Time

M.I.A.’s ‘Paper Planes’ Is Back in Meme Form to Tell Us All Everybody Wants to Do

Even though M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes” was all a long time ago it’s now back in the spotlight, thanks to a meme circulating on Twitter that handily re-works its most iconic chorus lyrics. It’s been a ...
American Songwriter

Alyssa Bonagura Releases Whimsical, Soaring New Song “Paper Airplane”

2022 has started off strong for celebrated songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist Alyssa Bonagura, known for her work as a critically-acclaimed solo artist with an ongoing gig writing songs with ...
brooklynvegan

M.I.A.'s (uncensored?) "Paper Planes" video

LOOK I KNOW THERE ARE HATERS OUT THERE, I DEAL WITH IT EVERYDAY THATS NO FUCKING BIG DEAL AND IVE DEALT WITH WORSE IN MY LIFE, A FEW PEOPLE TALKING SHIT DONT MATTER TO ME, BUT TWISTING TRUTH ISNT THE ...
Los Angeles Times

How Tyler Perry offered a two-word theme and songwriter Ruth B. brought tears to his eyes

In the Jim Crow South of the 1930s and ‘40s, in poor, rural Georgia, forbidden love struggles up through the briars. The teens, Bayou and Leanne, find they can be together only in the dead of night, ...