Colorful musical conquistador M.I.A. and French squelch-electro producer SebastiAn, who's remixed Kelis and the Kills, collaborated on a track called "C.T.F.O," which stands for, well, "chilling the f*** out." It's a mystery as to why these two didn't work together sooner, as SebastiAn's fuzzed-out beats combined with M.I.A.'s mistakable slur complement each other so well. It's like a nice wine paired with a complimentary cheese if the wine was aggressive electro and the cheese was a Sri Lankan singer with a Grammy.
While the song, from SebastiAn's Total album, doesn't necessarily make you want to "get high like paper" or "get fly like planes" like M.I.A's massive modern classic "Paper Planes," it does sound like the coolest song never put in an old-school video game. Is it just me or can I totally see this in the background of a game of Contra? Seriously, put this old Nintendo video on mute and listen to "C.T.F.O" at the same time. Am I right? I'm totally right.
It would be the ideal thing to hear at a club, or perhaps driving extremely fast, or perhaps simply being M.I.A. The singer is hard at work on more material for an upcoming mixtape with some high-profile collaborators, including Chris Brown and Swizz Beatz. We'll keep you posted on what it sounds like, but until then, listen to "C.T.F.O."
+ Listen to SebastiAn, featuring M.I.A., "C.T.F.O." (Warning: NSFW language)