06:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T20:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=12089"},"modified":"2016-11-11T20:06:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T20:06:32","slug":"m-i-a-asks-fans-to-create-their-own-merch-to-help-go-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/m-i-a-asks-fans-to-create-their-own-merch-to-help-go-green\/","title":{"rendered":"M.I.A. Asks Fans To Create Their Own Merch To Help The Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The singer who recently released her fifth studio album, AIM, has provided emblems and designs to produce their own t-shirts and jumpers.<\/h2>\n<p><b>Reporter: Andrew Whiteford | Sub-Editor: Alex Clement\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12101\" style=\"width: 941px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12101\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12101\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2016\/11\/931.jpg\" alt=\"M.I.A. in the Borders video. Credit: YouTube\" width=\"931\" height=\"559\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">M.I.A. in the Borders video. Credit: YouTube<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b><\/b>M.I.A. has tweeted to her 695,000 followers that she did not want to create a new line of merchandise due to the effect it has on sweatshops and the environment. She came up with a new alternative, allowing her fanbase to get creative and design their own fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Today, she uploaded ideas to her website so people can get creative with some basic designs and vectors provided for free. She tweeted:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12090\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-11-at-19.42.46.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-11-11-at-19-42-46\" width=\"507\" height=\"208\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12091\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-11-at-19.42.54.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-11-11-at-19-42-54\" width=\"505\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s shown to be a popular idea amongst environment activist groups and her fans.<\/p>\n<p>The Sri Lankan musician has consistently used her global reach as a way to educate on environmental issues and the government\u2019s response to the refugee crisis. In March, she partnered up with H&amp;M for an initiative called \u2018World Recycle Week\u2019. The eco-soldier was the face of a campaign where they pledged to make clothes from whatever fabric or old clothing is donated to them. Customers are welcomed to come to any of their stores internationally to donate.<\/p>\n<p>Three months before that, M.I.A. dropped the highly politicised music video for \u2018Borders\u2019 which explored the negative portrayal of migration. It shows her with migrants climbing barbed wire fences and on tiny boats with lyrics such as, \u201cPolitics, what\u2019s up with that? Borders, what\u2019s up with that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"M.I.A. - Borders\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r-Nw7HbaeWY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In recent news, M.I.A. also revealed that she wrote standout AIM track \u2018Freedun\u2019 with Zayn Malik over WhatsApp she told MTV News. She explained: \u201cI really wanted to write a song for Zayn, we had a couple people in common. And that\u2019s how it came about. I didn\u2019t really approach him for my own record until later on. First, I thought I wanted to try writing a song for him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The singer who recently released her fifth studio album, AIM, has provided emblems and designs to produce their own t-shirts and jumpers. 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